Vent: A diver told me to stop pulling so hard on my drysuit zipper

This old saturation diver I worked with in the Gulf last fall told me I was going to wreck my zipper by yanking it like a gorilla. He showed me how to push the zipper from the outside instead of pulling from the inside tag, said it saves the teeth from binding up. I figured he was just being picky, but after 6 dives where the zipper kept catching, I finally switched to his method. Now the zipper glides smooth, no more pinched seals. Anyone else get a weird piece of gear advice that actually fixed a problem?

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eric_johnson1d ago

Pulling versus pushing, both work fine on most drysuits though.