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Danger From Within
The U.S. Army has a solicitation out for a new sleep system. The size of the bags is exactly the same as my long wide body size and the temperature rating is the same as mine, +35 for the outer bag known as the Patrol Bag and 0 degrees for the inner bag with a [...]
An Expensive Disposable Sleeping Bag
Can you imagine paying $125.00 to $300.00 for a disposable sleeping bag? In my educated opinion of how sleeping bags are made and the synthetic insulating materials used in them the Mountain Hardwear Company (MH) has done just that, made the most expensive disposable sleeping bag I have ever seen. Several years ago I was engaged [...]
Insulations
I have been involved since 1961 with the sales and manufacture of synthetic fiber for the specific purpose of insulation. I have seen literally all of the synthetics put on the market from 1961 until the present. I have seen some bogus products that have been perpetrated on the buying public, however, I recently [...]
A New Product
During a hunting trip in 1995 I managed to get myself lost. It was an interesting experience to say the least. I was hunting the Fossil Ridge Wilderness area north and east of Gunnison, CO. in early November. On the evening of the forth day out I strayed to far to the north east of [...]
Being Copied Again
I knew it would eventually happen. Two credible sources, one a sleeping bag marketer and the other a fiber merchant have told me of a Hong Kong laminator who has been commissioned to laminate chopped staple fiber to material that has been used in the manufacture of sample sleeping bags. The companies that have commissioned [...]
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 [...]