Category Archives: Down Talk
What Is Flecking (Why Does My Comforter Have Dark Filling Showing Through The Fabric)?
Down is a natural by product from the consumption of Goose and Duck in Europe, Asia And North America. In the process of cleaning and processing the filling materials, it is impossible to prevent different colors of fillings to be mixed in short of someone hand tweezering out the stray colors. These color variations usually include darker [...]
Posted in Down Talk on Friday, September 28th, 2012'. Tagged flecking 1 Comment
What Does Fill Power Mean?
If you have ever shopped for bedding, outerwear and sleeping bags you may have come accross the term ‘fill power’ – but what exactly does it mean? Fill power can be simplified as ‘how fluffy something is’. Techcnically speaking, it is measured using a specially calibrated measurement system – but for most consumers, ‘high fill [...]
Posted in Down Talk on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012'. Tagged 700 fill power, 800 fill power, fill power, high fill power Leave a comment
Why Does My Comforter Crinkle?
Don’t worry about an extra crinkly down comforter – it is a good thing.
Posted in Down Talk on Thursday, January 27th, 2011'. Tagged batiste, cambric, crinkle, noisy comforter 1 Comment
What does 75% Down Mean?
I get this question from consumers about once a week. Normally, the questions starts like this: ‘I see that it only contains 75% down – but I want 100% down’ Well the reality is that our federal government has a specific guideline when it comes to how much down is in a product. The rule [...]
Posted in Down Talk on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010'. Tagged 75% down, down 1 Comment
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We just updated our profile on google so that we can make sue of their new buzz function. Come check out DOWNLITE buzz.
Posted in Down Talk on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010'. Tagged buzz, downlite, google Leave a comment
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