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Pros & Cons

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Pros

It safely cleans all synthetic outerwear & gear without damaging the waterproofing and fillers. Don't use regular detergents prior to using this waterproofing product. Then wash the item per tech wash instructions.

Nikwax tech wash is a great product for washing any waterproof garment with a fabric exterior. Great on waterproofing any coat with a shell lining. Great for washing waterproof ski jackets and ski pants without washing out the waterproofing.

The smell is gone, the fabric feels more supple and the zippers are all working more smoothly. My tent looks great and repels water like new!



Cons

After 1 wash all the ski jackets and ski pants are more or less broken. Also the few drips of oil from cooking around camp didn't even get touched. Save yourcash, and buy anything else. This product does absolutely nothing positive. After a single was...  Read More

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Highlights

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Quality


I have used this product for years and it works incredibly well to clean and revive waterproofing on all of our ski clothes


Works great and maintained my dwr coating on my kuiu gear


My klim mesh gear is open air and not h20 proof so that isnt an issue but everything smells like smog sweat and exhaust after 7...  Read More


I have gear that is over 15 years old and is still waterproof because i regularly wash and retreat them with tx direct or wash in

Price


Well worth the cost and effort to protect the investment we have made in quality riding gear


Use this on my more expensive goretex clothing and it seems to work quite well


Totally gentle on expensive waterproof and similar gear


Its expensive but it it is worth it for your expensive waterproof gear

Shipping


I made that mistake the first time and it took five days instead of one day to receive my products

Competitiveness


I can tell stuff thats been cared for by tech wash looks much better after a year or so in comparison to stuff that were washed...  Read More


So cant necessarily say its better than any alternative but it works for me

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    clean, great, waterproof, good and expensive.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 2800.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 1,375 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 6 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Ne heat and sweat take their toll on summer riding gear and i need to wash them weekly


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My klim mesh gear is open air and not h20 proof so that isnt an issue but everything smells like smog sweat and exhaust after 7 99 degree days


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I still dont know if im better off vs laundry detergent for this ridiculous price


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I’m still not sure why but i’m using it anyway


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Got other waterproof clothing i use it for too


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its expensive but it it is worth it for your expensive waterproof gear


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Dryed it using the wool balls bought at amazon which fluffed up the down


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Worked well for cleaning but i dont know about water resistance because i used a different nikwax product for water proofing

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