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August 2009-The Outdoor Retailer Trade Show
The Outdoor Retailer Trade Show is an exhibition of almost all companies that sell to outdoor retail, hunting or general camping stores. The attendees are from the hunting, climbing or general sporting goods stores. Wiggy’s has not attended as an exhibitor since the show has been in Salt Lake City, Utah. The reason I went [...]
European Normal
The European government has set a directive I guess for a standard procedure for the testing of sleeping bags. It is commonly referred too as EN 13537; EN translating to European Normal (what ever that is.) Essentially they are testing all sleeping bags sold in Europe on copper manikins. The purpose being that the consumer [...]
TO THINK OR NOT TO THINK
For all of the years that I have been making sleeping bags to this very day I am asked by someone who is going on an “expedition” or writing a review for a outdoor magazine if I will give them one of my sleeping bags to “test.” I always so no, but I’ll give them [...]
The Economy
All of the politicians whom we employ in Washington, D.C. have a belief that they have the answer; from the president on down. They do not; the answer to solving the economic down turn in our economy as well as the rest of the worlds is simple; it is called CAPITALISM. Ayn Rand wrote a [...]
Ice Retention in Down Filled Product
Two polar explorers and an expedition photographer were reported to be held up from moving farther towards the North Pole because their food supplies were not able to get to them due to bad weather conditions. While they were in the holding pattern they complained that they were experiencing ice accumulation in their sleeping bags. [...]
Fiber Structure is the Difference
In January 2007 I published an article “Lamilite Neutralizes Water”. In the article I also note that water while in a vapor state is evacuated from any Lamilite insulated product easily. The fiber does not trap any moisture or if the fiber does get wet the heat from a human body is sufficient to [...]
Why Wiggy’s Sleeping Bags are the Best That Can be Made
For many years customers of mine have after using my bags in numerous situations, asked why my bags perform so much better than all the others they have used during their years camping. What is it about the Lamilite that makes it better than all of the other forms of insulation to include the continuous [...]
The Slow Demise of the Economy of the USA
I am not an economist, I am a manufacturer and as such I must make decisions about the most efficient ways of producing that which I make and sell. At this time Wiggy’s is for all intents and purposes the last manufacturer of sleeping bags in the USA. There are two or three companies that [...]
What Has Happened to My America
A commonly used expression these days is “that’s a no brainier.” What does it actually mean; that you do not have a brain! However, it appears that its use is when something appears obvious you do not have to think about whatever it is that is obvious. That is a contradiction, if in fact you [...]
More About Moisture Management First Layer Garments
The need to remove moisture from the skin surface of the human body in order to stay comfortable has I believe become paramount to the fiber, fabric and garment manufacturers. They have recognized there is a problem and they are making enormous effort to solve the problem. That is as rapidly as possible get the [...]