Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Think that coverless duvets are actually more faff?

39 replies

EverybodyWantsTo · 11/09/2024 13:40

Bought one DC a coverless duvet a few months back. Yes, it's totally life-changing in no more changing the duvet cover. But then washing the whole thing is actually a huge faff, especially now it's going to have to go into the tumbler rather than drying outside.

I was planning to get them for the whole family, but not sure now. Does anyone who has them for everyone find them less faff overall? Or are they actually more work than washing and changing duvet covers?

There's five of us so would be a lot of duvet washing!

OP posts:
Trainerstrainers · 11/09/2024 22:39

I don’t get these either & just see them as quilts.

IrisApfel · 11/09/2024 22:39

Sinisterdexter · 11/09/2024 22:28

I use a top flat sheet under my coverless duvet and wash the duvet less often.

At the risk of asking a silly question why does the sheet mean you don't need to wash the duvet as often?

YellowComb · 11/09/2024 22:33

Viviennemary · 11/09/2024 22:28

All they seem to be is an old fashioned quilt which your great granny used to use. Nothing new really. And if a king size won't fit in the washing ,machine how are you supposed to wash it.

I agree...it's all a bit Emporer's new clothes to me

wellerhugs5 · 11/09/2024 22:31

We have the night lark duvets (super king for us and single for our daughter). Personally, I love them - they really don't take long to dry and there's no more trying to 'fix' the duvet in the cover when it gets bunched up (used to happen frequently).

Sinisterdexter · 11/09/2024 22:28

I use a top flat sheet under my coverless duvet and wash the duvet less often.

Viviennemary · 11/09/2024 22:28

All they seem to be is an old fashioned quilt which your great granny used to use. Nothing new really. And if a king size won't fit in the washing ,machine how are you supposed to wash it.

BishyBarnyBee · 11/09/2024 22:20

They make no sense to me. We don't have a dryer for environmental reasons so I don't think they'd work for us anyway, but I can't see why you'd want to wash the whole thing every time.

Surely it takes a load of unnecessary electricity to dry it, especially a king size or super king?

And you'd have to change the whole thing if the cover got worn or you were bored with it. Seems potentially very wasteful.

Is it just to avoid the faff of changing duvet covers?

Oldraver · 11/09/2024 22:07

I bought DS one as he hates changing duvet cover. It doesn't fit in the washing machine so I think it a faff

Original poster
EverybodyWantsTo · 11/09/2024 19:51

I've never seen any natural options.

Is that tumble dry in an hour? That's still quite a process even if I could fit two in the washing machine at once, that's three washes to get them done never mind the other bedding!

OP posts:
BananaPeanutToast · 11/09/2024 13:56

Can you get natural down filled or wool options? I’m tempted but everyone finds man made fibre duvets too sweaty

Newname71 · 11/09/2024 13:54

Following with interest. I was looking to get them for DS2. He’s a night owl and has a habit of eating/drinking in his room when we’re in bed asleep. The duvets get rotten and aren’t easy to wash.

Werehalfwaythere · 11/09/2024 13:52

My young child has one and it's brilliant. Takes up half the washing machine and dry in an hour.

ilovesooty · 11/09/2024 13:52

I love mine. They dry really quickly.

Sloelydoesit · 11/09/2024 13:51

Get the Night Lark cover less duvets. They dry really quick!
I've bought a few

Swipe left for the next trending thread