The downside to goose down

I slept three nights in a row in unsurpassed comfort, thanks to my recent purchase of great feather-pillows (see post before this). Be warned, though, as there's a downside I discovered just this afternoon.

On the side label, you may read a warning saying the product must be aired out before use. Something that I missed on doing. The result is a seepage of natural poultry smell through the pillow casing. I checked both my pillows and the stench is unmistakeable, having had times with fowls myself in a suburbian farmland. The label also suggested airing out the articles as often as needed. I had been carelessly stupid not to extensively search every nook of the net for cons before buying feather-pillows on instinct. It felt so right, which all the more makes this particular flaw inexcuseable!

I will not lose hope, though, as a customer review of one goose-down feather pillow owner said a day of hanging in an open-air clothes line will help eliminate animal odor. And, since it had been raining for more than a week now, airing them out is not an option at this time. If that does not get the stink off, I hope to God that drycleaning could.

On drycleaning or washing, depending on what the label on your pillows say is appropriate, I have also read that putting in tennis balls with the pillow when having it spun dry would do wonders to not have the feather collect to some lumpy mass inside the pillow casing at the end of the process. Tennis balls (three balls is optimal) or clean tennis shoes, whichever is readily available.

I will make it a point to update you on my struggle to not make this investment regrettable. Bummer!

Labels: Lifestyle, Practical Stuff

posted by Fritz @ 12:02 AM