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Down Comforters- Icelandic Eider Down Luxury Comforters
We searched to find the best hypoallergenic down comforters for our customers. We feature Eiderdown natural duck down comforters. These Eiderdown filled comforters make the very best in luxurious bedding.
We were tempted to wax poetic when writing about Eiderdown comforters, all sorts of eloquent phrases come to mind like "oh joyous rapture”, but we will try to be a bit more restrained.
So what is an Eiderdown comforter?
The true Eiderdown comforter is a rarity. It is the Faberge egg of comforters, and if you are concerned about price, this is clearly not a product for you. Let me tell you a little about them.
The finest, warmest and most rare down comforter in the world, Eiderdown is harvested from abandoned nests that the mother duck covers with down she plucks from her own breast to keep her eggs warm. The Eider ducks are protected from the usual commercial type of harvesting, and as you can imagine, hand harvesting after the nests have been abandoned is very labor intensive and expensive.
100% silk, 300 thread count, and these ultra luxurious eiderdown comforters also have a smooth exterior satin piping.
The Eiderdown comforter shell has a shantung weave, which is a natural white color from the silk fiber.
Eiderdown provides excellent thermal insulation, but the comforter itself
weighs next to nothing.
Eight-inch box-stitched squares allow the down to keep its loft, while preventing it from shifting around within the comforter.
This is a female Eider duck
How it Works:
There is a very limited world supply of Eiderdown each year, in the
region of 2,000 kilos and it is diminishing yearly. An Eiderdown comforter,
therefore is considered to be an heirloom. Eider down is the best
insulator for regulating body temperature - no sweating, no freezing.
The wild Eider duck is only found in the nethermost regions of the
North Atlantic, principally in Iceland. The climatic condition under which these rare birds have survived, has
given rise to a kind of down and subsequent insulating power which
is off the scale in terms of what we usually think of in terms of "fill power", the usual measure of thermal insulating quality.
Fill power is usually determined by the size of the down clusters and the space of the air between them. The eider duck has very sticky and dense down clusters. Hard to describe because it is so different, but the result when it is put into a garment or comforter, is no bulk for incredible warmth. One nest provides about 15-20g of Eiderdown. The most unique and exquisite of all down!
Reports by Experts and Customers - Eiderdown Down Comforters
Expert Review:
Courtesy of AllergyBuyersClub.com
We have always been curious about Eiderdown. Is it as good as it is cracked up to be? What could possibly be worth that amount of money? Mary Jo, a true thrifty New Englander on our staff has been adamant. No comforter is worth that kind of money! She is also a fan of silk filled comforters and sleeps under our Imperial Silk Delight comforter. For around $300 or so, she is right, it is a luxury bargain and Mary Jo likes bargains. An Eiderdown is not a bargain, but it is something truly special! It is after all, considered to be one of the most sought after luxuries in the world.
When we first held Eiderdown in our hands we were astonished. Could anything actually be that light and actually keep you warm? Everyone had a hard time when we closed our eyes feeling any weight at all. When we were comparing the Eiderdown to other top grade, goose down comforters, it was clear that Eiderdown was simply in a class of its own. It seemed disconcertingly light to some of our staff who are use to being weighted down at night.
Summary:
These incredible Eiderdown comforters are a custom order, and are covered with a 300 plus thread count silk. This makes them down proof but with a nice luxury feel. Then we would reluctantly put the finest of silk duvet covers on the comforter to prolong the life of the Eiderdown. The manufacturer claims they are Hypoallergenic, but at this price if you have any doubt, ask about our sample program. For more information on what exactly is meant by Hypoallergenic click here.
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We were tempted to wax poetic when writing about Eiderdown comforters, all sorts of eloquent phrases come to mind like "oh joyous rapture”, but we will try to be a bit more restrained.
