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can a sleeping bag or outerwear garment be dangerous
THE DANGERS OF AEROGELThe following e mail was received on Friday evening from a customer who obviously knows quite a bit about the aerogel product.Hello again, I was just catching up on email I missed and noticed your news and commentary on Aerogel. You were told correctly about that stuff absorbing oil. I have several blocks of it. It's the same variety [...]
a very appreciated plug for a wiggy product
Why Readers Had Us Googling Fishnet UnderwearBy Andy Snyder | November 8, 2017Hmmm… are we looking at Manward’s first-ever endorsement opportunity?After digging through the mailbag this week, we’re seeing the same company and its unique products mentioned throughout.While we’ll remain fiercely independent, we will share some of the tips and tricks readers have sent us over the last few days… including [...]
lamilite socks rise to the occasion.
ANOTHER USE FOR LAMILITE SOCKSWiggy,My son and I took your products into Quetico, the Canadian wilderness park during the last 2 weeks of September.During travel days we portaged and pulled over beaver dams 4 to 10 times per day, meaning being ankle to waste deep in water as we loaded and unloaded canoes. We used your Lamilite socks with jungle [...]
icing in down bags
FOLLOW UP TO ICE IN DOWN SLEEPING BAGSJerry, there’s good informational blog on down and some synthetic bags getting soaked and freezing dated 2005 that mentions your name as an answer to the problem. These winter backpackers are discussing the problems of ice formation in their down bags.Somebody mentioned a 700 fill down will absorb more moisture than [...]
weighing down
THE TRUTH ABOUT MEASURING DOWNOne of my customers sent me a link to a page of the bean online catalog that shows down filled garments that according to the published information those garments contain 850 fill down. What exactly does it mean that the garment has 850 fill down?Make a plexiglas box that is 12 x 12 x [...]
let us talk to the animals
BIOMIMETICS AS RELATES TO TEXTILES IS UTTER NONSENSEBiomimetic is; “The study and development of synthetic systems that mimic the formation, function, or structure of biologically produced substances and materials and biological mechanisms and processes”.The article that I read is published in Specialty Fabrics Review a magazine published by the Industrial Fabrics Association.In retrospect the first time I ever heard of a textile [...]
getting publicised
A WRITE UP IN BLUE RIDGE OUTDOORS MAGAZINEHey, my name is Graham Averill—I’m the gear editor at Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine. I’m writing a profile of a runner, Peter Ripmaster, and he’s recommending Wiggy’s Lamilite 13” socks as one of his favorite pieces of gear. I’m hoping you can send me a high res image of the socks to [...]
i really do not care
I DO NOT THINK; BELIEVE ANYTHING WILL COME OF IT!Last week I wrote about the absolute folly of primaloft combining aerogel with their fiberfill product which is the same name as the company. I noted that I called three companies to further my education of the product and the products being made from this new name for the [...]
on being ignored
ON BEING IGNOREDAs many of you know I am not appreciated by the outdoor industry in general because I do not fit their mold of being a “good old boy”. I never exhibit at the OR show nor do I sell retailers. As a matter of fact when a retailer has called wanting to carry the Wiggy’s line [...]
i just don't get it
I JUST DON’T GET ITLast week the U.S Army testing laboratory published a sources sort notice for a “new” waterproof and breathable (vapor permeable) lining for boots.Looking at the overall specifications that one has to meet is mind boggling but of no value. You see after all is said what will be done is a rehash of what they [...]