The north wind is bleak, and the snowflakes are fluttering. Winter has arrived, and down jackets have also ushered in the hot season.
According to the data released by JD.com, Double 11** opened, down jackets, thermal underwear, down home wear and other warm clothing became a hot category, and the overall turnover of down jackets represented by Bosideng and Snow Flying increased by 110% year-on-year.
Compared with cotton, chemical fiber, silk and other fibers, down jackets are well-deserved kings of the warmth industry. However, the quality of down jackets on the market is uneven, how should consumers judge the warmth effect of down jackets?What are some practical tips for buying down jackets?Take a look at the following
Combined with the results of the supervision and random inspection of the quality of down jacket products by the Shandong Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau in recent years, it can be found that the unqualified items of down jackets are concentrated in items such as "fiber content, down content, and down content".
"Fiber content" is an important indicator of textile quality. It is usually used to indicate which fibers the garment is composed of and what the proportion of various fiber components is, which is an important basis for reflecting the intrinsic quality of the garment.
"Down content" and "down content" are two concepts that can be confused. "Down content" comes from GB T14272-2021 "Down Clothing" (hereinafter referred to as the new national standard), which refers to the mass percentage of down in down and feathers. Velvet is a general term for more velvet, immature velvet, similar velvet, and damaged velvet. The well-known "down content" is actually the concept in GB T14272-2011 "Down Clothing" (hereinafter referred to as the old national standard). The "velvet content" in the old national standard includes both velvet and velvet.
The shape of the velvet is like a dandelion umbrella, and it is relatively fluffy. The shape of the velvet is one by one, and there is no fluffiness. It is mainly the velvet that plays a role in keeping warm. The down content is unqualified, which means that the down jacket filler contains more down silk, feather silk, and even crushed hair, low fluffiness, poor warmth effect of the down jacket, and down silk, feather, and small ** are easy to drill out of the seams of the clothes, affecting the aesthetics of wearing.
Since April 1, 2022, the new national standard has been officially implemented. The biggest difference between the new national standard and the old national standard is that the "down content" is changed to "down content". After the implementation of the new national standard, only the content of down in the down is marked, which can more intuitively characterize the quality of down, and at the same time, it is also in line with the international market and more accurately expresses the warmth. According to the current new national standard, the fluff content is allowed to deviate by -5%.
That is to say, assuming that the nominal down content of a down jacket is 90%, according to the new national standard, its actual down content must be at least greater than or equal to 85% to be qualified.
In addition, the new national standard has increased the requirements for the assessment of down filling. APEO is a surfactant, one of the most commonly used raw materials in detergents in the down industry, and its synthetic by-products can cause certain harm to the human body. APEO testing from scratch is a direct embodiment of the requirement for down merchants to use environmentally friendly detergents, and it can also better protect the health of consumers.
Who is warmer gray velvet or white velvet is also the focus of heated discussions. In fact, these two are consistent in terms of warmth effect, and the reason why there is a difference between gray and white is just for the beautiful color matching. Nowadays, the labeling of down types only distinguishes between duck down and goose down, and no longer distinguishes between gray down and white down, so as not to mislead consumers.
How to choose a high-quality down jacket?Shandong Provincial Administration for Market Supervision suggests that consumers should choose not only the style when choosing down clothing, but also by "looking at the tag, pressing and pinching, and smelling the smell".
"Look at the tag".: At a glance at the standard, the implementation standard for down clothing should be GB T14272-2021, and the product should clearly indicate the down content of duck down or goose down. Looking at the variety, the types of down fillings in down jackets are currently divided into two types: goose down and duck down. Goose down has high hollowness, large down, and higher fluffiness than duck down, and its warmth performance is relatively better. Third, looking at the down content, the common down content of down jackets on the market is % and 50%. The higher the down content, the softer the down feel, the higher the fluffiness and the better its warmth under the same conditions. Fourth, looking at the amount of down filling, the amount of down filling of down jackets has a significant impact on the warmth of down jackets. In addition, the warmth of down jackets is also related to the windproof nature of the fabric, the style of clothing, the length, etc.
"Press and pinch".: Press with your hand to flatten the down jacket, then press the down jacket with your hand to squeeze out the air in it, and then release your hand to see if the down jacket can rebound quickly and return to the initial fluffy state. The shorter the time it takes for the down jacket to rebound to its initial state after pressing, the higher the fluffiness of the filled down and the better its warmth. Second, touch and pinch the down jacket with your hands, feel the softness of its feel, whether there is too big and too thick long **, feather stalks, etc. The higher the down content, the softer the feel of the down. The lower the down content, the higher the feather content, and the rougher the feel of the feather stem (commonly known as the hair stem). Third, rub and pat with your hands, rub the quilting thread of the fabric of the down with both hands, if there is down drilling, the down jacket is not good in anti-drilling, if there is dust overflow at the quilting needle eye, it is likely to be made of inferior fillers such as crushed feathers.
"Smell the smell".: Approach the down jacket with your nose, take a few deep breaths, and see if you can smell the smell of the down jacket, natural down will have a slight duck down smell, if there is an obvious uncomfortable smell, it is not suitable to buy.
Volkswagen ** client reporter Wang Heying reports).