Decision needed re buying new duvet

While we are on the bedding subject, has anyone tried mattress toppers on a rather hard bed. (Its a guest bed) Recommendations etc welcomed.

Nelliemoser - Mattress toppers are great. My memory foam one has almost eliminated the sore hips I used to exerience by morning. The only drawback may be that if you use a fitted bottom sheet a deeper one might be needed.
Sorry, I cannot comment on duvets as I sleep with only a sheet covering me - I am a hot body!
There are several threads on this subject on here, I suggest you do a search using the key words and many words of wisdom will show up. Good luck!

I have Goose Feather and Down All Seasons Duvet...it is wonderful and have used it all year round. it keep you comfortable and warm whatever the weather...... I would recommend it to anyone.

Ours is pure goose down and worth every penny. Light as a feather, it settles gently around you with lots of warmth without weight.
I would avoid feathers as its the fluffy down underneath that keeps the goose warm.
Feathers are for flying. And you get the sharp pointy bits sticking through.

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If you are interested in animal welfare, be aware that the majority of goose down is gathered on live geese, that are painfully plucked alive, again and again in factory farms. I have written to The White Company twice to ask for their guarantee their products do not contain live plucked down, and they have never replied.

Luxura- can YOU guarantee your down is not live plucked? (usually in factory farms in Eastern Europe or China).

There is plenty of info on this on the net, including horrendous videos of this very cruel process, which I won't post here- if you'd like to know more.

I'm glad you brought this up granjura. It's one of the reasons I would never sleep under a goose down duvet, or wear goose down padded jackets. Thankfully I don't live in a climate where that sort of jacket is necessary. Live plucking is the most despicable practice, horrifically painful for the geese - they frequently suffer tears in the skin, which are then roughly sewn up with needle and thread (no anaesthetic, obviously).

anyone with horses will love old duvets - brilliant for putting under rugs at night in winter. Our duvets also end up lagging outside taps, covering car windscreens when frost is forecast, covering vulnerable planters in winter, covering the door to the polytunnel - I could go on forever. The only time I was able to hand over duvets to humans was when our local town had an influx of Poles who arrived in winter to work in local factories - they were living in pretty awful circumstances and were very happy to accept bedding and clothing - and they were really lovely to work with. Charities also won't take any electrical goods even tho they are perfectly safe - crazy.

I see this was a "dormant" thread from 2012 resurrected by (presumably) a spammer called "Luxurauk*.
Well spotted indinana!