Spotting Scope bag - recommendations for replacement

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Spotting Scope bag - recommendations for replacement

Posted: 8/21/2017 6:43:09 PM EDT

I have a Vortex Razor 85mm angled and the zippers are gone on its bag. Anyone have any recommendations for a quality bag with good zippers? I'm not interested in a hard case for it.

Posted: 8/22/2017 12:10:22 AM EDT

[#1]

just curious...the actual zipper is no good, or just the zipper's Pull broke off?

Posted: 8/22/2017 12:19:56 PM EDT

[#2]

Two of the three zippers broke in half. I can still open and close the bag, with my fingernail. Very cheap zippers, little disappointed in Vortex, great scope, cheaply made bag.

Posted: 8/22/2017 12:53:10 PM EDT

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Two of the three zippers broke in half. I can still open and close the bag, with my fingernail. Very cheap zippers, little disappointed in Vortex, great scope, cheaply made bag.

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So the "pulls" broke, but not the actual zipper? Big difference. Get a split ring and some 550 cord and make a new pull.

Posted: 8/22/2017 2:24:06 PM EDT

[#4]

Sorry for the crappy description, but the pulls broke. That's a good idea, not sure if I can thread them but its worth a try. Thanks!

Posted: 8/22/2017 2:43:54 PM EDT

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Sorry for the crappy description, but the pulls broke. That's a good idea, not sure if I can thread them but its worth a try. Thanks!

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You actually don't need the 550 cord...the split ring by itself is enough to grab on to. But yeah - 2 of the zipper pulls on my Vortex Razor spotter bag broke too, so I feel your pain. The bag is well made actually, it's just the zipper hardware that sucked.

Posted: 8/23/2017 11:31:28 AM EDT

[#6]

This may sound weird, but I found a Wilson racquetball bag at a garage sale. The scope (a 20-60x80, so it's not small) fits in the smaller accessory/ball side and the tripod fits in the larger racquet side.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Spotting Scope bag - recommendations for replacement

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