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Can I ship to a PO Box?
Sorry, but UPS and Fed Ex will not allow delivery to P.O. Boxes.
What is Down?
Down is warm and light. It is the soft fluffy undercoating of waterfowl that traps the body's natural warmth and protects birds from the elements. The down grows next to the body of the goose or duck underneath the protective layer of feathers. Each down cluster is made up of thousands of light, fluffy filaments but without a quill shaft. The down cluster is three dimensional and does not contain a quill shaft. Because of this structure down clusters can loft without matting together. Lofting or filling up space is what creates trapped air and keeps us warm. In every pound of feather there is only four or five ounces of down. Pound for pound, down is nature’s most efficient insulator.
Simply put: Down is a soft and fluffy substance found beneath the breast feathers of ducks and geese. Down is an extremely light insulator that keeps duck and geese (and humans when used in bedding products) warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
What is a Comforter?
A comforter is used on top of a bed and is meant to sleep under. Depending on your preference, it is sometimes placed on top of the sheets, and sometimes used without a top sheet and can be use with or without a blanket. Comforters should drape over the sides of a mattress a few inches. A comforter is basically a large bed cover made with two pieces of fabric stitched along all four sides and filled with insulating material. CampusBedding.com offers both a down comforter (filled with natural down) and a down alternative comforter (filled with a synthetic micro fiber).
What is Down Proof?
Down Proof: Fabric with a 230 thread count or higher is considered down proof which means it has low air permeability, which prevents down and feathers from leaking out from the inside.
What is a Feather Bed?
Feather Bed - A fabric shell filled with feathers and used on top of the mattress for added comfort. This luxury was made popular in Europe and now has become a standard for American beds. (An exclusive at CampusBedding.com, we offer a featherbed with a machine washable pull-off top. The feather bed underneath rarely needs cleaning) Feather Beds promote a luxurious night’s sleep with inches of loft on top of your mattress, cushioning and cradling your body.
What are feathers?
Feathers are structurally different and therefore functionally different than down. Feathers are two dimensional and have a shaft. While the structure of down provides for greater lofting and insulating value, the structure of feathers provide for greater support. Feathers still have a soft natural fluffy feeling while having a spring-like quality to provide resilience and support. Feathers are ideal for cushions in featherbeds, and for those who prefer firmer pillows.
Simply put, Feathers are light, hollow-shafted growths forming the plumage of birds. Both springy and soft, feathers appear alongside down on ducks and geese. Feathers are the plumage or out-growth forming the contour and external covering of fowl.
Where Do Feathers and Down Come From?
Feathers and down are commercially obtained from ducks and geese which are primarily raised for their meat. Thus the feathers become a byproduct from the processing of the fowl.
What is Fill Power?
Fill Power is a measurement of the quality of down products. Fill power is determined by placing 1 ounce of down in a glass tube. It is compressed, the weight is removed, and then the down is allowed to loft for 72 hours. The space the down occupies is measured in cubic inches. Down comforters with a higher fill power are lighter, fluffier, and warmer than down comforters with less fill power. Once the down has been separated, cleaned and sterilized, it's sorted by fill power. We determine fill power in a tube that gives the number of cubic inches per ounce of down. The finest down has a fill power of at least 750 cubic inches per ounce (very rare and extremely expensive), and the lowest is around 300 per ounce.
Simply put: Fill power is the number of cubic inches per ounce of down. Campus Bedding fill power insures that our products are soft; light resilient, warm and fluffy.
What is Hypoallergenic?
A term used to communicate that a fiber or material has undergone processing that renders it less likely to cause an allergic reaction.
Polyfill is a soft, hypo-allergenic fiber used as fill for pillows and comforters.
What are dust mites?
House dust mites are microscope bugs that primarily live on dead skin cells regularly shed from humans and their animal pets. Skin cells and scales, commonly called dander, are often concentrated in lounging areas, mattresses, frequently used furniture which may harbor large numbers of these microscopic mites. A typical mattress can contain tens of thousands of dust mites. A single dust mite produces about 20 waste droppings each day, each containing a protein to which many people are allergic. Rarely do we find allergies to down. The proteins in that combination of feces and skin sheddings are what cause allergic reactions in humans.
What is Satin Weave?
Satin Weave is a basic weave, characterized by long floats of yarn on the face of the fabric. The yarns are weaved in such a way that there is no visible interlacing pattern, which gives the fabric a smooth, shiny surface.
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