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bivi bq for center zip bag
BIVI BQ CENTER ZIPWe have in our inventory of these bivi bags a surprising amount to me for reasons beyond what I know of. They were made to join via snaps to the center zip sleeping bagWe have the following colors available.BlackAcuMarpat Coyote MulticamIf you were to buy a center zip military style sleeping bag you can chose [...]
nike folly
NIKE FOLLYThe Aerogami jacket is breathable performance gear with on-demand ventilation.THERE IS NO SUCH WORD AS “AEROGAMI”. Therefore, the jacket cannot be “breathable performance gear with on-demand ventilation”.[shades of gore with their waterproof breathable non-sense].NIKE has introduced a jacket equipped with automatic air venting technology that closes and opens to keep runners warm and cool as they jog. Is [...]
3rd article about aerogel
MORE DETAIL ABOUT INVESTORS INVESTING IN A NON-PERFORMING PRODUCT- see my observations and opinionsPORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OROS today announced $14.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Elizabeth Street Ventures and Enlightenment Capital. Also participating in the financing are leading visionary and entrepreneur Thomas Tull, the Chairman of Snap Inc. Michael Lynton, and Brandon Shainfeld, among others. Equal parts materials technology company [...]
fraud
Hi Jerry, I live up in Alaska and have been using your jackets, gloves, vests, and sleeping bags. Your products are the absolute best for comfort and thermal protection in our harsh winters. I was just thinking that thermal images of your coats vs competitors would likely be compelling because they would show heat loss. Flir makes cameras that are relatively [...]
Is Aerogel the Future of Insulation? DON'T COUNT ON IT!
When W.L. Gore introduced their product—a waterproof and breathable entity—they put on the market what I believed to be the biggest lie ever in the textile industry. It did not work the very day Bobby Gore and his father claimed it worked and it has yet to work today 50 years later. Now, there is [...]
odd colors
I CAN’T SAY IT BETTER; POINT IS I CAN’T SAY IT BETTER THAN ANY OF MY CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR EXPERIENCES FOR 36 YEARSNOW FOR THE LATEST TESTIMONIALI have been wanting to send feedback for some time. Your products are wonderful. We have two wide mummy bags, two rectangular bags, two liner jackets, mittens, chukka boots and two [...]
vest and jacket liner specials
SPECIAL FOR ODD COLOR LINER JACKETS AND VESTSWE HAVE ACCUMULATED A NUMBER OF THESE GARMENTS MADE IN A VARIETY OF COLORS. ALL ARE FIRST QUALITY. LINER VESTS COST $45.OOSMALL5 MARPAT, 2 COYOTE, 4 ABU [AIR FORCE CAMO] 1 BURGUNDY, 9 ORANGEMEDIUM22 URBAN GRAY, 7 OD, 6 ACU [ARMY CAMO], 6 MULTICAM, 6 BURGUNDY, 2 COYOTE, 16 ORANGE, , 1 [...]
WHY WIGGY'S
The following information I wrote and published about 1989. It fully explains why all the no sleep sleeping bags made in Asia are a complete waste of money since they do not work!!!WHY LAMILITE INSULATION?The single most important component of any insulated product, be it a sleeping bag, parka, bib, snowsuit, booties or mittens, is the insulation inserted into [...]
virus mask
VIRUS PROTECTION FACE MASKSBack in the day when virus protection face masks were required, we made many because we were getting many orders for them.Times have changed to some degree and these face masks aren’t required but many are still wearing them and no we hear that the covid-19 virus is acting up again.We do have an inventory so we are [...]
36
36 YEARS OLDMonday September 4, 2023, was the start of Wiggy’s 36th year in business.As I noted several times, I have been in the textile business since 1961 and working in the outdoor industry since 1965. I have seen many companies who thought they were making sleeping bags come and go. They all made no sleep sleeping bags.Today there [...]