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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I've grown up with these, I think they're the standard blanket in Germany. We also have a thin inner for summer and a thick goose down inner for winter. And a whole bunch of covers, so you can just throw one in the wash and put the next one on.
Actually now that I think about it we always buy pillow case+duvet cover as a matching set, idk if you can even get then separately lol
I'm from Québec and we/some put thick bed covers like comforters on top of another set of thin sheets. I grew up with the principle of just removing a layer if it was hot in summer, sometimes removing the comforter entirely, and putting it back in winter. I have never used a duvet before visiting Europe. It's only when I slept in hotels in Germany that I met a duvet for the first time of my life. Most of them only have a single sheet, a duvet and a giant deflated pillow. And I must admit that I hated it. So much so that I went to Decathlon to buy a liner and an inflatable pillow because I couldn't sleep with the duvet nor the folded pillow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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 😵💫
So 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....
Duvets are a pain in the ass and both the duvet and cover need to be washed anyway. Why not just stick with comforters with sheets and save yourself the trouble?
At least with down, the duvet cover can be washed more often than the duvet. Plus you can change the color or design without wasting as much material buying a whole new duvet/comforter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Your sheet needs to have the right amount of friction, so that repeated stress on the duvet won't cause it to slide down into its sheath. Or do like me : live under the tropics. A-ha !
I've sewn buttons into my covers because of this. My blanket already has button holes so that works okay-ish. Need to add a few more buttons though, because now it's sort of sagging in the middle
My favourite is when sheets are tucked in tight and straight and even and flat; with NO WRINKLES and NO EDGES and I slip into bed like a letter into an envelope. Especially if I just showered and the sheets are clean too
I have a rather heavy duvet and linen sheets, so the whole duvet often slides down the bed as I'm kicking and thrashing in my sleep because RLS. Then I wake up with the top of the duvet at my waist so I have to grab the sheet with my toes to stop it bunching up as I pull the duvet up again. This happens 2 or 3 times a night and I wake up feeling like I fought a fucking bear.
Occasionally I find my duvet like this in the morning, but it fixes itself when I make the bed. Only way I could see this being an issue is through using duvet covers which are incorrectly sized, or not making the bed (properly) before getting back in.
I wonder if this is a case of people using duvets but having not been shown how to make a bed with one.... For the benefit of the uninitiated, stand at the foot of the bed, grab the bottom corners of the duvet and hold them wide apart. Lift up to shoulder height then use a quick downward motion - the top of the duvet should flick out like a whip. This will push the duvet back into the top corners of the cover and redistribute any loose filling which may have migrated down through the night.
Also never seen ties in a duvet - seems pretty pointless to me.
I'm 60, and I've lived my entire life with a fitted sheet, and a couple of blankets. I don't even use a blanket in the summer, just sleep nude on the bed uncovered. Dunno why people make sleeping so complicated.
Top sheet, bottom sheet, mattress pad, mattress topper, blanket, duvet, comforter, short pillows, long pillows, round pillows, square pillows--JFC, just go to sleep already!
I don't get the need for so many different shapes of pillows.
I mean, okay, sure, Standard vs King, alright. And I know I have a mix of those. As well as a memory foam wedge that slightly elevates my pillow and fills the gap between the mattress and the headboard so my glasses, phone, and remote stop falling back there.
But I do have a lot of pillows. Because I've recently started to sleep in like a cradle of them. A slope from my head down to my mid-back, and then a couple under my knees/thighs. And it's so damn comfortable. I'm only 41, but I'm seriously considering buying an adjustable bed so I can get this position ("zero gravity") without so many pillows, because they do make making the bed, and getting in/out of bed, a pain in the ass.
Yeah I have often pinned the whole top edge with a few big safety pins. Those things need more than 4 ties, it really is maddening. And no, I don't have sensory issues. In general I love textures of all sorts. Duvet covers are made wrong. They need to tie all along the top, then halfway down the sides, then the bottom 2 corners.
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.
In high school someone I knew got trapped inside a duvet cover and basically everyone in attendance didn’t know what was happening (emphasis on HIGH school). A decade later I discovered what a duvet cover was and still don’t much care for them.
