Advantages of down and feather bedding

As stipulated in the European standard EN 13186, duvets with a down content of at least 60% may be labelled as down duvet. Duvets with a down content below 60% are labelled as feather duvets.

 

The appropriate blend depends in particular on the individual need for warmth when asleep. Nowadays, most people usually prefer a high percentage of down.

 

Lightweight down provide best fill power values and a high degree of thermal insulation. With a higher percentage of feathers, the weight of the duvets increases, because feathers are heavier than down.

 

Due to large fill power values down are capable of being able to keep the body warm without much weight, that is to say the bulking capacity.

Down-and-feather-filled duvets are always capable to regulate the climate in bed. The idea of heat accumulation under a down–and-feather-filled duvet might trace back to the “bulging balloon bed” shown on the pictures in Wilhelm Busch´s classic children´s stories. However, scientific research on the subject “micro climate in bed“ revealed that high temperatures do not occur under featherbeds, even less under a down-filled duvet which is light by nature.

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