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To think coverless duvets are pointless?

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Moortown · 22/12/2025 16:41

I hate changing duvet covers so I thought I’d treat myself to a machine washable coverless duvet. I went for one made by silentnight. It’s king size.

It needed to be washed today, so I tried to put it in the machine. I couldn’t even get half of it in, so ended up having to drive 7 miles to the nearest launderette, paying nearly £20 to wash and dry it, the whole exercise taking over 2 hours of my day. It would have been a lot easier to just put a duvet cover on!

It’s a 10.5 tog one, so silly me just assumed that it would fit in the machine as my regular duvet is also 10.5 tog and fits in easily. So it can be done, but for whatever reason they decided to make these ‘washable’ ones far too big to fit into anything except a giant washing machine, that no regular household possesses.

I’m sending it back as it’s not fit for purpose.

AIBU to think this is a major design flaw?

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GentleSheep · 22/12/2025 19:41

I can't fit my 10.5 tog double one in the washing machine. Today I wish I could - cat had managed to stain it probably a few days ago and I didn't see it until I changed the cover today. So on a whim I put the stained bit in a basin in the bath tub to soak the area. That worked well, but of course the water always spreads out through the fabric, and I had to rinse it which made probably a quarter of it pretty wet. As by then it was 5 pm so I now have it over the airer in the kitchen, dripping onto several towels. Sigh. Am running the dehumidifier so hopefully will dry out overnight. Meanwhile will use a single one tonight! DP away, just as well! But no it won't fit in the washing machine.

Hotel785634 · 22/12/2025 19:38

if they wash and dry so quickly aren’t they synthetic? Especially since perimenopause I hate sleeping in synthetics, so sweaty. I wear cotton PJs, linen sheets, and have a down duvet. I can’t imagine sleeping under layers of polyester or nylon. But that’s probably just me

Remagirl19 · 22/12/2025 19:32

You need a decent sized washing machine. Mine go in fine.

Imdunfer · 22/12/2025 19:31

cardibach · 22/12/2025 19:21

Really? I don’t get the drama about putting covers on quilts. It’s not difficult.
Whats this wandering duvet business? Never happened to me.

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It's not difficult for you.

You have never had a wandering duvet.

Your post is so dismissive of the experiences that I and other people have explained above that I wonder if you even realise you aren't the only person using duvets.

gamerchick · 22/12/2025 19:29

Just put a cover on. What's the point in sending a used and washed duvet back?

CalzoneOnLegs · 22/12/2025 19:25

@cardibach exactly. Winter Duvet gets washed when it’s summer, covers washed EASILY weekly. 🥜🌰🥜🌰

cardibach · 22/12/2025 19:23

ItsameLuigi · 22/12/2025 18:48

Only my kids have them (they're on high rise beds and I just found it easier) and they're dry in 3 hours maximum hanging on the banister too! Game changer.

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How dies the height of the bed affect putting a duvet cover on?

cardibach · 22/12/2025 19:21

BogRollBOGOF · 22/12/2025 18:44

30 seconds? More like 30 minutes of heaving it on the bannister and repeatedly running up and down the stairs to each end, finding the magnet for the duvet pins and trying not to stab yourself with them (solution for the duvet creeping one way and the duvet cover going the other way in the night)

Going old school with sheets, blankets and a coverless duvet/ eiderdown is much easier than wresting with faffy duvet covers. 30 seconds doesn't even cover doing the buttons.

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Really? I don’t get the drama about putting covers on quilts. It’s not difficult.
Whats this wandering duvet business? Never happened to me.

ItsameLuigi · 22/12/2025 18:48

Bodhifatva · 22/12/2025 16:46

Some people struggle to change their divers because of disabilities or health issues.

I love mine and it fits in my rather small washing machine just fine, but like everything, they’re not for everyone.

Oh, and mine dries in a few hours even just hung over the bannister so that’s no issue at all.

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Only my kids have them (they're on high rise beds and I just found it easier) and they're dry in 3 hours maximum hanging on the banister too! Game changer.

Devilsmommy · 22/12/2025 18:48

I've got a 10.5 tog one and it fits in my 10kg washing machine with room to spare. What size machine do you have?

