Duvet dilemma

Gwendolyn

Slowly57 wrote: »

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.

I've just moved to Baavet pillows and duvet so this is great for me to know. I sleep so much better.


In terms of huge feather duvets - what are the washing options? We have no local laundrettes - I could drive about 20 miles to one.
Option B is a local service who will pick it up and return it cleaned for £20. I used them last year out of desperation when OH had had the flu and they cleaned the duvet and brought it back the next day.
Option C - wash in bath but will we have enough warmth to dry at this time of year.
Option D - replace duvet - it's 15 years old.....Yes I have kept a duvet for 15 years and washed it only twice in that time...oops

Slowly57

oooh I'd go Option B - better than:

a) the washing line breaking under the weight of the wet duvet
b) wrecking the washing machine
c) wrecking the kitchen floor as overloaded washing machine walks across it whilst attempting a spin
d) wrecking my back on account of a) + wet duvet wrangling

Of course you may be hardier/luckier than me Gwendolyn LMAO

peachyprice

We use a feather 4.5 tog all year round, it goes in the washing machine every month or so, out on the line to dry, then fluffed up in the tumble dryer.

The children have hypo-allergenic single duvest, they go in the washing machine too.

Slowly57

From Baavet:

Is my Baavet machine washable?
Our care instructions tell you to handwash or dryclean your Baavet however if you have a very, very, gentle cycle on your machine it is possible to machine wash it. Untreated wool will shrink and felt if subjected to anything more than the gentlest wash, if you're not sure then a gentle handwash will do, then spin and line dry, but DO NOT TUMBLE DRY. You will be amazed how quickly your Baavet will dry without the need for tumble drying.

Anyway wool is an extremely clean organic fabric, you only have to dig into the fleece on a sheep's back and see how clean it is. It's a much cleaner filling than polyester or down, both of which attract dust. So we suggest you air your Baavet on a sunny day and let nature do the cleaning for you."


I washed my pillows on a short, cool wash with minimal agitation as I was worried about felting the wool. I've started to double-case my pillows so I can concentrate on hot washing them instead. Everything else gets aired. Lots of info on the website.

And I don't worry too much about laundering this kind of stuff (bed linen - yes) - after all you wouldn't wash your mattress .....

DigForVictory

I think it comes down to Just How Nice your duvets are. Exotic down in some stratospheric threadcount? Worth having cleaned, worth making the space to store to sleep under top notch benevolent cloud.

Me, I & the offspring sleep under supermarket products. After 6 months, I *know* how much abuse my duvet has taken - whoever thought breakfast in bed was a luxury never had to try to wash coffee & marmalade out of their bedlinens, & as for the teenagers - I'm pretty sure the safest place for those poor abused duvets is the tip.

So I buy cheap, use & abuse, then carry on.

However I do have two genuine down duvets, repurposed from grandparental genuine eiderdowns, and they live a very sheltered life in heavy duty plastic, awaiting a child to leave. First to go gets these glorious comforting clouds, but they have to stay sealed as husband has a stonking allergy thereunto.

Baavet is news to me, and I shall suggest to Himself that he consider this as a Christmas present. With my luck he'll reveal a wool allergy too but a gal can dream!

SIRENS

I also have the 2 that clip together I think a 4.5 and a 10, only really use the 4.5 as dh is always hot even in the depths of winter, we have no heating apart from gas fire in the living room and he has the fan on in the bedroom all year round :eek::eek:

I have a seperate single duvet that I put on my half of the bed when it's very cold Wash all mine the machine , the kids once a year as they don't use them during the summer they have a quilted bed throw thingy. And my 4.5 twice, luckily my machine is 9kg so can fit even the 10 tog king size in.

I remember as a kid before duvets my mum used to have those big heavy army blankets, topped with a waffle looking coverlete, always woke up in the morning with a mouth full of fluff from the blanket!

elizabethhull

We are just about to consider buying our first duvet, having had conventional bedding for the past 45 yrs, and it never occurred to me I'd have to wash it. I thought you just washed the covers ! We don't eat or drink in bed, have no pets or small children, and wear nightclothes.

In France I've always seen the duvets freshened up over balconies in the open air - isn't it enough if they go outside for an airing periodically ? We are considering the double -duvet system too.

elsien

Golightly72 wrote: »

I just fill the bath with hot water and washing powder, let it soak for a few hours, giving it a bit of a swish with a wooden spoon now and then. Then drain the water, and refill without wash powder, letting it rinse a bit, then rinsing under the cold tap as much as I can. Then I leave it to drain in the bath overnight and hang it out the next day. It can still be quite wet so I pick a really hot day for drying it!

I tried that, to avoid paying the laundrette. I draped the duvet over a chair in the bath to help it drain. The chair fell over, made a hole in the bath which I didn't notice until I next used the bath.
Total cost involved a new bathroom suite and a repaired ceiling. I've now decided that certain economies are a step too far.

libf

Give the old ones to animal charities for the winter.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Duvet dilemma, what?

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

No problem!