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It's stuff like this that makes me both relieved and slightly ashamed that I'm in my 30s and still don't know quite what a duvet is.
Okay, you know how we put pillows in pillowcases, so that when it's time to wash the bed linens you don't have to wash and more to the point dry the pillow stuffing?
Take that same concept and apply it to your comforter or bedspread.
A duvet is a thick blanket that's designed to come apart so you can wash or exchange the outer layer without having to wash the fluffy insulation. Another feature is that you can own multiple covers and one actual blanket, so if you want to change up your colors you can just swap out the cover. One-piece comforters don't fold up that compactly for storage, but empty duvet covers do.
Thanks for the explanation! TBH it sounds like something that I would hate and find a bunch of extra work, but I can see why other people would like it and find it useful.
If your not from a cold weather climate you probably also don't have a down douve that can only be dry-cleaned.
Where I'm from we generally sleep with the window open to some degree all year round. So in the winter the bedroom gets pretty cold sometimes.
I've grown up with these, I think they're the standard blanket in Germany. We also have a thin inner for summer and a thick goose down inner for winter. And a whole bunch of covers, so you can just throw one in the wash and put the next one on.
Actually now that I think about it we always buy pillow case+duvet cover as a matching set, idk if you can even get then separately lol
They're not typical in the United States; one-piece comforters are more typical.
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I have a king sized bed, and bought a new comforter for it in December. It's nice, with fleece side and a smoother side, and a kind of fiber fill. Only problem is that I recently realized it doesn't come close to fitting in my wash machine, so I'll have to take it to a laundromat. Do you think a duvet cover would work over something like that, even though it doesn't have any ties?
Long time duvet user here, switched from regular blankets.
You can certainly try looking for a duvet cover that will fit, but you‘ll specifically have to measure your current covering and see if the cover you like will fit.
Duvet covers don‘t mean you don‘t have to wash the thicker blanket. It just means you need to do so way less often. Our usual cycle is washing the cover and then the duvet has to be thrown in the dryer every 2x the cover gets washed or changed. This helps knock body dander or pet fur out, and of course kill the mites or bacteria that live on all of us, and this all helps keep odors away. About every 3rd or 4th change, the duvet gets washed too.
So in other words, you should still wash the big fluffy comforter. But, if you can find a duvet cover for it, you can wash it less.
Thanks, appreciated
I don't know. I've never used one.
I have my house set to a temperature i enjoy wearing mild clothing in, then I use a light blanket that matches that feeling of "lightly clothed" and i sleep fine. I dont understand these fancy bed concepts
To me having a house always set to the same temp sounds like the fancy concept. Do you live somewhere very warm? In winter we only heat the house during the day and I've woken up in a 14°C bedroom. Thick duvets are a must.
Ive lived in the desert and alaska, my ways have never changed though
I sleep best when I'm cold so I try to keep my house cold (summer months I just deal) and instead of a single warm cover on my bed I have multiple throw blankets. It's not aesthetically pleasing but then I can cover up with as many blankets as my body wants and I can also layer where I'm cold. Some nights I have 5 blankets over my upper body and head and my legs are completely uncovered and sometimes my feet are freezing and the rest of me is fine.
Whats a throw blanket? Is it what i think a "light" blanket is?
Yeah pretty much. I have a couple fleece blankets of varying thicknesses and a couple that are knitted with yarn.