To have finally cracked the duvet conundrum!

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After years of being too hot, throwing off the duvet then being too cold, and 15 years of husband hogging duvet in the night, I’ve finally cracked it! A superking 4.5 tog summer duvet each, folded over to make like a single 9 tog each. Get too hot, throw top half off so is 4.5 tog again but don’t get too cold as still have duvet!

Don’t ask me what I’ll do in the summer though… 😂.

Sorry for dull post but this has been life-changing in my dull little life!

We use a super king 4.5 tog all year round, if we are cold getting into bed we just cuddle for longer.

Best thing about a lower fog / summer duvet is that it fits easily in the washing machine.

Glad you’ve found a solution that works for you! Two super king duvets would be too much work for us.

We use one 4 tog king size all year round. In winter we use brushed cotton sheets and duvet cover which gives added warmth.

I am eyeing up a 1 tog duvet.

We use Night Owl Coverless Duvet.

We each use a single with a different tog rating.

You’re a genius OP! Off to get one myself

I just use sheets and blankets! I even take a blanket to hotels since 99% of the time they use duvets and I have exactly the same problem as you do. I’m from the US though where top and bottom sheets, light & heavy blankets are still used.

ExDH and I used to have our own duvets. Sweaty ExDH had a 1Tog all year round. I would have my ancient, but still gorgeous, 5 tog duck down. I’d just put a blank or over the top if I was cold in deepest winter.

I use a 2.5 tog all year round with two thin blankets on top on the coldest nights. Threw both blankets off last night!

King size bed.
2 single duvets.
Summer or winter weight as needed.

What about a 1 tog for the summer?
Or, get a king sized duvet cover, stitch down the middle, and have a single duvet in one half, and the other half empty?

I’ve recently bought a king size duvet - one half has a 10.5 tog rating (fir me) and the other half is 14.5 for my husband. This is one duvet - nit two halves out together. A game changer

We have a superking 13.5 tog duvet all year round. I LOVE it! In the winter I add a heave bedspread (which we spend all night kicking off🤣) it's more about the weight than the heat for me, it's so cosy. Probably too hot for DH if I'm honest but I go without a top sheet to suit him so🤷🏼‍♀️

*heavy!

In summer, just put away one of the duvets and share one 4.5 tog superking.

We have 1 King size bed and 2 single duvets. Dh has 7.5 tog I have 13 tog.

@Robin60. Fab!!! Where did you buy it from??

I have an old duvet that I love, but it really needs replacing and I have no idea what tog to buy.

I have various duvet covers and put them on according to the weather as that makes a huge difference to me. In the summer I often just have a sheet or duvet cover.

But I don't know what to buy for winter, reading these posts maybe a 4.5 would be ok?! I had been thinking 10, but maybe I'd cook?

I have a 13.5 all year round plus a heavy blanket on my feet and two other blankets 😂 dp has a separate 4.5 all year round 🥶

Where are you all that 4.5 tog and lower is enough in February?!

I currently have 10.5 tog plus a large fleece throw. I'm also wearing joggers & a t shirt as PJs with a fleece dressing gown over.

At best I'll take the dressing gown off if I'm a little warm.

Oh and we have the heating coming on a bit over night too.

We are both warm sleepers. 4.5 tog from October to April usually, add a throw over the top on really cold nights, just have a cotton sheet in the warm months. Oh and always size up on them, we have super king duvets etc on a king size bed.

Oh and we’re in the Home Counties and wear shorts and T’s / vests in bed!

[quote FantasticFebruary]@Robin60. Fab!!! Where did you buy it from??

I have an old duvet that I love, but it really needs replacing and I have no idea what tog to buy.

I have various duvet covers and put them on according to the weather as that makes a huge difference to me. In the summer I often just have a sheet or duvet cover.

But I don't know what to buy for winter, reading these posts maybe a 4.5 would be ok?! I had been thinking 10, but maybe I'd cook?[/quote]
It was Julian Charles,
‘ Silentnight Yours and Mine Dual Tog Duvet - 10.5/13.5 Tog’, it was only £40, so worth a try.
There are similar ones available on Amazon but the tog rating didn’t suit me - I’ll probably look again in the summer for a lighter weight.

weighted blanket
duvet on top in winter

still haven't worked out how to wash the blanket :(

Feather duvet all year round. Warm in winter, cool in summer, plus it just sort of folds itself around you in a loving embrace. I never wear anything more than pants in bed all year round, and the house is usually about 17 degrees.

4.5 tog is fine in winter and I'm in Scotland. Our central heating goes off at 10pm and back on at 6pm.

USA friend bought me a bedspread set years ago. I ordered a new one from Macy's a couple of years ago. When cold it's duvet and bedspread when hot just bedspread, when coolish just fold bedspread down. The weight stops the duvet drifting off either of us. It's a Martha Stewart set. Cotton and washes easily. A game changer for us