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Most (but not all) duvets and duvet covers have ties/loops to tie the corners (and sometimes the midpoints) off to keep this from happening.
Honestly I never had this issue nor knew about the loops/ties until I graduated from a full/queen cover to a king size one and it became a real problem.
I have been around for 3 and a half decades and I’ve never had a duvet that’s done this in the UK
For the first three decades of my life my duvet had the loops but the cover didn’t have the ties. I just thought the loops were something to grab on to while spelunking into the cover to insert the duvet 😂
Same, and I even buy my duvets from IKEA …
The ones I have from IKEA, no.
I’ve never understood those. Clearly yes, they’re for tying the corners, but how? Wouldn’t they just slip out? Do you have to just tie really really tightly?
Anyway, my duvet is a King on a Queen bed, and I still don’t have the issue, but I don’t toss and turn too much.
Duvet inserts usually have a loop on each of the corners for the ties on the cover to tie on.
On a king I still find that it sags a lot in the middle of the edges even with the corners tied. So we got the magnetic fasteners (like on anti theft clothing tags) to pin the middle.
That’s a clever solution!
They’re actually sold for that purpose so we weren’t that clever :)
As another post said the corners have a loop for the tie. Even without those loops I’ve tied the cover around a section of the duvet corner without issue. My cover is linen, so maybe other materials don’t work as well? YMMV.
I thought I was so clever when i discovered this myself one day. Then i used it and it torn the string off the duvet cover :/
In my experience, only the fancier brands do this. But you can make your own and sew them on too.
I’m an uncultured slob that doesn’t put my blankets in giant pillowcases. I am happy in my ignorance.
Just so you know. This is unhygienic as fuck if you sleep in the regularly. It’s basically how you get bed bugs.
You get bed bugs by bringing infested items/animals/people into your home, not by sleeping in a bed with no duvet cover
They’re called comforters and very common in many places. I rarely see duvets where I live. You just wash them periodically like anything else.
Bed bugs need to be introduced to the home from a source somewhere and a duvet cover won’t help if they are.
It’s stuff like this that makes me both relieved and slightly ashamed that I’m in my 30s and still don’t know quite what a duvet is.
Okay, you know how we put pillows in pillowcases, so that when it’s time to wash the bed linens you don’t have to wash and more to the point dry the pillow stuffing?
Take that same concept and apply it to your comforter or bedspread.
A duvet is a thick blanket that’s designed to come apart so you can wash or exchange the outer layer without having to wash the fluffy insulation. Another feature is that you can own multiple covers and one actual blanket, so if you want to change up your colors you can just swap out the cover. One-piece comforters don’t fold up that compactly for storage, but empty duvet covers do.
Thanks for the explanation! TBH it sounds like something that I would hate and find a bunch of extra work, but I can see why other people would like it and find it useful.
If your not from a cold weather climate you probably also don’t have a down douve that can only be dry-cleaned.
Where I’m from we generally sleep with the window open to some degree all year round. So in the winter the bedroom gets pretty cold sometimes.
Honestly in canada I’ve never heard of them either lol. Typically my familly have always used 1-2 thin bedsheets, then what we call a “catalogne”, which I can’t seem to be able to translate. It’s basically a hand tressed bedsheet that’s impossible to wash without it breaking apart. Then some cover that’s usually pretty thin, just for the looks I suppose. If you’re cold, you just add layers. Once a season, you take that catalogne and the top sheet and soak them in water, then let them dry outside.
Or you can do like my sister and not give a fuck about that. She just sleeps under 10+ loose blankets and a furnace of a dog.
I have a king sized bed, and bought a new comforter for it in December. It’s nice, with fleece side and a smoother side, and a kind of fiber fill. Only problem is that I recently realized it doesn’t come close to fitting in my wash machine, so I’ll have to take it to a laundromat. Do you think a duvet cover would work over something like that, even though it doesn’t have any ties?
Long time duvet user here, switched from regular blankets.
