Gotchya - well I'll try giving them a good shake when I get home, and if they still have that clumpy look, I'll take it to the next step with no heat in the dryer with tennis balls..
Again, I really appreciate all your feed back with this!
It doesn't appear you bought these from the HF FS forum. Can you just ask the person from whom you bought them if they were stored compressed? Anyone who buys down quilts should know that they should be stored uncompressed, though I am sure there are some who don't.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
I agree with Otter. I would use a good Down Wash Soap. Go to a laundromat use a large FRONT load washer. CHECK THE DRYER, BE SURE IT RUNS WITHOUT HEAT. This is a slow project. I open the door and fluff the quilt frequently. I use old clean tennis shoes, clean tennis balls and I check for heat and make sure all parts are drying, no clumps of wet down. You must get the quilt totally dry. When I think the quilt is dry, I remove the quilt from dryer, let it sit a few minutes and feel the quilt and feel for lumps, if everything feels dry, I go home. Amazing what a cleaning does for down.
Last edited by IRONFISH45; 12-08-2016 at 16:19. Reason: typos from using my smart phone
Is this treated down?
That can get clumpy depending on the batch. Sounds like a potential culprit.
But give it 24-36 hours if they've been compressed for a while.
Then wash it as said if that fails.
I did contact the seller, and he confirmed that they were not stored in the stuff sack - he had them hanging in his gear closet. But since they hung there for a while without being moved, maybe the down could have settled.. should also mention that the burrow is a 50, not a 40. Just can't get over how much less downy they are compared to my 0 and 20 deg setups.
My 40* quilts are definitely less downy - not even remotely comparable to my 0* and 20* setups. The first time I viewed them with sunlight coming through them, I couldn't believe how skimpy they looked in the down department. Nevertheless, it makes it easy to shake the down and spread it out because you can see through it so well.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
I've found with 50-30 deg bags and quilts that to get the best results you need to fluff, shake and then pat and spread the down even before every use. Only takes a minute and really helps with cold spots.
By all means, let's argue about whether or not a hammock will hurt a tree. All the while ignoring the fact that there is an island of garbage the size of Texas floating in the Pacific ocean. Or how about the fact that over 75% of the world's nuclear reactors are leaking...
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