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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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wwjalme · 06/10/2024 19:06

It's really weird. Why on earth would you want to do that?
Just buy a duvet cover to go with it.

Chowtime · 06/10/2024 19:01

I do this. I Just wash the duvet weekly like i was the othe bedding.

the fuck am I grappling with duvet covers 😀

soupfiend · 06/10/2024 19:00

halava · 06/10/2024 18:54

Excellent suggestion! I'll try that when I get my lazy ass in gear some day! Thank you.

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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.

jackstini · 06/10/2024 19:00

If you are washing the duvet every couple of weeks then ok

But it would be easier to wash a top sheet or a duvet cover!

ladyditaverner · 06/10/2024 18:58

I love my cover less duvets, light green winter one and then a thinner summer one in white. It's easier to bung them in the washing machine and drier than wash and change duvet covers.

halava · 06/10/2024 18:54

soupfiend · 06/10/2024 18:46

Just buy a duvet cover and unstitch one side and then you have 2 open sizes, use whatever fastners you like on the newly opened side

A lot of mine have zips

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Excellent suggestion! I'll try that when I get my lazy ass in gear some day! Thank you.

Littletreefrog · 06/10/2024 18:48

Ihaveaquestionn · 06/10/2024 18:45

Everyone with coverless duvets - how do you find pillowcases to match or are they sold together?

Ours came with pillowcases.

soupfiend · 06/10/2024 18:46

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

Just buy a duvet cover and unstitch one side and then you have 2 open sizes, use whatever fastners you like on the newly opened side

A lot of mine have zips

Ihaveaquestionn · 06/10/2024 18:45

Everyone with coverless duvets - how do you find pillowcases to match or are they sold together?

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

Doggymummar · 06/10/2024 18:40

We have them, from Amazon. Bung in the machine dry in about an hour. Fab

PonyPatter44 · 06/10/2024 18:40

Just sleeping under a normal duvet with no cover is quite manky, TBH. Why wouldn't you just put a duvet cover on it, that can be washed regularly?

Piffle11 · 06/10/2024 18:39

My DS has this. He has autism and has a real problem with textures. He loves his duvet without a cover. I wash it weekly.

user2848502016 · 06/10/2024 18:39

When I first met DH he was a skint postgraduate student, for some reason he had a duvet and a duvet cover but no sheets?! He used the duvet cover as a sheet and then had just the duvet with no cover on top 🤢 (he didn't see the problem)

user2848502016 · 06/10/2024 18:36

You would have to wash the whole thing though? Seems much easier to just wash a duvet cover

LIZS · 06/10/2024 18:33

Think they mean a top sheet so you sleep between the fitted sheet on the mattress and top sheet with duvet above.

soupfiend · 06/10/2024 18:32

Littletreefrog · 06/10/2024 18:08

Nope it goes person, sheet, duvet. That's how my DM has always done it. Although the duvet does have a cover as well.

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They tend to do that in hotels and I hate it, I get tangled up in the sheet. Ive noticed some airbnb hosts do it now as well, horrible

Also when people say their coverless duvets dry in a few hours, in what way, hanging inside with no drying help, hanging inside with drying help like a dehumidifier, hanging outside in a breeze, tumble dried?

soupfiend · 06/10/2024 18:30

I wouldnt have polyester and the storage issue would bother me, I have about 7 or 8 sets of bed linen because I like to ring the changes, I dont have the space to store 7 duvets! I would have to stick to one design then.

BlouseyBrownMalone · 06/10/2024 18:30

Pieceofpurplesky · 06/10/2024 17:20

I have a coverless duvet and love it. It dries in a couple of hours.

I have a duvet cover on my duvet and that also dries in a couple of hours.

MalcolmTuckersSwearBox · 06/10/2024 18:25

use a flat sheet (between you and the duvet, as described by PP). You should wash that weekly / fortnightly / whatever your regular bedding wash schedule is. The bare duvet will still need washing, especially if pets are on the bed, but it'll need less regular washing (maybe every 2nd/3rd wash) than it would coming into direct contact with your sleeping body for hours at a time every night.

ilovesooty · 06/10/2024 18:16

Pieceofpurplesky · 06/10/2024 17:20

I have a coverless duvet and love it. It dries in a couple of hours.

Same here.

Choochoo21 · 06/10/2024 18:12

Why do you ask OP?

TakeMe2Insanity · 06/10/2024 18:09

No thats gross. I see influencers in the US do this. I’ve come to the conclusion there are no duvet covers in the US.

deeahgwitch · 06/10/2024 18:09

Ohjustbuggeroff · 06/10/2024 18:05

What do people mean by using a sheet underneath? A sheet on the bed?

You have a bottom sheet on the mattress which you lie on and then between you and the actual duvet you put another sheet.
It saves washing duvet covers and a sheet is less faff to replace than a duvet cover.

Cyclistmumgrandma · 06/10/2024 18:08

A flat top sheet then the duvet on top like a blanket