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71. Liners (AKA Layers)

    Sir;
    
    Greetings from NY. I Pray this finds you an yours well.
    
    Perhaps a suggestion? You sell liners, vest L-3, coat L-3 (combined L6 ish), L-6 liners/ Sweater, and L-12 liners. You've posted that with your fishnets the (2) L-3's and an L-6, should be good to -50 degrees. I'll always pack your sleeping bag, regardless of what else (save weight elsewhere), but for day hunters or hikers or folks that count oz., a package of your liners, I think of them as mix and match, layers, and use them as such. Less weight/bulk then the complete garments with the same warmth. Add leg jackets, hat, gloves/mittens and a sit pad compress small, and if carried affords a huge hedge against hypothermia, regardless of what else is or isn't carried.
    
    More: add a 35-40 degree Wiggy bag (I like the Freedom Bags, coat/poncho liner/blanket, compressible forever, unaffected by water, and good for 10-20 degrees lower then it's rating. I have mine in his medium compression sack, fits without difficulty, uncompressed 8.75" diameter x 19" long, could be compressed much smaller, and a better and bigger pad, tarp (there is absolutely no excuse for not carrying premade shelter) MRE PB and water.
    
    More: Ti pot and cover, MSR Pocket Rocket II and larger cartridge (or 2 smaller ones) freeze dried, Ti spoon/spork

    – Unknown

72. Now Official - warm when wet!

    I've had my Wiggy's mummy sleeping bag for over 3 yrs. I do mostly fall & winter camping, and I have loved it. No surprise. I am writing this now because I just tested out the "warm even when wet" toted on the description of Lamilite when I bought it. Long story short, I was an idiot & didn't put my rainfly on my tent & ended up floating around in inches of water as it rained inside my tent for a 4 hour thunderstorm. My bag was WET - like a couple gallons of wet. And I was warm! Amazing stuff. I hope I am never stupid enough to test it that way again, but I gotta say - thank you, Wiggy's!

    – Kristen Lynch

73. 2nd Wiggy's bag

    I got my first Wiggy's sleeping bag, an Ultima Thule, in 1987. I used it on several sled dog races here in Wisconsin, and in Minnesota and Michigan. I also used as a kayak camping bag in Yellowstone in September. We know a bit about winter here in the upper Midwest and it performed excellently. For the last 25 years I have used it as my primary sleep system in my yurt. Finally this last winter the inner nylon liner split . I still use it at home but I need a new one for camping. One bag lasted 32 years of regular use. If anything you make them too good! Thanks.

    – Joe Edmonds

74. EDC

    Prefaced by I got this idea from Wiggy himself.
    
    EDC
    
    I'd like to posit a concept; EDCing a 40 degree or warmer Wiggy sleeping bag, in my case a 40 degree Freedom bag, chosen specifically because less insulation packs smaller, but it is a Wiggy bag so unlimited max compression without loss of loft, unaffected by wet, it's good for 10-20 degrees lower then the rating and the Freedom bag can be used as a poncho liner, coat or blanket. It is what the jungle bags can't ever be.
    
    Wiggy makes coat liners, his vest and coat liner are L-3 (so combined L-6 ish?) and he makes L-6 and L-12 liners. The theory is, he builds them like his sleeping bags, so they have the same functionality as the bags. I am in the process of putting together a collection of his liners. This allows me to tweak the liners to the worst the season and location can muster. I can layer under anything, they work as well under Filson waxed tin cloth or rubber over canvas commercial fishing rubbers, as they do uncovered. Just as the Freedom bags can add 40/20 degrees to my layers, my layers can add an unquantified CLO to the Freedom bag when sleeping. They both compress small, and as previously stated, add shelter, a good pad, water and peanut butter, your good to hunker down in most any conditions.
    
    Hypothermia can happen any time of the year, city or sticks. His liners mitigate hypothermia and his bags, perhaps in concert with his clothes, and air activated hot packs or hot water bottles treat hypothermia, with what your carrying EDC.
    This is for all those times that you didn't plan on being lost, cliffed out, stranded,compromised, sick or injured, but you are. It makes things much more viable.

