Coverless Duvets

But mine are King size

I've reported on Fine Bedding Company's coverless duvets on a number of threads after getting my first one a couple of years ago. They're brilliant. Straight from bed to washing machine then dry in a tumble dryer in an hour or so and then back on the bed with no bother. I have three now with different patterns and love them. They are so light yet really warm all year round

Use them when family come as makes life easier . They need to full washcycle not woollen as come out rather wet otherwise .

I've tried coverless duvets. They're fine. You do't really need a cover, you have the most important bit.

TanaMa

I don't have a specific coverless duvet but, since the arthritus in my arms has become so painful, my duvet is put on over the sheet and the duvet cover spread over the top. Doesn't look different!

I’m going to give that a try. I don’t find changing the duvet cover too difficult but anything that makes life easier gives me more energy to do the things I enjoy.

I love them, we have the Night Owl ones from the Fine Bedding Company. I found their pattern & colour ranges to be very good. DH and I have a single one each on our super king bed - 10.5 tog in winter, 4.5 in summer. The 2 spare beds have king size ones which do just fit in the new washer but were fine in the old one, both supposedly 8kg capacity! We don't use sheets,not sure where that idea came from. We've been extremely happy with them, I hate all that cover changing nonsense!!

teabagwoman

TanaMa

I don't have a specific coverless duvet but, since the arthritus in my arms has become so painful, my duvet is put on over the sheet and the duvet cover spread over the top. Doesn't look different!

I’m going to give that a try. I don’t find changing the duvet cover too difficult but anything that makes life easier gives me more energy to do the things I enjoy.

Don't you get all tangled up with all that lose stuff on the bed at night?

I did look at these a couple of years ago but found the designs just not for me. Have a king size bed and use a 10.5 tog from October to March. Duvet wouldn't fit in washing machine very well even though large capacity and don't fancy using a laundry evety week. No problem fitting cover, when it doesn't go to plan I consider it a work out!

I’m happy to continue using my ‘covered’ duvet. I’m on my own. I change the cover once a week / fortnight- I don’t have a big enough washing machine in which to wash a duvet, so I won’t be buying a coverless duvet.

Skydancer

Sounds like when we had sheets and blankets with a bedspread on top. Does anyone still do that?

We do because we've never found a duvet which is suitable for all weathers (I don't mean we sleep outside!). They're never long enough to stop our feet from sticking out and never wide enough to drape down far enough on both sides to keep draughts out. We went back to sheets-and-layers, adding or throwing off the top one according to the nightly temperature, and have never looked back.

Google Fine bedding/Nightlark. Its where I got mine & yes they fit in my washing machine. I have two & wear & wash in turn. They dry in a couple of hours but have not yet put them straight back on the bed but I know others who have! Give them a try!

I've bought Night Lark coverless duvets and would never go back to other sorts. When I got my first one I was amazed that something so lightweight could provide enough warmth. Very easy to wash and dry too. I even take mine with me if I am going away anywhere in the UK too. I have never used a hot water bottle since I bought mine either.

I have them, and if you buy king size the thickest that will fit in household washing machine is 4.5tog which is enough for me even in winter. I love them, no struggling with duvet covers. I get mine from Fine Bedding company.

keepingquiet

My niece has one which she loves but I'm not sure how often she washes it!

I have no drier, except the wind and sun, so how do these things get dry even if it fits in your machine?

Also because of my allergies wash my bedding every week so it would be a pain I think- you still have to wash the thing so I'm not sure of the advantages?

I have allergies and my bedding gets washed at 60 every week.
However we have two singles which is a game changer. A thin one for me and a thick one for OH.
Can you wash these at 60C? I don't think a cool wash is enough for bedding/allergies.

I have too many beautiful duvet covers to change over to a cover less duvet. bedding is my one real indulgence. I have about 15 SK sets and 4 Ks. We have three spare beds, one is a double which was my daughter’s original bed, but she liked a king size duvet. My other 2 spare have super king duvets as does our bed. So I don’t feel too bad as the SK ones do get used.

Like someone else said , to me this sounds like the eiderdowns that we all had in our beds in the 50s, which we then learnt to call quilts. Nothing new under the sun

Following a car accident I struggled with the duvet and looked on line at alternative ways to put the covers on. There were lots of suggestions and I used them until I recovered. One involved rolling the duvet and then unrolling straight into the cover (you need to watch the you tube vids).

Love love love our coverless duvets!
We have a 4 tog king size one which goes in the machine, dries in an hour and is used March to June, October to December. Bought on Amazon which had loads of different patterns

A one tog duvet into which I machined a duvet cover, used June to October
Our ten tog wouldn’t fit in the machine so from October to March we have to use covers, although I like the idea of 2 separate ten tog single ones!

Eddieslass

Like someone else said , to me this sounds like the eiderdowns that we all had in our beds in the 50s, which we then learnt to call quilts. Nothing new under the sun

I always thought that eiderdowns should be UNDER a blanket for maximum cosiness, instead of on top.

I first encountered duvets while visiting Germany in about 1958. These ones had spotless white cotton covers and were so comfortable. You couldn't buy them in the Uk then, but I made one out of down-proof pillow fabric and the contents of the down-filled cushions of an old settee. We used it in the caravan - much easier than trying to deal with sheets and blankets when there are walls on three sides of the bed.

Actually, duvets are much lighter than the heavy old eiderdowns, and far far bigger. If you were just under an eiderdown, it would stop at the edge of the bed, letting in cold air at the sides as soon as you moved (unless you were a child - I used to cover small visiting children with an eiderdown in a single duvet cover) A duvet is big enough to hang down over the sides of the bed, keeping out draughts from the sides, and the filling settles down on either side of you, keeping you wrapped in warmth.

Bedmaking is simpler - You just give the duvet a bit of a fluff-up as you pull it straight. If you like your feet to be tucked in tighter, you can tuck the foot end of the duvet under the mattress.

I wouldn't change back now.

storynanny It is common on the continent to have two single duvets on a double or king size bed.

SueDonim

I’ve changed all our duvets to coverless ones. It’s so much easier when guests come and stay just one or two nights. Chuck all the bedding in the machine and it’s done!

I can wash my 10.5tog Kingsize duvet in my WM, though it is a larger machine. I choose a breezy day to wash it, then hang it out on the line for an hour before popping it in the airing cupboard until bedtime. I don’t use a sheet with it, why would you? 🤔

Because that is what the company advised. Alway to use as it acts as a barrier between body and the duvet. It allows you just to wash the sheet and not the duvet all the time. The whole point of a coverless duvet is to simplify the use of bedding. Having to wash the duvet after every use defeats the object.

Why do you need a barrier between your body and the duvet? I shower before bedtime so am clean when I get into bed. Also it’s no more difficult to wash a coverless duvet than a sheet.

Freya5 I can see the point of the sheet, between you and the duvet.
In the middle of winter, since we have no bannister space to hang them, it’s easier to wash a sheet. Especially since I like fleecy bedding in winter.

I don't wash sheets every day. I do bath every night before bed, so I don't get into bed dirty. Obviously we shed skin and sweat overnight, but that mostly goes onto the bottom sheet and pillow cases, which I wash more often than the duvets.

I wash the duvets on a 30 minute cycle and usually dry it outside if it's fine and over the airer or bannister if it rains. It's no hardship - particularly as there is no cover to change. You just take it off the line and put it on the bed.

I wish Ijea would make their double duvets with little slits. They were so much easier to put on and smooth out.