Duvet dilemma

Slowly57

I've had a Baavet for two years and it just gets aired outside regularly when it's dry and thrown back on the bed in an open-windowed room otherwise. Sunlight is FREE disinfectant (ultraviolet science lol) plus line drying/airing is the best when you can get it!

I've washed my Baavet pillows in the machine - one at a time - and they came out fine.

ripplyuk

Thanks for all the replies. I've ordered a Spundown 4-Season duvet and plan to wash it at home. I ended up ordering one of their mattress enhancers too, as that's another thing that's a hassle to wash. My own one has to go to the laundrette. The Spundown one should fit in my machine.

It wasn't cheap but I figured that I'm spending at least £40 per year for laundering my current stuff, so the new duvet & mattress cover might save money in the long run.

I was put off the wool duvets after reading a few reviews where people found them not warm enough. They don't have the bouncy, loftiness of regular duvets, and I read they might not 'fill up' the duvet cover, leaving gaps. I still like the idea of them though, and I'll probably try it someday.

It'll be lovely to have new bedding . My duvets are old, all flattened and worn out.

oystercatcher

I've just read the Baavet website and really really want one now. The only problem being , we don't really need a new duvet at the moment.

We have 4 ish tog and 10 ish tog duvets just the polyester type ones. I got a slightly better quality winter one a year or so ago from TKMax. I wash them at home in the washing machine (larger capacity but I can't remember exactly how large) and drape over the upstairs bannisters to dry. Once a year for each quilt when we change over.

Our dogs sleep on our bed so that might put me off the Baavet as it said gentle wash only.

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I bought a 4 tog and a 10 tog separate, both king size. I am using the 4 right now, when it gets cold I will switch to the 10, if very cold I put them together. I have a 6kg washing machine and separately they both fit in my washing machine, although the 10 tog takes a bit of coaxing.

theoretica

How cold are your bedrooms? So many of you use thinner duvets than I, and I am wondering if this is all because I am a cold sleeper, or if your idea of a cold bedroom is warmer than mine. I just checked the thermometer in mine and it is 16.5 C and I really wouldn't want anything less than the duvet I have on at the moment which I think is 13 tog. When it gets colder later in the year the old down comforter will go on top.

ripplyuk

I keep the temperature at 18 C, though it can drop to about 14 C by morning in winter.

My old house was a different case altogether. It was impossibly expensive to heat so I just heated the living room and kitchen. The bedroom would regularly be around 4 Celsius in winter, hence the mountain of bedding I'm used to having. It was still freezing.

katkin

We have an amazing old style laundrette with a few huge machines. I can get my summer and winter feather washed and dried in the for £10 total. All they need after that is a good airing and fluffing up their as good as new.

We do them twice a year as we take them camping in fleece cover, sheet etc so they get pretty warm n sweaty but for me it's worth putting a little away to cover the cost.

I used to get them to do my cream removable sofa and chair cover too until I learn with a pack of glow white, stain remover and biological wash powdering can do them bit by bit myself. The drying is a pain but I like saving the £30!

Spidernick

Am I the only one who hasn't got the faintest idea (and I don't really care) what 'tog' our duvet is? I do find this thread more than a little baffling!

queengoth

After a couple of cat related accidents, I sewed two lines straight down the middle of my king sized duvet then cut between these to make two. I added Velcro so they can join back together but now each 1/2 will fit in the washer as needed. Warning there may be a few feather flying if you don't split the contents carefully.

tealady

I have a 4.5 tog duvet and a memory foam mattress. Before I had the mattress I used a thermal underblanket under the bottom sheet and a throw over the duvet. Blanket and throw were washed in Spring and put away till the colder nights, duvet was washed once a year.
The only real problem I have in wite is if my feet are cold I can't get to sleep so I have bed socks.