    – James Huffaker

75. Life Support Equipment

    I have proven to myself that Wiggys bags should be labeled as such. I have never used his hypothermia bag, but I have used his sleeping bags in severely compromised conditions, and can state unconditionally that if your sick or injured, or getting hypothermic, if you can get into his bag, regardless of wet clothes and/or a wet bag, with a good pad under you, you will be warm. There is no good reason not to carry premade shelter, and Wiggy recommends them, but even without, his bag will get you warm.
    
    Survival: Wiggys bag is the single most important component of your preps. When I pack, everything else is built around my sleeping bag. If I have nothing except his bag, good insulation, and water and a jar of peanut butter, I can keep myself warm, hydrated and peanut butter is the near perfect survival food. It provides quick burn calories, and slow burn fats. So if you can do nothing but hunker down, with the above you've done everything possible to keep yourself alive. His Freedom bags pack small enough to live in your EDC, and his B-52 or anything else can be vacuum sealed forever. If you need to move, Wiggys has options for that based on the worst the location and season can muster. I am in the process of gathering layers, that I can put into my ruck, the heavier liners reserved for winter, so that no matter what outer layer I'm using, I can layer under it appropriate for the worst, and I don't need to worry if it gets wet.
    
    Medicine: We have a responsibility to our companions or strangers that are entrusted to our care by circumstance, to rende5r care to the best of our ability. All illnesses and injuries that can occur in the front country, can and do occur in the back country. Most require maintaining a normal body temperature. Hypothermia can occur any time of the year. All trauma patients are hypothermic (via a different mechanism) and need to be treated. Wiggy makes a hypothermia bag, that I'm sure is great, though I have no personal experience with it, but unless on a dedicated rescue mission, I'm not likely to carry it. But, his bags , given enough wiggle room, with the addition of his layers and air activated hot packs, can get the hypothermic patient headed in the right direction, with no additional equipment then what your carrying already. The whole thrust in hypothermia management is preventing further heat loss, and rewarming. NOBODY else's bags will do that and his clothes prevent environmental hypothermia

    – James Huffaker

76. Ducksback Sweater is great!

    Mr. Wigutow,
    
    I've been meaning to write this testimonial for several months. I purchased the Ducksback sweater in late winter / early spring. My first chance testing it was at my son's all-day lacrosse tournament. Temperatures were in the low 40's, 20-30 mph winds, and a steady rain all day with periods of heavy rain. Almost everyone sported an umbrella and waterproof clothing. It was that miserable that many people left early, including several lacrosse teams (one team was in the finals and forfeited).
    
    I was amazed at how the sweater performed. I was toasty warm all day. Water would run of the outside of the jacket and some water would bead on the jacket. I would shake the jacket and the water droplets would come right off. Several people approached me and asked if I was crazy not having an umbrella which gave me the opportunity to educate them. I stayed warm all day, but was sure the water had eventually soaked through the material. What truly amazed me was my tee-shirt under the jacket was completely dry at the end of the day. Thanks for another great product!

    – Derek Y

77. Dependable product and excellent service

    Thank you for your quick response in providing a replacement buckle for my "lightweight waders". It is greatly appreciated.
    Additionally, the waders are performing as advertised and as I had hoped. I look forward to using them in the Rocky Mountains this Fall.

    – Doug Veach

78. User Feedback on Wiggys Products

    Hi Jerry,
    
    Thought you would like the following feedback...
    
    I have had one of your Lamilite sweaters from early 2000s.
    Worn in wet autumn rainy weather as a liner jacket under a Ventile garment from Wintergreen Ely MN. The Ventile jacket eventually soaked through and the Lamlilite sweater got wet-but-I did not feel cold.
    Other noticeable effect was how fast the water was draining out the bottom of the Lamilite sweater....drop...drop drop. ...
    
    I also have worn it under an LL Bean Mens nylon Anorak-same thing happened after rain soaked through but again-I did not feel a chill and the water was going out the bottom of the laminate sweater in drops. The Lamilite Sweater was drying from body heat after the rain stopped as I kept moving.
    
