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The Science of Making a Sleeping Bag
SCIENTISTA DEFINITION FROM THE DICTIONARYa branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws:the mathematical sciences. systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation. any of the branches of natural or physical science. systematized knowledge in [...]
the perfect product
THE PERFECT PRODUCTIn my lifetime numerous products have been made and spoken of but they have all failed the test of time. Because all these products have failed, I cannot think of one that fits the description of the perfect product.There is one product people have tried to make for almost 200 years not knowing what part of the [...]
civil servants
CIVIL SERVANT EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNMENT WORKING FOR THE MILITARYAbout 35 years ago I worked with the Air Force survival operation at Elmendorf AFB, AK. [Now JBER]They needed a sleeping bag that could be vacuum packed to fit in the survival kits under the seats of the fighter jets.There was a civil servant working at Kelly AFB in the section [...]
immediate warmth
IMMEDIATE WARMTHThis past weekend I did something I haven’t done before, and that is to view a few videos people have made about using their Wiggy’s bags.They generally spoke highly about their bags referring to quality of sewing the size of the zippers and referring to the Lamilite insulation. Here they really do not have real knowledge but that is [...]
zimmer
NEUROPATHYDo you suffer with neuropathy as I had for a few years? I spent a fortune on shoes, and I would buy two pair of what initially worked so I could change off every day. Nothing helped. I have been taking Gabapentin for years to counter the shingles I have had for 5 years now on my forehead. I [...]
sleeping warm
SLEEPING WARM IN A SLEEPING BAGThe other day a customer called and in conversation he said how much he loved being warm in his sleeping bags and how great it was that his moisture left his bag. I said that is how it is supposed to workAs you know the military US, Canada or elsewhere in the world soldiers [...]
newspaper article
LOCAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLESince I have been in Grand Junction every few years the local paper The Daily Sentinel interviews several company owners for an article. I have been chosen probably 5 times since I have been here.As you can see it is not very long, but the author Bob Silbernagel has put a lot into it. I am [...]
buoyant
LAMILITE IS BUOYANTMany years ago, I was doing lots of work with the US Navy Natick labs developing mittens for use on submarines that are still used today. Every year or so I get an order for more of them.At that time the engineer I was working with liked the Lamilite for several reasons, one being it was buoyant.One day [...]
manufacturing
MANUFACTURINGSunday morning, I was watching the program “how it’s made” a program I have watched for years. I always marvel at the machines that produce parts and then assemble those parts. For this I am sure I am not alone. The parts are precision made.I was them reflecting on the production that takes place in the Wiggy factory.We have [...]