Features:

  • Restore loft and warmth while removing dirt and grime on down-filled jackets, vests, sleeping bags and pillows with this gentle down wash detergent
  • Mild formula contains no extra ingredients like perfumes, softeners or optical brighteners that can harm technical fabrics and down insulation
  • One pouch of this concentrated down wash formula cleans up to 10 jackets or 5 sleeping bags
  • Safe for use on all products with feather insulation including: comforters, duvets, down blends and treated down
  • Packaging may vary
I put two tennis balls in the dryer and opened the door several times to cool down a little bit

I have several down jacket filled with goose feather which I never dared to wash. I was afraid that they are too delicate until I found Gear Aid ReviveX Down Cleaner on Amazon! I only have a top-load washer but I still gave it a try following some instructions I found online. I put two tennis balls in the dryer and opened the door several times to cool down a little bit. Not sure if it was necessary but the result was satisfactory. My jackets looked clean, new and fluffy right out of the dryer! Definitely recommend this to anyone who is looking for an effective down cleaner!

no more coffee stains & white jacket is white again

worked pretty great for me. bought this to try to get coffee stains (about a year old) out of a hand-me-down down jacket. upon further inspection of the jacket while I'm pouring this stuff all over the stains and rubbing it in i find a ton more mystery stains from before the jacket was mine. no clue what they were but I just poured this stuff all over it. then I poured it in the laundry detergent compartment in my washing machine (directions said 5 capfuls I did more like 15) and threw it in on delicate and warm. took probably a few hours to dry on low heat and delicate in the dryer with a lot of hand fluffing in between but it came out looking great! my white jacket was finally white again and the coffee stains were gone! a few of the small mystery stains were still there but over all very impressed with the cleaning ability of this product.

Better than using the dry cleaners!!!!

Love this for my off white north face down parka. It had old coffee, ketchup and make up stains from about 4 yrs that the dry cleaners could not get out. I was about to buy another jacket thinking it was a lost cause but after seeing theses reviews I decided to try it and I'm so happy I did!. I followed the directions and made sure to dry it on low heat with 3 tennis balls to add the fluff back and it came out like new! All the stains were gone! I will definitely reorder this and never ever take it back to the dry cleaners again! Highly, highly, highly recommend this product....worth EVERY PENNY!!!!

Down jacket renewed! Make sure you dry long enough

Worked very well! I followed care instructions and despite only running the spin cycle once, my down jacket (650 fill) is renewed— dare I say loftier than I remember as new?? One thing to really be sure of is enough dryer time on LOW HEAT. At first I was really disappointed after the first 30 minutes of drying. My down was clumped even with the addition of three tennis balls. Thought my puffy was ruined. The jacket felt dry but there were some serious clumps bumming me out. At least another 45 minutes of drying was required on low heat with the tennis balls. Take time to let the jacket cool down every 20 minutes or so. My down sweater no longer smells bad, looks great and the loft is renewed. I expect the detergent to last another 2-3 treatments, which should get me well through this time next year.

A must have for all down products!

This detergent really blew me away. I bought this mainly to wash some dingy down jackets that have been on too many trips to count, can't remember the last time they were washed. I washed them in my top loading washer on a delicate cycle in warm water with 1 oz of cleaner, per instructions. It does recommend running an extra spin cycle, however with my washer that didn't seem necessary. Dried on low with a few wool dryer balls, our old jackets are good as new! Sparkling clean, odorless, and VERY lofty. I've held off washing my down for so long because I was terrified of ruining an expensive piece of gear, but this product makes it dead easy. I was so impressed by its performance I decided to test it out on a very old down comforter that hasn't been washed in years. It was in pitiful shape, very flat with several bare cold patches, I was strongly considering buying a new comforter for this winter. Once again I followed the bottle instructions, except I opted to use my top loading washer rather than go to the laundromat for a front loader. I thought for sure this blanket couldn't be saved, so I risked using my top load washer thinking there was nothing to loose. Once again, it blew me away! Using the top load washer didn't seem to harm it at all, just be sure to use the delicate cycle. Our comforter is full, lofty, and warm once again. Washing and drying redistributed all the down so it has even coverage, just in time for winter! No more fighting over the warm sections of comforter on cold nights. I'm so glad I decided to give this product a try. If you're washing comforters and sleeping bag the bottle is only good for 3 uses, but based on the performance I still think it's more than worth the price. I looked forward to extending the life of all my down products now that I can properly care for them. I'll be buying again!

Removed a stick of melted deodorant from my down jacket

During a recent trip I left a stick of deodorant laying on a down jacket in my car. It was hot enough to melt the deodorant which leaked out onto my jacket. When I got home I immediately had to leave on another trip, so my jacket sat full of deodorant for about a week. By the time I got home though, this had arrived from Amazon. I poured five capfuls directly onto the stain and tossed the jacket into my front loading washer with a down sleeping bag. The first wash got most of the deodorant out. I washed it again and rubbed the down cleaner into the remaining stains with my fingers. I dried the jacket and sleeping bag in the dryer on the air only setting along with three clean tennis balls. The deodorant stain is almost completely gone (I think one more wash would do it but I wanted to give the feathers a break), an old collar stain (from touching my neck all the time) is gone, and the whole jacket is clean and fluffier than before! The sleeping bag also puffed up a bit.

