Aim drag bag zip failure RUBBISH

[nun_hunter]

How is £200 bag cheap ?
It’s not whining it’s informing other members to not make the same mistake I’ve made that’s what this forum is for to help each other and share your experiences

They were referring specifically to the bag in post 50 in that sentence about the cost of the YKK zip Vs the cheap bag and replacing it with another cheap bag.

 

[paul o']

Had mine for year longer than most rifles its still going strong admit the plastic pull tabs are crap but mine is loaded to busting and it still keeps my gear inside, won't Aim or as i did on my blackhawk just have a new zip fitted £25 this time a YKK and a bit of candle wax every few years .

 

[jimmer.13]

Aye well he isn't. And it is well known he isn't. Everyone has an Alan Rhone story.

He will take your money and ship the kit. We can all do that.

If you have a problem subsequently then you are just an ignorant arsehole apparently. I can provide plenty evidence (written) to support that view if he fancies a run at a libel suit. Enough said.

Sounds like the same business model as Daveys Fishing tackle in Whitley Bay……… the Vendor never gets it wrong….. ever….. and the abuse you get when you try and return defective kit….. still in business though despite his negative reviews. I guess some folk just don’t mind being mugged

 

[Cottis]

Probably a lesson in the whole slagging off / promoting culture that the internet seems to promote - everyone has different polar opposite stories about most things.

I guess people can only go off their own experiences. I wasn't going to say anything but the other fella's experience seemed so at odds with my own that I felt inclined to add some balance. Maybe I just got lucky (multiple times)

 

[Crowstalker]

Think it will need the zip replacing don’t think thimpsons have that facility I will try find someone who deal in that kind of stuff and get a real heavy duty zip put on it properly and sell it and buy one of Phil at ogdens I’m not giving aim any of my money ever again he wasn’t really interested just kept saying we have a cut of and that’s all I’m prepared to do
As I’ve said think long and hard before you part with your hard earned money at over £200 for a new slip better value elsewhere
At 3 years it shouldn’t be failing like that
And if they make them in England how hard would it be to send it to the factory and have a new zip replacement
I would hazard a guess that they’re not made in uk !!! So more crap but charged as though it is

Even if they are made in the UK the quality of workmanship here can be terrible.

 

[Ralpharama]

There are very few makes of zip in the world and none of them seem to last forever. As someone who also paid an obscene amount of money for my AIM bag, I sincerely hope the zip doesn't go. It does to be fair seem to be very well made, but I am shocked that they think that it's OK to say "it's fu**ed buy a new one". I wonder if they'd respond to their MOD customers like that? It doesn't make me want to rush out and buy another anytime soon.

 

[Tommy2bucks]

There are very few makes of zip in the world and none of them seem to last forever. As someone who also paid an obscene amount of money for my AIM bag, I sincerely hope the zip doesn't go. It does to be fair seem to be very well made, but I am shocked that they think that it's OK to say "it's fu**ed buy a new one". I wonder if they'd respond to their MOD customers like that? It doesn't make me want to rush out and buy another anytime soon.

That’s what surprises me more than the zip breaking no customer service at all just 20 percent of a new one and that’s it like it or lump it

 

[trickie]

Phil, will be on my list if I ever need to replace the Aim

 

[Greenmist]

2. Do not allow zips to run in two directions. They are optimised for one direction, and putting in a dual direction zipper invites failure.

Very good point

 

[AlexD]

There are very few makes of zip in the world and none of them seem to last forever.

There are at least 100 manufacturers of zips, from Talon who invented them a while before the Wright brothers took to the air, to specialist zip manufacturers for space suits and diving suits. There are at least 60 manufacturers of regular zips for clothing and bags. A guy in a space suit probably does not want his zipper popping open at an inopportune moment, nor does a diver in a dry suit, but those zips can be a pain to use no matter how much wax one puts on them. The lighter weight dry suit zips have migrated into handy bags. Northern Diver (ndiver.com) gave a few of their bags to to try out, and I am still using them as range bags, general bags etc.

The MOD don't use garments with cheap zinc die cast zips, at least not on anything I have seen other than WW II surplus. If the OP likes his canvas bag, just replace the zip with a YKK and all will be good.

 

[NorthernTikka]

Zip on mine failed similarly after about a year. i just put it down to yet another company producing rubbish but talking a good game. lesson learned, don't buy another and move on with life.

Tier One is a similar sort of experience for me. There are a few

I have had my AIM back for around 5 years now, and so far so good.

However, I completely agree with you regarding Tier One. I had an Evolution bipod that had many errors, and completely unfit for purpose, it should never have made it past quality control. Tier One were not interested in the slightest. After hearing a few more opinions on them and seeing how often they come up for sale, it seems common. I wouldn't buy anything else from them.

 

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Yep exactly what happened to my 2 then the small pocket went, I did like the concept of the bag one bag all your bits in it per rifle

I gave up and got 2 x harkila large cars and they have been faultless with the use they get they are pretty good

Might be worth given phil Ogden a call see if he can sort it for you they ain’t cheap might be worth a good repair the materials brilliant

 

[Utectok]

These are great big pockets for junk and don’t look like a rifle case… plus mat to for zeroing KRG SHOOTING MAT AND RIFLE CASE - MARCH Scopes

 

[Greenmist]

These are great big pockets for junk and don’t look like a rifle case… plus mat to for zeroing KRG SHOOTING MAT AND RIFLE CASE - MARCH Scopes

Ridgeline do a model like that,one in sales currently, simple design that works

 

[Dazb1967]

Ridgeline do a model like that,one in sales currently, simple design that works

I have 2 of the Ridgeline bags and never had any issues with them

 

[Rusty Gate]

Is it just one of the two zippers that doesn't work properly ?

Have you tried the pliers trick?
As the zip looks in good nick i reckon it'll work. Basically over time being pulled, the top and bottom plate of the zipper splay slightly. If you squeeze these back together a bit with a pair of pliers it should work again.... Or it won't

Worth a try though

Shouldn’t have to for the money you pa. I’d not long bought a new black one on here & all for shopping local/support UK companies but after them having no interest in replacing replacing the only functioning part mine went on eBay.
Can’t beat experiences shared here

 

[Rusty Gate]

I have 2 of the Ridgeline bags and never had any issues with them

Only the Nylon put me off & went with a case, far better than the bag

 

[Greenmist]

I have 2 of the Ridgeline bags and never had any issues with them

Same here, one mat type, one drag bag. I probably use the mat bag more, not as a mat, just the bag is simple in design and easy to use

 

[Puds]

I got an Ogdens Quickslip from
Rob @Monarch Country Products at the stalking show a couple of year ago, and think it’s going to outlive me. Absolutely stellar bit of kit.

 

[Ronin]

All kit will wear with use

Had a Tasmanian Tiger range bag (takes large rifle, all kit and is able to Mount backpack or sling carry ) used that for hundreds of outings and many competitions here and abroad - still going strong

It’s 16 yrs old - probably cost the same as a new “quality” bag s now, back when I bought it

Think they’re around 400 now

Moral I guess is but once and cry once

Ulfhednar range bags also good and built to last

Again - don’t buy if on a budget