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ducksback testimonials
DO YOU NEED A RAINCOAT; LISTEN TO JOHNI got my Ducks back coat yesterday. I opened it last night just as it began to rain rather hard. I thought there was no time like the present to test it, so I put it on and stepped out the front door in the dark in a hard rain. After about [...]
lets go into the field
IT IS HUNTING SEASONWhat is the single most important consideration that a hunter has to take into account? Having been there and done that I know the most import consideration is how to get rid of perspiration otherwise known as sweat.We humans give off moisture in the form of water as I recently read and reported from every [...]
you will not believe what exists
PRIMALOFT® INSULATION TECHNOLOGY INSTRUMENTAL TO NASA-SPONSORED ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH STUDYJULY 8, 2011ALBANY, NYALBANY, New York — (July 8, 2011) — PrimaLoft®, the world leader in performance insulations, recently supplied its top of the line performance insulation, PrimaLoft® ONE, to scientists studying air quality in Fairbanks, Alaska. Yet rather than simply outfitting the scientists working in Alaska, PrimaLoft®’s unmatched performance characteristics were needed [...]
so you want to be warm this winter
I read today in Textile World magazine about a new insulation being used by a German company. Not having any prior knowledge I did some research and the following is what I found.Insulation Of The Future: The Heat Is OnInsulation products reinvent in delivering next generation lightweight warmth, breathability and flexibility. The essential invisible ingredient for the winter outdoors industry [...]
and the beat goes on only a different company
I do not believe the false information being presented to the general public about waterproof breathable fabrics is about to end any time soon. I read an article in this month’s issue of Specialty Fabrics REVIEW magazine about a company in Japan that is making a tent that is “breathable”. The fabric used comes from DSM Dyneema that is supposed [...]
the proof keeps piling up
MORE PROOF OF WHAT DOES NOT EXISTThe following was written in the late 1970’s by a very intelligent man who was in the employ of the Marathon Rubber Products Company. Unfortunately I do not have his name. The following information comes from a fax that I received at the time it was written.Marathon vs ‘Breathable Fabrics1) A basic [...]
the meaning of honesty
Honesty is the recognition of the fact that the unreal is unreal and can have no value, that neither love nor fame nor cash is a value if obtained by fraud--that an attempt to gain a value by deceiving the mind of others is an act [...]
you never know who is going to surface with excellent information
INFORMATION FROM OUT OF THE WOOD WORKBut first a wonderful testimonial because it is from a girl who was told not to do what she did. I told her that I was told not to sail to the Bahamas years ago, but I did. We are both better off from doing what we wanted to do when we [...]
wonderful email
The following e mail has an interesting twist on one person’s thinking about goretex.During my working life both military and civilian in desert heat and arctic cold I came to the conclusion many years ago that Gore-Tex is a dirty word and should not be mentioned in polite society...…My son and I both have Wiggy arctic bags......best [...]
a new product
A NEW LIGHT WEIGHT BAGI was able to buy a light weight rip stop nylon is a light green color recently at a very enviable price. I had in stock some of the 5 ounce Lamilite. So I have quilted the nylon to both sides of the Lamilite in an 8 inch vertical line pattern just like the [...]