BogRollBOGOF · 22/12/2025 18:44

Peridoteage · 22/12/2025 16:44

Yup i do not see the point of them. It takes 30 seconds to change a duvet cover and they are far more efficient to wash & dry than a whole duvet.

30 seconds? More like 30 minutes of heaving it on the bannister and repeatedly running up and down the stairs to each end, finding the magnet for the duvet pins and trying not to stab yourself with them (solution for the duvet creeping one way and the duvet cover going the other way in the night)

Going old school with sheets, blankets and a coverless duvet/ eiderdown is much easier than wresting with faffy duvet covers. 30 seconds doesn't even cover doing the buttons.

Isobel201 · 22/12/2025 18:34

I can fit my summer king coverless duvet in my 10kg, it didn't do the 10.5 tog one very well so I got rid, and just bought another summer one to double up. tbh I've been warm in bed even under a single summer one at the moment because of the heating being on.

NamedAfterABeatlesSong · 22/12/2025 18:26

RessicaJabbit · 22/12/2025 16:46

Even if you did fit in your machine, surely you have the pressure of washing and drying the whole thing in the same day?

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Nope. We have two. Both are superking and both fit in my 9kg washer dryer. It’s not a hardship to wash it at all. In fact it’s so easy, and I’m so glad I bought them! Far less stress and when I pop it on before work in the morning, it’s washed and dried by the time I get home from work. So I don’t really NEED the second. But they’re different togs so that’s nice for winter/summer.

MissSophiaGrace · 22/12/2025 18:21

Moortown · 22/12/2025 16:56

Well in my case, 3 nights before the dog was sick on it.

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And you're sending it back to the shop?? 🤮

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 22/12/2025 18:18

My sister uses flat sheets with them. Kind of defeats the purpose a bit, but i guess it easier to wash a sheet over a duvet.(she does wash the duvets too, but not every week.)

Mumsknot · 22/12/2025 18:14

I love mine. They all fit in the washing machine (think they are silent night?). I have mobility issues in my wrists/hands and they’ve been brilliant for me. I used to want to cry every time I had to change the cover!

ByRedBee · 22/12/2025 18:08

Have a range of different night owl ones from fine bedding company all fit in machine fine

cardibach · 22/12/2025 18:07

helpfulperson · 22/12/2025 17:42

I much prefer the feel of sleeping under a coverless duvet. You don't get the sensation of the movement of the cover against the duvet.

I don’t get any such sensation - I can’t even imagine what it would be like.

PuppyMonkey · 22/12/2025 18:06

I had to give mine up as it gave me massive hot flushes. DP uses it in the campervan though.

mondaytosunday · 22/12/2025 18:04

My king size duvet fits in my machine. Agree it is a bit pointless if it doesn’t!

RacingAcrossTheSofa · 22/12/2025 18:03

Peridoteage · 22/12/2025 16:44

Yup i do not see the point of them. It takes 30 seconds to change a duvet cover and they are far more efficient to wash & dry than a whole duvet.

If you think really really hard you might be able to imagine someone who cannot change a king size duvet cover in 30 seconds.

TheeNotoriousPIG · 22/12/2025 17:59

I have three (one on, one off, and one in the wash!), and just pop them in the washing machine. However, I did buy the biggest one that I could get my hands on at the time (14kg). It's perfect for the job, and also fits in dog beds and a week's worth of work clothes (unless it's been very cold, and I need extra layers).

TonTonMacoute · 22/12/2025 17:57

Peridoteage · 22/12/2025 16:44

Yup i do not see the point of them. It takes 30 seconds to change a duvet cover and they are far more efficient to wash & dry than a whole duvet.

Exactly this.

FoldAway · 22/12/2025 17:54

I bought one for a relative recently (at their request) because they struggle with cover changing, but I think they will use a flat sheet under the duvet. I wouldn’t buy one for myself as the range of patterns and fabrics available aren’t to my taste.

The8thOfThe7Dwarfs · 22/12/2025 17:53

I love ours. I brought one which does fit in my machine, it's a super king size too. Somuch easier than battling the duvet cover on. Mine dries hung up in about half a day. Personally I could never go back.

And I love the kids having them for sickness bugs etc