Eiderdown duvet

What special features does an eiderdown comforter have?

Eiderdown and down as a fluffy soft natural product

A down comforter is a true natural product. In our Mister Sandman guide, we show you the advantages of eiderdown. Whenever you want to be warm and cozy, you best sink into a thick down comforter. Due to their excellent thermal properties, down comforters are favorites, although, as many comforter tests confirm, there are significant quality differences. Eiderdown is the most valuable down of all. It comes from the eider duck, which lives in Greenland and Iceland. There, it is collected by hand from the nests. Eiderdown has many barbs, allowing it to cling together intensely. Eiderdown comforters are airy light yet beautifully warm, cozy, snug, and balancing. You neither sweat nor freeze. Duck and goose down insulate, warm, are soft and cuddly – but the down of eider ducks is miles ahead of them. The down of these animals is larger the colder the environment is.

Eiderdown duvet – What is eiderdown?

Down is not just down; there is duck down, goose down, and eiderdown. These differ significantly in quality. Duck down is the lowest quality, as it is very small and can break more easily. Goose down has good quality, but one should pay attention to the conditions in which the geese are raised. A goose that has free range and always has fresh water and good food is larger and therefore has larger down. Eiderdown is a true luxury product. Eider ducks are mostly found in Iceland and Greenland. Eider ducks are a protected species that cannot be domesticated and lives exclusively in the wild. Only already shed down can be collected, so only a few tons are available per year.

Eiderdown as filling

Eiderdown is eight times more expensive than good goose down. With its down, it carefully cushions the nests for its offspring. After the chicks hatch, these rare down feathers are gently plucked from the nest. In about eight hours of manual labor, one can obtain one kilogram of eiderdown from approximately 60 nests. The constant warmth retention and insulation capability of eiderdown is unique. Down is the oldest and most popular form of duvet filling. It is particularly suitable for all individuals who get cold quickly. This is because the small hairs on the down feathers trap air particularly well, which can retain and insulate heat. Another property of down duvets: they absorb moisture from below, that is, the sweat you release while sleeping. This moisture is directed upwards through the duvet. Therefore, with a down duvet, you won't wake up drenched in sweat. The duvet is so clever that your body can breathe relaxed underneath it. In summer, a down duvet might still be a bit warm.

Eider down comforter as a high-quality down comforter

It is soft. It is warm. It is natural. Even for sensitive people, the down comforter is suitable because it insulates ideally and regulates moisture. By the way, only comforters that are filled with at least 60% down can be called down comforters. With a lower proportion of down to feathers, it is referred to as a feather bed. Such a luxurious Eider down comforter goes excellently with noble bed linen. Do you like silk? Silk bed linen supports the fluffiness of the Eider down comforter. Of course, any type of bed linen can be used. You can decide according to your preference which bed linen you want for your beds.

The Eider down

With Eider down, you can be a hundred percent sure that no animal has suffered here. The Eider ducks live wild and cannot be domesticated. Eider ducks use their down to protect the eggs from the cold. The down must be painstakingly collected and cleaned, and only a few tons are available each year. This justifies the relatively high price. An Eider down comforter costs a good 3000 euros. The so-called Eider duck, from which the high-quality Eider down comes, has a diameter of a 2-euro coin or even more, as it only occurs in cold Iceland and Greenland. In contrast, the diameter of duck down is not greater than 1.5 cm, for example. Since a lot of air is stored in the Eider down, manufacturers need much less material to achieve the same thermal effect compared to goose and duck down.

Care of the eiderdown duvet

Down or feather duvets should not be washed too often. A thorough daily airing is usually sufficient. If it is necessary to wash a down duvet, it requires some preparation. Inspect the duvet for tears, holes, or damage. These can tear further during washing, and the down or feathers would be distributed in the washing machine. The result would be a broken washing machine, as the down is so fine that it can also settle in the pump and other parts of the washing machine. And the down duvet would also be ruined. If the down duvet has tears or holes, sew them up with a suitable thread beforehand. The washing machine should have a capacity of more than five kilos; otherwise, the down or feathers would be compressed too much. One should add one to two tennis balls to the wash cycle, which helps to loosen clumps. Choose the gentle wash cycle at 30/40 °C and avoid fabric softener. You can also wash the duvets at 60 °C to kill dust mites, but be aware that the down or feathers may be damaged in the process. Down duvets should be dried in the dryer; air drying takes too long, and mold could develop.

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