Lamilite and Climashield: What's the Difference?

LAMILITE / CLIMASHIELD

Periodically I receive a question about the differences between Lamilite and Climashield.

Lamilite predates Climashield by a number of years. Lamilite is a combination of continuous filament fiber laminated to two fabrics; one fabric on either side of the fiber. I started doing this with the original continuous filament fiber that was marketed as Polar Guard. So Lamilite was a product joined with the original continuous filament fiber available at the time. In the course of time the company producing the Polar Guard went by the wayside and a new company Harvest Consumer Insulations took over the manufacture of the continuous filament fiberfill product and they named their product Climashield. The end result of Lamilite is a combination of fabric and Climashield as its core.

Since the inception of Climashield the product is a much better product than the previous Polar Guard product. The reason in my opinion is because the people who work at the Harvest Company, from ownership to sales people and those involved in the actual manufacture of the product, have a great interest in the quality of product they put on the market.

The Wiggy’s bags have improved significantly from the days I used Polar Guard. The quality is dependent primarily on the ability of making a uniform product and that can only be done if you pay attention to how the fiber is processing through the equipment that converts it to a batting material that I as a manufacturer can use. The uniformity is superb.

When the Lamilite is produced using the Climashield some remarkable things happen to it. Water, the nemesis of all people who go into the field, simply does not affect it. Down, with or without a water repellency treatment, does absorb water. The number two attribute is the fact that it does not collapse and stay collapsed no matter how many times a Wiggy bag or an article of clothing is stuffed. It always returns to its original loft. The third attribute is the launderability of Lamilite. Imagine being able to wash your Lamilite/Climashield sleeping bag, parka, etc. whenever it gets dirty. Since the longevity of Wiggy products is many years, the products can be laundered hundreds or thousands of times.

Having worked with the continuous filament fiber since its inception on the market in 1968 I am so confident of its durability and also I have learned over these many years of its performance characteristics that I am also equally confident of its ability to perform as I advertise it.

I take a great deal of pride in helping to show why Climashield when used to make Lamilite is second to no other product available in the world used as an insulation. Maybe at some point in the future, not to distant I hope some of the domestic manufacturing companies will want to buy Lamilite / Climashield for their products and then they can say what I say, “SIMPLY THE BEST”!