Dear Scout: Chances are your tent has a coil zipper, as opposed to a tooth zipper, which is probably why you didn't see any "broken teeth." Most outdoor gear employs coil zips because they are easy to ...

Many minor fixes can be done in the field. Here are our best tips for common tent repair needs ...

When you're out camping and your tent zipper gets stuck, it feels like the obvious thing to do is grab a can of WD-40 and spray away. However, the obvious thing to do is not always the right thing to ...

Michelle Elise is known in repair cafe circles as the "Zipper Queen." She finds that most broken zippers just need some TLC, not replacing. DETROW: ...So frustrating. For an item that we do not spend ...

Dust is the worst enemy of zippers something you’ve now learned. It clogs the slider and causes wear on the teeth. In the field, one solution might be to wipe the zipper down on a regular basis with a ...

DETROW: ...So frustrating. For an item that we do not spend much time thinking about, fixing a broken zipper can be complicated and expensive, sometimes costing more ...