Staying Warm Through a Deep Freeze
WE ARE COLD COUNTRY NOW
Just a quick note about your products. Eastern Nebraska has gotten its share of snow this Winter. Recently, I was out removing the night's new several inches in single digit temps with wind chill at -15. I was wearing your insulated headgear, mittens, liner jacket, and Lamilite sweater (in DucksBack, though there was no rain at that temperature). If I were smart, I'd have had the leg jackets on too. Shoveled my drive and my walks along with the neighbors'. I was taught as a youngster to be certain to vent my jacket rather than build up a sweat when working outdoors in the cold. Contrary to training, my liner and sweater were fully zipped. I got into the house and pulled off the Wiggy's outerwear to find no sweat at all. I'm telling you that Wiggy's sells a 'No Sweat Sweater' and by that, I mean you make great products. Comfy and warm with no sweat build up. Now if you could just come out with a product that makes snow weightless.
Steve P.
Steve thank you for pointing out how well the moist vapor moved out of the Lamilite outerwear items. The key to the success is that the Lamilite allows that to happen.
I purchased my first Wiggy's bag not too long ago and used it for the first time recently. It was ~20 degrees and windy with sleet falling most of the day and some of the night. I stayed warm, dry, and very comfortable in my Hunter Super Light rectangle bag.
Thank you for making an outstanding sleeping bag!
-James
James thank you for your experience of using a 0 degree bag as low as -20 degrees. I do under rate the bags so you are getting, a comfortable night’s sleep may not apply to every-one who uses the bag at that temperature.
I have for many years known that my bags are conservatively rated and over the years many have written to me telling me their experience using their bag in temperatures lower than the rating. This happens to be the first person to use his bag a 0 degree rated hunter superlight at a low temperature of -20 degrees. what is notable is the fact that he was [is] using a rectangular bag at that temperature.
This should make it obvious that the temperature rating for a mummy shape bag and an equally rated rectangular shaped bag are equal. I have on many occasions answered people who have enquired if rectangular shaped bags are less efficient because there is more space to heat up.