Originally Posted By wandering_daisy
Yesterday I was in Target to buy paper towels and found women's down jackets (Merona, made in China)- on sale for $40. It is like a down sweater with a hood. It seems to be well made and the label says 90% down, 10% feathers. If the label is correct-that is 900 down!


No, that is not how down is rated. Down fill power is rated by how much volume the down takes up in a cylinder holding one ounce of down (US rating) with a fixed amount of weight on top of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fill_power

My guess would be that the down in this jacket would rate somewhere around 500 or so based on the cost.
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