Down
Down is a “green” filling.
Down and feathers are a by-product of the meat
industry. Our geese are raised on farms to create
poultry meat for consumption by humans.
Once the bird has been slaughtered, the feathers are
removed from the dead bird. After the feather and
down by-product has been obtained using a feather
and down processor, the raw material is sorted to
separate the feathers from the down.
We do not purchase raw material from farmers or
slaughterhouses that utilize the “live pluck”method.
industry. Our geese are raised on farms to create
poultry meat for consumption by humans.
Once the bird has been slaughtered, the feathers are
removed from the dead bird. After the feather and
down by-product has been obtained using a feather
and down processor, the raw material is sorted to
separate the feathers from the down.
We do not purchase raw material from farmers or
slaughterhouses that utilize the “live pluck”method.
How does it work:.
Goose Down clusters are round and spherical as seen
on the picture above.
This natural spherical shape is what gives the jacket,
down comfort or down feather loft.
The loft comes from the down cluster constantly wanting
to return to its naturally round shape.
How is down quality measured:
"The higher the fill power the higher the quality".
800FP is the finest most consistent fill power available.
Fill power determines quality. Also what percentage of the down is actually down cluster.
Our products have between 90% and 95% cluster down.
The higher the fill power the larger the down cluster, the larger the down cluster the higher the quality, the higher the quality the longer it will last and the higher it will loft and the more it will trap air.
Why 800 FP and what is the difference?In addition to the larger down cluster being of higher quality it also came from a older bird. The smaller down clusters eg. 600 fill power down cluster come from smaller less mature birds.
800 fill power down clusters are more expensive because there are fewer of them and the birds are older.
Updated Tuesday, 30 Nov 2010 14:02
