for insulation to work it has to be dense

DENSE INSULATION BUT FIRST

I only have four different items of Outerwear/Clothing from clothing, and they cover all of the bases here where I live in the Pacific Northwest. I spend a lot of time outside in the weather doing yard work. Rain or shine, warm or cold, I start with the FISHNET shirt. It keeps me warm and dry in the winter, and cool and dry in the summer, and I sweat a lot. I have both the Jacket Liner and the Vest.

This winter I have always worn the Jacket Liner unless the temperature was in the mid 30's. If I am raking or trimming, that is enough insulation. If it is colder, I add the Vest. It goes under the Jacket. I NEVER get cold wearing this combination of clothing and I am moving.

My 4th item I own is the "Ducksback" jacket with a hood. I wear this coat when I go anywhere walking or driving. We have so much rain this winter that it has set records. Week after week sometimes--storms rolling in off of the Pacific. We had three days with snow in January (18") and then it started raining and it was gone in two days. Our "snowpack" in the Cascade Mountains is well over 150%. When it is snowing in the mountains it is raining in western Washington. My coat has never leaked a drop, to my knowledge. If it gets really cold where I am going, I add a Jacket Liner or Vest depending. And if it really gets ugly, I still have a poncho and liner as back-up.

Don't ever die Jerry!

D. Bounds

Dallen if I outlive you it will not matter to you when I do die. Considering how many items you already own made by Wiggy’s I can’t think of what more you will need.

The following testimonial is very interesting.

I didn't know this company existed until 24 hours ago. I found out they have been around for 33 years. I had to ask myself " Where have I been in a cave? " . I've been in the outdoors most of my life camping, hiking, hunting, fishing and boating. I'm 65 now and still enjoying every minute I can in the outdoors. I started bass fishing when I was about 5 and caught my first 5-pound bass at about 8 with a Shakespeare spinning rod and reel using an inline spinner, yellow with black dots called a shyster. You can't forget the greatest moment of your life. So now I've got about 60 years of fishing tales.
I've been camping most of my life too, been through many tents, pop-ups,
trailers and sleeping bags. I have watched outdoor life evolve and I've been through a lot of products from rotten junk to fantastically great products that I still use today, some re from the 60's era when I was a kid. I still have the spinning reel from that 5 lb. bass, I don't have the fish as he was eaten.
,, I now have 2 super light, zero-degree, 4 lb. bags in camo with the boat foot. I feel like i caught my first 5lb bass, these bags are great. Everything is as advertised, true. I feel these bags are going to do the job and are of good quality.
,, I have a minus 30-degree bag, it weighs 15 pounds and rolled up it's about the same size of a 90-liter backpack. Way too big to go hiking with. The Wiggy bag compress well, it's light at only 4lbs and full fills my needs in this area as far as temps. Next hunting season started when this year’s season ended. We will be out scouting and making natural blinds near game trails. I will be using a Wiggy’s. I'll bring both bags in case one gets wet. I actually looking forward to using the Wiggy's bag.
,, I really wish I had known of this company because it makes me feel like i really missed a good experience. Now I'm considering some more products for the next hunting season. I am planning to spend almost the entire season in a tent From October until February. I started buying supplies yesterday.
,, I forgot to mention that I slept in my Wiggy's bag last night, no problems and the zippers 100% on the spot. The zippers didn't get stuck or eat the fabric. My feet had plenty of room and styed warm. Last night’s temps were not cold, tonight's temps will be, maybe 48. But the next cold dip I'll be outside in a tent, well going to run, I think you will enjoy a Wiggy's bag, I've got over 50 years of camping and I like it better than my old goose down bags. I'll be giving these 2 bags a workout for this year’s hunt. Thanks for actually making a quality product. HAND SALUTE FROM A VET

– MaDeuce DancinClub

MaDeuce, thank you.

DENSE INSULATION

Last night I was watching a National Geographic program about animals that live and survive in the arctic. What caught my attention was the comment about how dense the fur was that the animals were covered with.

The first animal I observed when the comment was made are the sea otters. They have about 1 million follicles of fur per square inch which makes their fur very “dense”. Aside from showing polar bears and bison they showed arctic fox and other small animals the live in the arctic.

As far as I know these animals shed fur as the weather turns warm and grow it back as the weather turns cold. I use coyote ruffs on my Antarctic parkas that are harvested from coyotes during the winter months because their fur is thicker during the winter.

I have on occasion commented about the density of the Lamilite/Climashield that I use. All of the companies that existed when I started Wiggy’s and those who have come about since that sell insulated parkas are competing to make the lightest weight parkas with the lowest temperature rating and have failed to make a parka that will keep a person warm. Why [?] because they are using fiberfill products that are far from having any density.

The animals instinctively no that the winter coat is necessary and while watching the sea otter she had a newborn on her chest that she was licking and the blowing the fur to dry it. Now the pup is warm and will float while she dove for food.

The L-3 Lamilite is denser that any weight of primaloft, that is the reason people wearing the liner jacket or vest find they work so well to retain heat, and it is far better than primaloft will ever be. It should also be noted that primaloft’s claim has been how fine the fiber is that they use. The finer it is the less loft you have, less resilience, and less heat retention. I believe that they use a 2-denier thickness fiber whereas I use a 5.5 denier fiber. I believe they do make a 6-ounce weight, not sure, but if they do and I would be surprised, that is the thickest their fiber contractors can make with a 2-denier fiber. People who have purchased jackets with the primaloft realize they can’t feel much in the jacket. And they also note that it clumps with in the quilt pockets.

Those who have been purchasing the Wiggy’s Lamilite sweater marvel at how well it keeps them warm and when you grab hold of it you can readily feel the Lamilite. You learn very quickly when you launder the garment the fiber stays where it was sewn in, where it is supposed to be, and it has not lost any loft.

As I go up in weight to the L-8, L-12, and L-15 you feel the differences in density.

It is this density of the Lamilite/Climashield that we use at Wiggy’s that causes us to stand out from all of the rest of the companies that claim to make cold weather clothing products. These companies have not learned from the animal kingdom about what works.

The only thing dense at these companies are the management.