# What duvet should I buy? (Goose Down Filled) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 2, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-duvet-should-i-buy-goose-down-filled/106875 "2002-05-02T15:27:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wooba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wooba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wooba)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-duvet-should-i-buy-goose-down-filled/106875/1 "2002-05-02T15:27:59Z")
I’m in the market to buy a goose down filled duvet. There are two statastics that vary from each one. The thread count and something, I think it’s the number of feathers per square inch or something like that. What sort of combination should I be looking at? I felt some with a low thread count and I could really feel the pointy bits of the feathers, so I could do without that… Any advice? Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-duvet-should-i-buy-goose-down-filled/106875/2 "2002-05-02T15:39:18Z")
I would recommend going to the stores and feeling them for yourself. Granted, the most expensive ones are probably the best, but you might think you can live with something a little cheaper. And just for the record, you’re talking about a down comforter, not a duvet. The duvet is a cover you put on the comforter. See [Bed Bath and Beyond](http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com) for more information. ---
**Author:** ![wooba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wooba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wooba)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-duvet-should-i-buy-goose-down-filled/106875/3 "2002-05-02T15:45:12Z")
I just got back from 3 shops checking them out… but I didn’t realize until I got to the 3rd one that there was a second number (the cubic inch thingy)… I had previously just been checking the thread count… I had my eyes on one and it’s on sale that ends today unfortunately… back to the mall I go 🙂 As for the name, I didn’t realize there was a difference until you mentioned it, but in Canada (and the UK) it’s called a duvet… the cover is called a duvet cover oddly enough 😉 Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-duvet-should-i-buy-goose-down-filled/106875/4 "2002-05-02T16:19:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tattva \* > \*\*And just for the record, you’re talking about a down comforter, not a duvet. The duvet is a cover you put on the comforter. See [Bed Bath and Beyond](http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com) for more information. \*\* How odd. Here in the UK where they have replaced blankets for about 25 years, a _Duvet_ is the bit with the filling while the cover is a _Duvet Cover_. My French co-worker agrees and informs me that _duvet_ is the French word for _down_. ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-duvet-should-i-buy-goose-down-filled/106875/5 "2002-05-02T16:38:10Z")
Hmm… you wacky Europeon type people always have to be different, don’t you? 😃 Fair enough. And just so I can feel like I really was of some assistance, [here’s](http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/sg_head.asp?order_num=-1&SGFN=sg_downcomforters&SKU=100047) BB&B’s guide to selecting a down comforter/duvet. ---
**Author:** ![jiHymas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@jiHymas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jiHymas)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-duvet-should-i-buy-goose-down-filled/106875/6 "2002-05-09T02:50:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tattva \* > **Hmm… you wacky Europeon type people always have to be different, don’t you?** Canadians too! I am the proud owner of both a duvet AND a duvet cover, and am therefore elegant and refined.