While many of us love to get new, high-performance gear to take with us on our adventures, the reality is our existing gear is probably good enough to see us through all-but the most challenging conditions. Take our rain jackets for example. A modern rain shell is incredibly well designed and can offer performance that is simply unmatched by the rain gear that was used even a decade ago. And if you learn to take good care of it, keep it clean, and provide a little maintenance from time to time, you’ll find that it will continue to perform at a very high level for years to come. In this video, we get a crash course on how to do just that, learning the best ways to care for our rain gear to keep it functioning properly when we need it most.
Kraig is an outdoor and adventure travel writer based in Nashville, TN. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to numerous online and print outlets, including Popular Mechanics, Gear Junkie, Outside Online, National Geographic, Digital Trends, Business Insider, TripSavvy, about.com, and of course The Adventure Blog.
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