Maintain & Repair your Hiking gear

All our tips about maintaining and repairing your hiking gear

How do you restore the water-repellent properties of your jacket?

Does your hiking jacket seemed to have lost some of its waterproofing quality over time? Don't panic, here is how to get it back to how it was!

Discover the 10 year Quechua guarantee for backpacks

Find out how Quechua tests its backpacks so that they can guarantee them for 10 years, with complete confidence. To experience even more adventures, Quechua guarantees all of its backpacks for 10 years, from the smallest to the biggest.

How do you measure the breathability (R.E.T.) of a material?

The breathability of a material is its capacity to wick away the water vapour generated by perspiration. Find out how we measure it!

How to clean, wash and store backpacks?

Check out our tips for cleaning, drying, storing and even restoring the waterproofing of your backpack without damaging it with the Quechua advice!

How can you best use your hiking water bottle

Discover our tips to best use your hiking water bottle, whether made from plastic or metal.

Socks: tips for looking after your feet

After hiking, don't leave your socks scrunched up in balls. Check out our advice on how to look after your feet when hiking

Maintain and repair your hiking gear