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Good News For Down Bag Owners
A few years ago one of my customers in Alaska told of an experience he had that really surprised me. He had flown his float plane from his home in Wasilla, Alaska to a remote lake to hunt sheep or goat. Having gotten a kill he returned to his plane. The weather that he experienced [...]
Why companies like TNF, Patagonia, and Columbia Sportswear will not come back to the USA for manufacturing production
I saw an advertisement from Patagonia for a “cagoule” that sells for $349.00 that is made in China. I make and have made a cagoule for at least 15 years and I sell it for $140.00 and it is made in the USA from materials that are also made in the USA. The Patagonia cagoule [...]
“The Best Insulation In The World”
The title of this newsletter is the headline on the Primaloft Company web site about their insulation also called “Primaloft this or that.” We do live in a free country, and they have freedom of speech, so they can say whatever they want about their product, even if it is not true. I have heard [...]
Cold Feet?
Several years ago I was looking at the various boots sold into the hunting market. Non-hunters also buy these boots, and I read the published temperature ranges that were stated for the various boots. Several were listed for use in temperatures as cold as -100 degrees, most for -35 to -50 degrees. I called each [...]
When The Weather Is Cold I Pity The Fashion Minded!
The start of the winter of 2013 has been very severe. Here in Grand Junction at this writing, the temperature average for the month of December is 15.5 degrees. If it holds this way till the 31st of the month, Grand Junction will have had the coldest year since 1912. If that is the situation [...]
Keeping Your Head Warm Does Not Mean Your Feet Will Be Warm
For at least 50 years we have been told if you want to keep your feet warm “wear a hat”. I say if you want to keep your head warm, aside from wearing a hat, keep your feet warm.I hunted for many years in the Fossil Ridge Wilderness area of Colorado which is located north [...]
Wiggy's Will be on TV!
Sometime this winter the Made in America show starring John Ratzenberger of Cheersfame will once again have his show. I am pleased that I was contacted to let them come into the Wiggy's factory to film. The show will air sometime in the spring of 2014.John Ratzenberger’s AmericanMadeWe’re pleased to announce that Wiggy’s Inc. will [...]
Fire Retardant Underwear
About two years ago a Navy field surgeon noted that soldiers were getting worse wounds because the underwear they were wearing was melting like molten steel into the bodies from the heat generated by IED’s and bullet heat causing the fabric to fuse to the skin where it entered the body. The fabric used to [...]
Fishnet or Ventilating Underwear
Over the years I have written extensively about fishnet long underwear and why they are the unquestioned best first layer of clothing one can, or should, wear when the weather is cold. I first learned about the use of fishnet material when I read this section of Gerry Cunningham’s booklet How to Keep Warm published [...]
Imported Sleeping Bags
Quite often these days we hear people say they want to buy products made in America. There are many websites that advertise made in America products exclusively. Retailers are seeing people look at the labels and if the item has a made in China tag they put it back. One retailer told me he had [...]