Down is rated by its fill power—how much loft or “fluffiness” the down has. Both our goose down travel pillows and duck down travel pillows, as well as our blended down travel pillows, have good loftiness too them.

Goose down is the premium down. It comes from Hutterite communities in Alberta. Our goose down travel pillows are 700+ loft, which is a very lightweight solution for maximum insulation.

Duck down is a great down. Our duck down comes from the Brome Lake communities in Quebec. Our duck down travel pillows feature 600 loft down clusters. Less loft can be nice if you prefer cooler pillows.

White down blend is just that—a combination of goose and duck down—offering a midpoint in loft, insulation, and price. It also comes from Brome Lake, Quebec.

No matter what down you end up choosing, you can be sure you’re getting the best travel pillow you’ll ever own.

Feather Industries, a Canadian company, supplies our down. Feather Industries hold their down farmers to the highest standards of ethical treatment. No bird is raised to be harvested for down, force-fed, or live-plucked for down. Feather Industries’ processing methods use bio-degradable, eco-friendly cleaning methods for a low carbon footprint.

While we founded Pillowpacker® on providing the ultimate in travel sleeping comfort, down isn’t the right choice for every person or every situation.

Synthetic microfibres are hypoallergenic, making them a great alternative to down if you’re one of the few people truly allergic to down. Synthetic microfibres are also a smarter choice when you’re taking your Pillowpacker® inflatable travel pillow somewhere with a lot of water or humidity—say kayaking or canoeing.

Our synthetic microfibre down alternative of choice is the Eco2 Suprelle Micro, created and manufactured in Germany. Ultrafine siliconized Dacron polyester fibres are soft and light. The siliconizing process allows the synthetic microfibres to easily slide past one another, simulating the springy yield of genuine down.

German design and manufacture also means compliance with the European Union’s strict environment regulations, meaning our microfibre pillows are nearly as eco-friendly as our ethically-sourced down.

Down is a kind of feather, but it’s not what most people think of when they picture feathers.

Down is the fluffy undercoating of waterfowl, like ducks and geese, that lets them stay warm in water, especially in the chilly Canadian climate. It’s not like the tough exterior feathers.

Those tough exterior feathers have spines that can poke you as sleep, and are much harder than down. We only produce down pillows, for the ultimate travel sleeping experience.

Down is breathable, light, and soft. It naturally wicks away moisture and holds heat. It does this with tiny, interlocking filaments that trap air. This is what gives down its “loft”.

Down isn’t like cotton. If you’ve ever scrunched up a cotton pillow, you know it tends to ball up and get lumpy. Down, even when compressed, will bounce back to its original shape over and over, adapt to the contours of your body, and stay lofty.

Goose down and duck down are different. Goose down is longer and lighter, providing more fluffiness and loftiness than duck down. Duck down’s a good choice for economy and compromise.

Canada is home to some of the finest down in the world. Our chilly climate means the waterfowl that live here have fluffiest, warmest down. That means our down travel pillows also have the fluffiest, warmest down.

The down used in making Pillowpacker® pillows is among the best you can get, and we are very happy to offer it in our products. Feather Industries, the largest processor of feathers and down in Canada, supplies all our down. Feather Industries meets and exceeds all Canadian and International down processing standards.

When you buy travel pillows from Pillowpacker®, you’re buying Earth-friendly products.

Our down comes from Feather Industries. Feather Industries sources goose down from Hutterite communities in Alberta, and our duck down and white down blend comes from Lake Brome in Quebec.

No bird that provides our down is ever raised specifically to harvest down, they’re never live-plucked, and they’re never force-fed.

Feather Industries uses an eco-friendly process to wash and clean the down, with 100% biodegradable agents.

Down has a much lower carbon footprint and much less waste than synthetic processes.