You're on your way out the door, you grab your coat, and the zipper is stuck or broken.

Finally, [Magic Stitches] has a duffel bag with a zipper that comes back apart once it’s been zipped. At first, they tried squeezing the zipper head with pliers while the zipper was still ...

If the slider has moved past misaligned teeth, gently pull it down to the base and zip up again. If realignment doesn’t work, replace the slider with a new one. Fully unzip the zipper.

The more you try and move the slider up and down (in various states of distress), the more broken and stuck the zip can become. While you can take a dodgy zipper to your local alterations shop for ...