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ccunning@lemmy.world · 71 pts · 88d
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.
9point6@lemmy.world · 80 pts · 88d
I have been around for 3 and a half decades and I've never had a duvet that's done this in the UK
ccunning@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 88d
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 😂
save_the_humans@leminal.space · 14 pts · 88d
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.
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 88d
Especially it is big / you are small, roll it up first, then flip it inside out and autobots roll out
d00ery@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
Same, and I even buy my duvets from IKEA ...
NullPointerException@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 88d
The ones I have from IKEA, no.
Antares@fedinsfw.app · 6 pts · 88d
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
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social · 12 pts · 88d
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.
Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 88d
Our comforter is tied to the bed footrest on my husband's side, because otherwise I steal it in my sleep. It keeps marital harmony!
Rothe@piefed.social · 9 pts · 88d
Definitely not most. I have never seen such a thing.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 88d
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.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 88d
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.
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 88d
Duvet inserts usually have a loop on each of the corners for the ties on the cover to tie on.
Dultas@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 88d
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.
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 88d
That’s a clever solution!
Dultas@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 88d
They're actually sold for that purpose so we weren't that clever :)
heatermcteets@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 88d
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.
Tot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 88d
In my experience, only the fancier brands do this. But you can make your own and sew them on too.
idunnololz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 88d
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 :/
McGuirk808@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 88d
I'm an uncultured slob that doesn't put my blankets in giant pillowcases. I am happy in my ignorance.
SirHery@lemmy.world · -11 pts · 88d
Just so you know. This is unhygienic as fuck if you sleep in the regularly. It's basically how you get bed bugs.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works · 40 pts · 88d
You get bed bugs by bringing infested items/animals/people into your home, not by sleeping in a bed with no duvet cover
kungen@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 87d
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.
McGuirk808@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 85d
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.
PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 88d
Yes, but also yes
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 88d
And also: yes.
lonefighter@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 88d
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.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 88d
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.
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 11 pts · 88d
I've grown up with these, I think they're the standard blanket in Germany. We also have a thin inner for summer and a thick goose down inner for winter. And a whole bunch of covers, so you can just throw one in the wash and put the next one on.
Actually now that I think about it we always buy pillow case+duvet cover as a matching set, idk if you can even get then separately lol
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 88d
They're not typical in the United States; one-piece comforters are more typical.
Carrot@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 86d
Depends on the area I guess. I see more duvets than one-piece comforters here in the PNW.
pedz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 87d
I'm from Québec and we/some put thick bed covers like comforters on top of another set of thin sheets. I grew up with the principle of just removing a layer if it was hot in summer, sometimes removing the comforter entirely, and putting it back in winter. I have never used a duvet before visiting Europe. It's only when I slept in hotels in Germany that I met a duvet for the first time of my life. Most of them only have a single sheet, a duvet and a giant deflated pillow. And I must admit that I hated it. So much so that I went to Decathlon to buy a liner and an inflatable pillow because I couldn't sleep with the duvet nor the folded pillow.
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 2 pts · 85d
If it's any solace to you, I hate those pillows too, and my whole family has never had them. Idk what's up with hotels of all places using those
lonefighter@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 88d
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.
mudstickmcgee@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 88d
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.
SorryQuick@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 87d
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.
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 88d
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?
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 88d
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.
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 88d
Thanks, appreciated
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 88d
I don't know. I've never used one.
Janx@piefed.social · 1 pts · 88d
WE DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW!
Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 88d
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
Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 88d
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.
Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 88d
Ive lived in the desert and alaska, my ways have never changed though
lonefighter@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 88d
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.
Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 88d
Whats a throw blanket? Is it what i think a "light" blanket is?
lonefighter@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 88d
Yeah pretty much. I have a couple fleece blankets of varying thicknesses and a couple that are knitted with yarn.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 17 pts · 88d
You're supposed to tie the corners in
brap@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 88d
I've never owned a single duvet or cover in my life that had this functionality.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 88d
Even cheap Amazon and ikea ones have them I don’t know how you managed to buy tie-less duvets
vodka@feddit.org · 6 pts · 88d
I have never in my life seen this either. I think it might be a US only thing?
