Wiggy's Sleeping Bags & Pack Boots

Wiggy's sleeping bags are hands down the best extreme weather bags you can buy.  A bold statement, but I will stand by it.

These bags have saved my life on two occasions. In both instances, the wind and rain was severe, with temperature in the high 30's. The first time, I woke up with my tarp snapping in the wind, only attached by a single tent peg. My bag was completely drenched. Disoriented, I got out of the bag and tried to secure the tarp, but the stakes were gone, and the nearest tree was over a mile away. After wandering around in the desert in torrential downpour, my heat loss was substantial. I realized that I was suffering the early stages of hypothermia. I did my best to wring out the bag, and then climbed inside the soaking wet bag with just my boxers and a polypropylene shirt. Within minutes, my uncontrollable shivering stopped, and I began to warm up. The sun rose in 3 hours and to my surprise, I had actually drifted off to sleep and despite being soaked to the bone, I did not have hypothermia.

The second experience was very similar, but in this case, my poncho was my tarp, and after 2 days of solid rain, it just decided it would no longer shed water. I woke up in a puddle. This time, I stayed in my bag, and used my drinking cup to bale water. I never lost body heat, but I was miserable. These are the worst conditions. I have used my bags in -30 below temperatures in Canada, and in 80 degree temps in Pahrump, NV. The zippers are indestructible. Washing the bags after every trip as recommended has allowed the bags to be just as good on the 50th use as they were on the first. If you are serious about survival, don't even consider anything but Wiggy's. Comes with a lifetime warranty.

Pack Boots

 

Because I have been so impressed with my Wiggy's sleeping bags for the past 7 years, I decided to try their Pack Boots.
I used them in Alberta Canada for six months, where temperatures actually dropped to -40.  These boots were so light, that I couldn't believe they would be capable of keeping my feet warm. Was I ever wrong. On numerous occasions, I worked outside all day long, in snow ranging from 1' - 3' deep. Never once, did my feet get cold or wet. At $120 - this has got to be the best cold weather pack boots around. I'd buy them again... if they ever wear out. I keep them in my truck, and have no fear of the snow.