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August 23, 2008

Don’t Buy Down Pillows

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― Vincent Gable on August 23, 2008

After I saw duckling’s jumping out of trees (from Planet Earth), I had to try some down pillows. And they are great, except that the tips of the feathers eventually work their way out of the pillowcase and poke you. The pokes are so disruptive that they ruin sleep more then a slightly-less-comfortable pillow. I’m sure there’s a good metaphor in there somewhere.

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  1. I have down pillows and feather pillows. I’m not sure which you’re discussing: the down ones are soft, but eventually lose volume. The feather ones are firm and don’t lose volume, but exhibit the pokiness you’re describing. I just bought some that have a feather core wrapped in down, with another cotton cover over the normal material covering the pillow. Like normal, I then place the pillow in another cover. You get the squishiness of down without any of the pokiness of the feathers (or the volume loss). They’re only a week old, but I feel this mixture will yield good results.

    –Jason

    Comment by Jason Petersen — August 24, 2008 @ 1:21 am

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