Rothe@piefed.social · 1 pts · 88d
Yeah, I suspect that as well.
jqubed@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 88d
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.
Psythik@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 88d
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?
jqubed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
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.
Psythik@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 87d
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
Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 88d
Holy shit
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 88d
To where?
ccunning@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 88d
This gives a good idea what it typically looks like if your duvet and cover has it.
Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 88d
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.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 88d
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.
jqubed@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 88d
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!
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 88d
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.
RBWells@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d
Even with the corners tied ours slips so badly. They need more than just the corners secured.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 13 pts · 88d
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.
toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org · 6 pts · 88d
Do you have a link to some like these? 😮
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 3 pts · 88d
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.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 88d
I too would love that link!
Drusas@fedia.io · 1 pts · 88d
That's a good idea.
Vibi@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 88d
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 😵💫
auzy1@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 88d
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
Prox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
For future reference, these exist:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MZPR43J
AlternateHuman02@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
So 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....
melfie@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 88d
Duvets are a pain in the ass and both the duvet and cover need to be washed anyway. Why not just stick with comforters with sheets and save yourself the trouble?
Cort@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 88d
At least with down, the duvet cover can be washed more often than the duvet. Plus you can change the color or design without wasting as much material buying a whole new duvet/comforter.
FryHyde@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 87d
I'm 41 and I still don't know what a duvet is or why it needs covered.
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 87d
Come sleep over with me.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 86d
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.
buffalobuffalo@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -2 pts · 87d
and you don't seem to understand...
MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk · 7 pts · 88d
Flip it every few days. It works pretty good once you're over the initial shock of having the feet end near your face.
riot@fedia.io · 12 pts · 88d
blasphemy!
projektilski@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 88d
I thought I was the only one.
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org · 6 pts · 88d
I think I could make a fortune going around teaching people how to do their bed, cause I never had huge existential problems like these. It's crazy.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 88d
It's the bane of my fucking existence!
No but seriously though. Pisses me off so much!
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 88d
Duvet makes no sense to me.
Antares@fedinsfw.app · 5 pts · 88d
Why do duvets have covers when u have to wash both anyways?
Maybe another question is how long can the duvet go between washes when you regularly wash the covers? Is it jeans or jackets?
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 86d
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.
DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 87d
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.
Mpatch@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 87d
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.
kungen@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 87d
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.
wetsoggybread@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 87d
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
DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 86d
Oh man, high-efficiency washing machines is a whole other post. I want my $200 washing machine from the 90s back.
BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d
Laundromats exist
kungen@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 87d
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.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d
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
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 4 pts · 88d
I have learned to just accept that and live with it. Works about 60% of the time
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
I'm so picky about my blankets.
Doom@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 88d
Safety pins exist. Do people not know to pin the corners?
Heyting@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 88d
Ive done this but the pins get loose really quickly and become a hazard
herrvogel@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 88d
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.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 87d
... There are ties to connect the corners so this doesn't happen on every duvet+cover I've owned. Just buy one like that.
Kaigyo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 87d
Right? And even on ones that don't, it's easy to sew on some strips of fabric at the corners
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 87d
Mine has no straps. I just use big safety pins.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 87d
Hell that might be even easier lol
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 88d
That’s why you tie them in at the corners…
mudstickmcgee@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 88d
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?
bbb@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 88d
Mine does. They work alright, but the duvet still slips a bit.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 87d
It's why I abandoned the duvet lifestyle
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 87d
Yeah I don't agree with that lifestyle at all.
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d
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.
rosco385@lemmy.wtf · 4 pts · 88d
That's what they make these things for:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_msihCGB
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 88d
Your sheet needs to have the right amount of friction, so that repeated stress on the duvet won't cause it to slide down into its sheath. Or do like me : live under the tropics. A-ha !
