To think coverless duvets are pointless?

Mine are from the Fine Bedding Co and fit into my 8kg machine. I use a flat sheet under it (as a ‘top sheet’) so I just wash that weekly instead of the duvet. Much easier just changing sheets, rather than duvet covers! I do wash the duvet itself every couple of months just to make it smell nice.

I agree OP. I kept hearing about them so decided to find out more to see if I was missing out on something amazing. I’m confident that i’m not and I’m happy just changing my duvet cover.

Definitely not for me as I have a superking and prefer natural fibres.

I can see an argument for them for children who are liable to wet the bed.

I love mine. Started off buying them for the kids then got them for ourselves. We have the summer and winter ones now. I find them super easy to use and I can have them washed, dried and back on the bed within 5 hours.

But surely they'd equally struggle with the regular washing and drying of the duvet?

I got a single one for my daughter as when she sleeps with a normal duvet and cover set she was some how managing to move her duvet within its cover into a big lump at the bottom of her bed. I was having to rearrange her duvet daily and often having to take it out and start again, so got fed up and got her a coverless duvet. The plan was for her to sleep under a flat sheet so the duvet didn't need washing as often.

Could you do that?

I have ADHD, I don't stop moving even when I'm asleep. I would be constantly woken up with my feet twisted into a loose top sheet. I LUUURVE my coverless duvets!

I utterly detest changing sheets. Along with shopping it feels like one of the most pointless and soul destroying things possible. Not sure why but just does. The coverless duvets are so much easier. Have converted the whole house to them. They wash and dry so quickly. Will never go back!

@Fairyvocals no mines a cotton waffle one. Night lark 10.5 tog. Perfect.

It's not just you, I've been reading this thread thinking the same thing. I use a wool duvet in summer, and a feather/down one in winter, no way would I be sleeping under a synthetic one.

I am fortunate to live in a country where flat sheets under a duvet are the norm, surely it is a lot easier to wash a sheet than a duvet, and the covers don't need washing often as they are under the sheet.

Please, just accept that other people are restless sleepers and their duvets DO migrate inside the cover. Wool duvets are particularly bad for migrating. Every couple of days I had to put both mine and my DH's duvets back into the right place inside the cover.

I can already hear people saying "pin or tie the corners of the duvet in". Thanks but with 8 corners and arthritis in every single digit in my hands it's just much easier to buy coverless duvets.

And although I can still put a cover on, it simply makes no sense to put unneeded additional strain on two shoulders with arthritis and rotator cuff damage.

What material are they made of? I would not be able to sleep under one if its not cotton, I'm annoyingly sensitive to the feel of fabrics.

Changing duvet covers isn't a hassle for me anyway, we only use single duvets which are dead quick and easy to change the covers on.

My kids have them. We wash them every month.
Stinky older teen now has a cover on so it can be changed weekly.
I wouldn't have them on my bed as dh is stinky.

I've only got summer weight ones - 1 tog and 4 tog, superking size and they're a doddle to wash/dry. But I go back to a traditional covered duvet for winter as I couldn't face washing and drying it every few weeks. And to be honest, I don't like that they're 100% polyester.

I always use a good quality cotton sheet between me and the duvet (even without a cover less duvet) as I kick the duvet off but neeed to be covered!

Mine fits in the machine and dries in a couple of hours. I love it.

I have them but have farmed them out to the kids and husband (he sleeps in the spare room the snoring twitchy gorgeous beast) because they are too sweaty for me. I have no issues with washing or drying tho

I have kings, 10.5 tog and the winter ones. They fit fine in my 7kg washing machine. Flung over the banister they are dry in an afternoon.

I have dyspraxia and these things are absolute life savers. I wash mine every week. Used to be fortnightly but now I have a live in boyfriend and we shag a lot! Lol.

My son is incontinent and coverless duvets definitely make my life easier.

You don’t need to reach more than one corner at a time. Single person, king duvet. Lay the duvet on the bed, wrinkled down to the bottom. Put the cover flat on the bed . Feed one corner of the duvet through to the top corner of the cover. Pull the cover down as far as possible. Go round the bed. Repeat with the other side. Pull the cover down. Lift the duvet and pull the middle of the cover down. Tuck the bottom corners into the duvet, then pull the cover so it is in line with the duvet all across. Hold top and bottom of duvet cover and duvet itself as far apart as is comfortable and flick to straighten everything out. Fasten buttons/poppers/whatever.
Sounds a faff, but takes about 2 mins.

Not dismissive. Puzzled. Without disabilities (my first post on t(e thread mentions a friend in that situation) quilts are easy - no running up and downstairs required. And I don’t understand how a quilt could move inside the cover once it’s in. They fit quite snugly. They wander off the bed at will, but inside the cover? I can’t see how.

Maybe my arm span needs to be a metre wider so I can reach more than one corner at a time, but I'd look like a gorilla. Draping it over the bannister to give some height advantage and letting it hang with gravity helps but it's still bloody faffy to get all the corners in the right place and everything hanging straight, and involves several trips up and down the stairs to align it and shake it out evenly before lugging it back to the bedroom.

It's just not easy grappling around with something significantly longer and wider than myself and I don't know how people without Mr Tickle arms apparently do it so easily. We have a large one so that there's enough duvet for both of us squirming around in our sleep and DH is tall so it's a super-king on a king size bed. We upgraded to super-kings when kings were struggling to cover the extra mass of my bumps in pregnancy and it was getting very draughty around the edges.
A double would still be nearly half a metre wider than my arm span anyway.

The DCs' singles are easier, but that's still somewhere between 5-10 mins apiece. I can get away with flapping around on the divan bed to create enough height which is easier, but still have to use the bannister to deal with the covers for the high sleeper because of reduced headroom to manouver up there. (Then there's the additional joys of cuddly toy arranging and climbing the ladder with duvet over my shoulder)

It's one of my least favourite household chores, and I'd rather scrub a toilet.

Mines a night owl one, fits in my machine perfectly and is dry within hours just hanging over a door! I absolutely hate changing bedding so it’s perfect for us, my kids have them too now

Aren’t they all horribly synthetic? I don’t like nylon etc next to my skin.

I use the burrito method as a wheelchair user to manage a superking.

I considered coverless but I’d put a cover on it keep it clean so it’d be pointless for me.