You can certainly try looking for a duvet cover that will fit, but you‘ll specifically have to measure your current covering and see if the cover you like will fit.
Duvet covers don‘t mean you don‘t have to wash the thicker blanket. It just means you need to do so way less often. Our usual cycle is washing the cover and then the duvet has to be thrown in the dryer every 2x the cover gets washed or changed. This helps knock body dander or pet fur out, and of course kill the mites or bacteria that live on all of us, and this all helps keep odors away. About every 3rd or 4th change, the duvet gets washed too.
So in other words, you should still wash the big fluffy comforter. But, if you can find a duvet cover for it, you can wash it less.
Thanks, appreciated
I don’t know. I’ve never used one.
I have my house set to a temperature i enjoy wearing mild clothing in, then I use a light blanket that matches that feeling of “lightly clothed” and i sleep fine. I dont understand these fancy bed concepts
To me having a house always set to the same temp sounds like the fancy concept. Do you live somewhere very warm? In winter we only heat the house during the day and I’ve woken up in a 14°C bedroom. Thick duvets are a must.
Ive lived in the desert and alaska, my ways have never changed though
I sleep best when I’m cold so I try to keep my house cold (summer months I just deal) and instead of a single warm cover on my bed I have multiple throw blankets. It’s not aesthetically pleasing but then I can cover up with as many blankets as my body wants and I can also layer where I’m cold. Some nights I have 5 blankets over my upper body and head and my legs are completely uncovered and sometimes my feet are freezing and the rest of me is fine.
Whats a throw blanket? Is it what i think a “light” blanket is?
Yeah pretty much. I have a couple fleece blankets of varying thicknesses and a couple that are knitted with yarn.
Yes, but also yes
And also: yes.
I eventually just started using a top sheet + bottom sheet. Easier to wash, no spelunking into the duvet to find the corner ties, and can change out the top sheet if I ever want to change the feel of my bedroom! I was finding that I would put off washing the duvet just due to the effort of dealing with it 😵💫
It’s the bed cover that pops off the mattress every morning that shits me
Fortunately, got a new bed cover and seems fine now. Best investment ever
For future reference, these exist:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MZPR43JSo at one point I needed these for a king size fitted sheet that would not stay comfortable, I knew they existed but didn’t know what they were called. What do I look up that gets me exactly what I wanted? Bed suspenders…
I thought I was the only one.
It’s the bane of my fucking existence!
No but seriously though. Pisses me off so much!
That’s why you tie them in at the corners…
Wait. Does your cover have laces in the inside corners? Or do you make knots externally? If so how are those knots not the size of fists?
Mine does. They work alright, but the duvet still slips a bit.
Just use blankets and/or comforters and wash them regularly?
Duvet covers are from olden times when you had to wash your bedding on a rock down by the river.
No. Because then I would have to settle for some subpar sleeping materials like synthetics or cottons. Unlike my breathable warm and cool and cozy alpaca and wool.
Safety pins exist. Do people not know to pin the corners?
Ive done this but the pins get loose really quickly and become a hazard
I have special duvet pins. They’re like the anti theft tag pins on the clothes at stores but smaller. The pins themselves have ridges along them that get caught by the counterpart. You have to press a tiny button in to release it, but that button is tucked underneath the head of the “receiving” side so it’s not really possible to press it accidentally while tossing around in the bed.
I bought a pair for dirt cheap. One of the best dollar store purchases of my life honestly.
Omfg yes. I am under this duvet so that I have a heavy warm blanket over me. Not some shit ass excuse for a fitted sheet.
It’s why I abandoned the duvet lifestyle
Yeah I don’t agree with that lifestyle at all.
I need weight on me to sleep. I also have a weighted blanket. For the last winter because it was so cold I slept under two duvets and the blanket.
… There are ties to connect the corners so this doesn’t happen on every duvet+cover I’ve owned. Just buy one like that.
Right? And even on ones that don’t, it’s easy to sew on some strips of fabric at the corners
Mine has no straps. I just use big safety pins.
Hell that might be even easier lol
Oh yes.
