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Having used Gore-Tex for many years in the Corps, I can attest to its lack of ability to breath as well as the FACT that it does not stay waterproof for very long. In arctic conditions with the armpit vents open and only the zipper flap snapped, it is like hiking in a sauna. After only a couple of field ops it no longer holds out anything heavier than a drizzle. Best way to get a good case of trench foot is to wear boots lined with this garbage.
Wiggy is spot on, there is no such product that is waterproof and breathable, don't be sucked in by such claims.
Best sleeping bags in the world are Wiggy's, thanks for many nights of warm comfortable sleep in all kinds of conditions.

L.J.

You hit it right out of the park once again with this posting Jerry!

I get so much scorn from fellow fly fishermen when I tell them Gore-Tex doesn't work. And I always get the last laugh. Unfortunately, sometimes staying warm and dry is not a laughing matter. Keep up the good fight against salesman BS.

D.F.

While I have several thousand recipients of my newsletter/commentary I receive gratefully so only a few responses and all with respect to “waterproof/vapor permeable” garments support my conclusion as is evidenced above. When these people add to their notes that my products work as they do and encourage me to keep up the exposing of the bad guys in the outdoor industry that too is great.

CAN CAMPING GET RID OF ITS “SUFFERFEST” IMAGE?

That question is the title of an article from Outdoor magazine prelude to the Outdoor Retailer trade show which opens on Tuesday.

The gist of the article has to do with having products that give more creature comfort to the consumer. When it comes to sleeping bags I read the following comment from a representative of Eureka Tent Company and I quote; in sleeping bags, the rectangular bag is even making a comeback, with technical features to make it lighter and pack down smaller”. Of course they always stress lighter and more compactible but if the bag size is larger than a mummy bag how can it pack smaller? It can’t but that is what these sales people will stress to the retailers who have the bags in their stores.

I have also noticed that the sizes of the mummy bags they offer are also larger. I like to think that I have become the influence that is causing these companies to make larger size bags. After all my bags have been the most creature comfort bags on the market since day one in 1986 when I started making the Wiggy Bags.

The marketing people that were interviewed for the article state and I quote “everything must pack in small and light for easy transport”. Imagine if I advertised that mu summer bag was good for use at 30 degrees F versus 45 degrees and higher. The reality is people will by the bag because it compacts so small but when they get cold and don’t sleep they will have been scammed by Wiggy’s. The other companies selling these bags are only concerned with “how small “it can pack versus giving the consumer accurate information.

They talk about two rectangular bags that are the same size as a queen size comforter fitting into a tent. Of course this much larger non-free standing tent also has to be lighter than the two person backpacking tent of yesterday.

They talk about city dwellers actually hiring an Uber or Lyft car company to take them to a “trailhead or outdoor event” where they will camp. So far I have yet to encounter a customer doing this to get the outdoor experience.

How about making the tent large enough to not only cover your backpack but also your bike or motorcycle. Seems to me the retailers asking for the new larger and lighter more compatible products want to take their house with them.

For these people I have the answer to their problem if they want the comforts of home while on the trail.

In about 1972 a company came on the scene but did not last long below is a picture of the product that they were offering in the market place for just this type of personality of camper.

Maybe one of the readers of my newsletter/commentary from the other companies in the outdoor industry will want to look into offering this product again.