A Thought Regarding Outdoor Gear Maintenance
So with the success with my one article on How to Wash and Waterproof a Softshell Jacket I decided I should write another article on how to take care of hardshell rain garments too. I think I will title this one "How to waterproof a rain jacket." I should throw something in there too about DWR too for those google results. Anyway, it got me thinking today about how we maintain our gear. How many of us in the outdoors, especially those of us with copious amounts of gear, actually take care of everything the way we should? A part of me expects to replace a pack every couple of years, though realistically if I took care of it better and took it to be sewn when ripped, I could get many more years out of it. The eco-conscious person inside me knows that I should try to stretch equipment as much as I can to avoid the production of new materials. Then again, as an avid outdoorsman that always has the latest and greatest, I really like getting a new pack ever...