What is Glue Down?

Glue down is the counterfeit down material that applies glue agent to stick the loose feather fiber, down fiber, land fowl feather with natural down clusters. Glue down appeared to have a similar fill power performance with natural down. To create the glue down, people need to crush the feathers into feathers fibers and use them as ingredients, then mix the feather fiber ingredients with natural down clusters. After mixing, they add in glues to stick the feather fibers with down clusters, then dry it as same as the natural down.

How to distinguish glue down?

Comparing to natural down filling materials, “glue down” has quality issues such as chemical smells, fake fluffiness, easy to leak, and unable to wash. It also has safety issues such as dust and chemical residuals. Using “glue down” as filling materials will significantly affect the healthiness as well as the sleep experience of customers.

Natural Down

Glue Down

Natural Down

Natural Down

Glue Down

Natural Down

Glue Down

Crushed feathers are the feather fibers crushed and sifted by machines. To lower the cost, people mixed the crushed feathers with down clusters. Using crushed feathers as filling materials will reduce the insulation performance and downproof performance of the finished products.

Crushed Feathers

Down alternative is a kind of ultrafine polyester fiber with small density and silicon oil cover, this kind of polyester fiber has smooth hand feel but easy to twine with each other. It is 100% polyester material and it has no relation with natural down.

Down Alternative