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When I set about sleuthing the best down comforter on Amazon, I hit an unforeseen roadblock: All the best-reviewed comforters on Amazon (let's say, 1,000 five-star reviews and upwards) are down alternatives. There's good reason for this: Down can be problematic for the allergy-prone, especially in such close quarters as one is with her bedding, and also inhumanely sourced. The good news is that some manufacturers have apparently cracked the code on a down alternative that's just as plush and warm as—if not even better than—the real thing. So which is the best? The down alternative that people love the most, hate the least, and doesn't cost much?
SHOP NOW: Plush Siliconized Fiberfill Down Alternative Comforter by Utopia Bedding, $28, amazon.com
Meet Utopia Bedding's Plush Siliconized Fiberfill Down Alternative Comforter, which is just $28 for a Queen. Its attributes are many (and all chronicled in its 22-word, search-friendly product name): Box-style quilting keeps the stuffing evenly spread across your bed, rather than in big annoying lumps; hypoallergenic materials "guard against dust mites and mildew"; and, of course, it's ultra fluffy and warm and cushy and all the things you'd want from down. Also: It's on Amazon Prime, so free shipping.
The myriad 5-star reviews (all 4,297 of them, at the time of publishing this) tell of an even more detailed love affair with the product. "As soon as I cut the packaging the blanket came to life!" is how one shopper put what others describe as a ballooning of the material once the shrink wrap comes off, an extreme plushness that gets even plushier if you run it through a cycle in the dryer. "Fluffy" is offered up too many times to count. With all that faux-down to get lost in, though, one worries about how hot the thing gets—actually, a lot of reviewers worried about this and were delighted to find that, while it's warm and cozy, it is also quite temperate. "It is actually very light," says one shopper who had been concerned about "sleeping hot." And yes, there is the casually minute $28 price tag to fall back on: "Can't believe the price after spending hundreds of dollars on goose downs ect. [sic] Going to buy more for the whole family," says one Bonita, who also calls it the "best duvet I have ever bought."
So. If you're finally ready to sleep with an actual insert in your duvet cover, or think it's high time to upgrade the one you bought at IKEA when you moved to the big city, Utopia Bedding has the one.
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