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GasPanic · 10/10/2022 14:02
How do you wash this stuff ?
For me a quilt with a cotton cover. If I want more warmth its blankets over the top of that. Washing the quilt cover and sheets is fine. They are thin don't hold much water and dry pretty quickly.
But washing a fleece cover in winter must be a nightmare to get dry or spend forever in the tumble dryer.
Wafflesnsniffles · 10/10/2022 14:12
Brokendaughter · 27/09/2022 13:12
I buy a new cheap fleece sheet every year for each bed.
Thats so wasteful. New every year and then just throwing them away. Please investigate a more sustainable option. Ive had my duvet covers and sheets for years (eight?) and wont need to replace them for years yet either.
Blocked · 10/10/2022 14:53
GasPanic · 10/10/2022 14:02
How do you wash this stuff ?
For me a quilt with a cotton cover. If I want more warmth its blankets over the top of that. Washing the quilt cover and sheets is fine. They are thin don't hold much water and dry pretty quickly.
But washing a fleece cover in winter must be a nightmare to get dry or spend forever in the tumble dryer.
Would it though? Fleece pyjamas dry really quickly.
CaptainMyCaptain · 10/10/2022 15:31
www.lidl.co.uk/retail_uk/p/bedroom-bits/livarno-home-double-microfibre-fleece-bedlinen/p54914
I saw this today £16.99 in Lidl. I don't fancy it, I get too hot in ordinary bed linen (67 so not menopausal) and polar fleece is not environmentally friendly but if you live in a cold house and need to keep warm at night - go for it.
InPraiseOfBacchus · 10/10/2022 15:35
Bleurgh - my parents have this and they love it, but I find it plasticky and horrible. All I can think about are microplastic fibres getting everywhere. I sweat just sitting on the thing. I also don't like how there's a velcro-like sensation on any areas of skin that are even slightly dry. Eeeech.
Might be fun for a cozy lounge cushion or beanbag, if that's your thing, but not to sleep in.
InPraiseOfBacchus · 10/10/2022 16:01
Another thing I forgot to mention - stuff gets "embedded" in the fleece and refuses to come out! Hair, clumps of lint, threads and fibres from other bedding and clothing - it'll all work its way in the fleece. Looks unsightly after a while. The fleece fibres themselves get clumped and "chunky" after a few washes too.
Caiti19 · 10/10/2022 16:11
I love the idea, and toy with it every time I see them in the shops - but then I don't buy them because I can't understand how polyester would feel good directly on the skin overnight. Does it actually feel good? Even to people who sweat a bit at night? Brushed cotton is the closest I could get to the feel I think. I really hate the feeling of polyester duvet covers, so I am wary.
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