Think that coverless duvets are actually more faff?

[EverybodyWantsTo]

Bought one DC a coverless duvet a few months back. Yes, it's totally life-changing in no more changing the duvet cover. But then washing the whole thing is actually a huge faff, especially now it's going to have to go into the tumbler rather than drying outside.

I was planning to get them for the whole family, but not sure now. Does anyone who has them for everyone find them less faff overall? Or are they actually more work than washing and changing duvet covers?

There's five of us so would be a lot of duvet washing!

Get the Night Lark cover less duvets. They dry really quick!
I've bought a few

I love mine. They dry really quickly.

My young child has one and it's brilliant. Takes up half the washing machine and dry in an hour.

Following with interest. I was looking to get them for DS2. He’s a night owl and has a habit of eating/drinking in his room when we’re in bed asleep. The duvets get rotten and aren’t easy to wash.

Can you get natural down filled or wool options? I’m tempted but everyone finds man made fibre duvets too sweaty

I've never seen any natural options.

Is that tumble dry in an hour? That's still quite a process even if I could fit two in the washing machine at once, that's three washes to get them done never mind the other bedding!

I bought DS one as he hates changing duvet cover. It doesn't fit in the washing machine so I think it a faff

They make no sense to me. We don't have a dryer for environmental reasons so I don't think they'd work for us anyway, but I can't see why you'd want to wash the whole thing every time.

Surely it takes a load of unnecessary electricity to dry it, especially a king size or super king?

And you'd have to change the whole thing if the cover got worn or you were bored with it. Seems potentially very wasteful.

Is it just to avoid the faff of changing duvet covers?

I use a top flat sheet under my coverless duvet and wash the duvet less often.

All they seem to be is an old fashioned quilt which your great granny used to use. Nothing new really. And if a king size won't fit in the washing ,machine how are you supposed to wash it.

We have the night lark duvets (super king for us and single for our daughter). Personally, I love them - they really don't take long to dry and there's no more trying to 'fix' the duvet in the cover when it gets bunched up (used to happen frequently).

I agree...it's all a bit Emporer's new clothes to me

At the risk of asking a silly question why does the sheet mean you don't need to wash the duvet as often?

I don’t get these either & just see them as quilts.

The nightlark single duvet we have dries in an hour and a half with the other clothing we put in it

Just shows there’s nothing new, we had these types of quilts in the 70s 😄

Yes this is what I would do.

Because only the sheet will get dirty as your body will not touch the duvet. You only need to wash the sheet.

I love mine. I have 2 for each bed, so have one on the bed while the other gets washed, dried and stored.

I'm not one for a patterned duvet cover, plain is fine for me.

Not sure why you'd buy one if it's too big for your washing machine though. That's the whole point...

You can get grips for the corners which hold the duvet in place. I just use a nappy pin.

I’ve got a couple at home and a few at the caravan. Not a faff at all, wash and chuck over the bannister or airer. The ones I have dry really quickly.

Because only the sheet will get dirty as your body will not touch the duvet. You only need to wash the sheet
You top sheet guys must be neat sleepers. I usually end up on top of the duvet and DH has it firmly clamped under his armpit! Ours would definitely still need washing along with the extra sheet.

I have one but I only use it over the original duvet, so an extra warm layer. I wash it twice a year - mid way through winter and at the end. I've done it in my machine (it's king size) but it didn't seem very wet so not sure it worked that well. So now I take it to the laundrette.

Might get one for the spare bed with a top sheet to go under it.

In the old days we had sheets, blankets and an eiderdown on top (and your dressing gown laid over that if it was really cold) and I'm not aware that the blankets ever got washed. They couldn't go in the washer because they were wool.

But I do agree overall, they aren't an improvement over a regular duvet really.

@IrisApfel exactly, I put my legs out if I get too hot so they would end up on the duvet which would need to be washed too

Love them I was having to replace duvets monthly due to health issues so have paid for themselves many times over

Mine just get hung over open staircase and dry within a couple of hours