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    800+ Down Source

    Recently I was scrolling through sources of down and found this: https://www.royalpillow.com/body-pillows.asp

    If you scroll all the way down, you find 800+ fill body pillows, with weights next to them, which I assume would be the fill weight.

    If I assume it is the fill weight, the the small would give 42 oz of 800+ down for $183 (exc tax & s/h), which gives $4.34 per ounce.

    What do you guys think? Can this be trusted?

    Ryan

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    I'm mostly certain those weights include fabric weight.

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    I believe they are also eBay sellers and have been discussed as such. Even if you include fabric and quality, it still should be good enough form the price. It could make 2.5/3 quilts, depending on temp and size. Good luck and post the end result if you do buy it.

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    This one would be 50 oz of 750+ down for $2.38/oz shipped: https://www.amazon.com/Thread-Count-.../dp/B003T42ZXO

    Baffle box design seems like it would make it simpler to harvest maybe?

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    Possibly. That product you linked didn't have any reviews and I couldn't easily see and other description of the down - it could be very unreliable due to its absence of source. Other Amazon listings have been titled "Hungarian goose down" or "Siberian goose down" so I think they get a little more trust.



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