Kevo
Distinguished Member
I'd never thought about this before until today whilst out shopinng for a fleecy top in a few outdoor/camping shops.
All the zips seemed to be for left handers
i.e. the zip 'socket' is on the right and you have to use your left hand to insert the 'connector' part on the left.
I tried on several brand name tops like North Face, Peter Storm, Berghaus and all 'sockets' were on the right which I found very confusing as I have never had a garment like this before.
At first I thought it maybe a 'female thing' like buttons on the other side but it isn't as they were all men's garments.
Of all the shops, the only explaination I got was that it was the 'American way' of doing it (North Face brand), but that didn't explain why the British brand Peter Storm also had the zips on the 'wrong side'
To add more confusion I bought a Peter Storm coat from one of the shops a few weeks ago and the zip was on the 'correct side'.
All my coats, jackets, tops that have full length zips have the socket on the left so i'm baffled
It may sound a trivial thing but it isn't when you're trying to zip & unzip something in a way that you have been used to for 30 odd years.
I found it so awkward that I didn't buy any because of this.
Anybody shed any light on this? Is it a 'great outdoors thing'?
All the zips seemed to be for left handers
i.e. the zip 'socket' is on the right and you have to use your left hand to insert the 'connector' part on the left.
I tried on several brand name tops like North Face, Peter Storm, Berghaus and all 'sockets' were on the right which I found very confusing as I have never had a garment like this before.
At first I thought it maybe a 'female thing' like buttons on the other side but it isn't as they were all men's garments.
Of all the shops, the only explaination I got was that it was the 'American way' of doing it (North Face brand), but that didn't explain why the British brand Peter Storm also had the zips on the 'wrong side'
To add more confusion I bought a Peter Storm coat from one of the shops a few weeks ago and the zip was on the 'correct side'.
All my coats, jackets, tops that have full length zips have the socket on the left so i'm baffled
It may sound a trivial thing but it isn't when you're trying to zip & unzip something in a way that you have been used to for 30 odd years.
I found it so awkward that I didn't buy any because of this.
Anybody shed any light on this? Is it a 'great outdoors thing'?