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Pack Boots
In all the years I have had Wiggy’s I have not made a product just because someone thought I should. I maintained if I could improve on something that someone else makes, then and only then would I make it. Both the Muk Luks and Over boots are great items as was the Herman boot [...]
Letter
LETTER Enclosures: catalog, letter. January 13, 2003 Re: Super Light Sleeping Bag Dear WiggyThis brief note is written both to express my gratitude to you and to affirm what you already know: you make a truly superior bag. As an ex-Marine, enthusiastic all-season hiker and “car camper,” I have some expertise in sleeping [...]
Backpacker Magazine
BACKPACKER MAGAZINE, A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT The December 2002 issue of Backpacker has an article “Zero to Sixty in Two Bags or Less!” It is about a two sleeping-bag system, like the Flexible Temperature Range Sleep System that I produce. However, Wiggy’s system, the first produced, is not mentioned. I guess I [...]
ANTIMICROBIALS
ANTIMICROBIALS “Regulatory Considerations: U.S. regulatory laws consider any product used to control microbes a pesticide. The active ingredient in any antimicrobial must be registered with the EPA and be approved by the FDA. Whenever an antimicrobial claim is made for a product, it must be registered with the EPA for a specific use.”The above comment was the last paragraph [...]
Insulation Manufacturers
INSULATIONI have been in the business of selling insulating materials to outerwearmanufacturers since 1961. I still do sell my Lamilite insulation toseveral companies around the world. In these 40 years I have seen everyform of insulation that the fiber companies have come up with and all ofthe variety of materials called insulation made by companies [...]
Unintended Consequences
The attack on the United States of America brought about some unintended consequences that are quite important. First it galvanized the population of the country in a manner that I have not seen in my lifetime. This is good because our way of life has been seriously disrupted and who knows when it will return to [...]
Value
Recently I received a letter from a customer with page from a mail order catalog (Sierra Trading Post) containing an ad showing "breathable waders" manufactured by Patagonia. The first line of copy states: "Who says you can't breathe under water?" The letter writer, Don, states in his letter that he is having trouble understanding how this [...]
Should I Do It To All Of Them?
Recently I noticed in a catalog from a mail order company known as Ranger Joe's that they were marketing a competitors bag rated for use as cold as -58 degrees F. Knowing that this was nonsense I wrote to the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. National Advertising Division, and at their request I also wrote to the [...]
Rules ?????
RULES ????? I have been supplying the U.S. Air force and the U.S. Navy with vacuum-packed sleeping bags for survival purposes for nine years. Both of these services tested the bags extensively before they were adopted and issued national stock numbers for them. Recently the U.S. Army put out a solicitation to bid on vacuum-packed sleeping bags for [...]
A Truly New Fabric
I was recently shown a fabric that actually works the way the manufacturer claims. It is called Super-Fabric. It has small dots of a proprietary material impregnated in a double- thick knitted material. It has various applications. The first product I am making is a glove. There are several models in production at this time. [...]