<p>My daughter loves her featherbed at home and we agreed to buy one for school. The only place I have been able to find that carry XL Twin featherbeds is The Company Store and Bed Bath and Beyond. The 2 at the company store are a good bit more expensive ($129) than the one at BB&B($39.99). I am not real familar with featherbeds; can someone tell me the difference between these 2 other than price? Does the 5% white down of the company store featherbed make it better?</p>
<p>The B&B one actually offers a 5-year warranty? Against what, not sure. Anyhow, in their flyer, B&B has a fiberbed for $39.00. Wonder if that’s more comfy.
We had goose feather pillows that we threw out, because the quill ends would poke through the fabric and hurt us. Supposedly down reduces that, as those are the soft baby feathers, but 5% down does not sound like much.</p>
<p>Feather pillows will always poke through because they are the whole feather. The down is from the unhderside of the duck, and the quills are stripped, so they should be all fuzz and no quills. We got ours on HSN, the hotel brand, not XL - D is short, so it doesn’t matter if it goes all the way to the bottom of the bed. And it’s only about 4 inches difference, so an extra pillow will even things out.</p>
<p>Don’t you hate it when the more you look into something the more questions you have?</p>
<p>I LOVE my Lands’ End featherbed. XLtwin is $129, same as Company store. </p>
<p>I guess the difference is whether you go for all feathers or a combination of feathers and down. The BB&B item is all feathers, the Company Store is 5% down and Lands’ End has the down on top and feathers on the bottom, but doesn’t specify the percentage of each.</p>
<p>I can’t believe I missed the Land’s End featherbed! My family loves the polartec microfleece blanket from Land’s End. Just ordered my daughter’s for school last week; she was having a hard time deciding on the color to match all of her bedding.</p>
<p>I think this Princess and the pea would prefer a featherbed with down; hers at home has down. She will be in the dorms all 4 years, so I guess I will get my moneys worth. Funny, my son was not interested in getting anything other that sheets, blanket and comforter when he went away. Now he is obsessed with the beech sheets from BB&B that feel like silk. I had to get him a set for home and 2 new sets for school as he wore out the first set!</p>
<p>Just went to BB&B to check out the featherbed; now I know why it is only $39!! The thing felt like it was stuffed with pinestraw! It was lumpy and truly felt like there was straw or something inside. Now I know why one would prefer a featherbed with down. Guess I will be going with either Land’s End or The Company Store.</p>
<p>Bummer, I just bought the BB&B one last night for my S. Oh well, he could probably sleep on the floor and be ok. I will just get a thick mattress pad to go over it.</p>
<p>My daughter is tall so that extra 5" is welcome. Even if she puts the featherbed all the way to the bottom, her pillow might end up lower and cause her to sleep funny.</p>
<p>ag54-It is possible BB&B has more than one XL featherbed; even if not, my daughter is so use to the one she has at home that I am sure she would complain. The things we do to make our children happy!</p>
<p>so…is the consensus that the Land’s End featherbed is the most comfortable - without pokey feathers? don’t featherbeds “bunch up”? I was originally thiniking of going with an eggcrate pad for my son, before I read this post.</p>
<p>Momrath, How are you? Long time no see. What are you up to? Any vacations?</p>
<p>I want to know, do you put the featherbed on top of the mattress? Also, always have a cover for feather pillows and mattresses because…when it fills up with feathers just throw it away and buy another! (and noooooooo pokey!)</p>
<p>With our featherbed at home we shake it around when we change sheets; with the Queen bed that requires stand on the edge of the bed in order to move the feathers around! A twin bed will be so much easier. I have the featherbed under the mattress pad for protection which means taking the mattress pad off with each linen change; I don’t know if my daughter will want to add that extra step at school. I am assuming she will have the featherbed on top of her mattress pad.</p>
<p>Both the Land’s End and The Company Store have very similar featherbeds with 5% white goose down; both are $129 for the XL twin. I am going to wait a bit longer and see if either stores have free shipping any time soon. Usually The Company Store has free shipping every so often. My daughter’s comforter came with free shipping.</p>