Coverless Duvets

Have you seen how put duvets on different ways on you tube may be easier for you

Top sheets, bottom sheets, wool duvet, extra throws, top bedspread.

Wash sheets often, tumble dry.

Cossy

Gingster

I don’t fancy taking it to the launderette every 2/3 weeks. We have king sizes

I have mine collected and returned

Interesting - how much though? each time and per year?

Seven years ago I bought some Morris and Co cotton bedding. I wash it weekly on 40 degrees and it looks good as new.

Each to their own, but I'll stick to what I have.

Each to their own- I like to have a crisp high quality duvet cover. We have a SuperKing bed and use it with two large single duvets, so much easier to change regularly.

SueDonim

Washing a coverless duvet is no harder than washing a sheet. They’re light as a feather.

I agree.
We have 2 and wash weekly.
No fading from Fine Bedding.

Washing a coverless duvet is no harder than washing a sheet. They’re light as a feather.

I think excessive washing fades the colours. I bought some expensive Kirstie Allsopp bedding a few years ago. I chose it because it was such vivid, beautiful colours. After not too many washes it faded quite a lot. That’s on a 40 degree wash.

I couldn’t be bothered to keep washing a coverless duvet all the time.

How often is it recommended that you wash them?

We have King sized ones from The Fine Bedding Company.
4.5 tog is warm enough all year round for us. They go in the washing machine easily and dry quickly. We hang ours over the bannisters in winter and it's dry by bedtime.

Dont think I’ll bother. I have lots of covers so I’ll stick with my usual

I also have Nightowl ones, and love them. I have 10.5 and 4.5 tog ones, and double up in winter, using the others separately depending on the weather.

Mine go in the washing machine and dry either in the dryer, on the line or over the heated airer depending on the weather and what else I am washing at the time. They dry very quickly - it's not remotely the same as drying an old-style duvet - and I wash and change them regularly.

I don't use a top sheet (why would anyone do that?) and obviously don't put a cover on them, as that would defeat the object.

Freya5 Get individual duvets, then they fit in your washing machine. Don't bother adding a sheet - they are meant to be used without.

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? 🤔

I bought one for my occasional family visit. What a mistake, you're supposed to use them with a sheet, well that got taken off, getting tangled, so duvet used without, then had to try and wash, too big for washing machine. Managed to get it washed, cost nearly as much as the thing itself. Now use with a duvet cover over. Don't waste your money.

seadragon

I experienced a NightOwl coverless duvet on holiday last April in Morayshire. it was very light but warm and I'm very tempted to buy one and probably would if I didn't have to order it on line, living as I do on a remote Scottish Island..... I used to use grandMattie's technique to put a clean cover on my goose down duvet but I find myself suddenly old at 75 and lacking the strength(!) to manage it without a major and quite exhausting struggle now.

I bought mine online, seadragon. no problems at all. From www.finebedding.co.uk/collections/night-lark-coverless-duvet I don't know why someone found the designs dull - There are 30 different designs on the page in the link. you just have to scroll down to one you like.

However, their delivery policy to addresses they imagine are at the edge of the known universe is, as usual, to charge more. i suppose you just have to be glad you don't live on the Isle of Man.
Copying and pasting below:-

STANDARD UK DELIVERY
Standard by DPD (Delivery in 2 to 4 working days)
UK Standard - £4.95 (FREE for orders over £75)
Please note that for shipping to areas outside the UK mainland, additional charges will apply and will be reflected in your shopping cart as follows:
Northern Ireland - £5.85
Isle Of Man - £12
Remote areas - Scottish Highlands and Islands - £9.20 (Note: allow 3-5 working days for delivery)
Affected postcodes:
Scottish Highlands
AB36-38, AB55-56, FK17-21,
IV1-39, IV52-54, IV63, KW1-14,
PA21-40, PH19-26, PH30-41, PH49-50
Scottish Islands
HS1-9, IV40,51, IV55-56,
KA27-28, KW15-17, PA20, PA41-49,
PA60-78, PH42-44, ZE1-3

I change my duvet cover every week in the winter and twice in the summer .
I wouldn't like to wash a duvet that often so I'm sticking with the covers .

I experienced a NightOwl coverless duvet on holiday last April in Morayshire. it was very light but warm and I'm very tempted to buy one and probably would if I didn't have to order it on line, living as I do on a remote Scottish Island..... I used to use grandMattie's technique to put a clean cover on my goose down duvet but I find myself suddenly old at 75 and lacking the strength(!) to manage it without a major and quite exhausting struggle now.

grandMattie I do exactly the same.
Maybe thus method will help others?

Last time I looked they were very dull. I much prefer a duvet cover which you can wash frequently and change to suit your mood.

Gingster

I don’t fancy taking it to the launderette every 2/3 weeks. We have king sizes

I have mine collected and returned

If the weather is really cold, and my 10.5 tog winter one needs a bit extra, I just add my 4.5 tog summer one on top of it. I then have a 15 tog duvet without having to try to stuff it all at once into the washing machine.

sf101

I have a nightowl from the fine bedding company . It's a 4.5 tog double and it fits in my washing machine easily, if it was a heavier tog not sure I could wash it though.
I can use this for most of the year with an added throw if needed. Just use my 10.5 normal duvet for the 2-3 coldest months.
They are lovely to use and much easier than changing covers.

This is true. They are light and warm and I now take mine on holiday with me (they roll up into a duffel bag) as I can't stand the weight of hotel duvets.
One of the best things I have ever bought but I think it is fair to say the bigger togs really need a big machine although you can just get them in a domestic washing machine. You then have a big armful of damp (it never come out wet or drippy) material to dry. Unless you have a huge dryer, best to dry naturally; a small dryer will set the creases.I put mine over the ironing board for a day; air and store. Outside only in warm weather. I work with about 5 duvets, changing weekly. It is a different way of working really but worth it for such a lovely, soft and light (the heat from a 4.5 tog is amazing) bed cover.
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Mine is a 10.5 tog wafflecotton-covered one from Nightowl. It fit in my normal-size machine. I spin on maximum, and give it a good shake before I put it back on the bed.

You could change to having a single duvet each, and wash one in your machine each week, turn about. They dry quickly. I don't use a tumbledryer, just spin my double and lay it across a horizntal clothes horse in a sunny room or conservatory, it is ready to put back on the bed by night, and if you had spares for visitors you could use one of them if it took longer on cold or overcast days. There are advantages to having a duvet to yourself, too!