Major manufactures may have limited supply, as this rare down is not your-everyday-feather. These comforters are the fluffiest but also more rare in terms of available supply but the best for chilly climates. Baffle Box: These are the most desirable as the stitching connects a thin fabric to the top and bottom layers. This provides more depth, strength and loftiness in the bedding. Ring Stitch: This style consists of small rings stitched into the top and bottom layer of the comforter.
European Bag: This is when there are no additional stitches in the fabric besides the parameter. This is not ideal for those who like even-feathered comforters. Karo Step: Either baffled or sewn through crosses, similar to small boxes, which limits the down movement in the comforter. Call us! What is Down? Ounces — the more down contained in a comforter, the more insulation it will provide.
Like insulation in your home, traps air. The down holds your body heat in. The container size is approximately 2 liters. Fill Power - is the number of cubic inches space that one ounce of down occupies. The higher the fill power number, the more air is trapped and hence the warmer the comforter will be. The temperature of your room influences how warm your bed will be. Body Temperature - the first thing we recommend is that you determine your warmth level see below :.
Do you find that over all are you cold all of the time especially in the cooler months? Do do you consider yourself regular or average? All of the variables are to difficult to graph into anything meaningful, so we have made the following assumptions. Well, are you always too hot or too cold when you are sleeping? Do you always kick off the sheets in the middle of the night do you snuggle right in?
How hot or cold do you like to keep your room temperature at night? Down adapts to your body temperature and most people are in that first group of too hot, so a lighter duvet is better for them. Goose down feathers will last a lifetime or longer , so you want to make sure that the fabric used for the shell of your down comforter is also going to last.
Most commonly, you will see cotton used as the shell material as it is hypoallergenic, easy to clean and maintain, and easy to repair. An all-cotton shell will breathe, allowing air to pass through to help fluff up the down. The most common kinds of cotton encasing your down duvet are:. Thread count is the density of threads sewn into the comforter per square inch. A higher thread count increases the breathability of the comforter and makes the surface feel smoother, with a light rustling as you move.
A higher thread count down shell makes the comforter bouncier. A lower thread count is downright crunchy in texture and sound. Another point to check: is the fabric shell down-proof? The tighter the weave, the less chance that the down will work its way through the shell.
Tighter weaves, measured by thread count or the number of threads per square inch, will also likely wear better. The shell should have a minimum count of , but a count of or more is best. Plus, the higher the thread count, the more tightly woven, which helps keep feathers from poking through and poking you and prevents down from escaping and exposing allergens.
And of course, the better the thread count, the longer your down comforter will last. Sewn through construction makes up the majority of today's comforters. These significantly less expensive comforters feature sewn separations to keep the down in place. Although this prevents the down from shifting around, heat and insulation are lost between the stitching.
The down will insulate properly in the individual pockets, but as it is forced down in between the stitching, it will begin to lose heat. Baffle box construction uses a much higher degree of sophistication. Instead of just sewing the outer layers of fabric into pockets, strips or pockets of fabric—baffle boxes—are sewn into the inner area of the comforter.
Very high-quality down comforters will have many different layers of baffle boxes. This means that the comforter will be equally warm throughout, and the feathers are unable to shift much. Baffles allow the down to expand and loft, keeping feathers uniformly distributed throughout, instead of the tendency for the feathers to bunch and lump up. Comforters with baffled shells are better insulators than those whose shells are just sewn through; they are also more expensive.
Quilt stitching means that the comforter is comprised of two pieces of fabric filled with feathers. The pieces of fabric are sewn together in a quilt pattern to create pockets for the feathers. The feathers are then kept in their individual pockets. While this construction reduces shifting, warmth can still escape through the seams. Channel stitching means that the comforter is comprised of channels or straight lines instead of pockets.
A common problem with channel stitched comforters is that the feathers will shift to one side or the other creating hot and cold patches, resulting in nonuniform insulation and comfort. As you probably already know, there are many kinds of geese and other waterfowl, which can lead to varying qualities of down feathers. This means that even in percent goose feather down comforters there are different levels of quality.
Here are some of the other kinds of feathers to be aware of:. Most of the down is a byproduct of the food industry. Ducks and geese to be sold for roasting are plucked after they are killed. Down and feathers, the external plumage, are also plucked from live birds during the molting season, but this is now rare. Cruelty-free goose down comes from geese that were not plucked alive or slaughtered solely to harvest the feathers.
You can only ensure that you're buying cruelty-free goose down when the company can track and trace where their feathers come from. To reiterate, if the origin of your down comforter is important to you, make sure to do your research and always read the packaging or tag. Also, look for certification tags like these:.
The most important part of caring for your down comforter is by making sure you always sleep with a duvet cover or down comforter cover on it. A duvet cover is like two blankets sewn together into a pocket with an opening at the end to slide your comforter or duvet into. A duvet cover protects the life of your down comforter and gives you more time between washes.
It also allows you to change the decor of your bedroom dramatically and easily. You can find that there are so-called designer down comforters with a design or pattern instead of the traditional white. This is fine, but we still highly recommend using a duvet cover too. The duvet cover allows you to wash it less often, as it protects it from dust and insects getting in. This is the best way to protect your down comforter for the long haul.
Daily, the comforter should be fluffed by shaking it. Putting a duvet cover on your down comforter may be, at times, frustrating. First and foremost, read the instructions from the packaging or on the tag. This is especially true if they are kept protected by a cover. If you have a spill try to spot clean as much as possible.
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