While I love my new EE Prodigy, stuffing it into my backpack reminded me of the days when my down bag would be stuffed into my pack and virtually disappear. So that got me thinking, when will synthetic be better than down? I'm talking warmer for weight and more compressible as well as maintaining the advantages of insulating better when damp. There are quite a few synthetic competitors out there..do they need to step their game up or is making a synthetic equivalent or better than down just really difficult? I mean we live in a world with some pretty mind blowing technology. Yes, a superior synthetic probably isn't on Elon Musk's to-do list..but come on!