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Cold Feet
This summer I introduced my Lamilite boots to the market place with my Lamilite socks. I am pleased to say both items are selling well. During the past 6 months I have had the opportunity to speak with numerous people both on the phone as well as here at the factory about footwear that they [...]
New Fire Retardant & Arc Resistant Standards Enacted by Osha
Are you a fire fighter, oil field worker, electrical worker, or a worker in any field that requires fire retardant clothing? If so, your employer has to provide you with clothing made from materials that will not ignite from electrical arcs or whatever and there are a myriad of activities that will bring you in [...]
The Best Fire Retardant Insulated Underwear in the World
As the owner of Wiggy’s I pride myself on not copying any other product on the market unless I can make it better. My sleeping bags are second to no other sleeping bag that has ever been made since day one of sleeping bag manufacturing; about 1895 in Finland. I pride myself on the fact [...]
If You Put Lipstick on a Pig You Still Have a Pig
There are three companies that exemplify this statement. The first company is Allied Feather and Down. They are marketing a “fluorocarbon free hydrophobic treated down.”It is quite obvious that companies that process down, are trying everything they can to show that they are good citizens. They are eco-friendly so they leave the smallest foot print [...]
The Fallacy Of A Government Created Sleeping Bag
I have for 20 years written about sleeping bags created by government employees and the fact that whatever these people have created has never performed in the field at the intended temperature rating. The primary reason is the fact that these people ignore the temperature and use what is called “clo value” for their rating. [...]
Testing Bags by Publications
When I first started making sleeping bags I thought I would get magazines that I was advertising in like Outside and Backpacker to contact me so they could test my sleeping bags. After all, I was advertising in these publications that I made the best sleeping bag in the world and I said things that [...]
Wiggy's founder shouts gospel of Lamilite from Grand Junction factory
By Jason Blevins – The Denver Post Jerry Wigutow, the founder of Wiggy's, holds the first sleeping bag he made. Wigutow and his dog, Cookie, were at his production facility in Grand Junction earlier this month. (Photos by William Woody, Special to The Denver Post)GRAND JUNCTION — Jerry Wigutow is herding Cookie through his vast [...]
More Truth About Water Proof Down
Down processors in the past year have finally added a water repellent treatment to the bath that down goes through to help it from collapsing when it gets wet. Until now they, or rather the companies that sell down sleeping bags, have kept the chemical a secret. I knew what they were doing, adding a [...]
Sometimes The Government Unknowingly Wastes Money
For the past 30 years I have been involved with the making and selling of products to the U.S. government. Most of my sales have been through intermediary companies that in most cases have GSA (Government Services Administration) contracts.The government generally has a bidding process, and quite often specifies the product. The lowest bid gets [...]
How The Government Works
RECENTLY I READ AN ARTICLE BY Stephen Moore chief economist at the Heritage Foundation “Governing right out of Atlas Shrugged’’ a novel by Ayn Rand. All who have read the book marvel at how it appears she predicted what we are living through these days.Now I will quote from his article; “The Obama administration had [...]