WARM FEET

TESTIMONIALS AND KEEPING YOUR FEET WARM

Mr. Wigutow,

One has to agree with what you have said. As a professional soldier in Finland, I have used your bags for more than five years now. Mostly superlight FTRSS, but also the Alaskan model Mountain Hunter (excellent bag for the size) and Ultima Thule. They just work in the field and are very easy to maintain and store. Cold and/or wet is not a problem with your bags.

Most "new" innovations in the field of insulation seems to be either wishful and over optimistic thinking or recycling old ideas with new names.

Best regards, Joni

[The Alaskan Mountain Hunter is now called the Backpacker.]

There are no new innovations in the field of insulation just recycling of old product that never did work.

Joni thank you for your comments maybe the Finnish military will listen to you.

Wiggy’s Delivers

Purchased an Ultima Thule rectangular bag. the zipper is easy to operate and stays closed. [it has a locking slider] Been RV camping down to 24 degrees F and stayed nice and toasty. Bag is comfortable and warm. Well made. Highly recommend. Thank you Wiggy’s.

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I really would like all testimonials to be signed even with a first name, but thanks anyway for the kind words.

FEET

Feet are the most vulnerable part of the body during the winter months. Why do I say that is because I receive emails from so many people with their ideas and subsequently want my opinion about these ideas? Basically, they want to accomplish one thing and one thing only to keep their feet warm.

In the marketplace they are bombarded by the boot companies with their waterproof and insulated boots. The buyers of these boots find out in short order on a cold day they still have cold feet. Then they see in any sporting goods store the various brands of wool socks spouting the wonders of their socks that will keep your feet warm. The problem is and they do not realize this is that their wool socks are absorbing the moisture coming out of their feet and it stays in the socks and as the temperature of the boot’s interior gets cold it cools the moisture in the socks which cools your feet until they get cold. The process is very quick to occur.

There is a very simple method to eliminating having cold feet.

The very first thing to do is wear a pair of Wiggy’s Lamilite socks. When your feet sweat the moisture created will move through the socks away from your feet. That moisture will not get out of your boots which are most likely lined with both goretex and thinsulate. The Lamilite socks will keep your feet warm into the teens or so. What to do if it is colder?

For temperatures as low as -30 degrees F you should be wearing the Wiggy’s over boots. I used them hunting at 12000 feet in November and the temperatures were a steady -20 and I did not have Lamilite socks on because I had yet to make them. With the Lamilite socks another 10 degrees would not be a problem.

For still colder temperatures you wear the mukluks and you are sure to have warm feet as low as -60 degrees F and lower. When I was lost, I was wearing them and I experienced about -50 F with wind chill and my feet were warm, and again this happened before I was making the Lamilite socks. My thick wool socks were soaked but my feet were warm.

There is nobody who can tell me they had the same success as I did with the over boots and mukluks.

The above is also dependent upon the individuals being dressed for the environment.

This is the simplest and least costly way to have warm feet in a cold environment.

Since I am no longer able to get a Lamilite insulated boot made I recommend very highly that you buy all leather boots that DO NOT HAVE GORETEX AND OR THINSULATE IN THEM.

I learned a lot about my products when I got lost so getting lost was a positive experience for me.