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To better understand the down
Luxury Duvet offers a range of three different types of duvet (comforter) and blanket made from a sumptuous goose and duck down.
What is the down that fills our duvets?
The down comes from the abdomen of water birds such as goose or ducks and grows under the protective feather layer. That is why farmyard poultries such as chicken or turkey do not grow down. Unfortunately, some not so conscientious duvet brands use these poultries' feathers and manufacture very bad quality duvets. For its duvets, Luxury Duvet only uses Canadian goose and ducks down. Geese that live in Canada grow a world unique quality down, because of the extreme winter temperatures.
How can a down duvet (or comforter), so light, insulate so well?
Thanks to its three-dimensional structure and its ability to fill up, every down core of the duvet collects more air versus its weight than any other product (wool, synthetic fiber...). Each down kilogram counts about two million fluffs that intertwine and overlap to create an air layer that keeps the warmth your body needs and pushes cold back. This phenomenon is the cause of its elasticity, you can compress or flatten your duvet, you will just have to shake it to have the duvet take its comfortable shape back.
Canadian geese in winter time
What are the birds that grow the best down?
The best down for the duvet manufacture is the one whose fluffs are the biggest. It comes from the biggest and oldest birds. That is why goose down is the best quality. We also notice that duck down shows, under the microscope, a construction less efficient than the goose down.
Which are the best geese for the duvet?
Without any doubts geese that come from regions which guarantee at once noticeable health qualities, a rich diet and long and extremely cold winter times are the birds which will grow the world best down. Canada is obviously the best choice, it is however possible to find very good quality down in Europe (Sweden, Norway).
What is Eider down?
The Eider is a marine duck, whose down is almost black and very thick. People hunted it so much that it almost disappeared and finds itself on the list of endangered species. The price of this rare down is very high and does not justify its choice. It is for environmental reasons that Luxury Duvet chose not to sell Eider down, all the more since its quality borders on our goose down.
What is the goose down we call “duvet d’oie vif”?
This down also called slough down, is delicately taken from geese at precise periods during the year. Geese that gives this down are thus well looked after and fed. This down will be the best. It will make it possible to put less down in the duvet for the same comfort, therefore and allow a unique ratio comfort/lightness/heat/weight. For its duvet, Luxury Duvet only uses “duvet vif” from handcrafted sources, which represents the only guarantee that the geese did not suffer from bad breeding conditions.
Why are down duvets better than wool or synthetic duvets?
Down gives approximately three times more air circulation per kilogram than synthetic fibre or wool. Moreover, this down swells permanently depending on its environment and fills perfectly and uniformly the space it occupies. Wool as well as synthetic fibre duvets, end up felting and forming balls and leave empty and cold spaces, whereas down duvets reinflate and adapt itself to silhouette of the body.
Why are down duvets more comfortable than wool and synthetic fibre duvets?
Down adapts itself to the silhouette of the body as well as its need of warmth, synthetic fibres and the wool duvets remain rigid and give static warmth. Damp, which is produced by wool and synthetic fibre duvet because of lack of ventilation, is not felt with a down duvet.
How long can a duvet filled with down last?
Maintained well and cleaned well, a down duvet will last for very a long time (it might even survive you).
How to clean duvet or any other article filled with down?
We recommend to dry clean all of our down products. Washing your down products in washing-machines is not prohibited but you have to know that it will spoil the down. Beside we advise you against using a dryer as it will ruin the swelling properties of the down.
Why does down duvets are expensive?
The price of the duvet’s raw material (the down) is ruled by supply and demand. Since 1975, this price quadrupled because more and more people tasted the remarkable assets of this incomparable natural product. Our prices have been stable for many years, and Luxury Duvet guarantees an impeccable quality for its duvets, blankets and pillows.
Can down create allergies?
To manufacture its duvets, Luxury Duvet only uses high quality down, dust free, washed and sterilized. For this reason, our down cannot cause allergies. Unfortunately, for cost and profitability reasons, other brands will offer quickly treated qualities. For your own sake, avoid these poor qualities!
Does down attract acarids?
The acarids are not attracted by down duvets, quite the contrary! Actually, according to a study made by professor Hans JURGENS and presented at the International Congress of feathers and down:
“… down does not offer an adequate environment for the acarids to survive, nor a source nutritious enough ..... the quality of the casing in which the down is, is made of a very tight cloth that prevents the down from getting away, thus it also represent a barrier for the acarids ....... under a duvet a microclimate higher than 25°c develops, the acarids hardly resist this kind of environment.”
Specialized and helpful websites such as www.acarien.net will give you information on that matter.
Why use the term “new” when talking about down filled in duvets?
Most of the global production is made of reconditioned down i.e. already used down. It is treated and perfectly healthy, but when looking at comfort and lifespan it is less efficient. Unfortunately, not very conscientious manufacturers use reconditioned down to replace new down (misleading tags). All duvets, blankets and pillows of Luxury Duvet are filled with feathers, white goose or white duck new down of Canada.
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