Why down?

Warmth-to weight-ratio

• Higher warmth-to-weight ratio than synthetic insulation
• Less weight

Packability

• Easy to bring
• Takes up less space in your pack

 High comfort

• Lightweight and soft
• Gives great warmth

Pros and cons

Pros

• Higher warmth-to-weight ratio than synthetic insulation
• Very packable
• High Comfort

Cons

• Loses insulating power when it gets wet
• Takes long time to dry
• More expensive than synthetic insulation

What is fillpower/cuin?

Fill power is the term used to measure down’s ability to loft and thus trap heat. 

• CUIN=cubic inches per ounce, It is calculated by how much space a specific weight of down fills up. The higher the number of cuin, the higher the loft of the down. European and American method differs. The American method gives a higher value. 
• The advantage of higher-fill-power down is that the garment requires less down to fill space and achieve a certain temperature rating. Less down equals a lighter product. 

• Premium goose down can reach 900 fill-power, and potentially even higher. Duck down can achieve fill-power ratings no higher than 750 or 800.
• For example, a sleeping bag rated -5°C with 700-fill-power down will be lighter than a -5°C sleeping bag using 600-fill-power down (assuming the fabrics and other features are comparable in weight).

And what about the recycled down?

• For all our down styles FW23/24 we use recycled down with CUIN 650+
• The down is collected mainly from China and partly from Vietnam and Europe. It’s been collected from used products, e.g jackets and duvets
• The down goes through the same process of cleaning and classification as non-recycled down

Wash and care - how?

To take care for your products is the most important thing to give them a longer life. Here you can read about wash and care for your down jackets.