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WIGGY’S EXPERIENCES THIS WINTER AND THOUGHTS (CHASE TITLE FOR HIS EMAIL TO ME)

Hi Jerry, I thought I would share with you some of my experiences I had wearing Lamilite socks, boots and other gear this winter, the temp was about 10 or 12 degrees earlier this winter when we had our biggest snowfall to date and the ice had not had a chance to get real thick so there was quite a bit of water on top of the ice on some lakes here in northern Minnesota. We went to a small lake nearby to visit some folks who were ice fishing, when we got there, about 3-4 inches of water was inside the pop up shack which had a heater running inside of it. We went inside to visit. We were inside talking for about an hour. My feet were soaked to the point I would hear squish when I took a step. I thought this would be a good time to see how long it would take for my feet to go back to being dry. We walked off the lake back to the truck through a foot of fresh powder and some overflow underneath it. We took a 10 minute drive to the house, my feet were still good and wet when we arrived. When we got home we were outside playing fetch with the dog, I purposely stayed outside to see how long it would take to get back to normal. After about an hour of being outside my feet were dry and Wiggy’s sock was dry as well except a very small part on the top of my foot which was covered by a neoprene gaiter. That was my only mistake, had I not had that blocking the moisture from escaping I would have been 100% dry, and maybe even a lot faster. I think I’ll get rid of the neoprene just like the 3 sleeping bags I gave away after getting my Wiggy’s bags. I wear these boots in a swampy area bird hunting in the fall, I stay amazingly dry, and I never thought a non-waterproof boot could be so dry, but understanding how they work it now makes sense. I go through many puddles and wet grass and stay very dry compared to the days of wearing gore-tex “waterproof” boots which got wet anyways and stay wet. Also I went outside in my mukluks and Antarctic parka, balaclava, and head cover for a couple of hours jump starting/changing batteries from frozen vehicles during the -30’s we had this week and was warm in them, also I put my Wiggy’s pad on the concrete patio outside of our house and stayed in my Antarctic sleeping bag for a couple of hours in -31 degrees while wearing some long johns and sweatshirt, I was warm. Then I went inside and stayed the rest of the night under our Wiggy’s king size comforter. I also had a great night splitting wood in -10 wearing fishnets, Wiggy’s Ducksback sweater, and Lamilite boots, socks, and balaclava, (I really need to order a pair of leg jackets though) had I not been working I may have gotten cold, but I was actually sweating on my upper body and head, but the fishnets kept me warm because of the barrier they created between my skin and next layer. That’s all for now, Thank You!

Chase Crosby

NAMING THE INSULATION

I have just realized that most all of the testimonials I receive the writers note that the item/product is a Lamilite item such as Chase saying Lamilite socks which I very much appreciate.

Another observation that has become apparent to me is the length of the testimonials they are getting longer which I also appreciate. The writers are including more information for others to consider when or if they are subject to being in similar situations. In the case of Chase describing being in 3-4 inches of water and knowing his feet were getting wet and that they did dry out as he explained. Personally his explanation describing his experience with his footwear is very surprising to me. it pains me that I have had to get out of the boot business and further to have no success selling Lamilite to at the very least one boot manufacturer. You can bring the horse to the water but; you know the rest.

So I wonder if the newbie’s in the employ at companies like north face who have been around almost as long as I have been offering the Lamilite to the industry know that the Lamilite has been in use for all these years. The only aspect of the Lamilite that has changed to begin with is the raw material that I originally used to make Lamilite and that was Polar Guard. Today I use Climashield which is the other change not only in name but in quality. The Climashield Company has better quality fiber than what was used for the original Polar Guard. The equipment that Climashield Company uses to make the Climashield product is also more efficient so the product that they deliver to me is not much more uniform than the Polar Guard was and it is almost a different product.

These newbie’s do not have any historical knowledge exposed to them because their bosses were not in the industry working in the factories that existed in the USA in the old days, so there is no one who can offer them any historical education. I would like to be a fly on the wall if one of these newbie’s were to ask their boss if he/she knew about Lamilite.

Periodically someone who is new to Wiggy’s will ask how Lamilite compares to say primaloft or thinsulate. My response is simple Lamilite is an insulating medium and those products are not insulating mediums of any worth. That is to say they are just materials that take up space but offer no insulation. I further tell them that there is only one material that is an acceptable form of insulation and that material is Lamilite/Climashield. Down is also one of those materials used for insulation that does not even come close to Lamilite/Climashield. Lamilite/Climashield makes literally all other forms of so called insulations completely obsolete.

Are any who question me one of the newbie’s who knows.

As I said I am very appreciative to read testimonials that mention the Lamilite insulation doing something that they never experienced when using a product made with a so called insulation product.

Enjoy the game and I was surprised to see the Celtics game today.