Plain answers about Icelandic eiderdown: how it is gathered, what it costs, how it compares and how to look after it.
The short answer: for practical purposes, nothing. A duvet and a comforter are both a soft, filled blanket for the
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Eiderdown is the only down that is never taken from a bird. Here is how it is gathered at an Icelandic eider colony – by hand, with great care, once the birds no longer need it.
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A genuine Icelandic eiderdown duvet costs from a little over 400,000 ISK. Here is what you are paying for, how to compare offers, and what to be wary of.
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Both are down, but that is where the similarity ends. How eiderdown differs from goose and duck down in origin, structure, warmth, weight and price.
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An eiderdown duvet asks less of you than any other bedding: a cover, some wind now and then, no washing – and a full clean at most once a decade. How we look after ours at Lækur.
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