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update on ducksback and alaska range parka
THE TESTIMONIALS JUST KEEP COMINGDear Jerry,I have been meaning to send you an email for a while now to say how great I think your sleeping bags are. I backpack in and camp in the White Mountains in New Hampshire (usually in the Presidential’s mountain range) every January and February (and sometimes other months too) with my buddies [...]
executive order
Presidential Executive Order on Buy American and Hire AmericanEXECUTIVE ORDER by Donald Trump- April 18, 2017a) “Buy American Laws” means all statutes, regulations, rules, and Executive Orders relating to Federal procurement or Federal grants including those that refer to “Buy America” or “Buy American” that require, or provide a preference for, the purchase or acquisition of goods, products, or materials produced [...]
NICE EMAILS
JUST A FEW NICE EMAILS RECEIVED OVER THE WEEKENDI bought one of these in Red Deer Alberta, in around 1994 it was and is my favorite garment. 23 years later and it's still pretty good just a little rough from wear and tear. It wore so well lasted forever, you can wear it on a crisp summer night [...]
rubberized boots and waterproof breathables
TESTIMONIALS AS A RESPONSE TO PACK BOOTSYour pac boots are the only rubber bottom boot that works. Had a pair of LL Beans boots in 1980/90s. Always got cold feet! This winter wore your pac boot on my winter Caribou hunt in February along the Denali Hwy. Temps between 0-10F. Feet sweated of course but never cold. Dragged [...]
rubberized boots
DO ALL RUBBERIZED BOOTS FUNCTION THE SAME? YESI manufactured pack boots that had a rubberized base. The purpose of the rubberized base is to keep water out of the boot. The upper that I put to the base was a urethane coated fabric that was also waterproof as well as Lamilite insulated. Since the exterior material used for [...]
making my day
MAKING MY DAYFor years I take pleasure in publishing testimonial letters that I receive. I believe the more people know what other people think of the products that I make and market as well as how they are treated when they call us is important to the success of Wiggy’s.As the manufacturer I can assure you I have never [...]
fixation
DUCKSBACK TESTIMONIALMy wife and I have just spent several very rainy days on the Oregon Coast, south of Lincoln City at 'Salishan' a golf club. I had been wearing my ''DUCKSBACK”' front full zipper parka exclusively on our beach walks and in town. The fabric is most amazing in that it has a very 'soft hand' in texture but is [...]
ban chopped staple fiberfill
BAN CHOPPED STAPLE FIBERFILL BATTING FROM USE IN SLEEPING BAGS OR EXTREME COLD WEATHER CLOTHING!The following e mail came to me from Marc Taylor proprietor of Wiggy’s Alaska retail store.Last week a gentleman walked through my door at Wiggy’s Alaska.He was obviously military by his demeanor.He was carrying a top-down compression sack that I thought would contain a Wiggy bag, [...]
division of labor
THE DIVISION OF LABORDid you ever hear of Ludwig von Mises a very prominent Austrian economist! He wrote about the division of labor. No one can know and do everything.On Friday a fellow came into Marc’s store Wiggy’s Alaska looking for a bivi bag. Marc asked why and he said he was a Lt in paratrooper unit based I [...]
just incredible testimonial
I was just out walking Cookie and when I came in and found the testimonial below. Talk about making my day.Dear Jerry, Yesterday here in the Midwest, I got up at 5am, put on my Wiggy's fishnets, my lamalite socks, leather lamalite ( same as they came out of the box- untreated), my motorcycle chaps, jacket and gloves. I had [...]