silk filled duvet

Slinky_Malinky

I am interested in buying a silk duvet and know from searching the forums that a few people here use one. I am hoping you can offer your opinion having used one for a while - do they bunch up or slide about inside a cotton duvet cover? I am hoping to buy one that has a silk outer as well as silk filling, has anyone got one of those? I have found a couple of options online...

http://www.kingofcotton.co.uk/product.php/101/natural_silk_duvet

http://www.patra.com/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=246&C1=46&C2=0&C3=47

http://duvetandpillowwarehouse.co.uk/product/1/67/1299/Duvets/Mulberry%20Silk

The first is a one piece 15 tog silk covered duvet, the second is a 2 peice spring/all seasons then winter when joined together...not convinced this will stay tied together nicely in place within the duvet cover but happy to be told otherwise. Lastly is a much cheaper cotton covered duvet, currently only available in winter weight.Love the price but the cotton cover means dust mites are an issue.

I am currently using a Fogarty wool duvet which is a vast improvement on the cheap synthetic ones but just not warm enough, I am even feeling cold in bed now in summertime. As my bedroom is a very cold room I am leaning toward the first silk duvet above, which is supposed to be cool in summer but cosy in winter ( I `get` this idea as the wool is the same). This is a huge investment for me so I am keen to get any opinions you can share, I don`t know anyone irl who has one and I have never seen one to feel it for myself.

Please can any silk duvet owners share the pros and cons of a silk duvet? I know they need careful handling but plan to take great care of it and hope it will last for many years i.e. forever lol!

ETA - I searched the forums looking for members who have one of these and have pm`ed them asking them to reply here. I hope this is ok and I apologise if anyone is offended. These forums are just so huge and have so many members that I wanted to increase my chances of replies. I will also copy this onto the home/diy forum, again hope this is ok.

jenniewb

Have no experience on these as I have to say I had never heard of them before- but RE: Bunching to one side- if they are made from certain types of silk, (the slinkier types like habotai which is a sheeny-slippery silk) then they may well do- the trick I guess is to get a silk that has not been coated too much or raw-silk (silk before its had any coating at all) which wont be slinky at all. Silk will be make a heavier duvet though unless its very thin (too thin) fabric

Slinky_Malinky

Thanks, they mostly seem to use habotai....I was surprised you mentioned it would make it heavy as I had assumed a cotton cover would have been heavier ( no fabric knowledge here!)...for the prices they charge it would be very naughty to use too thin a silk but wouldn`t surprise me. The reason I had wanted a silk cover was because dust mites don`t like it so it makes it hypoallergenic. I had noticed that some mentioned tying them inside the duvet cover which had made me think about the bunching up. Maybe if it comes with ties on I will need to sew strips of fabric onto my duvet covers so I can fix it in place.