Men's Super Duck Insulated Winter Coat - Waterproof Windproof Heavy Duty Jacket for Outdoor Activities, Hunting, and Cold Weather Protection

I’ll echo what numerous others here have complained about. The zipper on this Walls coat is a MAJOR fail. I arm wrestled the thing till my fingers ached, working it hard from every which angle, even dousing it with Wahl hair clipper oil, trying to get it to loosen up and run smoothly. No dice. I had no such trouble with the zipper on the matching Walls lined vest I bought to wear under it on extra cold days. I really like the coat, but given all the complaints about the zipper, have no confidence that simply returning it for a replacement will be any better. Sad too because I expected much better of a Walls product and want to keep it. We have an expert seamstress near the army base here who does amazing alterations on uniforms and military gear. I’ll take this coat to her for a decent zipper replacement. Meanwhile, I miss the Texas tough Walls reputation of decades past. If anyone at their new digs in Nashville sees this review, mans up and offers to cover my seamstress cost, I’ll be a gentleman as well and revise my two star ding.FOLLOW-UP: Seamstress nixed the zipper replacement. Way too much effort and little ROI in her opinion. So I moved on to Plan B below...CONVERT A ZILCHO ZIPPER JACKET TO A SNAPPY TUNIC: Got my best project scissors out and ran them up the zipper tapes, right behind the teeth, shearing the whole zipper off both sides flush with the seams. Tossed the zipper in the trash. Got a kit of two dozen 17mm heavy duty antique brass snap fasteners, complete with setter tools, all for $12 and free shipping via Amazon Prime. Installed five of the brass snaps, centered over the Velcro closure patches on my Walls jacket. Took about half an hour, once I got set up and going. I like the result, really looks sharp. Beats constant mortal combat with that cantankerous double zipper rig. See accompanying pic...