Some care symbols explained Tub with figure eg 40: The figure indicates max. temperature; single line underneath means synthetic wash, and a double line means wool wash (gentle)Triangle, crossed out: Do not bleachCircle inside square: can be tumble

have to put the tent away after three hours, fold it lightly so that the air can circulate. Job done! Take me back to the Grangers care section.

This week's tip is all about tent care and how best to look after your tent and keep it functioning as well as possible.In UseFirst and most important, make an effort to look after your tent when in use. In particular, try not to pitch on sharp

This week's Monday Tip comes partly courtesy of the Teko Sock Monkey, but is equally applicable to other socks merino or otherwise and is about how to prolong the life of your merino wool walking socks.As you may have noted if you're a merino user, merino wool has many positive q...

 www.micronavigation.com where you can find out more about him and check out some sample pages from the book.Map Care And SelectionOften an overlooked navigational tool, thrown into the rucksack after a journey and left lying around at home, on an untidy desk for ages, if you

A quick heads-up on the 2012 Windermere Fell Care Day which takes place this Thursday 25 October and is a cracking event that gives you the chance to put something back into the outdoors by helping to protect the Lake District landscape

down any laminated breathable layersAlways read the label...If you can tumble dry, use Granger’s XT, and tumble dry, paying special attention to the care label, in particular any dots inside the circle. (One dot means low heat only.)If tumble drying

Grangers has just released a new range of water-based footwearcare products that are approved for use on Gore-Tex.The range follows on from their top-selling aerosol versions andcomprises a footwear Cleaner, Proofer and Conditioner. TheConditioner can now be applied to nubuck and...

Care symbols | Footwear | Down | Waterproof shells | Soft shells | Tent care Specialist cleaning for your outdoor kit -– why bother? The reason that technical kit works the way it does is because the fabrics used have certain properties

This week's Tuesday Tip is all about how to care for your outdoors footwear, something that used to be quite a straightforward gig, but with the constant developments in footwear technology seems to be getting less straightforward – how exactly do