Nikwax Hardshell Cleaning & Waterproofing Duo-Pack

Great product! This duo pack keeps our expensive outerwear clean and fully waterproof. Most importantly, it doesn’t diminish the effectiveness of the technical fabric at all. Simple to use and highly effective.

If you spend a lot of money on outdoor gear, spend the money on these detergents and renew your waterproof products for many years to come. Be careful on your dryer settings so you don't fry your garments.

This will get you 2 washes of about 3 items each and only 1 waterproofing of said three items. So you can actually wash about 6 items but will only be able to waterproof 3. I used this to wash 3 coats. 2 hard shell rain coats (a Marmot and a Northface) and a winter snowboard coat that used to be waterproof. I read through a ton of reviews and looked at all the different versions. I debated getting the other soft shell version and doing the snowboard coat separate but when I got the bottles I realized how small they actually are. Reading the instructions I though you might only need a capful or some lesser quantity but for 1 load you need the whole bottle of waterproofer. Once I figured that out I wasn’t going to wash all three items and then wait and waterproof them separate so I did them all together. The cleaning agent did a great job! The north face is about 10+ years old and was pretty filithy. It came out nearly brand new! Especially around the arm holes. Same with my board coat. The directions were easy to follow and i didn’t dry them at all in between wash and waterproof. However since my Marmot has sealed seams I didn’t want to tumble dry and risk ruining the seals. So I air dried that after waterproofing, and tumbled on low the other two. Once they were all fully dry I did the water test. Both hard shells were back to being waterproof again! Both beaded up instantly with no immediate soaking. I’m sure it will take a real test of being in the actual rain to tell but neither were beading at all prior to this so I’ll take it as a win. The snowboard coat however, did not fair so well. It just straight absorbs any water that touches it. But given that it is not a hard shell jacket and I may have just been setting my hopes too high that this would just “work”, I’m not totally dissapointes. I am tempted to get the spray waterproofer now though and see if that will help. Either that or buy the other version and try again. Either way I wasn’t going to *not* wash it with the others since I had the stuff to use so it was worth a shot. So overall I would say it works great for HARDSHELL rain jackets.

Have used this product among others for a few years. Have had the best results from nikwax. Easy to use, lasts me for two hard hunting seasons in all weather conditions including hard rains. No obvious scent to speak of. Seems to work as advertised. Highly recommend

Two step cleaning and re-waterproofing solution for outdoor waterproof garments is easy to use and provides very good results. Just wash 2 garments with the first solution and if you need even more revival of the DWR finish wash again with the second solution. These returned my favorite ski jacket to original performance from nearly completely not waterproof.

It actually works pretty well. Just followed the instructions and saw small water drops on the surface of my water-proof clothes, which was contrary to regular water soaked clothes.

Product worked great. Rain coat not holding up in rainforest. Bought this product and it was a night and day difference. Just follow the instructions. Way more cost effective than going out and buying new rain gear.

I have used this on some Gortex that is about 15 years old as well as on a nylon hat that I wear for outdoor rainy times which is pretty much all the time here in the NW. The hat does pretty well with waterproofing using these products but my Gortex rain jacket still doesn't retain that 'water off a ducks back' level of shedding of water that new Gortex has. After walking in steady rain the jacket does get soaked in water and it is no longer 'rolling off' the jacket. Most of the time I don't use the jacket for more than an hour so I didn't know if it would eventually result in me being 'soaked' if I stayed out in it. This is cheaper than new rain gear for sure and better than not using it, but for the price I wished it could make the waterproofing 'as good as new' but realistically it just doesn't/ A year later....I've bought this product again a couple of weeks ago after getting totally soaked while using the rain gear that I used the Nitwax tech wash and water repellent on a year ago. It did not handle 3 hours of heavy rain on a boat! Ever the optimist, I decided to 'redoing' the waterproofing by getting 'fresh product' so I bought this duo again. I have the same impression as a year ago.. This product did look like it improved water resistance but I wouldn't call this 'waterproof.' I have both used this product via a 'wash in' the washing machine (a year ago) as well as trying it as a 'hand wash-in' cleaner and water proofer. (this past week) \\ Results are about the same. I also just bought some Nitwax TX direct spray on waterproofer from Amazon and will check with Nitwax to see if they advise using both the 'wash in ' and then the 'spray on!'

Fabulous product. Highly recommended. Washed 2 jackets and they are back to being fully waterproof again. Spoke to Sue in customer services about their shoe waterproofing products and she was very helpful. I have now ordered the shoe cleaner gel required. 😀

Do not use on North Face or Musto jacket as the lining will disintegrate no matter if you respect the instructions. 2 jackets in the bin. Never again.

la mia giacchetta antipioggia vecchia di 4 anni ma tenuta molto bene perdeva copiosamente dalle maniche. ho lavato la giacchetta a mano, l'ho centrifugata in lavatrice, l'ho asciugata sopra un termosifone perché è preferibile un asciugaggio a caldo. morale della favola: mi sono messo con la manica sotto il rubinetto per 3 minuti e zero trafilaggi di acqua. già da come l'acqua schizzava via dalla manica si capiva che il prodotto aveva funzionato alla grande. ero scettico mi sono ricreduto di gran carriera. prodotto ottimo. ps: ovviamente se la giacchetta è sfogliata il prodotto è inutile, ci vuole solo un miracolo.

Works just as intended…. We used it to clean our ski pants and jackets to keep it clean and water repellent… tried the clothes in our second trip and it was better than the original manufacturer coating Highly recommend

After realising that my jacket was no longer waterproof, I looked for something to fix it. This stuff did the trick. Easy enough to use. The effect was from water soaking through the jacket to beading and running off. I'll use this more regularly now to keep it waterproof.