we have had several buffy comforters in our house and airbnb. no complaints from guests and it is perfect year around. More on reddit.com

This sub in general is very skeptical of online influencer brands like the ones you mention, who spend enormous amounts on marketing with often middling actual product quality. And yes, they absolutely pay out tons in commissions to reviewers and social media influencers to feature and “review” their products. I’m not saying everything they sell is bad, but many of their products are certainly lower quality than older, less internet savvy heritage brands and even just normal department store brands. The money for all that marketing has to come from somewhere! My Brooklinen sheets lasted about 2 years before completely falling apart; that should not happen with a $200 sheet set. If you are in the market for a down duvet insert I HIGHLY recommend you buy it on eBay. There is a ton of department store overstock and you can easily get a super nice insert for substantially less than you’d pay at retail. I recently bought my mom a new medium-weight queen down duvet of the Bloomingdale’s store brand, I paid $56 plus shipping for a duvet that retails for like $500. That was a pretty good snag but not as rare as you might think. The only downside of going this route is most of the overstock vendors do not allow returns, so do your research on dimensions, down fill power, fill weight, and so on before buying anything More on reddit.com

That sucks. I love my Buffy. Good luck 👍 More on reddit.com

I would recommend sticking with the Buffy Cloud if you like it that much, honestly. If you're used to the feeling of it and like it fluffy/puffy then not much will recreate the 'down' feeling quite like plastic will, sadly. Switching to down will usually be too hot and switching to wool is also quite insulating and it will compact eventually. The only other option that does the best at staying cool is silk but it's not fluffy/soft (it's more flat) and if you get a Summer weight it'll be pretty lightweight, though an all-season will definitely be heavier. Silk also needs to be babied and you can never wash it, so with kids I'd stay away from it. So, for your circumstances, the Buffy Cloud will probably be what you want to stick with, imo. Hope this helps and good luck :) More on reddit.com