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honesty in the textile business
THE STORY OF AN OLD WIGGY BAGI dragged out my 20 year old 20 degree square Hunter bag without a hood for a camping trip to Grand Teton and Yellowstone. The temperature was in the mid to high 20's at night with freezing rain and snow. I was sleeping in a light tent and had a Wiggy's ground [...]
finished goods inventory
MORE INVENTORY OF PARKAS, VESTS, AND JACKETSKok has given me our inventory of finished DUCKSBACK garments. For those of you who were intending to buy one of these garments and were disappointed when we decided to end production now is your chance.ANTARCTIC PARKA [L-12 LAMILITE] $415.001 small blue1 medium black, 1 tan, 1 blue3 large blue, 4 od [olive green], 1 [...]
unfinished inventory
BALANCE OF DUCKSBACK JACKET INVENTORYKok gave me a list of remaining garment shells waiting to be finished. I am listing what we have left for our existing customers to have first opportunity to buy. Whatever does not sell will then be published on the web site. All garments will be sold at the original prices. The only way to order [...]
sustainability
Former Nestle Water Brand BlueTriton Faces Lawsuit Alleging False SUSTAINABILITY ClaimsBerkley, California based Earth Island filed the lawsuit with the District of Columbia Court Tuesday Aug 31, 2021.They must have 15 different brands, and prices but one quality of water.There are two problems that we know of, first is the plastic water bottles being thrown away and the second is far [...]
want warm hands
DO YOU WANT COLD HANDS?It has been a while since I heard, read anything about eVent “waterproof breathable” [BS as we know it] but today I read the following quip about their new product.“Membrane technology developer eVent has said it enjoyed a return to in-person events at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Denver last month was looking forward to [...]
34 YEARS
34 YEARS AND COUNTINGThe day after Labor Day 1988 Wiggy’s at 7 AM Kok opened the doors to start production. He will repeat that tomorrow morning.Back then we were making what amounted to 38,200 [no sleep sleeping bags] for the forestry fire fighters and very few Wiggy’s bags. Once we finished the government contract Wiggy’s was on its own. Those [...]
follow up to cooling vest
Hi Jerry,When I was in Israel, we saw Bedouins who wore layers of garments in the desert. I can't remember the correct explanation but it seems to me that the guide said that the multiple layers cooled them better, protected them from the sun and kept them from drying out. Something like that anyway. Most of them [...]
cooling vest?
COOLING VESTSToday I read an article about cooling vests from a stay cool vest company.They make a pouch on each side of the vest that you insert a packet that has to be frozen. These packets on average will last 3 hours I was told when I spoke with them. Then you would have to go home and get [...]
rain poncho
Affordable Rain Gear That WorksTook it for a test in a healthy rainstorm. Had more than enough room for my small backpack under it. Took a two-mile hike and decided this is great. Definitely prefer this for a poncho over the various plastic/ vinyl types. Beats my sweat inducing shareman’s rain jacket. Another new favorite piece of gear.RICHARD GROSSThank you, Richard for [...]
hypo bag
OUR HYPOTHERMIA BAGToday I received a call from an Army member who works search and rescue in Oregon. He wanted to know the temperature rating for the hypothermia bag.I told him we use the L-12 Lamilite that we use in our 20 degree Ultra-Light sleeping bag, but he had to understand the victim could be in a summer situation [...]