Silk Comforter Review

Lightweight silk comforters are hypoallergenic and considered a luxury

Silk Comforter Review – Lightweight and Hypoallergenic

Silk comforters are a new addition to our site and I have been educating myself as the subtle differences between brands and what makes a silk comforter worth taking a look at for a summer bedding choice.

As the weather has warmed up, even in Boston, reluctantly, my husband and I jettisoned our “to die for” Monarch Arctic 800-fill Hypodown comforter. My husband, who had previously complained he was always cold before we got the Hypodown comforter, was now complaining of being roasted alive. This opened the way for me to turn our bedroom into yet another laboratory for product testing – this time a silk comforter. My husband is now a very willing participant in these experiments. Here is what I concluded.

Pluses

First thing I noticed was how unbelievably luxurious, supple and drapeable the whole silk comforter felt.
While not as “puffy” as down, it was just dreamy as a fabric. In fact, my husband said he liked being able to easily see the television in bed, as he has had to mash down the Hypodown Comforter in order to see over it!
Silk is naturally hypoallergenic and inhospitable to dust mites, so no allergic reaction or need for dust-mite encasings.
The silk comforter was as light as a feather and I did not feel weighed down, such as with the summer cotton blanket and cotton coverlet, I had been using. I sleep in an air-conditioned bedroom in Boston in the summer, and found the silk comforter surprisingly warm, in fact, warmer than I predicted. This is due to the fine thermal properties of Mulberry silk (explained below).
I have tried out several silk comforters including those made of Mulberry silk, the best quality silk in the marketplace. The Ming Dynasty silk comforter felt softer and smoothest of all the comforters I tried, due to it being made out of long fiber high quality silk. Tussah silk or wild silk is coarser with more impurities than Mulberry silk. Mulberry silk has better thermal properties.

Minuses

Whatever silk comforter vendors say about silk, it is NOT as warm as Down even in heavier weights such as found in the Imperial Delight silk comforter that also I tried out, but it makes it a perfect summer weather candidate. I did find it to be warmer than Primaloft summer blankets or a Hyperclean down blanket.
I was startled to detect a slight, but not unpleasant odor, to silk comforters when I first unpacked them. Apparently, that is the smell of natural silk intensified by a plastic bag. It dissipated over a couple of days’ duration.
A good silk comforter will last about 5 and up to 10 years if proper care is taken of it. This includes always having a duvet cover on it and never trying to wash it yourself, which would invalidate the warranty. A silk comforter needs professional cleaning.
This is not the kind of comforter to have your pets and children hang out on. While the feel is incredibly luxurious, it also feels much more “fragile.” At the very least, I felt this was a bedding item to be treated “carefully.” I concluded that a duvet cover was absolutely essential and is needed in order not to void the manufacturer’s warranty. In the end, my favorite duvet cover was a 400tc cotton sateen; a very silk and supple feeling fabric but had the advantage of being washable – an absolute necessity for those of us who have pets who sneak up on the bed.
The “hand tacking” ties on the Ming Dynasty silk comforter models initially appeared like the finish work on the comforter was somewhat lacking, until I learned that hand tacking or hand ties are the traditional Chinese design and are there to keep the hand ties in place. In any case, the ties do not show once the comforter is put into a duvet cover.

Summary

I am thrilled with my Ming Dynasty silk comforter as a summer addition to my bed. It feels extremely luxurious and it has just the right of warmth for the warmer weather. From $369.95.

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