What duvet?

[Johnnytheboy]

Mock me with my full approval. As the OP, I am wrong.

I am always cold in bed so I want to buy a new duvet for winter.

Simple either/or choice:

16.5 tog synthetic duvet. Pro is I never knew you could get a 16.5 tog duvet, con is synthetics seem to go flat within a year or so.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extra-Winter-Hollowfibre-...

15 tog duck feather duvet. I have had a feather duvet before and all the filling ended up at one end, but this claims it is compartmentalised to avoid this, and may last longer?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extra-Filling-WINTER-Feat...

Please do not start telling me about £500 duvets made from hand picked peacock feathers, just tell me which of these two ~£35 duvets you would buy.

[soad]

Purchase both?

[Oakey]

www.soakandsleep.com

[Willy Nilly]

is your bedroom very cold?

[Laurel Green]

I'd go for the feather one as prefer the weight. Having said that, I have a wool duvet and very nice it is too.

[bga]

Togs are togs so if you want a warmer one then go for the synthetic. At £35 I wouldn't touch a duck feather duvet. The casing will be crap & allow percolation and you'll get the mankiest, lowest grade feathers available which means there won't be any real weight saving.

[legless]

I use a 4.5 tog duvet all year round.

This way, in winter, Mrs Legless gets cold and needs warming up . Never fails.

[Mr Pointy]

Neither, £35 will buy you a rather average duvet. Go here & look in the bargain box:

http://www.baavet.co.uk/shop/index.php?route=produ...

Look for those 500gm/sqm & above. They may have minor faults (small marks, wonky stitching) but you will save a substantial amount & get a very good duvet.

[KAgantua]

Go to John Lewis they oftne have deals on eg 70% off (admittedly some of their duvets start off at £300 ish )but after reductions can edn up at £70 odd quid.

[don4l]

Log on to Mumsnet. I'm sure that they will be able to offer good advice.

[jmorgan]

Got a 15 tog duck own, way too hot in the summer and we need to be sub zero for a few days before it is useful, very warm indeed. Vacuum packed it away due to all this global warming.

[carreauchompeur]

Buy 35 quids worth of ducks from an agricultural auction, they will be warmer, and more fun.

[skinnyman]

We used to have a 10.5 tog, was it was super heavy and although really comfy when you first got in bed we'd often wake up in the night sweating. Not sure what our current duvet is but it's that thin I reckon its about a 0.5!

[Johnnytheboy]

We've had 15 tog before - we like a warm bed in a cold room.

On the assumption - dangerous, I admit - that I meant what I said in my first post about not wanting to spend more, the non-feather one is getting less criticism so far.

[Pheo]

Happy with our 7 tog ikea one. It has their lyocell stuff so I've found it breathes well. We use the 7 all year round and just add blankets when it gets very cold.

[Wombat3]

John Lewis (or other) combination Duvet. Basically two Duvets that button together for when it gets colder. Think mine is a 9 + 4.5.

4.5 gets used in the summer, currently using the 9 & will add the 4.5 to it to make 13.5 when I wake up cold one morning!

[Löyly]

I use a middleweight blanket and just layer it up with blankets on top in winter. I prefer an ice cold, dry room (window open all year round) with a hot bed. I feel the cold too, so I like to really pile the bedding on.

[dickymint]

Best advice here...........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJIJ7nOjEtQ

[Cheib]

legless said:

I use a 4.5 tog duvet all year round.

This way, in winter, Mrs Legless gets cold and needs warming up . Never fails.

Mate of mine when he was single and cooking dinner for a lady would crank the central heating right up to the max to encourage his guest to remove any surplus layers of clothing. Similar strategy to yourself....

[C0ffin D0dger]

100% goose down all the way. Got ours from here http://www.raymattextiles.co.uk/

Quite a bit cheaper than John Lewis and the likes.