A bit off the subject- Down Comforters
| I am a warm sleeper and my wife is always cold. I want us both to be happy, I am considering a down comforter, but know little about them. I have looked at several sites and the prices and advise is all over the place- I don't trust them. I thought about an electric blanket, but actually know of 2 different families that have had fires strarted with them-one fatal. I would appreciate any advise that is forthcoming-thank you. |
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| Coincidentally, the duvet cover I found that I like best was also from Ralph Lauren. I looked everywhere Google took me, but ended up back at Ralph Lauren. That is nice though since one would assume their duvet covers would be a perfect fit for their duvets. |
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| I have very specific decorating requirements and couldn't find a duvet cover I liked, so I bought fabric from the home decor section of Joanne's and had a tailor sew it to my specifications for a completely custom look. |
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| We had a hard time finding a duvet cover to fit our comforter, I asked salespeople at macy's and linens'n'Thing and they all said most people stuff them in a standard cover, which I find rather unexeptable. We are stll looking, Hotel collection made the thing and they don't have a cover to fit that size-a little fruastrating. To compound matters worse my wife is comfortable and i am dying. We purchased a medium and maybe a light weight would be more appropriate for us-or me. |
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| Tracman, perhaps you can take back your comforter and exchange it for a lighter weight version. Or go the European way,and buy two individual comforters of two different weights, light for you and medium for your wife. |
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My Ralph Lauren down comforter arrived yesterday, in a nice big box so it wasn't squished down too much. I am no expert on down comforters, but this one appears to be of good quality, and it hits most of the buzzwords: Siberian White Goose Down, 675-725 Fill Power, 600 thread count Supima cotton, baffle box construction. This later item merits some discussion. I visited some local stores (Macy's, Bed Bath & Beyond) and some of the comforters claiming to have "baffle box construction" appeared to me to be sewn through. If there are no actual baffles, how can they call it baffle box construction? The RL comforter takes the baffle box construction all the way to the edge, i.e. even the perimeter of the comforter has a 1" high wall. I'm going to have to wait till it gets cold to sleep under it. It's a medium weight comforter and the duvet cover I bought for it is surprisingly heavy. |
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Hi tracman Now that you've got the comforter can you please check something for me. Look on the the white tag that says "Do not remove under penalty of law" (or whatever it is that it says and tell me what the MINIMUM white goose down is listed as. Even though comforters are said to be all down, there are other things that are also considerd "down". So manufacturer's are required to list the MINIMUM amount of actual white goose down is in the comforter. I sent an email to Ralph Lauren, but got no response. Thanks!!
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I'm not tracman but I can answer the question for the Ralph Lauren Avenue comforter: 75%. This message was modified Oct 3, 2007 by haysdb
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| It says minimun 75% white goose down, made by the Phoenix Down Corp. in New Jersey. the other tag says made in China. |
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| THANKS!! |
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The Ralph Lauren Avenue comforter is definitely not a year-round comforter, especially with a duvet cover over it, unless you keep your house on the cold side when the AC is on. I ordered the step-down version of the Ralph Lauren comforter, the Classic. It's a lighter weight comforter that I think will be more appropriate for those months where the thermostat is set on Cool. It uses lower fill power down and is about 2/3 the volume of the Avenue Comforter, and uses a 350 thread count fabric vs. the 600 TC fabric on the Avenue comforter, but it's still a nice fabric and the construction is the same box construction with gusseted sides. I give it a thumbs up for the price, especially the sale price, which was ~$160 for an oversize king. This message was modified Oct 19, 2007 by haysdb
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