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Sleeping Bags
For a number of years I have been writing about what it takes to make a proper sleeping bag to include fabrics, zippers and most importantly the insulation and how best to use it.I have stated that buying any brand of sleeping bag other than a Wiggy’s bag is a waste of money. I whole heartedly believe that [...]
MIRACLE FABRICS
I have been in the textile business for 50 plus years and during that time I have been told about a variety of materials that I put into the category of “miracle fabrics”. According to my copy of the Oxford Universal Dictionary; “MIRACLE means the following; A marvelous event exceeding the known powers of nature, and therefore supposed to be [...]
Marine Wear
In 1968 I learned to sail from the Off Shore Sailing School located on City Island, N.Y. With this new knowledge I went out and bought a sail boat; 28 foot Dutch built sloop that had a steel hull.Now that I was a boat owner I really learned how to sail. One thing that all sailors have in [...]
Feathered Friends
"Feathered Friends" is the title of an article I just read in the winter 2015 issue of Insideoutdoor Magazine. The sub title is "Responsibility standards made down even more comforting". What the writer is referencing is the fact that Patagonia and The North Face companies decided too and actually have implemented standards that they adhere [...]
What is New for Outdoor Enthusiasts, or Buyer Beware
Each year in the month of January the outdoor industry has a trade show for the retailers from basically all over the world to attend. For the most part they are US based retailers. There are companies from all over the world that exhibit at the show but again most are from the US. There [...]
Water and Keeping the Human Body Warm
How many of you have ever heard of Gerry Cunningham? Gerry opened a company that you may have heard of in the late 1940?s after WW2 name GERRY OUTDOOR PRODUCTS located in Denver, Colorado. The company produced tents, backpacks, clothing and sleeping bags; insulated with down. Gerry whom I got to know was in my [...]
Why Boots No Longer are Temperature Rated
My March/April 2001 newsletter has an article about insulated boots. At that time if you looked in a Cabelas catalog or had gone into any sporting goods store that sold boots you would have seen a temperature rating with all of the other information provided with the boots. Most of the boots regardless of the [...]