another testimonial

THEY JUST KEEP COMING

Thank you for keeping me dry!

Dear Mr. Wigutow,

I am your typical "weekend warrior" dad, 48 years old, working hard to put two girls through college and maintain some balance in my life. Part of that "balance" is getting into the woods of Pennsylvania whenever I have some free time. Turns out one of those times was the weekend of October 2nd, yep, the weekend hurricane Joaquin hit the east coast. Needless to say the two days on the trail were WET! From an all day mist on Friday to driving rain tapering off the mist on Saturday. Luckily I brought your FTRSS Overbag. I dove into the bag wet and cold, rain dripped on me most of the night and I had one of the best nights sleep in the woods I have ever had! I woke up warm and dry, especially my feet. The worst part of the experience was that I was SO dry and comfortable that I didn't want to get out of the bag!

Thank you for keeping me dry making such a superior product that lives up to its specs!

Regards,
Matt

As I have said many times the primary reason that customers write to me is to say what you have read above.

By the way Wolf Roman is alive because of this characteristic of Lamilite which does the same thing regardless if it is wet or dry; and that is to stifle heat produced by your body from moving out of the sleeping bag or as I found out when I was lost in the blizzard the heat from my body did not move out of my Antarctic parka, leg jackets or muk luks. I also attribute the fishnet long underwear with allowing my perspiration to move away from my skin surface.

I have noted in recent years that some of the companies that market down bags are placing the baffles longitudinally or running from head to foot versus the traditional method of placing the baffles across the bag. it is probably a less expensive sewing method since there are less baffles to sew in. The company that contract’s sewing these bags claims that excess heat will be somehow forced to move out of the bag in some manner sideways versus its normal direct which is up, heat does rise. However, it is of no consequence which way the baffles are place in a down bag it is still a down bag and it get wet and not work very well. Of course I have yet to see any down bags that were worth anything below 32 degrees.

Matt thank you for the testimonial.