Coping with changeable weather is a conundrum that faces all riders, but arm yourself with a waterproof motorcycle jacket and you’ll always be ready to face the worst of it. Textiles lend ...

So, calling a smartphone ‘waterproof’ is not right – smartphones with IP ratings are water-resistant. It is advantageous to have a smartphone with an IP rating since it offers some level of ...

Waterproofing is most useful for shoes made from animal hide, especially nubuck and suede, which show damage quickly — it’s “like having a shoe that’s a sponge,” says Edward Andrade of ...

There’s plenty of purpose-made waterproof kit on the market from laminated textiles through to treated denim riding jeans, but the products listed here are designed to be worn over the top of ...

Soft piles in a hard/soft secant pile wall often suffer damage during the boring of hard piles due to their lower strength. This can lead to structural integrity issues, water leakage, and ...