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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.
Here in Finland at least pretty much every single duvet cover I’ve ever had has small slits in the top corners, so that you can just put your arms in, grab the corners of the duvet and give it a shake and it’s perfect.
Also when actually putting it on, you just out your arms through those holes, then through the main hole at the bottom, grab the duvet and shake, and it sets perfectly.
Don’t know about these ties people are talking about. You could put safety pins in the corners as well but that’d bother me at least.
Also currently I am suffering from this issue because this newest satin one I bought doesn’t have em. Some import shit.
I’m 41 and I still don’t know what a duvet is or why it needs covered.
Since I’m not a native speaker, I had to Google… It’s just a blanket. I put a cover around my blankets regardless of type personally - it’s easier to wash the cover than the blanket.
Come sleep over with me.
and you don’t seem to understand…
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 😂
You don’t have to go spelunking if you don’t want to. Turn the cover inside out, lay the duvet on top, tie off the corners if you have ties, and turn it all back right side over.
Especially it is big / you are small, roll it up first, then flip it inside out and autobots roll out
Same, and I even buy my duvets from IKEA …
Definitely not most. I have never seen such a thing.
Obviously a different thing, but your comment unlocked a several decades old memory about my mom tying the ends of my duvet to the bed frame, because I would kick it off the bed while asleep. Wow, that memory was pulled from some very dusty and almost forgotten part of my brain, lol.
The ones I have from IKEA, no.
I dont know about the previous commenter’s fancy duvets/covers but the ikea ones have switched between snaps and loops and none at all between product lines. I have noticed though that the cotton covers tend to stick well to the polyester duvets such that they stay in place without
It still happens especially with fabric like viscose. My duvet has ties for in-between corners too, but my comforter doesn’t, so I get what’s being described here. I need to sew some in and stop being a lazy ass.
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.
In my experience, only the fancier brands do this. But you can make your own and sew them on too.
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 :/
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.
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.
You get bed bugs by bringing infested items/animals/people into your home, not by sleeping in a bed with no duvet cover
You mean dust mites? You get them regardless, but I agree that it’s nicer to reduce how often you need to wash the duvet, better for the environment as well.
… 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
We tie and clip the corners
Yep…which is why I no longer use duvet covers.
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.
Look at this lucky person who’s not cursed with a 7kg “efficient wash and dry” machine that you can barely force a duvet into, and the program takes 7+ hours.
Oh man, high-efficiency washing machines is a whole other post. I want my $200 washing machine from the 90s back.
Sometimea you have to think outside the box. Just cut the comforter in half so you only have to put half in at a time
Laundromats exist
I wish. Maybe that’s true in your country… it’s the law that landlords provide laundry facilities, and so there’s no real demand. There’s only one laundromat in the entire country, and it’s hours away - in Stockholm. And I’m not crazy enough to dryclean my duvet.
In theory. I can never remember to go haha. I have a bunch of stuff in a pile but it’s just not part of my routine so it never happens
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.
WE DIDN’T WANT TO KNOW!
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.
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.
You’re supposed to tie the corners in
I’ve never owned a single duvet or cover in my life that had this functionality.
Even cheap Amazon and ikea ones have them I don’t know how you managed to buy tie-less duvets
Not all duvets or covers have those ties. It can be annoying when they’re like that! The burrito or California Roll method works pretty well for keeping the corners in place, though.
You know, I always thought “Duvet Cover” was just a fancy word for that blanket that goes on top of normal blanket in hotel rooms and never gets washed. But after watching this video, I now realize it’s something completely different that I’m too poor to comprehend.
Never seen a blanket with strings hanging from it that can be turned inside out… What’s it used for?
A duvet is a thick bed covering, kind of like a thicker version of what is called a comforter in the US. They can be really comfortable, especially if you like your covers to weigh a little more, but it’s a hassle to wash and dry them. To reduce how often you have to wash the duvet, removable covers fit around the duvet. Conceptually it’s kind of the same reason we put pillow cases on pillows.
Because of how large and floppy the duvet is, it’s kind of hard to get them all the way into the corners of the covers, and if you don’t have them in the corners well they can migrate around and bunch up on one side. To help combat that some duvets and covers have little straps in the corners you can tie together to keep everything in place.
Ah that would explain why I’m not familiar with them: I can’t stand thick, heavy blankets! They make me sweat and feel smothered. A thin sheet and light blanket (or no blanket at all) is all I need. Plus having ADHD means that messing with a duvet cover sounds like a lot of stressful, unnecessary work.
Thanks for the info! :D
Even with the corners tied ours slips so badly. They need more than just the corners secured.
To where?
This gives a good idea what it typically looks like if your duvet and cover has it.
And if they don’t have this. Hand sew a shoelace to the inside of the cover, and just tie it to the corner of the duvet. Shoelace knot about an inch down the corner tight, and it won’t go anywhere.
Both my duvet and cover have little loops. But one has loops that are just long enough to pull them through the other and tie a knot. Works well enough. I feel like some country that uses a lot of duvets should set a standard requirement for all duvets to have loops and all covers to have ties.
Sometimes (but not always) there are little straps in the corners of each to tie them into place. If you’re ever buying another it’s worth looking for that!
Oh nice. I have these ancient Ikea covers that are super old but my dog likes to dig in my bed so I hang onto them because it’s ok if they get ripped.
Somehow this never happened to the ones I have used. I hate putting them together though. Fuck all of that
Just turn the cover inside out and flip it on from the corners, it takes a few seconds to shake it out and you’re done.
Magnets. Not kidding. They sell strong magnets with a cloth covering so it doesn’t have edges, and you just secure the ends with them.
Do you have a link to some like these? 😮
Look for duvet magnetic clips. Amazon has a lot of varieties, and if you don’t support Amazon it gives you an idea of what to look for.
That’s a good idea.
