PHD Mountain Software

Down

Here at PHD we take great care over the down that we use in our sleeping bags and clothing. These pages have been designed to give you some insight into how we go about sourcing, testing and using this rare and precious product.

Find out more:

  1. What is down?
  2. Where does it come from?
  3. What determines its quality?
  4. How do we test our down?
  5. Caring for down
  6. Cleaning and washing down
  7. PHD's down

Read about our exceptional new 900 down. The best we have ever handled in 49 years in the business.

In view of the recent concerns raised about the plucking of down from live birds, PHD can reassure its customers categorically that all the downs we use come from dead birds and none of it is live plucked.