    I would like to see a travel raincoat in the works-when you have the opportunity to do so. Here in the Northeast NY area a favorite of winter/fall/early spring commuters are the long coats that cover the wearer's legs...a necessity when you have to walk and catch the commuter trains from Connecticut and upper New York to go work in Manhattan with harsh wind/rain pelting the legs of people.
    
    I did get an Alaskan Range Parka Shell from you...have not worn it yet as the weather is too hot here. Overall the jacket looks well made...a zippered pocket...at least one...would be handy for securing a wallet and also a drawstring around the waist. The jacket is the correct length too-a short jacket length can be useless.
    
    The Wiggys fishnet underwear:
    I have worn these for a long time especially in cool and cold weather. The material does not stretch and the neck hole can be tight. I have found that it is best to wash these garments by hand or if in a machine-to put the fishnets in a mesh wash bag-secure the bag top and wash on gentle/cold cycle. After taking out the wet fishnets from the washing machine-the neck hole of the fishnet top can be gently, gently stretched to make it a bit wider...others wearers might have this same issue!
    The fishnet bottoms-a drawstring cord like a pajama bottom might help to make it a bit more secure around the user's waist.
    
    Second layer mesh shirt:
    This is a good shirt and can double as an underwear top on its own. If worn over the fishnets for me I find I need to size the shirt up others everything is too tight especially around the neck. Example, a XL fishnet top then an XXL Second layer mesh shirt OVER the XL fishnet top works better than an XL over an XL garment.
    
    As you mention on your site and commentary-having an inner nylon garment allows for a slide effect on other garments-no binding like fleece on fleece!
    
    The other important thing is as you always have stressed the open neckline..being able to open the shirt/jacket to allow the moisture to get out. I had an older male relative years back when I was helping to do outdoor chores and I realize now he had some cold weather training as he stressed to always open your jacket and shirt when moving/working outdoors-also to wear loose fitting garments....you are the only other person I have run across selling outdoor garments who stresses this same principle.
    
    I would like to see a Second layer mesh long johns type pants, perhaps 3/4 length...
    
    I have never overheated in the fishnets or the Second Layer Mesh Shirt when I have followed the principle of the open neckline-I usually wear a button shirt so it's easy to open up the neck/upper chest to ventilate and unzipped the outer jacket.
    
    Not so easy to do so if you are wearing a sweater. Correct knowledge always helps.
    
    Thanks for making these products available and have a Happy 4th.
    

    – Unknown

79. Leif Juell's Magic Undershirt...Fishnet Underwear in Canada in the 1950s

    Wiggy,
    
    Thought you would find this article interesting and amusing.
    
    It's from the The Scout Leader Vol. 28, No. 6 March, 1951 Canada Boy Scouts online in a pdf. You have to scroll down to Page 88 for the article.
    
    The article is about The Magic Undershirt...Leif Juell's Coat of Mail.
    
    http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/dumpextras/Leader/1950%27s/1951/ScoutLeader-Mar1951.pdf
    
    It mentions how a Canadian invented a fishnet/string vest type shirt and marketed it to the Canadian military and other users. What is interesting are the pictures-it shows a clear resemblance to the British WWII type.
    
    Separately online somewhere in a forum I do recall reading that the Canadian military tested/used string vests(fishnets) during WWII.
    
    Also online on the web there is a mention of a Dr. Henry L. Deimel who came up with the Deimel Linen-Mesh Co. 1899/early 1900s...an undergarment system made out of linen mesh to allow moisture to evaporate away from the skin.
    
    On Google Images some of the old Deimel Mesh ads can be seen.
    
    Interesting how folks from the past understood the need for moisture to get away from the skin.

    – Unknown

80. String Vest/Fishnet At Scott Polar Research Institute University of Cambridge UK

    Wiggy,
    
    This is another picture of a string vest allegedly used by Shackleton from the Scott Polar Research Institute University of Cambridge UK:
    
    https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/catalogue/article/z89/
    
    also if you enter the terms string vest in the search box on their site you will pull up results showing a few different designs of the string vest that were used on expeditions to very cold places!
    
    Interesting how the mesh design obviously worked back then...

    – Unknown