NikwaxHardshell Cleaning & Waterproofing Duo-Pack

Used these to freshen up my ski gear, and they worked great. Both products go right in the wash, making it super easy—no spraying or extra steps needed. The cleaner removes dirt and buildup without messing with the fabric, and the waterproofing treatment restored water resistance without leaving any stiffness.Pros:✔ Super easy—just toss it in the washing machine✔ Doesn’t leave residue or change the feel of the fabric✔ Works well on ski jackets, rain gear, and shellsCons:• The bottles aren’t huge, so if you have a lot of gear, you might need more• The waterproofing effect is good, but you may need to repeat it after heavy useIf your jacket or shell isn’t repelling water like it used to, this duo-pack is an easy way to bring it back to life!

Great product , my ski cloth after washing, get the DWR as it was when I purchase , you can be under rain and water will repel , thank you nikwax

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.

Waterproofed all of our ski gear and only used half the bottle. That was 5 pairs of pants, 6 pairs of mittens and 3 coats.We just skied 4 hours in the rain. We are dry and happy. Easy application process. Easy to maintain. Great price. 10/10.

This combo works as described. It brought the water repellency back to my jackets. Make sure you follow instructions. So far I have washed 3 of my jackets and all 3 of them seems to gain back the original repellency.

My friend recommended this. I use these after skiing and recommend to all my friends! So easy and saving lots of money for dry cleaners.

I have been using Nikwax for years. the ease of the product just throw it in the front loader wash and then do it a gain and waterproof is a great feature. I have also soaked in a bucket as described for the water proofing. I work outside all winter and if i do this every month i stay nice and dry. I am also looking to try the spray on product. The smell may be a bit strong in the house but after outside for the day it is usually fine.

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!'