One of my customers wrote in response to my last article that the thermal q insulation used by mountain hardwear for their bozeman 30 bags was actually made by primaloft. The following is a reprint of an article I wrote when the product was first introduced.another jimdandy insulationPosted by Jerry Wigutow on Oct 7th, 2015MORE [...]
SELLING TO FOREIGN MILITARYBecause of all of the warring taking place several foreign militaries are creating a sleeping bag they believe will serve their purposes. Unfortunately, those in charge of developing the sleeping bag do not have a clue to what they are doing.These individuals do not know anything about the insulating materials, they do not know about the shell [...]
MAINTAINING SELLING PRICESFor the past 4 years I have ben able to keep my sleeping bag prices as low or lower than the giant companies that claim to sell sleeping bags, the claim is unfounded. What they actually sell are “no sleep sleeping bags”.That said recently I reviewed what is available on the web sites of rei and moosejaw.When [...]
sleeping bag magicHi wiggly I moved to Alaska 22yr ago and found your sleeping bags via my father in law at the time. They have never been out of my sight each winter since. I live in Fairbanks and seasonally would stay in a wall tent through deep winters -45°f and down. Your bags let me forget the pack [...]
WIGGSAbout two years ago I started getting calls from old women, by their voices I knew that. They were calling to know where their wig was, or if they could return the wig they received because the color was wrong, or if they could return the one, they received for a refund. There were more reasons to contact the [...]
CALF JACKETSI am not a farmer, but I have learned since living in western Colorado that this is the time of year when calves are born. Recently a local rancher and a rancher in Oklahoma who had purchased a couple of calf jackets told me of the same experience. A calf being born and performing poorly and since [...]
MITTENS VS GLOVESThe following email received over the weekend is as good an explanation of why you want to wear mittens when it is cold.Thank you, Kolby.“Hello again Jerry, my wife and I have been using our mittens for snowboarding and absolutely love them, we have normal ski gloves from cheap $15 to $150+! All of which have fleece lining… [...]
WIGGY’S SPRING SPECIALANYONE PURCHASING A WIGGY’S SLEEPING BAG ANY MODEL WILL RECEIVE AN ACU[ARMY DIGITAL] RAIN PUNCHO.THIS OFFER WILL LAST UNTIL LABORDAY WEEKEND.HAVE A GOOD SUMMER.
WHY LINER JACKETS ARE SO GOODThe following e mail I received this past weekend.Thank you very much for your prompt response in getting me the sleeping socks that were missing from my last order. I have 4 pair now, enough for every member of my family. They are great to wear in boots when camping. Also great for sleeping.And [...]
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE NO SLEEP SLEEPING BAGSAll of the chopped staple no sleep sleeping bags have in addition to what I previously listed the ability to retain moisture.Wiggy bags are nationally or maybe even internationally know to drive moisture while in a vapor state out of our sleeping bags. the human body releases moisture in a vapor state through our [...]