comments from an idiot and a great testimonial.

THESE COMMENTS ARE NEW TO ME

Jerry,

I’ve got a doozy for you. I had a siding company come to my home to give me a quote. When the rep arrived I noticed he had a Karrimor jacket on and said nice jacket. He stated that he had worked as an independent sales rep for the outdoor industry. We spoke about how awesome jetboil stoves were because he sold them. We mentioned a few companies that we liked for tents and bags etc... I mentioned how the only sleeping bags I trusted were yours. He immediately rolled his eyes and said that he did not like Wiggy’s and that he only used $1,200 mountain research bags. He also stated that Wiggy’s temperature ratings were false and would “kill people”. I politely disagreed and stated that even though down was lighter it was easily compromised making the bag useless. Then he said something that made me laugh to myself. He immediately told how awesome Gore-Tex bivy’s and clothing is. He claimed to have climbed all over the place and seemed pretty legit. He also claimed that years ago all of your old Polar Guard was improperly stored in a warehouse contaminated with mice and that you made bags from this insulation. He told me that he had to put a vapor barrier liner in his bag and a gore Tex bivy over it. I said that sounds ridiculous. I then stated that you could get into a Wiggy’s bag soaking wet and be dry in the morning he did state that he knew that was true. He took a look at my OR mittens and my Wiggy’s Renegade mittens and stated that the OR’s were better. I said they are nice but my hands get wet and stay wet in them and that they were only 2 sets of fleece liners. He did agree that the sun walkers were nice as they doubled as slippers in your tent. I guess the bottom line is that the Ultra-lite crowds are a strange crew.

Respectfully,

Casey Walsh

Having read the email I asked Casey if he would tell me the name of the person who told him these things about me. He wrote back the guy’s name is Mike Cullerot of Manchester, N.H.

I never heard of the Mountain Research Company that makes sleeping bags. I have never known of a $1200.00 down sleeping bag. I could not find the company on the internet nor could I find a$1200.00 down bag.

He adds additional nonsense to his dialog when he states my temperature ratings are false and therefore could kill people.

Mike further demonstrates his dementia when he states that the Polar Guard I used was subjected to contamination by mice.

I was surprised to read that he knows a Wiggy bag that was soaked would be dry in the morning if someone slept in it. I was further surprised to read he thought the Sunwalkers were a nice product with more than one function.

Normally I would pass on commenting publicly when someone says very stupid things about my products, but in the case of Mike I think making his comments public as well as his name and location is fair game since he knows my name and location. I do have customers in Manchester, N.H. who may know him and receive my articles and can show it to him.

I suppose I could go after him on the grounds of defamations since he made these outrageous statements, something to think about Mike.

I just received this testimonial, Mike you should read it as well as the multitude of others.

Hypothermia Bags

Prefaced by I have no experience with your Hypothermia Treatment Bag, yet, but ALL of your products, are by default, hypothermia prevention, mitigation or treatment products, that can be "paired/scaled up" in extremis. As posted before, trust, but verify. Me in head to toe cotton, and my Wiggy's 0 degree bag, in a cold shower, until saturated (most people’s worst case scenario, your soaked and your bags soaked), add my driveway, used military closed cell foam pad, cold cement, fully exposed, 35 degree wind driven "snain". In early stages of hypothermia *mumbles/stumbles/fumbles", I rolled the bag as best I could to get as much water out of it as possible, and climbed in. As stated, zippers can be fidgety at times, (I since added a 550 loops and toggle), within a few minutes, I was warm. I fell asleep until morning, when aside precipitation outside and around, I was mostly dry, and so was the bag. PROOFED! Your clothes prevent hypothermia and your bags with adequate insulation underneath, perhaps in concert with your clothes and hot packs to the chest and arm pits, can manage environmental hypothermia. As I say, to anyone that will listen, buy a Wiggy bag, your life might depend on it.

All hypovolemic (blood loss/shock) patients are by definition hypothermic, by a different mechanism, but still, and are managed the same way as environmental hypothermia. A new use for your hypothermia bag

Regards, Jim

– Jim Huffaker

Thank you Jim.