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How to Tell Good Down from Bad Down?

Down garments are lightweight and warm than the clothes made of other materials. There is no doubt that down is also more expensive than other clothes.

Author: Celing
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With the popularity of down, some dishonest manufacturers make fake down and sell it at a lower price, or even at the similar price the genuine down has. People prefer spend a lot of money on a good down, rather than buy a cheap down. It makes a big difference if the down is of good quality. People are concerned about the quality of down, and they are afraid that the down is a fake one. How to distinguish the good down from the bad down? If you know the answer, you could avoid being cheated by the seller. Here I am going to tell you some means to tell the good down from bad down.

Generally speaking, the standard manufacturers will put a card on the down, which gives you a clear indication of the materials. The card tells you the components of the filling feather. It will show the materials in percentage. In this way, you will know exactly what is inside of the fabric.

Pinch the down to see how you feel. If you can not obviously feel there are some feather stems, it means this down has a higher percentage of down feather. However, if you can not feel any stem inside, it could be possible that the down is filled with "fly silk", which is the short feather fell off from the feather during process. The "fly silk" can not keep people warm very well; it is not fluffy; feather blocks will happen after the down being washed.

Check the down’s resilience. Fold the down for a while, and then unfold it, to see if it can regain its original shape quickly; if it can, then it means this down is fluffy enough. Some down does not have good resilience; if you fold it, it will deform and there will be a lot of wrinkles on it.

The shell fabric should not have any defects, such as color spots, missing stitch. The color will not fade away after being washed.

The stitch has to be even. 10 stitches per inch. The sewing part should be close and tight, no extra thread hanging outside. If the stitch is too big, the feather will come out.

The shell fabric should prevent the feather from coming out. However, if the fabric can 100% do that, it does not mean the down is perfect. Because the fabric can not breathe, which is not good for people who go climbing snow mountains.

Choose the down that fabric is made by well-known manufacturers, such as pertex, proo-tec lm, soft-b, dryloft. It is safer to buy them. Water-proof fabric feels harder. If you pinch the fabric, and fell there is another layer of cloth inside, then that is the cloth which prevents feather from coming out. The most lightweight and softest fabric is high-density water-proof fabric. Some kinds of fabric do not breathe well, so do not choose them.

Those are the major tips that will help you to choose good a down. You need to be very careful and patient when you are trying to buy a down.

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