Re: [at-l] looking for high quality down

Feathered Friends?

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Arthur Gaudet wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> It's been awhile but I'm back indoors now, for the Winter at least. I've
> taken on what may be a foolish task, replacing the down in my sleeping bag!
>
> The task is going OK so far, opening up seams and extracting the old down.
> A lot of the down still looks good to my eye, but over the years some of it
> has been reduced to dust. Also the frayed nylon cloth has trapped clumps of
> down in all the corners where the internal baffles meet the nylon at the
> end of each channel. These solid clumps are what convinced me that a
> drastic solution was needed. This was once a 20 degree bag, now it feels
> like a 35 degree bag...
>
> So now the down is gone, the fabric clean. I can repair the minor problems
> with the bag after I fill it up again. The problem is: I don't know where
> to go and buy high quality down!!
>
> Any suggestions would be most appreciated. In the meantime I'll continue to
> conduct a web search for a lead. I'm interested in 100% down, not down +
> feather mixture that I can get at fabric stores for filling pillows.
>
> Thanks
>
> RockDancer
>
> Arthur Gaudet
> email: gaudet@mediaone.net
>
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