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A duvet that never has a cover on

233 replies

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?

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ilovesooty · 06/10/2024 20:11

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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Especially if, like me, you have a back with crumbling vertebrae as well.

biglipslittlehips · 06/10/2024 20:10

Soooo off topic but this thread piqued my interest in coverless duvets which led me to this little beauty. It's not coverless. It's a down duvet.

😶

A duvet that never has a cover on
ttcat37 · 06/10/2024 20:10

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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I can’t see where they’ve said that they’re short and that stops them from changing the duvet cover.

Imbusytodaysorry · 06/10/2024 20:09

Ohjustbuggeroff · 06/10/2024 19:27

It isn’t washed, just replaced fairly regularly with a new one

Madness

soupfiend · 06/10/2024 20:02

halava · 06/10/2024 19:48

Do you think hotels and Air bnb replace their duvets every month or so? I doubt it. Most people use duvet covers and just use the duvet itself for as long as they want.

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The poster is referring to the fact that the OP or whoever it is, doesnt have a cover, thats the point. Hotels have a cover over their duvets so of course they dont replace them like that.

No cover, not washed weekly, but thrown away when its too dirty? Terribly wasteful or if its not thrown away then filthy dirty?

Mum2jenny · 06/10/2024 19:58

If you are not using a duvet cover and washing it on a weekly basis, I’d bin the duvet after 2 weeks.
You are being utterly disgusting and the duvet even worse.
I’m not a clean freak but your approach is most definitely not normal!

MumblesParty · 06/10/2024 19:55

OP do you (or whoever you’re talking about) throw away a perfectly good duvet every few weeks? Does that not seem wasteful to you?

soupfiend · 06/10/2024 19:55

ttcat37 · 06/10/2024 19:41

Why don’t you want to use a duvet cover?
I think that beds that aren’t made to basic standards- sheet on the mattress, duvet cover, pillowcase- tend to give off a bit of a crack den vibe

This is unfortunately true.

Worse when its a childs bed, smacks of neglect, even if neglect is not part of the child's experience, but Ive seen too many children living without proper bedding (and food and shelter is usually part of it too) but thats what my mind shoots straight to

PonyPatter44 · 06/10/2024 19:53

I'm 5ft. I can change a king size duvet because I'm not a wet wipe or a tyrannosaur. Being short doesn't mean you can't do perfectly normal jobs.

Throwing out a perfectly good duvet instead of just buying a £5 cover for it is astonishingly wasteful.

halava · 06/10/2024 19:48

farfromideal · 06/10/2024 19:46

Replaced every week? 10 days? This is either a shameful waste or if not replaced so often, then it's disgusting

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Do you think hotels and Air bnb replace their duvets every month or so? I doubt it. Most people use duvet covers and just use the duvet itself for as long as they want.

CharlotteFlax · 06/10/2024 19:47

Have I missed a post explaining why you don't just have duvet covers for it?

Why would you simply replace it regularly rather than just do the normal thing of having duvet covers and washing them?

farfromideal · 06/10/2024 19:46

Ohjustbuggeroff · 06/10/2024 19:27

It isn’t washed, just replaced fairly regularly with a new one

Replaced every week? 10 days? This is either a shameful waste or if not replaced so often, then it's disgusting

Chowtime · 06/10/2024 19:42

ttcat37 · 06/10/2024 19:41

Why don’t you want to use a duvet cover?
I think that beds that aren’t made to basic standards- sheet on the mattress, duvet cover, pillowcase- tend to give off a bit of a crack den vibe

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.

ttcat37 · 06/10/2024 19:41

Why don’t you want to use a duvet cover?
I think that beds that aren’t made to basic standards- sheet on the mattress, duvet cover, pillowcase- tend to give off a bit of a crack den vibe

Blessedbethefruitz · 06/10/2024 19:38

Coverless duvets for the win. Especially with small pukey, leaky kids and a 5 foot 1 mum with severe allergies ;) They dry so fast. I wash them all weekly. Yes it's a full load each, but it's time saving and cleaner.

Not sure a normal duvet would dry as fast?

Iamthemoom · 06/10/2024 19:36

Ohjustbuggeroff · 06/10/2024 19:27

It isn’t washed, just replaced fairly regularly with a new one

How regularly? I mean most people wash their duvet cover every week or every other week (according to the last thread about this). Wouldn't the duvet start to smell after a couple of weeks?

Bruisername · 06/10/2024 19:34

Ohjustbuggeroff · 06/10/2024 19:27

It isn’t washed, just replaced fairly regularly with a new one

How often are you replacing it?

that seems incredibly wasteful

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Phase2 · 06/10/2024 19:32

@Chowtime yup on my list for when we can afford to redo the kitchen 🤦‍♀️

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Chowtime · 06/10/2024 19:31

Phase2 · 06/10/2024 19:24

I bought a cover less double duvet for ds and it won't go in the bloody washing machine. Launderette has written off any saving of time

Lesson learnt I did the same.

Then I always made sure subsequent washing machines could take an 11 kg load which is enough for a king sized duvet.

halava · 06/10/2024 19:30

soupfiend · 06/10/2024 19:00

By the way, you know the easiest way to put the duvet cover on, cover inside out, put your arms in like you're pretending to be a ghost, grab the top corners of the duvet, shake it shake it shake it like a Polaroid picture, and you're virtually there, a little bit of pulling down and its all done

I learnt this from Anthea Turner on Celebrity Big Brother when they had actual celebrities in it.

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Great idea, I'll try that, since I end up like an octopus with a bad temper and a red face doing it the "normal" way"

Can you tell I live on my own, am a golden oldie and my ticker doesn't like it when my face gets red with exertion lol.

I have a King Size bed all to myself, and there's no way a coverless duvet would work (if KS available) and my washing machine would keel over too.

I might also try a light throw or quilt on top of a "naked" duvet, as I always use a top sheet anyway.

Original poster
Ohjustbuggeroff · 06/10/2024 19:27

It isn’t washed, just replaced fairly regularly with a new one

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Phase2 · 06/10/2024 19:24

I bought a cover less double duvet for ds and it won't go in the bloody washing machine. Launderette has written off any saving of time