How to choose a down duvet!

Jul 24, 2022

Down is the lightest and warmest material available,


So down duvets are the warmest sleeping companion in winter,


But the quality of down duvets on the market varies.


Many friends said,


Worried about picking a bad duvet,


So how to choose a duvet?


What makes a duvet good or bad?


Today this article tells you clearly for once!


1. down content


down content

down content refers to the proportion of down to feather, generally expressed in the form of percentage. Generally speaking, the feather content of down jacket is more than 80%. This data shows that the feather content is 80% and the feather content is 20%.


The warmth of down mainly depends on its spherical fiber covered with thousands of small triangular pores, which can contract and expand according to the temperature change, produce the function of temperature regulation, absorb the hot air emitted by the human body, so as to achieve the effect of isolating the cold air outside. If a quilt is low in down content, its ability to keep warm will be compromised.

And a good quality duvet, the content of at least 90%, and 95% of the content is already the highest in the duvet.

PS: down content ≠Blowing content. "Down content" refers to the content percentage of down and down in feathers and down, corresponding to the quality of the stuffing of down jacket, is a mandatory regulation. And "down fill" just refers to the weight of all the down that is filled.


2, Filling power


Filling Power


The higher the plumpness of the down, the greater the volume of air that the down can hold for the same amount of heat and insulation, so the better the warmth of the down.


This is relative to the index with more important content of down, the down jacket with high shagginess is not only good in heat preservation performance, but also deft and close-fitting.

The lightness degree is the important index that decides eiderdown quality, the same eiderdown content, the same weight eiderdown, the higher the lightness degree, the better the warmth and comfort of eiderdown, the higher the quality of eiderdown. In the selection of down and products, look for the level of fluffy can be a preliminary judgment of the grade of down.


The amount of filling down and the amount of down represents the feather "amount", and the velvety degree of down is the key to decide the quality of down quality! Other things being equal, the higher the degree of looseness, the better the insulation


3, cleanliness


Cleanliness

The standard for down cleanliness is the number of contaminants per slice or gram of down, called down cleanliness.

The cleanliness of down is an important hygienic technical index in down inspection. Poor cleanliness of down and its products will cause allergic reaction, asthma and other diseases people use, causing hidden dangers to human health.

Cleanliness ≥450mm is qualified; otherwise, it does not meet the requirements of the index, indicating that there are many impurities in the down and it is easy to absorb all kinds of bacteria in the down.


4, smell


smell

Ducks and geese are omnivorous animals, food contains more fat, velvet oil content is more, generally with a point fishy smell.


Good eiderdown after repeated cleaning, rinsing, dehydration, high temperature drying disinfection and other procedures, in order to achieve the purpose of disinfection, remove odor. So qualified down products are no obvious smell.

5. Drilling pile

Drill-proof performance of fabric refers to the ability to prevent down or feather from leaking through yarn gaps, expressed by the number of drill-proof roots under specified conditions. Good anti-drill down performance, let you wake up without worrying about down covered with the body, this is particularly friendly to allergic friends!


A high grade eiderdown, in cashmere content, cleanliness, shagginess, smell, prevent drill cashmere must pass a barrier. Have you learned the five ways to choose a good down?


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