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What
You Need to Know About Comforters.
Bed
comforter- Bed-in-a-bag
A bed comforter is a soft lat bag used to cover the bed. The bag
is filled with either natural material or artificial material.
Usually a bed comforter is not used to cover pillow or box spring
of bed. Preliminarily purpose is for decoration of bed. Bed comforters
do not provide much warmth, unlike blankets. Large varieties of
bed comforters are available in market.
Comforters fill power
Fill power of comforter tells you how good the comforter is. Higher
fill power means your comforter will last long. The space occupied
by one ounce of down in cubic inches is called fill power. If
comforters fill power is 800 then it’s a superb quality
comforter. If fill power is 700 or 600 then the comforter is excellent
quality or good quality comforter. Before manufacturing fill power
is tested by standard testing organization. One ounce of down
is stirred in cylinder. The loft is measured and left alone to
rest for 24 hours. After 24 hour down it is re measured and should
regain its original position in 72 hours. One other method to
measure quality of comforters is thread count. This method is
counting the number of threads that are contained in one square
inch of fabric. Higher thread count means comforter is lighter
and softer.
Types of bed comforters
Mainly there are two types of bed comforters, down comforters
and feather comforters. Down is best insulation material. It is
made up of light fluffy clusters. In filament of each culture
tiny air pockets expands when heat is generated from body. While
lifting away down has the wonderful ability of breath. An ounce
of down will keep warmer than other synthetic fiber. Feather comforters
are also soft and excellent at trapping heat.
Some people are having allergic problem with feather comforters.
In market silk comforters are also available. Silk comforters
are made from combination of silk and hypo allergic material.
Mulberry silk is used in best quality comforters. Mulberry silk
is heavier than other silks. Cotton, polyester and wool are also
used as filler in the comforters. Some comforters are made from
both mixture of down and feather. Because of resilience, feather
filling is better than down filling. A comforter filled with goose
down can be used in winter.
Bed comforter’s care-
Duvet cover is used to protect bed comforter from soil and dust.
Wash your comforter in cold water. On low heat dry comforter in
dryer and hand it in sunny day. Keep away comforters from direct
sun light. Small spots and stains can be removed by washing with
soap. Manufacturer recommends washing comforters by professional
dry cleaner. It is important for comforters always keep completely
dry and moisture free to ensure your comforter to insulate continuously.
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