Down is nature’s best insulator. The higher the quality of the down, the greater the range of comfort – warm in winter and cool in summer. Quality down, combined with experienced craftsmanship and design, will result in products that will truly enhance your sleeping environment and the quality of your sleep. Read all about how to choose a duvet below, or browse our complete range of winter and summer weight duvets.
The exacting standards we adhere to in the manufacture of our beds also extend to our complete range of luxury duvets. Only the highest quality down combined with excellent design and craftsmanship can add years of warmth and comfort to your sleeping environment with our products.
How to choose a duvet
The higher the quality of a duvet, the better it is at delivering all the characteristics of a duvet: superb warmth, incredible lightness and unparalleled breathability. As a result, a high-quality duvet offers a wider range of comfort – warm in winter and cool in summer.
In addition, high-quality duvet fabrics can further enhance
In fact, our duvet covers now have a special treatment that makes them more breathable than other cottons.
Quality down vs. feathers – do you know the difference?
Contrary to popular belief, down and feathers are two completely different things and have different uses. In contrast to feathers, down has fibres that extend from a central feather ‘rib’.
Down is a three-dimensional structure made up of millions of fine filaments that grow from a central feather point, a light, fluffy undercoat that geese and ducks grow to keep warm.
Have you ever been pricked by the feathers in a down pillow or duvet? Now you know.
The colder the region the more likely it is that the bird will produce a warm down comforter
The common eider duck inhabits the sub-Arctic region and spends most of its life working in the waters around the polar circle. Their down has incredible insulating properties that protect them from freezing – winter temperatures in the North Atlantic can drop below zero degrees Celsius and the ocean, due to its salinity, can only remain liquid.
Most eider ducks nest in Iceland and harvesting eider duck feathers has been an Icelandic occupation for a thousand years. Although eider ducks are wild, they have become very affectionate towards humans and some can even be stroked while sitting in their nests.
Recent studies have confirmed the common knowledge that harvesting duck down does not cause any harm to the ducks or their eggs. In fact, an increasing number of harvesters are eco-volunteers who support wildlife reserves because it is the ducks’ feathers they collect. It is also worth noting that eider duck down is the only down being harvested – all other down is a by-product of the poultry meat industry.
Post time: Nov-18-2022
