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Ice Retention in Down Filled Product
Two polar explorers and an expedition photographer were reported to be held up from moving farther towards the North Pole because their food supplies were not able to get to them due to bad weather conditions. While they were in the holding pattern they complained that they were experiencing ice accumulation in their sleeping bags. [...]
Fiber Structure is the Difference
In January 2007 I published an article “Lamilite Neutralizes Water”. In the article I also note that water while in a vapor state is evacuated from any Lamilite insulated product easily. The fiber does not trap any moisture or if the fiber does get wet the heat from a human body is sufficient to [...]
Why Wiggy’s Sleeping Bags are the Best That Can be Made
For many years customers of mine have after using my bags in numerous situations, asked why my bags perform so much better than all the others they have used during their years camping. What is it about the Lamilite that makes it better than all of the other forms of insulation to include the continuous [...]
The Slow Demise of the Economy of the USA
I am not an economist, I am a manufacturer and as such I must make decisions about the most efficient ways of producing that which I make and sell. At this time Wiggy’s is for all intents and purposes the last manufacturer of sleeping bags in the USA. There are two or three companies that [...]
What Has Happened to My America
A commonly used expression these days is “that’s a no brainier.” What does it actually mean; that you do not have a brain! However, it appears that its use is when something appears obvious you do not have to think about whatever it is that is obvious. That is a contradiction, if in fact you [...]
More About Moisture Management First Layer Garments
The need to remove moisture from the skin surface of the human body in order to stay comfortable has I believe become paramount to the fiber, fabric and garment manufacturers. They have recognized there is a problem and they are making enormous effort to solve the problem. That is as rapidly as possible get the [...]
The Cold Truth
This is the title of an article published in Outdoor Business magazine. The writer Lou Dzierzak decided to do some research into the temperature ratings applied to sleeping bags having noted a wide disparity at specialty outdoor stores. He further found there is no true formal standard for temperature ratings. He then heard of R.E.I.’s [...]
Erroneous Information
I do not know about other industries other than the outdoor industry so I wonder if people with knowledge in other industries experience seeing, reading the many talk forums pertaining to that industry and also see, read erroneous information. People who are I expect legitimate ask questions about one product or another and someone [...]
Being Copied
The greatest form of flattery is when a company that wants to compete with you makes an effort to copy what you have done. A few years ago the Mountain Hardwear Company chose to copy the Wiggy’s bags by laminating a continuous filament fiberfill and making a sleeping bag. I reported their effort in [...]
Competent At Incompetence
In 1968 I became aware of the US Army Research and Development Center, (USARDC) Natick, MA. I was at the time the sales director for the first company that ever produced the continuous filament fiberfill for Celanese; it was named Polarguard. We introduced the product to Natick and they actually embraced it at the time. [...]