| 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. |
This is why I love this website - so much useful information !!! I have to buy comforters for my kids, but I didn't want to shell out the Scandia Down bucks for them (does that make me a bad parent  ??) These sound great, though. But I like to see things in person before I buy - does Macy's or Bloomingdale's carry them, do you know? 'Cause then I can feel them at the store, but order them online. Thanks.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. |
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My local Macy's had the lighter weight but not the Avenue in stock, although I would assume others might since it is on their website. 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. This message was modified Sep 27, 2007 by m61376
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| I'm giving one of these a go. Thanks for the heads up. |
| As someone said there really is a lot of info available on this site and the people are nice, not likes many sites I know of. I went to all the sites that people listed and then went to Linens and thing and Macy's. I went to the Macy's web site as well.I bought a Hotel Collection Medium weight comforter. It is Hungarian Goose down,700 fill power, 450 thread count, and end to end baffled box-weight 52oz. From what I have read that is supposed to be ok, and it was $399 for kingsize on sale, regularly $600, but I think this stuff is always on sale. We like it but by morning I am hot, so it should be good in a month or so, I live in the Pacific NW, it gets down to the 30's but usually nothing colder. |
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this link for their comforters has been mentioned on this site before as having very good quality http://www.dewoolfsondown.com/comforters/cts. 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. This message was modified Sep 27, 2007 by confusedbedbug
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| I bought the Queen Ralph Lauren wonderful down comforter directly from Ralph Lauren and I must love it for the winter time. I Love the way it looks with such high loft and it feels wonderful and is washable. A very good buy. |
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I second DeWoolfson, they have some great products and great information. They have a new website at this link. http://www.dewoolfsonlinens.com/linens/categories/subcat.php?class=2&vendor=23 |
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The Dewolfson site makes things really simple. Warmth Level (weights are for king size)
The Ralph Lauren site does not specify the dimensions of the comforter, nor do they say what "weight" it is. Edit: I'm reading impaired. m61376 told me everything I needed to know... m61376 wrote: 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. This message was modified Sep 29, 2007 by haysdb
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| With down it's just not a matter of weight, it's the fill power that's really important. The higher the fill power the bigger the down clusters and the more loft the down will have. Not only does that give the comforter a big puffy and wonderfully luxurious appearance, it also traps more air inside the comforter for more warmth. This allows you to have a lighter weight comforter--less ounces of down, but actually more warmth. |
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All of their comforters use the same fill power of down, so the amount of down, represented by the weight in ounces, is the only variable that changes between their lightest weight "Florida" comforter to their "Canadian Winter" comforter. This message was modified Sep 28, 2007 by haysdb
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