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?

My husband has minimal use of his hands and arms, how easy do you find it to put on a duvet cover without using your hands and arms?

They're eiderdowns. Like my granny (born 1912) had. People are talking about needing sheets and "throws" [aka "blankets"] with them. Like my granny (born 1912) did.

I can't believe you are returning a puked on duvet to the shop. That's rank.

We have them they’re fab, they all get washed once a week, they either line dry or get put on the clothes horse to dry. When you buy them it says what size machine you need for the duvet you’re buying.

Are they mostly man-made fillings? Can't bear the too hot/too cold/sweatiness of artificial fillings. We have a wool duvet which is wonderful - can't imagine washing that every week, it'd take forever to dry.

Do the ones with cotton covers take longer to dry?

Ours have cotton covers, on a dull winters day on an airer they take about 2-3 hours to dry, on a sunny day on the line it can be as quick as 30 minutes, but I would turn it around so both sides get the sun.

Erm… I’m old, admittedly, but have manufacturers cottoned on to ‘the latest trend’ to con consumers? A ‘coverless duvet’ is an eiderdown. They were what we had pre ‘contental quilt’ - and you had a top sheet under the eiderdown.
The eiderdown got washed in the summer, not every couple of weeks! Bearing in mind that MN washes their sheets every week and if you don’t you’re a scumbag, this would be a nightmare!

Yes, exactly! I got my terminology mixed up in my first post and said they were continental quilts - they're not, because as you say duvets are continental quilts. These are just plain old quilts/comforters/eiderdowns, like everyone had 100 years ago. Made from cheap synthetic materials for sure, so lower quality, but that's the only difference.

I use them without any issues , I have a stoma bag which often leaks overnight so they are a godsend , clean completely on a 40 wash and fully dry after a couple of hours over the banister plus no hassle re constantly changing duvet covers and they are beautifully light and cosy

The nightlark ones are made from recycled PET bottles which adds to their appeal for me personally

For those wringing their hands about me returning the duvet - some key points.

1. it no longer has any trace of dog sick (the frothy bile variety rather than proper sick), as it was promptly laundered in a 40kg capacity washing machine. I’m sure the returns department have dealt with far worse than a freshly laundered duvet.

2. it will be disposed of, as all Amazon returns are.

3. I sell on Amazon marketplace myself and I am often forced into accepting returns for far flimsier reasons than it’s completely fucking useless and doesn’t do what it’s supposed to. It’s the nature of Amazon, I very rarely return anything I buy but in cases such as this where the item is useless to me, it’s a good option to have.

Try as you might, you won’t be able to make me feel in the slightest bit bad, when I spend an awful lot of money on Amazon throughout the year and also pay an eye watering amount in seller fees to sell on there, and receive zero seller support in return. Either Jeff has his useless duvet back, or it clutters up my home for the next X years.

Nothing you say will make it ok to return something you've used, puked on and washed OP. But you crack on.

I couldn't me, I'd donate it to an animal shelter before doing that.

I completely agree.

This is precisely why I wouldn’t want one. I like natural bedding, wool duvets and cotton bedding.

If you look at my first comment on the thread I said how useful they are for people (like a friend of mine) with reduced mobility. That is clearly not what I was talking about. Look at what I replied to and stop trying to catch people out and make them look thoughtless when that’s not the case.

The dogs’ home I volunteer at doesn’t take quilts because the dogs shred them and the fluff is both annoying to clean up and dangerous if they swallow it.

Isn't a cover less duvet a synthetic eiderdown?

Agreed. It's absolutely disgusting!

FWIW we are a coverless duvet household. Every bed has them. DH and I have a king sized bed and DDs have singles (all the Night Lark summer weight ones.) I can wash our king sized duvet with the sheet and pillowcases all together in my 9kg machine. DDs two single sets also go in the same wash together as they squish up really small. We just have blankets over the duvets in winter which get washed less frequently.

I originally bought one for our spare bed and to take away camping and we have slowly converted all of the duvets in the house to them. We have two sets each so changing beds is a doddle. They've been a particularly godsend for just chucking on DDs' high sleeper beds and for night-time bed wetting from the children. It also feels much more hygienic to wash the whole duvet every week.

I also hate the sensory feel of duvets bunching up in the covers. I am a very wriggly, restless sleeper so to not have that issue anymore is brilliant.

Ah it's ok if it's frothy bile. Defo wash that and post it back. Puke not ok frothy bile is grand. Wtf.

You can't return puked on items.

This is hilarious.

Well we made you feel bad enough to spend time writing this lengthy justification for your discusting behaviour. Your quilt wasn't faulty, you just didn't like it.

Amazon returns aren't shredded they are sold off to secondary sellers. Somebody now is going to sleep under a duvet your dog has puked on.

I voted YABU. BUT. I just have ikea washable duvets that live in their covers (I either put little clips when they're in the washer, or one of them I've got around to stitching in)

So basically coverless, but covered and without the whole fashionable aspect.

They fit in my washer (singles no problem, double I often have to pull out an put back in so it'll spin). But only about 4.5 tog not 10 - I use a duvet and a blanket now.

A proper natural fibre quilt won’t bunch up in a cover if it’s the correct size. Each to their own but I can’t imagine washing 4 quilts every week and hanging them off my bannisters.

Yes, it will.

Wool bunches really badly, and down not quite so bad, if you are a restless sleeper even if the sizes are perfect.

We've got a wool duvet, it's never bunched up. It's heavy and flat, I don't think it could bunch up if it tried! I'm a very restless sleeper too.