Buying winter clothes costs money, and buying down jackets is especially expensive. Different materials, fabrics, workmanship, and warmth will vary a lot.
Especially the filling inside the down jacket, do not cut open you can not see, if it is online shopping, you can not touch the physical object before buying, the only basis for judging is left with those parameters, usually contains:
Fabrics, linings, padding, piles, piles.
Are you constantly overwhelmed by them?
And the merchant usually makes some concepts, so that you inexplicably feel that a certain filling is more advanced (such as the same style of down jacket, white duck down is more expensive than gray duck down), and avoid some of the more necessary values (for example, many merchants only mark the amount of fleece on the online shopping page, not the amount of pile).
Well, in order to let everyone spend the money to buy down jackets, all spent on the blade, this article I put about down jackets, must know a few common sense, as well as pit avoidance guide are summarized, ready to buy down jackets before taking out the comparison, review it, maybe can save a lot of money!
About the fabric, in fact, the current manufacturing process, the material of the surface of the down jacket is not too worried, drill down, running down and other issues can basically be eliminated, and the choice of sewing width and narrowness also depends on your aesthetics.
Of course, it also includes that you like the surface of high-profile reflection, or low-key matte, with a little hardness, or soft and skin-friendly, or velvet retro, no problem.
The following focus is on the filling, here are a few common misunderstandings to expand on, that is, we said "pit", the pit avoidance guide is also sent later!
Pit 1 | Is it necessary to buy goose down suits?
First of all, it needs to be clear that the common "down" is generally divided into two types - duck down and goose down.
Goose is larger than duck, goose down flowers are also large, unit quality of goose down fixed air volume is greater than duck down, fluffiness and warmth performance are better, generally want to achieve the same warm effect, need to be 3 times heavier than goose down duck down to do.
But as far as the specific situation of our country is concerned, the small partners living in the south, if they do not need to stay outdoors for a long time, there is no need to wear goose down, and the price of goose down clothes is much more expensive than duck down, considering the cost performance, choose duck down.
If you live in the northeast, or want to travel to extremely cold areas, need outdoor adventures, etc., you can consider buying goose down clothes.
Pit 2 | White duck down is better than gray duck down?
Duck down, and divided into white duck down and gray duck down, here is also a business is a marketing phrase "hard hit area", what white duck down is more warm, more advanced, no!
White duck down and gray duck down have no difference in thermal performance, and the reason why white duck down is more expensive is that white duck is less and the yield is small;
The other is because of its color, if you use gray duck down to fill in the light-colored down jacket or lining, the variegated color will not look good, then use white duck down is more beautiful, for dark down jackets, it is really not bad at all, with white with ash are the same, this point do not want to be "deceived" anymore!
Pit 3 | Is pile capacity and pile content the same thing?
Of course not! The amount of down, popularly understood, is how much down is stuffed in a down jacket, the total weight.
In general, the amount of fleece between 100g and 300g is relatively common, and it is also something that everyone can use every day. Outdoor special down jackets are generally filled with 300 to 500g.
Referring to the mainstream brand sales of better down jackets, the short version is 100 ~ 150g, the medium and long version is 150 ~ 250g. Big moon coordinates Hangzhou, the coldest time to wear about 200g down jacket is very warm, and usually not too cold winter, wear 100 ~ 150g. Students in the north generally wear 200 to 300g.
Speaking of down content, this value refers to the proportion of "down" in down filler.
Take a duck feather as an example, "feather" is the hair part of its main body, but also with the "stem", relatively hard, we can feel when we touch it with our hands, the warmth of the "feather" is relatively poor, is a relatively inferior filling component.
"Velvet" is the key, it is the softest part of the root of the feather, and the proportion of "velvet" determines the degree of warmth.
Down jackets with a down content of less than 50% are basically not down jackets, and the warmth may not be as good as cotton clothes, and the wearing is not soft and comfortable enough;
60 to 70% of the down content is medium, most of the down jackets on the market are on sale, basically can do this number;
90% and above, counting the quality of the down jacket, of course, combined with the amount of down to compare, high filling, high down content, warm performance is the best.
Pit 4 | Knowing the amount of pile and the amount of pile is everything?
In fact, in addition to the amount of pile and the amount of fleece, it is still an important parameter, that is, "fluffiness".
We can use both palms to press the down jacket together to see how long it rebounds and expands, generally the faster it recovers, the higher the fluffiness, and the better the warmth.
Internationally, the fluffiness of the down jacket, there are corresponding parameters, refers to each ounce (about 30g) of down the volume (cubic inch), in the same case of the amount of down, the higher the fluffiness, representing that the down can fix a larger volume of air layer to keep warm and insulated, the better the warmth.
Most down jackets are fluffy about 600, warm at the same time, but also relatively light; below this value is light warm clothing, not very suitable for winter outdoors, and higher than this value, used to deal with outdoor and extremely cold weather, warm ultra-light, the higher this value, the better the quality, the more expensive the price.
Before purchasing, you can learn more from the merchant, if you have the conditions, actually touch and feel a down jacket, don't patronize the style, a classic design and a warm and durable down jacket, or can accompany you for many years.
Finally, I will give you a few knowledge points for quick viewing in the future:
If you don't go to the northeast or extremely cold areas, you can not buy goose down clothes, too expensive, not necessary
White duck down and gray duck down are basically no different, do not be pitted
Filling capacity: southern winter (100 ~ 150g) northern winter (200 ~ 300g) professional outdoor (300 ~ 500g or more)
Fleece content: less than 70% can not be considered, priority is given to more than 90%.
Fluffiness: Generally not written on the hangtag, you can understand with the merchant or actually experience resilience
Well, I'll go here today!