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diverse subjects
CONGRATS FLOODED IN, SO THANKS TO ONE AND ALL.The following three I felt were worth publishing.I have been following you for a few years now and you have opened my eyes to the incredible amount of disinformation, otherwise known as public relations/ marketing surrounding the outdoor clothing and camping industry. As we say in my neck of the woods - Mazal [...]
33rd anniversary
33 YEARS OF WIGGY’SLabor Day weekend is the start of 33 years of Wiggy’s operating in Grand Junction, Colorado. Actually, I incorporated in April of 1988. Today Kok, Pum and I had a traditional Peking duck in celebration.The time has gone by incredibly fast, when I started making the Wiggy’s bags in Columbia, S.C. I never thought this [...]
breathable and water repellent.
EVERYTHING IS BREATHABLE TODAY AND SUDDENLYFor the past to or three years I have heard on tv commercials for underwear that the underwear manufactures are now making breathable underwear. What have they been making for the past 100 plus years?Ever since gore falsely educated the general that they had a waterproof “breathable” material the rest of the garment sellers latched on [...]
VESTS AND SWEATERS OF DISCONTINUED ITEMS
Kok told me we had a number of Supplex vests and sweaters in inventory. Here is the list of sizes and colors available.They will be on the web site for you to order. The vests are $60.00 each and the sweaters are $90.00 each.They are all first quality. VESTS---SMALL9-WOODLAND2-OD1-NAVY1-MARPAT9-ACULARGE1—BLACK1—ACUEXTRA LARGE5—WOODLAND2—ACU2XLARGE1-BLACK2==ACU3XLARGE1—MULTICAM3-OD4-ACUSWEATERSSMALL1—ODMEDIUM8—OD3—ACU2-COYOTE1—BLACKLARGE16 NAVY3 BLACK2 OD3 MARPATXLARGE4 OD9 NAVY4 [...]
EXCELLENT VALUE OF DISCONTINUED PRODUCTS
DISCONTINUED PRODUCTSThis afternoon Kok came to me with a list of products in inventory. I have put the list on the web site for purchasing.All products are first quality and cannot be returned. It is all sales final.From time to time I will list products on this page on the web site with what ever we find in inventory [...]
keeping feet warm
KEEPING YOUR FEET WARMJerry, I was going thru my equipment getting ready for bow season (whitetail deer in Texas) when it came to footwear. It can be hot down here in south Texas and my usual hunting boots are old G.I. jungle boots. Well, not much sole left on them so I started looking thru my stash. I found an [...]
heating yourself and drying
MORE SUPPORT OF HEATING YOUR SELF AND DRYING WHAT YOU ARE WEARINGJerry,Got caught in a summer rain early one morning. My shirt was soaked. Came inside and sat down at computer and thought air conditioning would dry me out. After a few minutes I discovered I was not only wet, but now cold too. Got up to put on [...]
LACK OF HEAT MOVEMENT IS A GOOD THING
LACK OF HEAT MOVEMENT OUT OF A WIGGY’S BAGI recently published an article about moisture moving out of a Wiggy’s bag in the form of vapor but the heat produced by the person in the bag did not go with the moisture. “MOVEMENT OF MOISTURE FROM WIGGY’S INSULATED PRODUCTS”.A more detailed explanation of why the heat that you produce while [...]
KUDOS AMERICAN TEXTILES
KUDOS TO THE “AMERICAN” TEXTILE INDUSTRYThe pandemic we are now living with exploded on the scene 6 months ago.It has damaged our economy (I know the world economy as well, but I prefer to only think about our economy for now) but since its inception the textile industry has responded in a manner that must be applauded!!!I have been reading [...]
movement of moisture from Wiggy insulated products
WHY DOES MOISTURE ESCAPE A WIGGY’S PRODUCT BUT THE HEAT DOESN’T?Since I have been making the Wiggy’s line of sleeping bags and cold weather outer wear there has been one constant; moisture that being the perspiration coming out of the body of the persons using these products from Wiggy’s has escaped through the insulation to form as either liquid or [...]