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 88d
Oh yes.
testaccount372920@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 88d
I've sewn buttons into my covers because of this. My blanket already has button holes so that works okay-ish. Need to add a few more buttons though, because now it's sort of sagging in the middle
CannedCairn@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 87d
We tie and clip the corners
Manticore@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 88d
Yes I also get mad about thin floppy empty duvet
....because I also have sensory issues
Manticore@lemmy.nz · 7 pts · 88d
My favourite is when sheets are tucked in tight and straight and even and flat; with NO WRINKLES and NO EDGES and I slip into bed like a letter into an envelope. Especially if I just showered and the sheets are clean too
Mail me to dreamland snnzzzzzzzzzz
Agent641@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
I have a rather heavy duvet and linen sheets, so the whole duvet often slides down the bed as I'm kicking and thrashing in my sleep because RLS. Then I wake up with the top of the duvet at my waist so I have to grab the sheet with my toes to stop it bunching up as I pull the duvet up again. This happens 2 or 3 times a night and I wake up feeling like I fought a fucking bear.
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
I am literally in bed literally dealing with this as we speak. Life is tough, man...
greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo · 2 pts · 88d
I'm sure you can get these somewhere other than the bezos shop
atan@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 88d
Occasionally I find my duvet like this in the morning, but it fixes itself when I make the bed. Only way I could see this being an issue is through using duvet covers which are incorrectly sized, or not making the bed (properly) before getting back in.
I wonder if this is a case of people using duvets but having not been shown how to make a bed with one.... For the benefit of the uninitiated, stand at the foot of the bed, grab the bottom corners of the duvet and hold them wide apart. Lift up to shoulder height then use a quick downward motion - the top of the duvet should flick out like a whip. This will push the duvet back into the top corners of the cover and redistribute any loose filling which may have migrated down through the night.
Also never seen ties in a duvet - seems pretty pointless to me.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
I'm 60, and I've lived my entire life with a fitted sheet, and a couple of blankets. I don't even use a blanket in the summer, just sleep nude on the bed uncovered. Dunno why people make sleeping so complicated.
Top sheet, bottom sheet, mattress pad, mattress topper, blanket, duvet, comforter, short pillows, long pillows, round pillows, square pillows--JFC, just go to sleep already!
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 88d
I don't get the need for so many different shapes of pillows.
I mean, okay, sure, Standard vs King, alright. And I know I have a mix of those. As well as a memory foam wedge that slightly elevates my pillow and fills the gap between the mattress and the headboard so my glasses, phone, and remote stop falling back there.
But I do have a lot of pillows. Because I've recently started to sleep in like a cradle of them. A slope from my head down to my mid-back, and then a couple under my knees/thighs. And it's so damn comfortable. I'm only 41, but I'm seriously considering buying an adjustable bed so I can get this position ("zero gravity") without so many pillows, because they do make making the bed, and getting in/out of bed, a pain in the ass.
dasrael@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 87d
Yep...which is why I no longer use duvet covers.
RBWells@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
Yeah I have often pinned the whole top edge with a few big safety pins. Those things need more than 4 ties, it really is maddening. And no, I don't have sensory issues. In general I love textures of all sorts. Duvet covers are made wrong. They need to tie all along the top, then halfway down the sides, then the bottom 2 corners.
Seppo@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 88d
I just use large surplus wool blankets instead. Two of them in the winter. Better heat regulation and more hygienic than bunched up cotton/synthetics.
dance_ninja@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 88d
Use the clips?
SoloPhoenyx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 88d
I'll get fed up and he-man flick the duvet until there's a more even distribution of fluff. (There seems to be an allegory in there somewhere.)
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d
Somehow this never happened to the ones I have used. I hate putting them together though. Fuck all of that
Soggy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 86d
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.
Dasus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 86d
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.
Donebrach@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 88d
In high school someone I knew got trapped inside a duvet cover and basically everyone in attendance didn’t know what was happening (emphasis on HIGH school). A decade later I discovered what a duvet cover was and still don’t much care for them.
Grimtuck@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 88d
Are you raw dogging your duvet?!
Donebrach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d
Always just used comforters.