Togs.

[Gruney]

Apart from knowing that the higher the tog number, the thicker a duvet, I have no conception of the relative thicknesses. I have always used thinnish duvets - one in the summer, and two for the winter. I have always had them dry cleaned, but, if you remember, I had an problem with fleas a couple of months ago, and I was advised to wash everything in the hottest wash my machine could achieve. One fitted in fine, but the other was a bit too thick, and I binned it.

It's now doubling up time again, and now I know I can fit one into my washing machine, I intend to wash them that way in future, and I'd like to buy another one the same. Any ideas please?

[suffolk]

This is what we have
https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-pa ... og/p475290

It’s getting cooler at nights so I’m just about thinking of swapping the 4.5 tog one for the 9 Then if it gets very cold we’ll put one on top of the other (they have press fasteners on the corners so they stay together in the cover).

Very comfy, great quality and they wash well ... highly recommended.

You can buy them separately but of course the one you already have probably doesn’t have press fasteners on it.

[Gruney]

Thanks Suffs. Yes mine does have the press fasteners - it looks like 4.5 togs then.

[PatsyMFagan]

[StokeySue]

I have a similar arrangement but a down and feather mix, I find synthetic duvets a bit sticky

The downside of feather (punny) is that you have to wash them in the laundrette as they need drying in an industrial tumble dryer

They don’t generally cause allergy problems when new or routinely cleaned so the dust doesn’t build up

[earthmaiden]

I don't think I'd get even a double one in my washing machine, let alone a king size. I have a standard sized double bed but always have a king size quilt as they stay on better. The thought of stuffing two quilts into a cover horrifies me, one is bad enough! Yes, I know the 'easy' way but I am so cack-handed I get muddled at the first hurdle even with a single one .

[suffolk]

If you fix the corners together with the poppers it’s no harder than putting one duvet into the cover.

[aero280]

We have just bought two new duvets. Anti-allergenic. Best price was from Argos. JL was very expensive when compared with others like Dunelm and Argos.

We got a 10 tog for autumn and 4.5 for summer. Doubling up if it get really cold in winter.

[Gruney]

[PatsyMFagan]

[Gruney]

Thanks Pat. I've tried all sorts of methods, none with much success. A woman once told me to shake it over the bannister, with the cover poppers open. That was a great idea - until I dropped it. I think I'm destined for permanent lumpy.

[scullion]

when he was small our son's method was to turn the duvet cover inside out, pull it over his head to get inside but remember where he'd left the corners of the duvet, grab hold of those through the top corners of the cover and wriggle his way out while still holding on to the corners. have you tried that version‽‽‽

[WWordsworth]

I take my duvet to the launderette each spring.
Their washing machines are larger than a domestic one.

[earthmaiden]

The bannisters method is by far the best - I haven't got any though . Patsy - that's how DD does it - makes it look simple. Then I try and end up more like Scully's version which would be great if I were a small boy ...

[PatsyMFagan]

[Gruney]

[Pepper Pig]

I find these really helpful.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Duvet-Covers ... B0041PN2LO

[Ratatouille]

We need for anything thicker than a 5. In the summer we use a 2.5. Neither of us can bear being over heated. we have a light but warm faux fur throw which is aways sufficient.

[wargarden]

not sure about togs but the troggs play pretty good music.

[Pepper Pig]

Well it’s irrelevant wargarden but it certainly shows your age.

[suffolk]

Reg Presley died at least six years ago.

[StokeySue]

I remember the BBC banning the original “Love is all around” thinking it was about free love
Actually it was about his wedding to the woman he was married to virtually all of his adult life

[WWordsworth]

Didn't they do Wild Thing as well?

[suffolk]

Yes!

[Meganthemog]

[scullion]

[Seatallan]

[Seatallan]

...Andover!!

[suffolk]

Reliving my teens

[aero280]

Crop circles as well for Reg, I believe!

[suffolk]

Yes ... he was convinced wasn’t he ... ?

[Lokelani]

We get too hot with almost any tog. We've tried 3 tog cotton, 1 tog polyester supposedly cool comfort ones from M&S. We seem to do better with a sheet & bedspread all year round and other layers we can pull up if needed. We rarely have any heating on in the bedroom, so that can't go any cooler.
Has anyone tried a wool filled duvet? With all this move back to wool, even for sports clothing. I"m wondering if there really is something in the hype about its temperature regulating properties.

[patpoyntz]

We have 3 wool duvets...our bed, a guest bed and campervan. They are supposed to be all season, but we don’t find them warm enough for the depths of winter., however we live in the far north in an old and draughty house! I like the light weight of them, and find they mould round the body very well. They certainly don’t get over hot. We got ours from JLewis, and had good advice from them.

[Ratatouille]

Our duvet is filled with silk and is very light and warm when they need to be. It seems appropriate when our bedroom was where silworms were raised.

[Busybee]

[Lokelani]

Silk was another one I was wondering about, but thought it might be better at being warm than keeping you cool. Both sound well worth looking into.
My only other concern with wool was that the one I saw at a craft fair wasn't washable. A lot was said by the company selling them that they didn't need to be as they're anti dust mite, anti mould, anti everything else & only needing airing out on the line. I'm not sure I'm happy with that in case of spilt cups of tea in bed & sometimes letting the dog up for a quick snuggle on Sunday mornings when reading..... I know we shouldn't but huskies are just so bouncy it's hard to keep them off the furniture.

[patpoyntz]

This is the make we got...it does say it’s washable, but I have not tried yet.

https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-pa ... 60-x-220cm

I see it is out of stock.

[Amber]

I know someone with alpaca wool quilts (direct from the farm). They get much lower winter temperatures than here and say they’re plenty warm enough; and nice and cool in the summer too.

[Amber]

We passed a small shop in Whitby today selling silk pillows and duvets. I didn’t see the prices.

[Busybee]