Warm Feet at -30 on Alaska's North Slope
SOCK TESTIMONIAL
I have been working on the North Slope of AK for 13 yrs. now. I have tried everything from two pairs of socks to wool socks and nothing comes close to Wiggys. When I first started working up here I wore cotton socks and Bunny boots and that worked for a while then switched over to Smartwool and that worked for a while. Then the North Slope went all steel toes so I switched to Baffin's and wool socks and wore that for years. Until one day I was shopping for a sleeping bag and a guy I work with said get a Wiggy's I said what's a Wiggy's? So that night I googled Wiggy's and it has changed my life. Back to the socks. Today it was -30 degrees Fahrenheit here. So what I wear now is a pair of Lacrosse rubber boots and Wiggy's socks and my feet are warm. A simple change of the socks and now my feet are warm. When I take the boots off at the end of the day the outside of the socks are covered in sweat and my feet are barely clammy. If you decide to wear them with rubber boots I would get the 13" ones. I tuck my pant legs inside the boot and it seems to be OK. The socks seem to ride down my feet, every once in a while I slip the boot off and pull the sock up. My socks are size ten my boots are an eleven. I usually wear a 10.5 in footwear. Lacrosse doesn't make half sizes. One of my Whites boots is a 9.5 and the size ten sock fits just fine. If Wiggy's made a steel toe Lamilite boot I would buy it in a hurry. The only down side I see is that my stitching is coming apart on the heel on both socks. You can actually put your finger through it. I would buy more Wiggy's in a heartbeat but the shipping to AK is expensive. My feet are finally warm; BUY WIGGY'S YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. I KNOW I WILL CONTINUE!!!
Sincerely Justin Cox
Isn’t it great that I have so many customers who are writing about their experience with products I manufacture, I think so. And I am very grateful that so many take the time to tell me and I am happy to pass on what they say.
I believe the best insulation, polyester or down, is continuous filament fiber called Climashield, which is what I use to make Lamilite, but you already knew that.