'Like down' duvet.

Kim_kim

Plus two for wool.

greenbee

I have a silk duvet. I spent ages debating the relative merits of wool and silk after my feather and down one finally gave up, and found a great deal on silk in the sales. It's taken a while to get used to, but it's great. Enough weight to know that it's there, but not oppressive.

missbiggles1

theonlywayisup wrote: »

I think Eiderdown is a bit like Hoover, a generic term and not necessarily the correct one for what it is aiming to describe. Duvets made from the down of the eider (a duck) were (and probably are still) very expensive - and I mean thousands. That is strictly what an eiderdown is.

But the word (generic term) eiderdown, was much like the heavy quilted topper that sat on the top of the bedding.

Down is light, it's the fluff rather than the feather (to be simplistic) so it weights next to nothing, like being snuggled in a cloud.

Edit - google found me this, which is much more eloquent in explaining it, even if it is The Guardian! https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2016/jan/05/duvets-v-eiderdowns-the-royal-household-takes-it-to-the-mattresses

An eiderdown is a name for a type of bedding, just as you might have a blanket. I think they were stuffed with feathers and stuffed very heavily so that they sat up proud on the top of the bed, not much like a modern duvet.

Kim_kim

greenbee wrote: »

I have a silk duvet. I spent ages debating the relative merits of wool and silk after my feather and down one finally gave up, and found a great deal on silk in the sales. It's taken a while to get used to, but it's great. Enough weight to know that it's there, but not oppressive.

I have a silk one too, I use it in the summer. It's a light one.

divadee

I have a wool one. Was amazed at how something so thin can be responsive to temperature. Lovely and warm in winter and cool in summer.

Rev

Just to update I went to dunelm which is great because they have them all out hanging up on a rack for you to have a proper look.

Got a dorma forever full which is exactly what I wanted. Really heavy and snuggly but not down. 20% off in the sale too so £60.

lstar337

I have heard that down/feather duvets gain wait over time due to the accumulation of dead skin and therefore greater numbers of dust mites.

Don't be afraid to sleep though folks, it could be a load of rubbish.

Anyway, maybe that is why the OP's is heavy, it could be old. My mum still has one that I remember as a small child, and I just turned 33.