Warm duvet?

koolpc

koolpc

koolpc

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I have a 13.5 tog duvet but its still cold at night. I put a throw over it and sometimes when i wake up i am all sweaty but still cold! Its not a natural feather duvet. Plus, being a single bed, the duvet only hangs over the edge a little bit.

Anyone got any ideas or views about duvets or how to make it warm in bed? (No, i sleep alone!!! :p)
 
Heat the room up instead?

I've got a king size bed and share with the good lady wife, but in summer I don't use a duvet at all (just a cover) and in winter I use a 4.5 Tog 'summer' duvet.

I also sleep naked, and am rarely cold.
 
Use a duvet that’s one size bigger than the bed. I have a king size duvet on a double bed and that gives plenty of overhang on both sides.

How cold is the room? I’m still on a 4.5 tog. For the summer we have a 3.5 tog.

The heating is on overnight but is only set to 14 degrees so rarely comes on.
 
Get a double duvet and sleep with half of it underneath you, like a sleeping bag. You lose a lot of heat through the mattress.
 
As above you can help a lot with a sheepskin or similar layer between the mattress and the top cover. Should help with too much duvet on top as your body temp swings quite a lot throughout the night.

Oh and thin bed socks help too on the really cold nights!
 
Get an electric blanket, a decent brand is about £16 (unlike the pictures show they go under the sheet so you don't see them). Nothing is better on a cold night than getting into a seriously toasty bed :D.

As mentioned by everyone else though, Hungarian goose down duvets are great, but if your bed is cold when you get in it's still going to take a good while to warm up initially.
 
I lived in a freezing bedsit for years and was never cold in bed with a cheapo quilt. Getting out of it was another matter entirely...
 
Tog rating is it's thermal resistance so it doesn't matter what material it's made from in the contect of heat resistance if they have the same tog rating.
Comfort preference and anti-allergy features are what you make the choice on filler materials.
 
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