Bitchin' new zippers on AeroStitch riding gear!

[hyperdookie]

New Release: Remote Control Zipper Sliders


Over one hundred all-new items are in the new 2009 Aerostich and RiderWearHouse catalog, including a miniature 'Remote Control Zipper Sliders' option. The battery powered zippers are an upgrade (or retrofit...) for the vents on Aerostich Roadcrafter and Darien suits. A separate version will be available in November for the waterproof leather Aerostich Transit suit. The unique sliders are the result of micro-miniaturization breakthroughs by the YKK zipper company and Mabuchi-Nanotronik Ltd., a private German-Japanese nanotechnology research effort. Aerostich is the first clothing company to offer them. "We have an exclusive two year deal...they make adjustments so easy anyone can do it!", said an Aerostich company spokesperson. "Before, a rider needed to pull over to safely adjust their vents...and the back required a helpful friend or removing one's suit. Now it's simple as pressing a button!" Each slider is about 10% larger than the equivalent manual type. Inside is a re mote receiver, a powerful Mabuchi 'pancake' type 330541 stepper-motor, and a tiny titanium planetary gear set and toothed cog which engages the zipper's teeth to pull the slider rapidly in either direction. The sliders are controlled by a three button remote. Each powered slider uses a common replaceable Zink hearing aid battery good for about two hundred 12" zips. The remote includes both wrist and handlebar mounts. The price per slider, installed, is $177, and the remote -- which will control up to four sliders independently -- is another $47.

[Borracho]

I saw this on the ADV site and never thought it would make it's way over here

That said; I could use one on my pants...

[sick50ford]

how am i going to tell my assistant she is out of work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIUwa...eature=related

[hyperdookie]

Originally Posted by Borracho

I saw this on the ADV site and never thought it would make it's way over here

That said; I could use one on my pants...

As you know, the dudes over here are a little slow on the uptake.Just doin' my best to keep these slack-jawed yokels up to date with the latest and greatest "must haves".

[Borracho]

Indeed.

[Da_Bull]

Wait ... remote control zippers?!?! We've just witnessed the epitome of laziness...

[Borracho]

Hehehe...that's just the 'mechanic' in you talking there Marco.

For those of us less 'technical', I like the assistant idea.

[Da_Bull]

What? Is the zipper too far away that you need to use the remote?

C'mon. Aerostitch is contributing to the demise of humanity with this shit.

[Crank1000]

It smells like April 1st in here. And it doesn't smell fresh.

[Caidly]

Originally Posted by Crank1000

It smells like April 1st in here. And it doesn't smell fresh.

+1, ha ha. I was thinking about it and saying WTF!