Recently, reporters saw various winter quilts on the shelves in a supermarket near Gongye South Road in the High-tech Zone. The fillings are mostly polyester fiber, cashmere, silk, etc., and the types of quilts dazzle many citizens. Depending on the filling of the quilt, the price also varies. The price of a quilt filled with polyester fiber is within 300 yuan, cashmere is slightly more expensive, and silk is more expensive. A double winter quilt with 50% silk filling costs 699 yuan.
There are so many kinds of winter quilts, but no ordinary quilts are seen. The salesperson said: “Quilts are not very breathable and are heavy. Over time, they feel like stones pressing down on the body. Young people nowadays don’t like them. Older people may wear quilts, and most of them have custom-made quilts.” It’s hard to find 100% quilts in shopping malls.”
Can quilts beautify, soothe and eliminate bacteria?
On some shopping websites, the types of quilts are even more dazzling. In addition to the ones found in supermarkets, there are also nine-hole quilts, soy fiber quilts, milk fiber quilts, etc. Various “concept quilts” have taken over the mainstream. Not only are they “unheard of” in terms of materials, but they also display “magic powers” in terms of functionality. Skin care, beauty, anti-mite, antibacterial, deep sleep and other signs can be seen everywhere. The prices vary even more, ranging from around a hundred yuan to thousands of yuan.
On a certain shopping website, a white duck down quilt is claimed to have the effects of beautifying the skin, calming the mind and aiding sleep, and preventing mites and antibacterial effects. The monthly transaction record reaches 300 pieces. There is also a seven-hole quilt, which also strongly promotes its “high technology”. “Seven-hole fiber is to make seven holes evenly on an extremely fine fiber. It contains enough air in a certain insulation layer to maximize heat preservation.” The filling column of the quilt label states ” “100% polyester” means polyester material.
Experts: “Concept” is too exaggerated
Industry insiders pointed out that milk quilts, soybean quilts and other quilts are actually just conceptual hype. It is difficult for consumers to judge whether they contain such ingredients and how much they contain. It is more of a promotional method for merchants. As for The efficacy is even more exaggerated.
The quilt filling is milk fiber and soy fiber, and these fibers do exist. For example, soybean fiber is made by extracting globulin from soybeans and spinning it by adding functional additives to change the spatial structure of the protein. However, it should be noted that a certain fiber ingredient must be named after that ingredient if the content is higher than 50%. 100% pure fiber is not achieved by current production technology. Because these plant fibers are limited by their physical conditions, they can only meet production needs if they are synthesized with other substances.
The soy protein contained in soy fiber does have skin care effects, but the effect is not necessarily as magical as what the merchants claim. As for the fiber quilts and silk quilts promoted by merchants as having the effect of preventing mites and dust, industry insiders say that mites mainly live on the fabrics, not in the fibers and silk, as long as they are changed and washed frequently.
No plant fiber or silk has the effect of repelling mites. Therefore, consumers must be careful when buying products that promise that quilts have these effects, because some chemical ingredients may be added to them. When purchasing winter quilts, consumers should not only listen to the words of salespersons or merchants. Only merchants can issue test reports from relevant national departments and institutions before they can buy with confidence.
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