Noisy zips!

[Stackr]

The zips on my tents do work very well, but they are very noisy opening and closing.
Are there any good hacks to make them quieter?

 

[Dotts]

Make lots of other noise while using zipper.


hope this helps..

 

[Aye Shroomer]

Cough or sneeze

 

[Aye Shroomer]

But yeah mine are noisy too. Can’t really change that. It’s one of many reasons I’m designing a grow cabinet.

 

[Indy]

2 tubs of bearing grease should fix it.

EDIT: Man, i gotta start marking some of my comments as sarcasm.

 

[Anoma]

2 tubs of bearing grease should fix it.

Yeah I was just about to say, maybe WD-40 them regularly

But also, this is the weirdest growing complaint I've seen, why is this an issue, are you growing weed in a sharehouse without other people knowing?

 

[Aye Shroomer]

2 tubs of bearing grease should fix it.

I remember graphite pencils work for the same thing

 

[Indy]

I remember graphite pencils work for the same thing

Yep, that or graphite powder used to be the go with the old metal zips. I guess it would work on the nylon ones but because i've never had to address a nylon one yet, i dunno.

Dunno if this helps. Stackr. But i bought this stuff that resembles surf wax, but in a crayon form that i bought to help a couple of sticky kitchen draws slide better. If i can find it, i'll let you know what its called.

 

[Porky]

Stop opening them so much!!

 

[Stackr]

Thanks for the input guys.
The room my tents are in is at the back corner of my yard with three other neighbors, and it is very quiet.
Two of the neighbors could be within earshot without me knowing and am just a bit paranoid about them hearing the zips, which I would use at least once a day. Maybe I am a bit paranoid, but one of them in particular is really sanctimonious and being retired is always at home and pottering around in his yard.
I might test some bees wax instead of the bearing grease, and some graphite powder to see how they go. WD-40 is lower on the list, but I wont rule it out yet.
Cheers

 

[VinDeezle]

I know the struggle well. Doing my thing in uni accommodation lol. No-one knows I smoke let alone have somewhere between one and three tents going in my walk in closet at all times lol.

They must think I go through multiple suitcases a day.

I find it funny though. Smoked and grown all day every day for a year and a half here yet half me mates can't go two days without getting kicked out for stinking everything up, and they aren't even growing.

 

[Anoma]

Doing my thing in uni accommodation lol. No-one knows I smoke let alone have somewhere between one and three tents going in my walk in closet at all times lol.

If you don't mind me asking, what are you studying?

 

[VinDeezle]

@Anoma Im first year health science at the moment. Had to go for nutrition and public health as an Intro to get the atar up for biomed as I never finished school or went past a cert iii.

interested in autoimmune disease research and a cruisy job in a hospital pathology lab. Long hours and hard work don't mix with an inflammatory condition (lupus and mast cell activation disorder). Suffered from myocarditis back in 2016 after strep infection, and again twice after my first two shots earlier this year, and it really takes a chunk out of your self esteem when otherwise your healthy, in your mid 30s and active.

First year so far is really interesting and basically a recap of senior Chem, physics, stats and biol focused on basic human anatomy and physiology with a bit of public health thrown in.

 

[VinDeezle]

If you don't mind me asking, what are you studying?

No lie, I got real excited when I found out we look into light spectrums effect on cellular metabolism of common bacteria and fungi in our lab prac classes for culture medium techniques.

We have to do a fair bit of research on plant morphology response as well.

Hope no-one catches on that I'm strangely versed in the physics of light and photosynthesis.

 

[Yamumzbum]

Thanks for the input guys.
The room my tents are in is at the back corner of my yard with three other neighbors, and it is very quiet.
Two of the neighbors could be within earshot without me knowing and am just a bit paranoid about them hearing the zips, which I would use at least once a day. Maybe I am a bit paranoid, but one of them in particular is really sanctimonious and being retired is always at home and pottering around in his yard.
I might test some bees wax instead of the bearing grease, and some graphite powder to see how they go. WD-40 is lower on the list, but I wont rule it out yet.
Cheers

Try lanolin mate I get it in a spray can and use it for my tent zipper.
It's chemical free and doesn't leave sticky tacky residue behind.

 

[VinDeezle]

I've got a few tents here and I've noticed the 1680 fabric dulls the zipper noise a bit too. All the 600d tents are loud due to the vibration.

Luckily on two of the tents (glasshaus) if I hold my finger on the back of the zipper body while moving it dulls the vibration and it's almost silent, but the cheaper 600d greenfingers tents make a racket with the thinner, more brittle fabric.

 

[Aye Shroomer]

Yeah I’ve got a cheap vivosun tent. Guess it’s what we pay for

 

[VinDeezle]

Yeah I’ve got a cheap vivosun tent. Guess it’s what we pay for

For sure. I'm not complaining though haha. They had a sale on kogan a while back and I got two greenfingers 90x50s for $45 each, a 80x80x160 for $55 and a certa 60x60 for $20.

At that price they could have a loudspeaker that pumped young thug freestyles as I opened the zipper and I'd still be happy lol.

 

[Yamumzbum]

I've got a few tents here and I've noticed the 1680 fabric dulls the zipper noise a bit too. All the 600d tents are loud due to the vibration.

Luckily on two of the tents (glasshaus) if I hold my finger on the back of the zipper body while moving it dulls the vibration and it's almost silent, but the cheaper 600d greenfingers tents make a racket with the thinner, more brittle fabric.

Yeh right okay.
I don't believe it's the fabric thickness that determines zipper noise I'd be banking on the fact that greenfinger tents are shithouse and cheap so it means everything is gonna be cheap and nasty.
Quite often the covers aren't lined up correctly when they've been stitched up so you get wonky flaps on cheap tents and therefore the zippers won't align correctly.
Also the cheaper zips don't have much strength to hold together so if you accidentally inflate your tent to a balloon (which can be an easy mistake to make) the zippers won't ever be the same again and you'll have major light leaks and noisy bloody zippers

 

[Indy]

When i got my Gorilla tent i noticed it was a bit noisy at first. But not sure if wear 'n tear settles it down over time, or you get used to it.