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131. The Jacket Liner Was Enough!

     Recently, I attended law enforcement instructor training in Central Washington in which the days were snowy and pushing to the low 10s for temperature. I layered up and used only the Wiggy's jacket liner as my warm cover. It was more than enough to not only keep me warm and functional, but also gave enough padding for those frozen SImunition rounds I took as part of the training. The liner absolutely was the best, durable, light yet warm. Over my years in the military and LE, my personally purchased and owned Wiggy's products have not failed me. I remain a enthusiastic user and support of the products.

     – Morris

132. LONGEVITY OF LAMILITE

     I have one of your early super light bags. It's at least 25 years old. My dad gave it to me for a motorcycle camping trip. It still looks and performs like the first night I used it.
     
     All the best,
     Garrett
     

     – GARRETT

133. cold condition use

     Hello Wiggy's! I enjoy the ongoing education regarding the process of staying warm in cold and extreme temps. Thanks for the good reading. I do live in Northern WI so the info has been put to use. Getting to my point, friends and I just completed our 18th annual February trek into the BWCA for camping and fishing. Based on the recommendation of a musher friend I upgraded my gear to include a Wiggy's Arctic boat-foot bag and sleeping pad. While temps were not the normal -30 to -40 (only -20), the technology of my new gear was apparent. Can't say enough about Wiggy's. Your products made a great experience even better, and the general information shared in your newsletter is very valuable to anyone who is serious about thriving in harsh conditions.
     Todd Bucher
     

     – todd

134. AWESOME QUALITY!

     I made the mistake of buying a cheap bag from one of the outdoor box stores, it lasted two trips before the zipper broke!
     we just received our new bags from Wiggy's , Night and day quality difference, huge heavy duty zippers, MADE IN USA!!
     I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER!!
     
     Will Grimsley
     Pensacola, Florida

     – will grimsley

135. WHAT A TESTIMONIAL FOR WIGGY'S

     Pat, I know that you have listened to Bob extol the virtues of Wiggy's (he has to be the biggest walking Wiggy advertisement out there). But one thing about Bob is that he tests shit before he will recommend it. Since Bob has recommended Wiggy and I have tried it, I now have over a dozen and a half sleeping bags from 35*F overbags, to -20* F Ultima Thule bags (when combined are -40*F). I have Wiggy's water bottles, sleeping pads, dog coats, boots, bivy bags, underwear and other items. The thing about Bob is that although he is sometimes irritating in his stubborn support of a position, he is most often also correct...which makes it more irritating!
     
     
     
     Anyway, the first Wiggy's bag I had, was the one that I took to the desert. I did not know it was Wiggy's because I had purchased it as a US Cavalry product. I used it day in and day out for 6 months. Never washed it once and by the time we got back to Camp Lejeune it smelled so bad, that I thought I would need to burn it. Into the washer, and it was as good as new. (Wiggy not only allows you to wash his bags and other gear, he actively encourages it.) I still own and use that bag 25 years later!
     
     
     As a salesman, I know that we are mostly all liars, and I take the marketing with a grain of salt. I am now sold on Wiggy's for the science and the performance. The temperature ratings are as accurate (conservative) as they can be.
     
     
     Once I was out with the scouts and I grabbed my trusty Wiggy's zero degree Super Light. You know I very seldom sleep under a tent, and that night was no exception. About 0100, I woke up cold and could not seem to get warm. I was mother f-ing Wiggy, and his mother, and his company, and their crappy temp ratings! After all it was,only 17*F, and I was freaking cold! Well I put my wool hunting coat over the torso portion of the bag and slept just fine through the rest of the night. When I got home and unpacked the bag to air it out, I discovered that I had mistakenly packed my 35*F over bag. It was NOT comfortable, but it was survivable...even at 17*F!
     
     
     If I had been inside a tent (the way Wiggy rates his bags), then I don't know if I would have even woken up at all? My coldest night out (in a Wiggy's bag Ultima Thule -20*F) has been at -17*F. (Not in a tent, on a frozen lake, two sleeping pads-one Wiggy's and one foam pad). I was warm and comfortable through the night...no issues at all.
     
     
     Anyway, I'm sending this out to some of my camping friends for their edification. I camp less than any of you, and I would never dream to pit my outdoors knowledge or experience against theirs, but I do know that this Wiggy's stuff WORKS! Not because of marketing and high priced labels, but because of science. Linked below are two recent Wiggy's articles explaining the science of keeping dry and keeping warm (nothing new here).
     
     
     Take it for what it's worth, but I believe this is a great product. US made, lifetime unconditional warranty, quality throughout. Like I said, I have dozens of Wiggy products and have not been disappointed yet. A little heavier, a little bulkier than down, but IMHO a good night's sleep is well worth an extra pound or two.
     
     
     Chris Team Kelliher
     
     
     
     

     – Unknown

136. Wow, my wiggys bag came in handy last night for an unexpected use

     I bought a wiggys bag a few years ago for my once in a lifetime float hunt in Alaska. The bag worked as advertised and the hunt was successful with a Boone and Crockett Bull Moose. I have not used it since but over the weeekend I caught the flu, been miserable with transitions of high fever with a ton of sweating and chills that had me shivering like a mermaid at the North Pole. So last night I wake up and my bed is soaking wet and the cotton sheets and quilt are drenched, I know that simply changing the linens will only result in having to do it again every hour or so, and the soaking wet blankets are only making me colder. Not sure how I thought of it because I was not thinking to clearly but I remembered about my wiggys bag and the claims of it keeping you warm even if wet, it worked like a char, I am actually still in the bag right now.
     
