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The Making of a Sleeping Bag
Many years ago I learned when insulation was uniform surrounding an object such as a sleeping bag surrounding a human the heat retention was far superior to a sleeping bag that had high and low spots. The sleeping bags made with quilted insulation have the high and low spots so the high areas trap heat [...]
Redundancy Of Work Without
Four years ago or so the Army’s Natick Testing Laboratory started looking for flame retardant fabric for the manufacture of flame retardant underwear. The situation that spurred this need was the realization that the polyester, polypropylene or nylon underwear being worn by soldiers in combat in Iraq were receiving secondary wounds that were far more [...]
Why Change?
In 1986 when I started making the Wiggy’s brand of sleeping bags I started with what I called Lamilite; a continuous filament fiberfill product that I laminated to the materials I chose to use for my sleeping bag product. It was the insulation which I still use today 22 years later. The company that makes [...]
They Refuse To Acknowledge Knowledge
Modacrylic is a copolymer fiber. A copolymer fiber is a made from combination of two chemicals, both petrochemicals. They have a melt point between 375 F and 425 F. I am not making this up, all one has to do, is do the research available on the wonderful internet. This is the basic material that [...]
Who Takes Responsibility?
Producing product for government contracts very often means using the materials the government contract states are the only materials that are acceptable. What if one or more of the components used are in fact detrimental to the end item user; i.e. the soldier. What if the material used does not have an immediate detrimental effect [...]
Reprint Of The March 1997 Newsletter
Since the Marine Corps are looking for a new sleeping bag I think this article appropriate to publish at this time. WiggyTESTING INSULATIONS AND THE RATINGS The March'97 issue of Backpacker magazine, the gear guide issue, reported that the sleeping bag manufacturers, Wiggy's excluded, has decided on a method to test sleeping bags on the copper man [...]
Pretention Of Knowledge
PRETENTION: “The action of pretending.” KNOWLEDGE: “The fact of knowing a thing, state, etc.” Source: Oxford Unabridged Dictionary May 10 and 11 2007 the armed services had an Advanced Planning Brief for Industry. The specific purpose was to present to companies that attended the meeting capable of producing clothing of all sorts and sleeping bags the needs of [...]
Lamilite Neutralizes Water
We all know or should know that water touching the human body draws heat from the body. Therefore, it is very important to help rid the body of the water as quickly as possible. As I have written many times, wearing my fishnet long underwear is the best first layer. But where does the water [...]
Simply the Best
PROOF: That which makes good or proves a statement; evidence sufficient (or contributing) to establish a factor produce belief.Source: Oxford dictionary.Since 1986 when I first started producing the Wiggy’s brand of sleeping bags my motto has been “Simply the Best” and I believe that my customers have proven beyond doubt that the statement is true. [...]
Wiggy's Sleeping Bags
INTEGRITY: Soundness of moral principle; the character of uncorrupted virtue; uprightness, sincerity.The following discussion is about insulation.When it comes to those in the civilian sector of our society who chose to provide products to our military they disregard their own integrity or they show a lack there of.Why (?) because the civilians for the most [...]