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Ohjustbuggeroff · 2024-10-06T15:46:26+00:00

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?

Codlingmoths · 07/10/2024 00:05

So being short is an excuse for being terrible at housework now? Gosh people are pathetic. (I know it’s not the op saying that)
but really this sounds extremely wasteful and a bit ick, depending on how long between buying new ones.

OptimisticMermaid · 07/10/2024 00:01

Copperoliverbear · 06/10/2024 23:48

You can buy cover less duvets in different colours and just wash them.

Definitely

Copperoliverbear · 06/10/2024 23:48

You can buy cover less duvets in different colours and just wash them.

OptimisticMermaid · 06/10/2024 23:26

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 06/10/2024 23:08

I'm surprised how quickly people are saying the cover less duvets take to wash and dry - they sound pretty good .

Last time I tried to wash a duvet I couldn't even get a single one in the washer.

It’s maybe just me. And this particular coverless duvet. And my particular washer dryer. But I will stick it in there every Saturday morning for 15 minutes and it is washed and dried. I am very happy with it.

WinterFaye2 · 06/10/2024 23:22

I did this once in the midst of 2 children under 2. I’d managed to wash the bedding but lost the will to live after putting the bottom sheet and pillowcases back on. So the duvet was cover less, just totally not for me. It felt weird and unclean.

Poggishairtufts · 06/10/2024 23:19

Bananalanacake · 06/10/2024 22:51

It's not such a waste if op donates the used duvets to a homeless shelter or animal rescue centre.

No one round here accepts bedding, charity shops, shelters, dog & cat home.

Grim to sleep under all that plastic then just chuck it and replace, so wasteful.

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 06/10/2024 23:08

I'm surprised how quickly people are saying the cover less duvets take to wash and dry - they sound pretty good .

Last time I tried to wash a duvet I couldn't even get a single one in the washer.

ForGreyKoala · 06/10/2024 23:04

dogmandu · 06/10/2024 22:12

@CandidHedgehog
What on earth are people doing to the sheets you’ve seen that you apparently think they are rigid to the point warm air isn’t trapped?
If the sheet is tucked in then it's rigid isn't it?

Who tucks in a top sheet? 🤔

Bananalanacake · 06/10/2024 22:51

It's not such a waste if op donates the used duvets to a homeless shelter or animal rescue centre.

mitogoshigg · 06/10/2024 22:50

Cover less duvets still take more washing and drying than sheets whatever people are saying, it's just physics. It's wasteful to replace duvets frequently, though I share everyone's pain at changing the covers, I hate doing it.

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CandidHedgehog · 06/10/2024 22:37

dogmandu · 06/10/2024 22:12

@CandidHedgehog
What on earth are people doing to the sheets you’ve seen that you apparently think they are rigid to the point warm air isn’t trapped?
If the sheet is tucked in then it's rigid isn't it?

No, most people don’t have sheets that stay army barracks taut all night.

I supposed it might be possible if you starch them but why on earth would anyone do that?

strawberrysilk · 06/10/2024 22:37

Chowtime · 06/10/2024 19:42

The OP is short. I'm short. That means we have shorter arms than average people. It's incredibly difficult for us to do certain things other people take for granted, such as changing a duvet cover.

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You've just made that up about OP being short!

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Ohjustbuggeroff · 06/10/2024 22:34

@youngestisapsycho I said above…relax, it wasn’t meant to make people angry, sorry.

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youngestisapsycho · 06/10/2024 22:31

Well I read it to see your answer, but one never came. You never once said it was you using the duvet like that or why?

OptimisticMermaid · 06/10/2024 22:28

Ohjustbuggeroff · 06/10/2024 22:26

@youngestisapsycho Because I only just really thought about it and wondered if anyone else did similar. Just don’t read it you hate the thread so much, it’s ok.

Op I think consider coverless duvets. Might be better option.

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Ohjustbuggeroff · 06/10/2024 22:26

@youngestisapsycho Because I only just really thought about it and wondered if anyone else did similar. Just don’t read it you hate the thread so much, it’s ok.

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Moveoverdarlin · 06/10/2024 22:23

I think it gives squat vibes.

The coverless duvets you can get are passable though. But no way would I have a regular duvet on the bed with no duvet cover.

TeamPlaying · 06/10/2024 22:20

soupfiend · 06/10/2024 22:17

So a tumble dryer then at the time you are drying them, its acting as a tumble dryer

So why is it 'quicker' than drying the covers as claimed by many on here?

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They just hold less water in the fabric than a duvet cover. Our coverless (single) duvet will dry in the tumble dryer much more quickly than a (single) duvet cover does. Or can hang it up and again it’s dry in about half the time of a cover.

youngestisapsycho · 06/10/2024 22:20

Ffs I hate threads like these… one sentence answers from the OP.
Just get to the point of why you started the thread in the first place.

OptimisticMermaid · 06/10/2024 22:19

soupfiend · 06/10/2024 22:17

So a tumble dryer then at the time you are drying them, its acting as a tumble dryer

So why is it 'quicker' than drying the covers as claimed by many on here?

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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.

soupfiend · 06/10/2024 22:17

OptimisticMermaid · 06/10/2024 22:13

Washer dryer in my case.

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So a tumble dryer then at the time you are drying them, its acting as a tumble dryer

So why is it 'quicker' than drying the covers as claimed by many on here?

Bruisername · 06/10/2024 22:15

Do you just put them on with the general rubbish? I just can’t get over the amount of plastic you would get through!!

perhaps invest in the cover less washable ones

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Ohjustbuggeroff · 06/10/2024 22:14

@Bruisername Just feels a lot softer and more comfortable I think 🤷🏻‍♀️My Dd always has a cover on matching her room decor.
It doesn’t get dirty or smelly

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sesquipedalian · 06/10/2024 22:14

As the Queen of household linens, I couldn’t contemplate a duvet without a cover, and I do have quite a few of them. I’ve lent duvets to friends at Christmas, and I always send them complete with covers. The idea of a cover-less duvet just doesn’t compute!