Which Goose Down Duvet is Best?
Most people, when deciding which goose down duvet is best to buy, firstly look at the amount of goose down within the duvet. Some goose down duvets have a 15% down fill, whereas others are filled with 60%,80%, 85%, 90% or even 100% goose down. The best being the 100% down filled as the clusters are lighter and wrap around your body much better without cold-spots whilst having the same heat rating.
The more feather content you have within your duvet, the heavier the duvet is as the clusters are bigger and heavier even if the tog is the same.
How to Choose the Perfect Goose Down Duvet
The best way to choose a goose down duvet is not just purely by price, but the down content. This is the most important factor and if your budget can stretch to between 80 and 100% down, this would be a far superior duvet to one that has a lot of feathers.
You should try to invest what you can in your duvet as you spend many many years using the same one/two (season depending). Goose down duvets are built to last. It is not only the content of the duvet that is superior, but the finish and the design of the duvet. Most goose down duvets are box-stitched, meaning that there is little shift in the down within the duvet as there is a piece of material between each square that significantly helps to stop the down from shifting.
Best Type of Goose Down Duvet
The best type of goose down duvet money can buy is the Canadian Goose Down duvet; superior in quality in terms of the down used and the finish on the duvets. A lot of Canadian Goose Down duvets are finished with not only a higher thread count cover (making it harder for down to come out of the duvet), but the down quality is better than that of for example, Siberian and Hungarian Goose down. Again, with Canadian Goose Down, less fill is needed than that of Hungarian or Siberian down.
Things to Consider
Our conclusion is that the most important aspect to consider when deciding which goose down duvet is the best for you, is the down fill percentage and not the type. For example, if you are deciding between a 80% Siberian Goose down duvet that has a similar price to a 100% Hungarian goose down duvet, then we would suggest to opt for the 100% Hungarian goose down duvet if your budget won't stretch to a 100% Siberian Goose down duvet.
