A duvet that never has a cover on

Pupinskipops · 17/10/2024 23:08

Yes, I do. So much more convenient. You just shove it in the washing machine as it is and no need to wrestle with covers!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 17/10/2024 22:03

bergamotorange · 06/10/2024 16:55

Depends. Eiderdowns didn't have covers. A sheet went underneath.

A light duvet could be washed.

It isn't standard but does it matter? Not hugely, unless never washed.

Eiderdowns usually went on top of both blankets and a top sheet. I have fond memories of eiderdowns in the days before we had central heating, which was IIRC in the mid 60s.

Specific · 17/10/2024 21:51

halava · 06/10/2024 18:42

I'm going to try an idea I have in my head.

Measure duvet. Cut two top sheets down to that size, hem them or use the iron on tape for lazy gits like me.

Attach sized sheets with fasteners to the duvet on both sides.

Remove them top and bottom for washing. Re attach when dry. No wrestling with a duvet cover and duvet. Make more if it works. No more duvet covers but body side and top side are covered.

Isn't that a great idea or stop you mad thing and just put a duvet cover on

This, I think about this every week or two.
Please let me know when you have done this. I would like to order a super king and king - cotton, linen or hemp please. I will pay any price.

OptimisticMermaid · 08/10/2024 14:59

biglipslittlehips · 08/10/2024 14:46

@OptimisticMermaid

It’s magic! 😂But yes. It was 30 mins not 15. Still quite impressive
It is very impressive. And makes it quite attractive for anyone thinking about getting one.

Does the drying floof then back up so they are evenly puffy?

comes out good as new. Its evenly puffy.

biglipslittlehips · 08/10/2024 14:46

@OptimisticMermaid

It’s magic! 😂But yes. It was 30 mins not 15. Still quite impressive
It is very impressive. And makes it quite attractive for anyone thinking about getting one.

Does the drying floof then back up so they are evenly puffy?

AgileGreenSeal · 08/10/2024 12:59

Stresshead84x · 08/10/2024 12:58

It was a while ago but both from littlewoods.

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thanks 👍

Stresshead84x · 08/10/2024 12:58

AgileGreenSeal · 06/10/2024 21:21

Would you mind posting a link to where you got them, please?

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It was a while ago but both from littlewoods.

Oodiks · 08/10/2024 01:11

Kind of depends on whether it's washable and is washed.

If not, it's gross.

HughGrantsfurrysquirrel · 08/10/2024 00:49

Im one of the few (obviously weird) people out there who hate duvet covers!! They look lovely when on, but i'm a terrible restless sleeper, with RLS, Sleep Apnoea and God knows... The last thing i need is to get tangled up in an irritating duvet cover!!
Thankfully now you can buy them with sewn on covers!!

GrannyRose15 · 08/10/2024 00:37

Put a sheet under the cover. It’s even easier to wash a sheet than a duvet cover.

llizzie · 07/10/2024 23:40

Ohjustbuggeroff · 06/10/2024 16:46

Is this weird?

Buying a duvet from Primark etc and not buying a duvet cover, just using this duvet as it is?

Anyone do this?

Is it practical?

Wouldn't they cost more energy to dry, even supposing they are washing machine and dryer size?

OptimisticMermaid · 07/10/2024 22:17

biglipslittlehips · 07/10/2024 21:40

@TeamPlaying

There’s got to be a mumsnet pedantry award that this post can be nominated for!
Come on. Seriously!! People are asking about a product and how to care for it. Sone he comes on and says it washes and dryers in 15 mins total. This is just rubbish. And unhelpful

It’s magic! 😂But yes. It was 30 mins not 15. Still quite impressive.

TicTac80 · 07/10/2024 22:02

I've got a wool duvet (very thin, but bloody heavy and warm). I've recently started to use it without a cover (it looks nice enough to do this - looks a bit like a traditional eiderdown), but I have a flat sheet underneath it and a thin blanket over. I just wash the flat sheet and the thin blanket each week, along with the fitted sheet and pillow cases. The wool duvet itself gets aired regularly and is washed every 6 months on a wool cycle (I have to time it right as it's kingsize and needs to be hung out to dry).

CandidHedgehog · 07/10/2024 21:55

Rosscameasdoody · 07/10/2024 21:16

I have a coverless duvet - it’s nothing like an eiderdown. Same size as a duvet, washable and tumble dries.