Gets out the funk

No denying it: my down sleeping bag was developing a serious funk. Campers moved farther away from my tent. Bears hung their food to keep me away. Something needed to be done, but I was frightened. My bag was expensive, and I've heard the warnings about washing down, so I resisted. Next trip, a raccoon took a break from eating my trash to shake his head at me in disgust. That was the final straw. So I bought McNett ReviveX and followed their instructions at my local laundromat. What do you know, it was clean! It even lofted up a bit more. Now I can hopefully be treated with some respect, at least as much as a guy whos hygiene was criticized by a raccoon can get. Western Mountaineering recommends this cleaner for their bags, and they know down. I think McNett specifies that this bottle will clean 3 sleeping bags, and down doesn't need to be cleaned very often, so this should last you quite a while.

WOW! Don't give up on "worn out" down pillows! They can be LIKE NEW again!

WOW, this stuff WORKS!!! We had a couple of king size 100% down pillows we purchased about 9 years ago, and they had gotten FLAT to the point where I had to fold mine in half, or even thirds in order to support my head. We thought (wrongly) that the down had all gotten crushed and broken, and of course they SMELLED of all the oils on our bodies from all those years of use. Well, two strikes, and it was time to buy new pillows, right? Well, I did my research and found out that I COULD WASH MY DOWN PILLOWS! I used a regular household top-loading washer and front-loading dryer. Step 1: I started my washer on a large load, and added about 7 cap-fulls of this concentrated soap. Then I rolled what was left of my pillows to squeeze the air out, submerged them, and let them absorb the soapy water. After washing on the gentlest cycle for about 15 minutes, I checked and noticed all the soap bubbles were gone; as a chemist, I know that means my soap was used up, getting some of the oils out. On a side note, the pillows shriveled up to almost nothing when they were wet, so I could have used the medium size load on my washer. Step 2: (for heavily soiled/oily pillows like mine) I drained the water out and restarted the process with fresh water and soap, and this time there were still soap bubbles on the surface after about 15 minutes of washing, so I knew that I had gotten virtually ALL the oils out. I allowed the machine to drain and rinse the pillows. Step 3: I restarted the washer and added 2 scoops of OXY Clean to the water. (This is an oxygen bleach, a dry form of hydrogen peroxide, and is a great whitener and cleaner. It will not hurt the down or the pillow covering.) I let that mix 15 minutes and then let the washer continue through its rinse cycle. Step 4: Rinse 3 more times, with the settings on extra-large to get the maximum rinse. Spin dry twice. At this point, I took what was left of my poor pillows out of the washer and didn't have much hope. Think of a huge fluffy dog reduced to nothing when wet... yeah, that was our pillows. Well, I'd come this far... Step 5: Into the dryer on the lowest heat setting (slightly warm) with 3 dryer balls to "fluff" the pillows. After the first hour, I removed the pillows and untwisted them and put them back in. Still pretty damp. After the second hour, they had fluffed up enough not to twist in half anymore... looking more like pillows now... my hope soars! After the third hour, my pillows looked almost like new, but I could still detect some dampness inside. Could they get any better? After the fourth hour, my pillows felt dry and were totally puffy and filled the pillow completely. They are now as good as the day we bought them! Conclusion: IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT. Yes, it was a bit of time (mostly) and a little bit of work to get these pillows back into nearly-new condition. New king size 100% down pillows are well over $100 each, so I figure I just saved myself at least $200 by cleaning my pillows.

Save money on cleaning your down pillows - no more dry cleaning bills

I used this on my expensive feather pillows in my front loader washer using one pillow at a time and it cleaned and fluffed them right up. I had an older down pillow which said "Dry Clean Only" and decided to see what happens when you do wash them. I do not like the idea of breathing in cleaner fluids! Here are the things I learned: - When self washing your precious down pillows the most important thing is to make sure they are rinsed well and do not use softener! - The second most important thing is to make sure the pillows are dried completely (no dampness whatsoever)! That means lots of time in the dryer, maybe some hanging time at the end to ensure absolutely NO dampness. (Take it out of the dryer and let it cool down before you decide if it is completely dry!) - As a last step after hanging them, do a quick air fluff in the dryer and use. Also a great product I found - I bought these dryer balls called "Smart Sheep 6-Pack XL Premium 100% Wool Dryer Balls " here on Amazon and I use them in all my drying loads to help dry and fluff things like towels, sheets, pillows, etc. It has been two months now and my down pillow is still fluffy as the day I washed it. I totally recommend this cleaner.

I’ve been using this product for 3 winters and I have amazing results, just to as the jackets in a ...

After spending $30 for dry cleaning a jacket I asked myself there’s to be a cheaper way . I’ve been using this product for 3 winters and I have amazing results , just to as the jackets in a gentle cycle with cold to warm water and a extra spin , then dry them with tennis balls or any special drying ball in very low heat and inside out . The jackets come out like new and so fluffy ; just make sure you dry them well . Save yourself some money .

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