I disagree. Yes, the failure mode of buttons is better. But the opening/closing process of zipper is much more convenient/faster than for buttons, and I dress and undress a lot more often than I need to replace a button or zipper.
I own a lot of zip hoodies, some of them > 10 years old, and for none of these the zipper has ever failed. The only zipper that have failed on me are on bags (e.g. messenger bags or similar)
I have a pair of jeans where Levi's has inexplicably decided to use buttons instead of a zipper. Why??? It's a struggle every time i go to a urinal.
Levi's had an advertising campaign in the UK a few decades ago that promoted their "new" button fly, so it's mainly a fashion/marketing thing. Jeans were around before zips were invented, so it's a callback to the original design.
I remember wearing them and certainly they were really stiff and awkward to use when new.
Button Fly jeans were a popular fashion option when I was in high school in 2012. I thought it was hilarious that parents and companies were pushing on teenagers a product who's primary improvement in functionality was "You can rip them open and take them off faster"
I always thought that was sort of the opposite of what they wanted!
hutattedonmyarm · · focus · HN ↗
I disagree. Yes, the failure mode of buttons is better. But the opening/closing process of zipper is much more convenient/faster than for buttons, and I dress and undress a lot more often than I need to replace a button or zipper.
I own a lot of zip hoodies, some of them > 10 years old, and for none of these the zipper has ever failed. The only zipper that have failed on me are on bags (e.g. messenger bags or similar)
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ndsipa_pomu · · focus · HN ↗
I remember wearing them and certainly they were really stiff and awkward to use when new.
mrguyorama · · focus · HN ↗
I always thought that was sort of the opposite of what they wanted!