Coverless Duvets

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!

Good idea 👍🏻

Caleo

People who sleep with dogs on the bed do need to be able to wash their duvets.

Not if you chuck a throw over the top of the duvet.

Glenfinnan

After another struggle with my double duvet cover!!! and a lumpy looking bed! has anyone here tried a coverless duvet? Are they any good … and do they fit in a normal washing machine? if so what brand did you buy please x

I stopped using duvets years ago. I now only have the quilted throws, which I think you are referring to. If they fit in your washing machine OK, I have a 10lb weight machine takes a king-size throw, then you can wash at 30c. I paid £55 each set 12 years ago, and they are still going strong.

People who sleep with dogs on the bed do need to be able to wash their duvets.

I don't generally wash our duvets at all but do use both a reasonable quality patterned duvet cover and a cheaper plain one underneath. The top one gets washed fortnightly, the inner one less often.

Yes, I struggle a bit to get the cover on but have managed so far.

I too have Night Owl (double) duvets. They are light as a feather and easy to wash in the machine, dry quickly on the line or, if inclement, over an airer or the banister. I have 10.5 tog which are surprisingly warm despite being so light. If it’s really cold I have a fleecy throw for extra warmth. So much easier than struggling with duvet covers. Best purchases I’ve made ever in the bedding department!

I have used coverless duvets for years because I like ti wash duvets and my machine will do a single summer weight duvet . It dries very easily over the banister.

In this cold weather I can have as many thin washable duvets on my bed as I want.

I have a king sized one which is a bit of a fight to get into the washing machine, however, I always win! In summer I choose a decent day to wash so it can go on the line, and then maybe 10 -20 mins in the dryer, or draped in the garden room for a while. In winter I use it with a cover so that drying isn't a problem. I try to use the dryer only as a last resort, mainly for ethical reasons.
p.s. I'm surprised at how often some people seem to wash their covers!

That might be my fault. I said I didn’t wash sheets (or duvets) every day in response to freya’s comment above, where she says that using a top sheet 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.

I don’t know anyone who washes a duvet after every use, or a sheet for that matter.

ViceVersa

Who's washing sheets every day? Really???

No idea. Certainly not me. I wouldn’t wash my Coverless duvet every day either.

I am another person who uses a top sheet. I prefer to.
Saves washing the duvet cover on my super king wool duvet every week. I like to be covered when I sleep and sometimes even a light duvet is too hot.

Who's washing sheets every day? Really???

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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).

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 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.

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 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.