Hey folks,
I have a new bag I recently tried out and if felt like I was having a slight allergic reaction. It was the usually reaction I have, same as when I visit the people who have cats – slight irritation to by eyes and face. I will have to test this out again a few time to be sure, but it seemed clear if I moved the bag away from my face far enough the problem went away. unfortunately this was also far enough for the bag to not really work.
For the record I have 3 other down bags, none of which ever bugged me at all. This new bag is however from a different manufacturer – cottage one. Also for the record, I have parrots and either have gotten over any allergies to those feathers, or else never had them. So it seems based on the above it would probably be that I am allergic to the *specific* goose down used in this new bag, or else to the bag shell itself – perhaps a treatment of the shell, or maybe how/where it was stored before manufacture, or perhaps some residue "new car smell" type effect of the shell material. Since it was a cottage industry product, the material may have gone straight off the roll, into the bag, and to my front porch in a matter of days.
My question is has anyone else had a similar problems? Has anyone ever had a reaction to specific goose down? If so did it go away over time? Do people think it might be the shell instead? Should I wash the bag?
Hopefully some people on here will have had some experiences that might help.
