your down pillows, duvets, and jackets from Amazon or eBay end up flat
To save on storage and shipping costs, sellers vacuum pack down products. Short-term compression is fine, but the real issue is storage time.
Fulfillment centers and third party warehouses often hold stock for a long time under heavy pressure, which is fatal for down.
If a down product is compressed for up to a month, it will bounce back almost 100% once opened. But if it sits under pressure for more than three months, the delicate down clusters get permanently crushed and damaged.
That's why products in physical retail stores look super fluffy, while the ones you order on Amazon feel flat.
Moral of the story: buy your down bedding straight from the factory where it's freshly processed and only compressed for a short transit time, or just grab it from a local brick and mortar store.
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