 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone with experience of these? Particularly interested in the G-wash and the DWR treatment as compared to, say, Nikwax.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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comprex, always been happy with Nikwax myself...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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comprex, 'nother vote for Nikwax.... 
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comprex, it is very similar to nik wax in performance, and if i remeber rightly Grangers paid Gore a fortune to put the recomended for use with gore tex logo on the bottle, something that nik wax have always refused to do, i am not 100% certain but i believe the price is around £20,000 per product and the licence has to be updated every so often.
so all in all, it is ok but you are probably paying a little bit to WL Gore for the privilage....nik wax is easier to find anyway, but make sure you tumble dry the garment to ger the best effect......alternatively Storm proofing have just produced a product which does not require heat to activate it.....remind me in a couple of weeks and i will tell you how it performed
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I phoned Nikwax before using anything and they convinced me that other brands contained ingredients that might be carcinogenic, so I used Nikwax on my salopttes.
Must use their detergent product to wash them and then spray the proofer on whilst the garment is wet - I did this outside on a tarpaulin cos I was very liberal with it and it goes all over the place - seemed to work ok, I got a tiny bit moist on the bum one day but probably due to sinking in the off piste. BTW Nikwax's website is vey useful.
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mike.healy, CEM, that WLGore licence may be paying off in the end: 3 box store chains now stock it over Nikwax.
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used nikwaxfor year no problems here
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CEM, Storm proofing?
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Think the stuff we have is Toko - but with a washing agent and a spray on it sounds practically identical to Nikwax
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I've used Nikwax for a huge number of years. They have very good products coupled with a proven history of development in the mountaineering world.
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Used both in past with OK results - Nikwax is more environmentally friendly so use that now.
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