Noisy metal zipper pulls

[seh]

Did you try to put a small cord loop in the zipper pull?

Actually, on closer inspection, that wouldn't solve the problem. It's the other end of the zipper pull -- where it meets the slider's clasp -- that clangs against the clasp and the flat face of the slider.

Though perhaps attaching a cord loop as you suggest would absorb some of the vibration in the pull. As a first experiment, I'll probably try wrapping the pull in something like masking tape.

[seh]

Did you try to put a small cord loop in the zipper pull?

Not yet, but that's a great idea. In fact, that's one of my favorite parts about the ID bag: the zipper pulls have a loop that runs to a ridged plastic end cap.

Are those same cords and caps available for order?

[ratdeau]

There's a zipper that runs across the front of the bag under the hanging flap. The zipper is made of a metal in dark gray finish. That's a nice touch, but the zipper pull makes a tinkling sound when it bounces against the ring that holds it to the slider. It sounds like a little bell ringing, more rickety than pleasant.

Did you try to put a small cord loop in the zipper pull?

[seh]

I'm not sure if this should count as a review or a product suggestion. I just opened the box to inspect my eagerly-anticipated Medium Café Bag, and was alarmed more by what I heard than saw. The bag is noisy.

There's a zipper that runs across the front of the bag under the hanging flap. The zipper is made of a metal in dark gray finish. That's a nice touch, but the zipper pull makes a tinkling sound when it bounces against the ring that holds it to the slider. It sounds like a little bell ringing, more rickety than pleasant.

I have 3-year-old ID bag that doesn't have this problem, or at least I've never noticed any sound coming from its various zippers. Is this a known issue?

As for the product suggestion angle, there have been discussions here about avoiding velcro to enable discreet bag operation in, say, a meeting. The noisy zipper pull violates that principle, so I suggest investigating whether some other finish on the zipper hardware will make it less noisy, at least during normal movement of the bag.