To think coverless duvets are pointless?

[Moortown]

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?

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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 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?

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

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.

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 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.

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.

It's not the same action at all to bundle a coverless up and stuff it in a machine. There also a huge difference between the amount of arm action you have to use to flick a displaced duvet flat inside it's cover on the bed and a coverless.

They are obviously marmite bed covering and I'm not sure why there is such an effort being made by some posters who don't want them to tell the coverless lovers that they really don't need them. Horses for courses.

I imagine that they dry quickly because they are totally synthetic

I’ve got king size night owl ones that are 10.5 tog, they fit in my washing machine and dry in a few hours. I wash them every 7-10 days. I’d never go back to duvet covers.

We have king sized ones that fit into our washing machine. No issues at all, and I love not having to do the duvet covers anymore.

Obviously if you have to drive them to the launderette every time to wash them, you shouldn’t have them.

A quick google does say it needs to be 10kg+ washing machine

I'm amazed that anyone manages to fit a 10.5 tog king size duvet in a washing machine. There's absolutely no way my old (non-coverless) one would fit in my 9kg machine. Hence why I've just replaced it with one that splits into two halves that can each be washed separately.

How big is your washing machine and your tumble dryer ? I have no issue with our 3 king size ones but my machines are 11kg ones

We wash our king size one from Dunelm in 9kg washing machine no issues at all.

My ND child has one after years of him struggling with different bedding, this actually works well for him/us. 10.5 tog, cotton and I can wash it and hang dry it inside in about 6 hours. No complaints here and he finally has a comfortable sleep.