You save a fortune compared to buying a new jacket, and most vitally you don’t need to throw away your old one, saving the planet ... broken zip doesn’t mean the end for your favourite waterproof.

There's no type of hiking jacket more essential for any outdoor enthusiast than a reliable waterproof jacket ... If your jacket does suffer a rip or broken zip and needs a repair, there are ...

GORE-TEX – and pretty much every other major outdoor brand – wants you to do one very simple thing: wash your waterproof ... If your jacket feels soggy, it’s not broken.

Each of these jackets has an invisible coating of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances that makes them waterproof. If your closet is similar, your jackets have similar coatings, as the outdoor ...

Negative issues surrounding PFCs and PFAs have had fair bit of press lately but are still widely used in waterproof ... the planet – which of course includes us humans. But back to the jacket ...