It was pretty compressed when we received it but it puffed up really fast! It's warm and puffy and has a nice weight to it. If you want to wrap yourself in a puffy cloud you can do that with this. We bought the king size for a queen bed so neither person could roll into a burrito and steal all the covers. At first I thought it sounded kind of crunchy and loud when you roll around, but once we put a duvet cover on it, it's totally fine. Would definitely recommend. Has been working well for freezing New England nights.