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That … pretty much describes most eiderdowns?

biglipslittlehips · 07/10/2024 21:40

@TeamPlaying

There’s got to be a mumsnet pedantry award that this post can be nominated for!
Come on. Seriously!! People are asking about a product and how to care for it. Sone he comes on and says it washes and dryers in 15 mins total. This is just rubbish. And unhelpful

DazedAndConfused321 · 07/10/2024 21:33

PayYourselfFirst · 06/10/2024 17:12

Oh god that one is polyester and nicro fibre!
No thanks I will stick to my linen bedlinen @TeamPlaying

I fail to see where @TeamPlaying told you to buy it 😂

TeamPlaying · 07/10/2024 21:21

biglipslittlehips · 07/10/2024 17:42

@OptimisticMermaid
I just looked at the specs of your machine. It says WASHES in 15 mins washes and dries in 35 minutes

There’s got to be a mumsnet pedantry award that this post can be nominated for!

Rosscameasdoody · 07/10/2024 21:16

CandidHedgehog · 07/10/2024 20:36

Am I missing something or is a ‘coverless duvet’ just a rebranded eiderdown?

I’m just old enough to remember when we all gave them up for newfangled duvets (just wash the duvet cover! No need to wash the whole thing!).

Apparently we are now back to an all in one (just wash the whole thing! No need to spend time putting a duvet cover back on!)

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I have a coverless duvet - it’s nothing like an eiderdown. Same size as a duvet, washable and tumble dries.

Rosscameasdoody · 07/10/2024 21:15

https://www.justlinen.co.uk/justlinen/night-lark.asp

I have two of these for my elderly mum who is bladder incontinent. They wash beautifully and tumble dry in about 90 minutes ready to go back on the bed. In case anyone is wondering about how robust they are, mum’s are in the wash nearly every other day and they’re both about two years old. Look as good now as they did when I bought them.

vickylou78 · 07/10/2024 20:48

CandidHedgehog · 07/10/2024 20:36

Am I missing something or is a ‘coverless duvet’ just a rebranded eiderdown?

I’m just old enough to remember when we all gave them up for newfangled duvets (just wash the duvet cover! No need to wash the whole thing!).

Apparently we are now back to an all in one (just wash the whole thing! No need to spend time putting a duvet cover back on!)

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Yes eiderdown or in America is called a comforter. They do seem to use flat sheets underneath them too like you would with an eiderdown

vickylou78 · 07/10/2024 20:47

I guess would be ok if you had a flat sheet underneath it but if not, without a cover you'd be washing it weekly all the time and it'll fall apart and go all bunched up!

CandidHedgehog · 07/10/2024 20:36

Am I missing something or is a ‘coverless duvet’ just a rebranded eiderdown?

I’m just old enough to remember when we all gave them up for newfangled duvets (just wash the duvet cover! No need to wash the whole thing!).

Apparently we are now back to an all in one (just wash the whole thing! No need to spend time putting a duvet cover back on!)

SillyOldBucket · 07/10/2024 20:25

No. If its a regular duvet, i would always have a cover otherwise it would just get dirty and a double duvet doesn't fit in my washing machine. The only time I might make an exception is if I have washed the cover and forget to put a clean one on and am just too tired by the time I go up to bed .

Figment69 · 07/10/2024 19:46

I have coverless duvets on all beds. They go in the washing machine, weekly and they air dry. On the line during good days but still dry on an airer indoors when raining and usually dried within two hours. They come in different togs and roll up as small as a sleeping bag which is great for storage or travelling.

OptimisticMermaid · 07/10/2024 19:33

OptimisticMermaid · 06/10/2024 22:19

Express wash on my washer dryer is 15 minutes. So it is washed and dried in 15 minutes. I then take it out and air it but it is dry and useable.

I only got it a couple weeks ago but love it. It’s same as washing a duvet cover except I don’t have to take it off and on and the whole thing is washed and dried. I love it.

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For the sake of full disclosure and in the interests of research I put my swim stuff in and properly timed it there now. 30 min end to end! I’d never really timed it before.

So I will now wash my coverless duvet ever 2 weeks not 1 and wash my swim stuff every 2 days 😂