CimAlp Interstice Light Hiking Pants Review

For long I had been wearing a merely okay-ish pair of budget hiking pants for our outdoor adventures, so I was head over heels when I got the chance to test the CimAlp Interstice Light pants in return for an unbiased review. I received the pants in the beginning of the year and have thus…

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CimAlp Interstice Light Hiking Pants - pocket zippers are equipped with loops

CimAlp Cedera Softshell Jacket Review

In the beginning of the year we were in touch with the French outdoor manufacturer CimAlp, which we have previously reviewed winter hiking apparel for. CimAlp was founded in 1964 by an avid mountaineer and the brand has ever since had a strong focus on creating functional high-quality apparel for all sorts of activities in…

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CimAlp Cedera Softshell Jacket - Front

The use of PFCs in Outdoor Clothing

Functional outdoor apparel is much less affected by passing fashion trends than casual wear. This in itself makes outdoor apparel much more sustainable, as such garments are often of a higher quality and thus both lasting and being used longer than ‘fast fashion’ items. There is, however, one area where the outdoor apparel industry has…

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Beading effect on DWR-treated rain jacket

How to re-waterproof your rain jacket and other rainwear?

If you often wear rain jacket, rain pants or other waterproof clothes, you probably noticed that the performance of these garments decreases with time. While your new rain jacket kept you dry for hours, it can’t withstand more than half of an hour of rain after half a year of intensive use. That’s most often…

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Re-waterproofing rainwear with DWR spray