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Feathered Friends
"Feathered Friends" is the title of an article I just read in the winter 2015 issue of Insideoutdoor Magazine. The sub title is "Responsibility standards made down even more comforting". What the writer is referencing is the fact that Patagonia and The North Face companies decided too and actually have implemented standards that they adhere [...]
What is New for Outdoor Enthusiasts, or Buyer Beware
Each year in the month of January the outdoor industry has a trade show for the retailers from basically all over the world to attend. For the most part they are US based retailers. There are companies from all over the world that exhibit at the show but again most are from the US. There [...]
Water and Keeping the Human Body Warm
How many of you have ever heard of Gerry Cunningham? Gerry opened a company that you may have heard of in the late 1940?s after WW2 name GERRY OUTDOOR PRODUCTS located in Denver, Colorado. The company produced tents, backpacks, clothing and sleeping bags; insulated with down. Gerry whom I got to know was in my [...]
Why Boots No Longer are Temperature Rated
My March/April 2001 newsletter has an article about insulated boots. At that time if you looked in a Cabelas catalog or had gone into any sporting goods store that sold boots you would have seen a temperature rating with all of the other information provided with the boots. Most of the boots regardless of the [...]
A Sucker Is Born Every Minute
I just read in an outdoor industry on line magazine that the Gore Company will start an advertising campaign shortly on television promoting their non-existent product that they claim to be “waterproof and breathable”. They have said this claim so often that they actually believe it I guess. It is now as it was in [...]
How to Keep Warm?
The subject “how to keep warm” has been the title of many articles written since 1971 when I first read the booklet by Gerry Cunningham titled How to Keep Warm. Other people have written books on the subject as well as the many articles that I have written which can be found in the archives [...]
Cold Feet
This summer I introduced my Lamilite boots to the market place with my Lamilite socks. I am pleased to say both items are selling well. During the past 6 months I have had the opportunity to speak with numerous people both on the phone as well as here at the factory about footwear that they [...]
New Fire Retardant & Arc Resistant Standards Enacted by Osha
Are you a fire fighter, oil field worker, electrical worker, or a worker in any field that requires fire retardant clothing? If so, your employer has to provide you with clothing made from materials that will not ignite from electrical arcs or whatever and there are a myriad of activities that will bring you in [...]
The Best Fire Retardant Insulated Underwear in the World
As the owner of Wiggy’s I pride myself on not copying any other product on the market unless I can make it better. My sleeping bags are second to no other sleeping bag that has ever been made since day one of sleeping bag manufacturing; about 1895 in Finland. I pride myself on the fact [...]
If You Put Lipstick on a Pig You Still Have a Pig
There are three companies that exemplify this statement. The first company is Allied Feather and Down. They are marketing a “fluorocarbon free hydrophobic treated down.”It is quite obvious that companies that process down, are trying everything they can to show that they are good citizens. They are eco-friendly so they leave the smallest foot print [...]