I ran into and issue with a companion, specifically Erandur, losing all his gear. Or more precisely; the gear I gave him.

I had made an Orcish armour set and two cool swords, all of which was enchanted, and then also given him a magic circlet and bow, which he was totally rocking. However, after running around in the mountains for a while he'd get stuck here and there, and I'd have to go back and get him. Then he started losing gear this way. First his armour was missing, and one time he got so lost I had to use the console to summon him and he showed up with only his original gear. It was a lot of time, resources and gold I had spent kitting him out, and now it's all gone.

Has anyone else had this issue, and is there a fix to get it back? Or an explanation as to why this happens so I can avoid it in the future?

Sad panda

I think there is a problem with followers were all the items you give them disapear after a set amount of time or they choose not to equip it.

Since you are playing on a PC, why not just add the items trough the console?

player.additem ######## 1 if you want to obtain an item and give it to your follower
equipitem ####### (after selecting a target) to make them equip it directly

Yeah, I thought about that, but I don't like to use the console more than I have to. Besides, it wouldn't be the same items that I enchanted, they would just be generic items, wouldn't they? And the swords I made was from the Third Era mod, so it's probably not even possible with those.

I guess I'll have to remake everything and keep a closer eye on him =(