Mattress Forum

  I just recently was on the hunt for a down comforter myself .   ScandiaDown (www.scandiadown.com) makes really nice, if expensive, ones, and they can do things like add or remove down for you, and clean/refresh them.  They offer a limited warranty for the life of the product.  You should check out their website - they use only European white goose down (Polish, Hungarian and Siberian).  I bought the Marquessa, but they don't make that one anymore.  Because of that, I was able to get it on sale from jreneeonline.com at 35% off - plus no shipping - plus no sales tax because I don't live in Arizona where J Renee Fine Linens is located.  They only have a couple left - in King size (light weight and Medium weight).  If you're interested , you should check them out quickly. (The close-out Marquessa are Polish Goose down, with a cotton/silk ticking, very nice and I thought a great deal with all the discounts). 

Good luck !!

Linda

As for comforters- Ralphlauren.com has a really nice one which I think is being discontinued- Macy's advertises it regularly around $600 on sale for $300. Ralphlauren.com is charging $300 but there is currently a 30% off coupon -FALL2007- making it $210 for either the Queen or King. It is their Avenue comforter and it is REALLY nice. It is a hypoallergenic, oversized (King is 110 x 96), 55 oz. in King, 675-725 loft and I think a 600 thread count exterior, baffle box construction. It is all Siberian goose down, which is the best quality down and the high loft is important. I am just mentioning it because I actually bought one a day before the sale and got a credit, of course, but felt that it was a good value before the 30% off. I had bought an Eddie Bauer one, which I returned, because the loft power in this and the fact that it is Siberian down makes it MUCH nicer. BTW- the sale is good until Oct. 11th and shipping is free. I never shop at Ralph Lauren, but I have to say I am very impressed with this comforter.

Oh - a couple of other things - Siberian goose down is touted as the best there is (although I believe eiderdown - which is ASTRONOMICALLY priced - is really the best), but Siberian down is a "trade" name and does not necessarily mean the down comes from Siberian geese.  Search the internet and you can verify this - you can read this link for more info http://www.plumeriabay.com/Main/Info/Siberian-Goose-Down.aspx

 And here's another interesting down comforted fact - there are no government regulations that control the marketing of things labelled as 100% down. So comforters can be marketed as containing 100% down, but there are other fill ingredients that qualify to be labelled "down".   Here's another link where you can read about that: http://www.plumeriabay.com/Main/Info/Law-Label.aspx  (Pulmeria Bay has lots of information on their website)

So you should contact the manufacturer to find out how much of their 100% down is actually  Siberian (or Polish or Hungarian or whatever) white goose down.

You're right about the labelling of Siberian down- I had discovered that and was surprised.

I did contact the manufacturer and they checked and said it was 100% Siberian white goose down, if that helps.

We have a very heavy weight down that I got in a  little shop near the Eaton Centre in Toronto years ago - love that thing......although it is not used for near as long now that I live in Virginia.

Yves Delorme shops carry a nice line of down products as well.  Their pillows are very nice.  I have tried to use other pillows, blankets etc. but I always come back to the down - just so much more malleable depending on what you are feeling like that night.