Techniques for working with down?

The best method I've heard of:

Sew the baffled shell, then tape the shell to your shower curtain, hanging up in your bathroom. Transfer the down to ziplock bags … place the ziplock bag into the baffle end, turn the ziplock inside out, and gently shake the down down into the baffle.

(a long cardboard tube may be of some help too)

I just finished a down sleeping bag for 2 people. I forget who posted this idea but they recomended using a clear tube with a silk or light filter and a vacuum. I put all my down in a pillow case and used a 2 foot tube that I found at bed bath and beyond filled with twizzler like candy :). I put the fabric over the top and cut a hole for the vacuum in the cover that came with the tube. then turned on the vacuume and slowly put it in the pillow case moving it around slowly until it stopped filling with feathers. I then turned off the vacuum and removed it's hose leaving the silk in place. place the tube in the baffle and gently blow it worked great!!. The only problem I came across was that I could'nt figure out how much down I had for each chamber eying it up was the best I could do. Good luck!!!, Jonnyonthespot

I have used this device to transfer accurate amounts of down directly from a container into quilt baffle compartments. Because air gently flows into the container of down and then into the eductor tube, virtually no down gets loose from the container. If the baffle compartment is sealed and held securely around the 'output' tube, no down gets loose on that end either, in spite of the large amount of air flow. (Beware that if any connection does comes loose, you can blow down everywhere!) Note the beginning scale measurement and transfer the desired amount of down using your fingers to 'fluff' the down and coax it into the eductor tube. Seal the compartment when full and move on to the next one. If there's any interest I'll post some pics.