Custom Puffer Jacket Manufacturer

Puffers are the hardest jacket to get right at low volume because the fill, the baffle spacing, the shell and the zip all have to work together, and a cheap fill migrates and clumps after one winter. Brands need a factory that stitches baffles by the millimetre.

Mike Apparel manufactures custom puffer jackets with 100 to 300 GSM synthetic fill (or duck down on request) in stitched-through or box-baffle construction, nylon or polyester shells with DWR finish, YKK zips, and options for hood, cropped, longline and oversized silhouettes. Mike Apparel manufactures jackets for brands that need a custom puffer jacket manufacturer willing to start at 50 pieces, ship in 2–3 weeks and keep the block consistent on every reorder.

Puffer Jacket fabrics and weights

Choosing the cloth for a custom jacket is a trade-off between hand feel, weight, print behaviour and cost. These are the fabrics we run most often for this product, with what each one is best at. For the puffer jacket most brands start with Nylon taffeta 210T, DWR and step up to Polyester dull 300T, DWR when they want matte, quiet puffer.

Fit and silhouette options

Fit is graded from our house blocks or from your tech pack, in US sizing from XS to 3XL, with each size measured on the pre-production sample against your spec sheet. Puffer Jacket buyers most often specify: regular hooded puffer.

• Regular hooded puffer
• Oversized boxy puffer
• Cropped puffer (women's)
• Longline puffer and puffer vest

Puffer Jacket construction

Our default build for jackets. Change any line in the tech pack; the sample confirms it. Start your puffer jacket tech pack with this line: synthetic fill 150–250 GSM (or 80/20 duck down), tested for loft.

• Synthetic fill 150–250 GSM (or 80/20 duck down), tested for loft
• Stitched-through baffles 6–12 cm or box baffles for higher loft
• YKK #5 two-way front zip with storm flap
• Inner lining 190T with inside pocket, elastic cuffs and hem drawcord
• Detachable or fixed hood with drawcord

Embellishment and wash

Every embellishment listed here is produced in our own print, embroidery and wash departments in Sialkot. Panels are decorated before assembly where placement demands it. On a puffer jacket the most common request is embroidery on chest and sleeve.

• Embroidery on chest and sleeve
• Woven and rubber patches
• Reflective piping
• Contrast baffles and colour-blocked panels
• Custom zipper pullers

For a method-by-method comparison on jackets, read screen printing vs DTG vs embroidery.

Labels, tags and packaging

Your brand, not ours, is on the finished jacket. We sew in woven neck labels, size tabs and care labels to your artwork, attach hang tags and pack in branded poly bags or boxes. No Mike Apparel branding appears anywhere on the product. Our private label clothing page covers label options and minimums. On a puffer jacket the label set is usually a woven neck label, a size tab and a hem tag, with a hang tag on the padded jacket.

MOQ and reorders on jackets

Every custom jacket run starts at 50 pieces per design and colourway, sizes mixed however you like. Order more and the per-piece cost comes down, because cutting, sampling and setup are spread over a bigger run — that’s true whether you’re ordering jackets on their own or alongside other products. A puffer jacket specified in Nylon taffeta 210T, DWR sits toward the simpler end of what we quote; Polyester dull 300T, DWR and heavier decoration push the cost up.

What drives the final number is fabric weight, how much decoration is on the piece, and how many you order — we’ll walk you through all of it in your quote. Read custom jacket manufacturing cost if you want the detail on cost drivers before you ask. A puffer jacket sample is billed separately from the bulk order and refunded against it once you approve and place the run.

How the order runs

How an order for jackets moves through the factory, with the timing for each stage. For a puffer jacket the sample stage is where stitched-through baffles 6–12 cm or box baffles for higher loft is confirmed on a real garment.

1. Brief and quote (24 hours)Send a tech pack, sketch or reference jacket with target quantity. We reply with fabric options, MOQ and a per-piece quote.
2. Pre-production sample (7–10 days)One jacket in your fabric, fit, colour and branding. Revisions until approved. Read about the sampling process.
3. Approval and depositSign off the sample and size set; 50% deposit reserves fabric and the production slot.
4. Bulk production (2–3 weeks)Cutting, sewing, wash, decoration, labelling, QC and packing in-house, with photo updates.
5. QC and DDP shipping (4–7 days by air)Inspection against the approved sample, then DDP delivery with duties paid. See our full timeline guide.

Delivery to the USA and beyond

Most of our jacket production ships to the United States, DDP, meaning duties, taxes and customs clearance are paid by us and included in the quote. Air freight lands in Atlanta or Houston in four to seven days after the run ships; sea freight takes four to five weeks and costs less for larger orders. We also ship to the UK, Canada, Australia, the EU and the UAE. See streetwear manufacturing for USA brands and our DDP shipping page. Puffer Jacket orders to the USA are usually air-freighted; a 50-piece run weighs little enough that air costs only a few dollars per piece more than sea.

Frequently asked questions

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Last updated September 6, 2026 · Mike Apparel, Sialkot. Lead times reflect current factory capacity; confirm on your quote.