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more nonsense on the market
CHANGE TO WIGGY’S HOME PAGE Recently a number of people were interested in reading my life story in business and I had to tell them to search for it in the commentary and it was 5 chapters that spanned about 2 months. That was a chore so I asked my web site guru to make it more easily [...]
a warm heart today
THE ANTARCTC HUNTER NOTED IN THIS TESTIMONIAL HAS HAD INCREDIBLE SALES FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS! AND MORE TO FOLLOW !Dear Jerry,I took my Wiggy's Antarctic Hunter Rectangular sleeping bag with me on a 310 mile snowmachine trip along the Iditarod Trail this past week in advance of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.We traveled from Willow, Alaska up [...]
WHEN I THINK IT CAN'T GET BETTER IT DOES
THE ANTARCTC HUNTER NOTED IN THIS TESTIMONIAL HAS HAD INCREDIBLE SALES FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS! AND MORE TO FOLLOW !Dear Jerry,I took my Wiggy's Antarctic Hunter Rectangular sleeping bag with me on a 310 mile snowmachine trip along the Iditarod Trail this past week in advance of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.We traveled from Willow, Alaska up [...]
starting the day right
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START THE DAYDear Jerry,While your sleeping bags are GREAT to say the least, in reality how many nights does the average owner of one of your bags use it...a couple dozen at most. I bought my first Wiggy's bag from BQM in 1995 and like it so much when I needed a couple [...]
chemicals, chemicals and more chemicals
DOUBLE SIDED KNITTED FABRIC KEEPS SKIN DRYA large textile chemical company has developed at their research and development facility in China this new material described as a “double sided knit’ fabric which will somehow keep skin dry. How can that be?I just don’t get it; this company obviously wants to provide fabric to garment manufacturers that make athleisure [...]
an explanation of why the outdoor industry is un trust worthy
SCANDALOUS AND LIBELOUSYesterday I received an email from an individual who works in the outdoor industry telling me that what I say about trust worthiness in the industry does exist and therefore what I have said is scandalous and libelous.All I wrote back was that I had reason to state “trust worthiness in the outdoor industry does not exist”Some [...]
trustworthiness does not exist in the outdoor supplier industry
PATAGONIA B/STheir research into a synthetic that is ludicrous.In 2007, our materials research and development manager discovered an interesting synthetic insulation made of microfilaments spiraling a central fiber that looked, felt and behaved like down.” “Still, our designers were stymied by how to use it.”THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW [...]
saving wp/b
SAVING WATERPROOF BREATHABLE GARMENTS WITH ELECTRICITYRecently I read and wrote about companies in Europe and Asia working on electrifying outerwear jackets, and now I see a productive purpose.When the laminated waterproof breathable fabrics are tested in laboratories worldwide to demonstrate air or vapor transmission through the materials they use fans to move the vapor through the fabric. Those [...]
Arctic Grip
ARCTIC GRIP SOLES I have posted on the website a picture of the arctic grip sole on a pair of Overboots. As I previously noted they are being made available on the Overboots and Mukluks. These items are still being made with the original Vibram soles as well. The price for the Overboots is $154.00 The price for the Mukluks [...]
selling wiggy's NO!!!
WHY I DO NOT SELL WIGGY’S!!!Jerry,Apparently my recounting of info in your newsletters left enough of an impression on my friends and associates that one of them noticed this small reference to Wiggy Sleeping Bags and brought it to my attention. The ad ran 25 years ago in a highly respected but unfortunately no longer published outdoor magazine. Seeing [...]