Companies that use Allied Feather

Actually, I think EE now uses Downtek.

From Tim a couple of days ago: "Allied supplies our 900 fill and in the past our 750 and 800 duck, however at this time our 800 duck and 850 goose products come from the Downtek parent company."

I guess I should email Zpacks and Katabatic. Anyone know what FF and WM use?

Is Downtek responsibly sourced as well?

Currently at EE we're using DownTek for the 800fp and 850fp, and Allied for the 900fp down. Both companies submit to several third party audits for both ethics and supply chain issues, but we're too small to really audit that ourselves.

Hey Kodiak. earlier this past year I looked up all that info and found the audits and everything, but they've since significantly changed their website so I haven't been able to track those links down again. If anyone else stumbles across that info I'd like to see it, as we do occasionally get emails asking about the sourcing, and it would be nice to send those links along with the quick answer.

Peter,

I'd also be interested in that information if you or anyone else comes across it.

On a side note:

I heard back from Katabatic. They do indeed use Allied Feathers.

Add Zpacks to the list of companies that use Allied Feather.

Not sure about WM or FF yet, will report back when I hear for those that care.

Both WM and FF are on the partnerlist on the AF&D-website.

Thanks Woubeir, that saves me the trouble.

Another successful BPL thread.

Take care all

I contacted Down Decor (which makes DownTek) and they sent over some of the info for their traceability certification. They're also I guess in the middle of their audits for RDS (Responsible Down Standard) so those will be available in a couple months I guess.

Here's what the actual certificate looks like, if you're curious.

*Apologies; forgot to rotate the image before uploading*

what are we trying to avoid or promote when we say responsibly sourced down?

We are trying to avoid force-fed and live plucked birds.