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Confused About Choosing
The Right Down Comforter?
There
are 4 important things to remember:
- All down is not created
equal.
Down from mature geese that live in cold climates produce large down
clusters that trap more body heat keeping you toasty warm as well as
lofting up to produce a comforter that is puffy without weight. Fill-power
is the measurement of a down cluster's ability to loft up after compression.
650 fill-power and up is considered luxury quality. There is also
cluster count to consider. This is the percentage of whole down clusters
as opposed to pieces of broken down known as "fly". We use
only the highest lofting, top quality goose down like Canadian White Goose
Down, considered to be the finest in the world. We also carry Siberian and Hungarian white goose downs which are premium qualities, plus we offer the very
rare Eiderdown, the ultimate
in warmth without weight and the best down in the world.
- Down will eventually "leak" out of anything other than a cotton cambric downproof fabric. What makes the long staple Egyptian cotton fabric downproof is not just a high threadcount but callendering. This is a natural process of compressing the fabric between giant steel rollers to fill in spaces invisible to the eye. The best cambric cotton downproof fabric comes from Germany or Switzerland. Many of the cambrics are made with a sateen finish. They are very soft,durable and breathable. Threadcounts over 300 are best and will remain downproof for 10-15 years. We carry downproof tickings in threadcounts 270 to 360. For Eiderdown the best ticking is Swiss Batiste the lightest of all downproof cambric cottons with the highest threadcount, sateen finish and a silky soft touch, woven specifically for Eiderdown the softest down in the world. Many of
our customers choose this exquisite downproof ticking for their white goose down comforters in our EiderClass Snowgoose 6.5
- Comforters come in open
stitch (Karo-Step and Ring Stitch) where the filling can move, closed
stitch (baffle box, sew-thru box stitches) fixing the
filling into one small box, and the Baffle Channel Tri-Wall construction,
a channel stitch with a triangular baffle wall to prevent
unwanted shifting. We carry the channel tri-wall, baffle box, and sew-thru box stitch styles. The style we highly recommend is
the channel tri-wall, the ultimate couple friendly comforter style as it allows the filling
to be adjusted on one side for truly individual comfort. This
is especially useful in the summer, or when one person is a warmer sleeper than the other. Baffles prevent cold spots
and allow premium downs to loft up to their full potential. Less filling
is required in a sew- thru stitch, making these comforters better for summer.
- The temperature of your
bedroom will determine the best comforter for you. Our Snowgoose comforters are mostly 4 season comforters good for bedrooms between 60°F and 75 °F, and recommended as the ultimate couple friendly comforter. Our other comforters are either just for summer or 2 season comforters for bedrooms over 70 °F, or 3 season comforters for bedrooms 66 °F-70°F. Eiderdown would have a comfort range of 50 °F - 75 °F. Check the bedroom temperature and seasons covered at the top of the comforter prices.
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