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DUCKSBACK
A FOLLOW UP REVIEW AND A LEAD INTO A NEW DUCKSBACK RAIN COAT I WILL BE MAKING. ALSO A NEW CAMO BAG THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLYIT WILL BE AN ULTIMA THULE1 Year ReviewThe Ducksback Zippered Jacket is a phenomenal garment, and one of Wiggy's best in his jacket lineup. I've had the jacket for a little over [...]
buying the best sleeping bags ever made
SUPER SALE FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKENDSTARTING TODAY THE CAMO SUPER LIGHT & ULTRA LIGH BAGS ARE ON SPECIAL SALE!The Super Lights are $120.00 each and the Ultra Lights are $110.00 each.For those who want the absolute best sleeping bags made in the world, that are unaffected by water, can be laundered countless times, can be stored in their stuff sacks [...]
words of development from an idiot
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE WAS SENT TO ME FROM A READER. IT APPEARS IN THE OUTSIDE MAGAZINE MAY 2019 ADDITION. I DO NOT KNOW WHO RICK ELDER IS BUT I DO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT HIM, HE HAS BROWN EYES DO TO WHAT HE IS FILLED WITH.What Special Forces Can Teach Us About Layering and Materials OO:NOTHING!!!Indefinitely Wild: YES WHEN YOU [...]
fishnets
MORE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF FISHNET UNDERWEARWiggy Enjoying the fish nets that I bought last winter. Work as advertised. I was watching the Shot Show on TV yesterday (shooting industry trade show) and they highlighted a “new” and innovative product designed to be worn under body armor (plate carrier). Guess what? It was a fishnet vest. They marveled [...]
Lamilite keeps you dry
THE KEY TO STAYING DRY IS THE LAMILITEJerry -Wore the Ducksback parka today in Denver with semi cold rain, and down pours! The parka (Ducksback) was saturated on the outside, and the inside was high and dry!!! It dried ( the outside), in thirty minutes on the train - then back out into the rain, walked all [...]
comforters
ONE UP FOR THE COMFORTERJerry:You get lots of testimonials on your sleeping bags, socks, and mukluks and so on, but probably not a lot for your comforter. I’m currently traveling around Australia in a caravan (Aussie speak for travel trailer) and I have one of your comforters in the caravan. Last night was a cold, hard rain in Apollo [...]
3 cheers for wpb
ANOTHER THUMBS UP FOR GORETEX?I keep hearing about how great Gore products are, recommending head to toe, how it's a gift from God. I don't know, but I could never find the conditions in which it worked better then coated nylon. Maybe I didn't spend enough? Clothing as your first and perhaps only line of shelter. How we get [...]
more important information why goretex should be gone and all of the knockoffs
The article you have just read was published in the INFANTRY publication in Nov/Dec 1993.It clearly indicates that goretex does not work. As for the sleeping bags, if they used mine which were available at the time they would have learned that a wet Wiggy bag is not a detriment.In all of these years that the military has [...]
interesting info that has come to me from a reader
INTERESTING HISTORICAL INFORMATIONThe following 3 emails came to me from the same person last night after he read my article.Hi Jerry,You comment that "back in the 1980s" Yvon Chouinard had a statement in his catalog about Goretex not working. As a matter of fact Chouinard was publically denouncing Goretex as long ago as the late 60s/early 70s.During that timeframe I was [...]
is it the beginning of the end for wp/b
PATAGONIA IS SEEING THE LIGHT Windbreakers The layer that should live in your pack. Or, in many packs, for many activities, because not all wind layers are the same. They range from completely “closed-down” (no wind, no way, nohow) to superbreathable, featherlight layers that allow plenty [...]