     Thanks Wiggy, while I was still miserable with the fever and flu symptoms, I was no longer cold and actually got some rest.

     – Raymond Dyer

137. Arctic Expedition proven - through an Ice Storm

     I was raised a Bush Alaskan, watching her turn from a Territory to a state as a commercial fisherman's son. Living in a wilderness environment was the way we got things done, and you learned quick on the trail what to do - and what not to do. I have endured frost bitten ears at an early age proving it. After retiring from a Law Enforcement career, of which three years were spent in the Arctic, I had to return. Anyone that has been there understands, I don't think I could explain it well anyway. I came across Wiggy's while researching the gear I knew I would need - and at the time our Kodiak based Coast Guard SAR units were using the -20 bags for recovery of their hypothermic victims, especially at sea. I took the -60 with me, and later on a second expedition the -40 with the Thule shell that was offered (this was 1997 - 98). Those bags were to prove one of the best investments I have made in trail gear. Example - While out on what had started, and promised to be a beautiful day, I kayaqed out through a lead in the ice that was over a mile wide, and opening wider in the direction I was traveling. The land ahead was clearly visible, and only a few hours away. That was to change. The wind began to pick up out of the NE, and with the changing thermals a freezing mist began to flow off of the pack. Worse, the flow of the "Sag" River was starting the pack to corkscrew with the incoming tide, which began to cut off my lead openings - and then, as the visibility continued to drop, it began to close off the lead entirely. I began to hear the ice grinding together out of range of my view, which had dropped to less than 100 yards at best - usually less. Swirling, setting as deep as only a freezing sea fog can, I could feel my body core begin to take the strain. I worked my through one dead end after another, twisting my way through a changing maze of shadows grinding together as I passed, turning from one opening through another just after each would close. After over ten hours I was drained, and knew it was try to find a piece of ice that was stable and big enough to hold me, and get out of the kayaq, or freeze. It was barely an hour later that one came into view that had an opening just large enough for my kayaq to slip out of the way of the ice flows and into a safe place to haul out. I pulled the prospector's hammer out ( a climbing pick would not have been strong enough to withstand the twisting motion of the loaded kayaq against the flow) and impaled it into the ice, then set the hollow titanium ice pegs in to secure the boat. When finally able to drag myself out, I could barely feel my legs, but I knew that I had to set up the full camp or without shelter I was done. The double wall tent went up without any complications, previously arranged in the bag to slide into place with each peg securing it as I went. Then after I laid out the pad, I heated a simple pot of soup - and crawled into the Wiggy's. The midnight sun was a frosty glow at 0130 hours that morning - but I slept like a log. The bag wicked out any moisture that would have finished me - and I awoke as if I had had a normal sleep on land - a hard pan sleep - there's no give in that ice, as you'd expect. But the bag did what I carried it for - and after 20 years and two expeditions it is still like new without a tear or failure of any kind - retaining bag and all. I'm planning a third photographic expedition to the Arctic again - the bags will go with me - and the Antarctic Parka, when I can afford it. The incident turned out right because the equipment was carried to make it right - but with so many that carry down or cotton in the field, it could have been much worse. Cotton kills - but Wiggy's kill the chills. I know - WKD

     – W. K. DeVaney

138. best on the market

     Was out last night in NH doing some winter camping. Wiggy's bags, sleeping pads, fishnets and boots with Sun Walkers. Never cold, always dry! You make great products and I tell every outdoors person that I know, that yours are the BEST on the market...NO exceptions!
     
     
     Thanks to you and your people for making the outdoors a little more inviting.
     
     
     Chris Kelliher Team Kelliher
     

     – chris

139. Alaska Liner Coat - A Great Product!

     Hi Jerry,
     
     I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know I have received my new Alaska Liner Coat, and it is spectacular! Our present mid-30s temperatures aren't much of a test for it...this is with the L-6 level of insulation...
     
     The build of the coat is good and burly...I am impressed by the outer fabric, especially as this coat is designed to be primarily worn under another, outer layer...this coat will function perfectly fine as a stand-alone garment...I intend to use it as a liner under a BDU shirt...
     
     You got me on the design of the pockets, though...I slid my hands under the outer flap and didn't go inside a pocket; My hand just slid down along the side of the coat. "They forgot to put pockets on the coat!" was my first thought...and then I found the doubled- over nature of the pocket flap, which adds another layer of protection to help prevent things from tumbling out of the pockets, which, by the way, are EXTRA deep! A crafty, thoughtful design addition! Good one! I also appreciate the high collar as a wind block.
     
     This coat will also come in handy as insulation when worn inside my Wiggy's Overbag bag during colder conditions...I am currently wearing the Alaska Liner Coat as my stand-alone, every-day cold weather jacket.
     
     For those wondering about sizing, I am 5'10" and (ahem) 250 pounds...I ordered the 3X size. It is a little long in the body and sleeves, but gives me some room to spare around my big belly...this extra length is actually a benefit to help warm your back side when out in the weather, and you want to sit down...and, if you need to conceal anything, this generous size choice fills that role perfectly.
     
     Again, congratulations on creating another quality, AMERICAN-MADE product!
     
     Best Wishes,
     
     Scott Williams

     – Scott Williams

140. Love my Wiggy's Comforter

     When I used to get in bed at night in the winter time, it would take at least 15 minutes for me to get warm. My bed was always ice cold. I got a Wiggy's comforter for Christmas and as soon as I put it on, I got in bed and my bed was instantly warm. I don't know why, but it is amazing. Thank you Wiggy for making this comforter. Everyone should have one.......

     – TC-Warm at last in Alaska