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love the jacket, hate the zippers

Burton AK 3L Continuum Jacket - Men's

Burton AK 3L Continuum Jacket - Men's

Rating for this product: 2 May 1, 2009

totally waterproof, even in slush. zip up face protector and helmet compatible hood work great together - no need for a gaiter.

i also have the AK 3L Hover pants so when zipped together, this setup is totally waterproof.

although i love this jacket, the zippers are really hard to use and are getting stuck. i actually had to send the first jacket back because it arrived with many of the teeth separated (so that I couldn't even unzip the jacket to try it on).

If you look really carefully at the zipper, there is actually a pull trigger that you need to engage with the zipper pull to get it to slide. Doing that is not easy and the design sometimes makes it impossible - the trigger is already weakened so that it doesn't activate even when pulled on.

I've only worn it 5 days at Snowbird and 4 days in Tahoe. there are times when I simply can't unzip the darn thing.

Lastly, the jacket has already torn a tiny slit-hole on the front pocket section. Have no idea how that happened given I was riding in 3 feet of fresh at Snowbird and only spring conditions in Tahoe - no rock rubs or impacts.

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