I love my ZipFits so far, what an amazing product. What pisses me off though, is what a shoestring operation this “company” is…
- Always out of the cork tubes… Seriously, if you’re selling your product based on how customizable it is, you better stock the cork. Without that your product does not perform to specifications. Again - customization is one of the selling points, without the cork one can’t customize the liners
- How difficult is it to keep the product description and pictures on your website up to date??? I just bought the Corsa, the product you get is different from the picture on the website. If it wasn’t from this forum, I wouldn’t know what I’m getting. Again - how difficult is it to update the SINGLE picture you have on your website of an item you’re selling for $500???
- The “Resources” tab of the website is laughable… For example, go to “Adding Omfit Cork” section (and forget for a second they’re always out of stock of said Omfit). There’s not a single picture / diagram of where the cork chambers are, what each of them does, how best to add cork, etc. What a joke… How long would it take to include a few pictures with actual instructions? Or at least a link to the YouTube video?
It’s like they actually don’t want people to buy the product, and want to make it really confusing…
End rant. I guess it’s only for really hard-core skiers like ourselves who frequent this forum.
Jeff Colt has done 3 podcasts about the history and progression of Zipfit in the last 3 months. I highly suggest you listen to at least one of them and rethink your post. The fact that two guys were able to get Zipfit where it is presently as quick as they did is actually pretty impressive.I love my ZipFits so far, what an amazing product. What pisses me off though, is what a shoestring operation this “company” is…
- Always out of the cork tubes… Seriously, if you’re selling your product based on how customizable it is, you better stock the cork. Without that your product does not perform to specifications. Again - customization is one of the selling points, without the cork one can’t customize the liners
- How difficult is it to keep the product description and pictures on your website up to date??? I just bought the Corsa, the product you get is different from the picture on the website. If it wasn’t from this forum, I wouldn’t know what I’m getting. Again - how difficult is it to update the SINGLE picture you have on your website of an item you’re selling for $500???
- The “Resources” tab of the website is laughable… For example, go to “Adding Omfit Cork” section (and forget for a second they’re always out of stock of said Omfit). There’s not a single picture / diagram of where the cork chambers are, what each of them does, how best to add cork, etc. What a joke… How long would it take to include a few pictures with actual instructions? Or at least a link to the YouTube video?
It’s like they actually don’t want people to buy the product, and want to make it really confusing…
End rant. I guess it’s only for really hard-core skiers like ourselves who frequent this forum.
I think that's overly harsh. You aren't buying from Helly Hansen or North Face. Zipfit is basically two guys in Colorado working with a group of skilled craftsmen in Italy creating a niche, hand-made, high performance product. Like pigeye says it's the end of the season and people who bought them to start the season by now realize they need more cork. The website could use a little updating I agree, the corsa just got changed this season though. The chamber diagram is a good idea too. It's a tiny company experiencing some mild growing pains is all. Another thing to mention is that if you reach out to Chris or Jeff via the zipfit email they are exceedingly helpful and are actual, nice people. Jeff emailed back and forth with me for weeks trying to diagnose a fit issue that ultimately turns out wasn't the zipfit's fault, but he helped me work through it regardless. I'll take that tradeoff 10/10 times compared to dealing with giant corporate entities who are quick and flashy to get you to buy but then strip every bit of quality out of the product in the name of short term profits and won't give you the time of day if something goes wrong.
^ my biggest fear 100xOne day some big company will buy them out, then we'll all be screwed as the cost saving measures start.
This has me thinking that I should look for a second pair for future use.One day some big company will buy them out, then we'll all be screwed as the cost saving measures start.
That’s literally like 500 ski days down the road you know, but I get itThis has me thinking that I should look for a second pair for future use.
Do you have a booster strap installed yet? That has fixed for me a lot of the weak tongue (compared to stock). It also takes up volume in the upper cuff area too when installed and used properly inside the plastic.I just hope that adding OMfit to the tongue solves my problems otherwise I’m not sure what the next step is.
It has me thinking about a fourth...I have two pairs currently in use and one pair retired.This has me thinking that I should look for a second pair for future use.
Previously plowed field unfortunately - about a month agoOMfit in stock at Bartletts (UK) but I can’t add it to my cart. Anyone try it?