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Goose down –A slightly less lofty material, this makes it less warm and thus less
expensive.
Duck down – Less fine than goose down. Duck down sits at the everyday,
affordable end of the down scale making it the least expensive.
Although natural down is exceptionally resistant to harsh environmental factors such as
wind and sunlight, it does have one downside. The plumage used within these garments has
an incapability to repel water and moisture. In actual fact, down looses a large amount of
its thermal insulation when wet. This is because the plumage clumps together and is often
slow to dry. Commonly, the fill remains bunched and the clothing losses a large majority of
its heat retaining capability due to it leaving un-insulated areas in the garment.
How does it work?
All materials, including thermal base
layers, hard shell water proofs and
sleeping bags are measured using the
industry standard of either the clo or
tog units.
The ‘clo’ unit is measure as 0.155 K
M 2 /W (Kelvin per Metre squared over
Watts), or the more common unit the
‘tog’ are measured as 0.645 clo.
The effectiveness of down clothing can
be measured by referring to its ‘fill
power’. Fill power is a measure of the
loft or “fluffiness” of a down product
that is loosely related to the insulating
value of the down. The higher the fill
power the more air an ounce of the
down can trap, and thus the more
insulating ability an ounce of the down
will have. Fill power ranges from about
300 (in³/oz for feathers to around 900
(in³/oz) for the highest quality down,
with the latter being both the warmest
and lightest. It should be noted that the
most commonly found fill is between 400 and 500, although this is often low quality down,
useful for cold city days or to be used as casual winter mid layer it is highly insulating none
the less. As we Move through the spectrum of fill, layers with the fill of 700 are made from
higher quality loft, increasing in both functionality and price. Down counts of 900 or more
are rarely found within shops as they are often reserved for the top end winter
mountaineers, or those partaking in winter sports on a regular basis.
When examining a down item you will also be confronted by a percentage representing the
fill, for example, 80/20 or 90/10.This information is important as it represents the balance
between the down and feather. Due to the nature of the material it is nearly impossible to
separate all of the softer down from the harder contour feathers found on the surface of the
water fowl. With this information, you can clearly tell that the garments with higher
percentages are warmer, lighter, will compress more and as the tag will tell you, they are
often more expensive.