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jodi rose
I took your sleeping bag on History Channel's Alone season 10 and it saved my life. Thank you. Jodi Rose On May 31, 2023, I received the above email from Jodi and I wrote back asking if she would tell me more and the following is what she wrote.Jodi Rose 45, [...]
the fallacy of aerogel
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE I HAVE REPRINTED FROM SPECIALTY FABRICS REVIEWTHE CONTENT COMES FROM OUTLAST TECHNOLOGIES GmbH MUNICH, GERMANYMy comments will appear in italics.Outlast Technologies GmbH in Munich, Germany, has patented the procedure to adhere aerogel to nonwovens, enabling materials as thin as 1–3 mm to be well insulated and still soft and flexible. The treated fabrics, sold under the name Aersulate®, [...]
military folks give testimony and the nba
Everything Thing He Designs Works.I've been rocking Wiggy’s gear since 1999. Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq 2 tours. His ultimate Thule that I purchased saved my situation in wildflicken, Germany during a frozen training mission. The issued bag at the time was a Korean War Era goose down mummy bag. So glad I had and have my Wiggy’s gear. It's designed [...]
Extreme Weather Account
The following email comes from a customer giving me an account of her being out in extreme weather where she lives in Canada.I have chosen to leave her questions about a future purchase, then her story. When you read it, you will understand why she has come back to me for additional products. All questions were answered.Hi!I am [...]
super sale
SUPER SALE OF SLUMBER BAGSKok was doing an inventory of all of the end pieces of fabric we have recently accumulated.We are using this shell material to make slumber bags.The color assortment is urban grey, od, coyote brown and marpat.I do not know the quantity of each color just that we have approximately 60/70 bags in production.The price [...]
continuation
This is the continuation of the “last chapter.”I had given considerable thought to exposing, if you will, what I have experienced these past 5 years of my health issues. To let you know I view them as a further experience in life. When talking with my father about his health issues, he said each of us, he was eighty, referring [...]
another 30 year bag
Wiggy,I absolutely must echo every aspect of the letter Bob wrote to you. Though, I've never used your rectangular bags, I do have a 30yr old bag that is still crushing it in the back-country.Thank you so much for your unwavering attention to your work, products, and straight quality. You have done no less than help make [...]
wonderful letter
Wiggy, I've written you several times over the past few years in praise of your products. I've used your rectangle Super Light with hood exclusively, since buying one used, if I remember correctly, in 1989. I replaced it with a new one a few years ago because my grandson needed a bag for a fall camping trip with his buddies [...]
Last Chapter
I have titled this the last chapter and it is in two parts. this is the first half. it explains why I disappeared in mid 2019. Several readers questioned if all was okay, as you will read it wasn't. All is well now.THE LAST CHAPTERFor about two weeks prior to May 7, 2019, I was experiencing [...]
triple cooling effect
TRIPLE CHILL EFFECT?When she was an executive at SPANX, Mary-Cathryn Kolb kept thinking about the versatility of the tiny yarns that worked so hard to shape and support bodies. She would often wonder about what other things those little fibers could do to keep people more comfortable. Could they draw away heat? Could they wick away moisture? Could they [...]