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duvets

Started by: priscus (inactive)

Tis that time of year again.

Time to swap to the winter weight bedding!

And alas, once more the dilemma. It is cheaper to replace duvets than to launder them! Maybe not the down-filled, but certainly the hollow fibre (synthetic).

But I would not be comfortable simply confining them to the trash!

Started: 12th Nov 2018 at 11:05

Posted by: jathbee (11463)

Just ordered a 15tog cotton one from Asda, it's more expensive than the one that I currently have, I will bin the old one but probably have the new one cleaned.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 11:35

Posted by: PeterP (11223)

Priscus new basic duvets start from about a £5 for a single to £10 for a king size so cheap enough to buy new. I have tried washing duvet in our washer and found they seem to come out lumpy has though the fibre as gone to one end of the duvet. In the end we binned it and bought a new one

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 11:36

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

If people bin their duvets every six months, then it is surely going to make a significant contribution to the 'sea of plastic waste' pollution problem.

If we are moving to them being such short lived items, then a duvet recycling scheme is needed.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 11:48

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Wash label on one of them says to use a large machine at launderette. I have done this in the past.

Problem is, it comes back ponging of dirty washing machine, and has soap skid streaks, where obviously, in the machine, soap contact AFTER last rinse, has occurred!

And it is still costlier than replacing the item!

I am not impressed by Johnson's duvet cleaning either!

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 11:55

Posted by: PeterP (11223)

Agree we live in a world of plastic/fibre Go into Asda and buy pre -sealed meats and when you get to the till it is then put into another plastic bagMillions and Millions of Gro bags are produced every year and end up in land fill Could these bags be recycled

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 11:59

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Guess they could be made from compostable substance.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 12:04

Posted by: Anne (4384) 

This subject has been raised on past threads owing to me finding two unworn pure wool blankets when clearing a deceased relatives home. I have duvets on other beds but blankets for me, so very versatile summer and winter.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 12:16

Posted by: momac (12409) 

OH how I wish Celtic could have read this re -duvets..

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 12:30

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

I'm guessing that he struggled with them.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 12:34

Posted by: momac (12409) 

If you put his name in the search box plus duvets..you're in for a treat.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 12:54

Posted by: kathpressey (5590) 

cats and dogs homes will make good us eof old Duvets

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 13:34

Posted by: momac (12409) 

Very true Kath.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 13:48

Posted by: jouell (4705)

Momac, I remember that.. I was crying laughing whilst reading it. I think I'll go have another look.. Thanks for the reminder...



I cringe when I think of all the thousands of duvets going in the bin.. What about the Homeless, ,or as Kath said, the Cats and dog shelters.. There has to be some use for them other than the bins...

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 14:16

Posted by: i-spy (15241) 

what became of blankets

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 17:31

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

They have become very expensive. At least the high quality wool have!

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 17:52

Posted by: i-spy (15241) 

Loved winter nights under the blanket with the bedroom window white with frost, who needs central heating

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 17:55

Posted by: mindar (1334)

I wash all my duvets and tumble them dry.No problems

The local Laundry charges £12 for a single duvet. It comes back in a nice new storage bag.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 19:38
Last edited by mindar: 12th Nov 2018 at 19:40:31

Posted by: basil brush (19583)

I like a nice warm hide-a-down

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 19:40

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Cue the joke about elephant!


Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 21:24

Posted by: jathbee (11463)

Is that an eide-a-duck. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 21:43

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 21:43

Posted by: PeterP (11223)

This thread is going quackers

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 21:44

Posted by: jathbee (11463)

Feathers will be flying.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 21:51

Posted by: mindar (1334)

Posted by: jathbee (9110)7,500+ Report abuse

Is that an eide-a-duck. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 21:43

It doesnt take a genius jathbee

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 21:52

Posted by: jathbee (11463)

I now.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 21:55

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

If you want a shock, look at the price of duvets filled with genuine eider down!

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 21:58

Posted by: mindar (1334)

I bought mine a good few years ago. Expensive? Not really.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 22:05

Posted by: jathbee (11463)

Had one some time ago. Feathers kept coming through the covering and it made me sneeze. Got rid, would never have another.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 22:05

Posted by: mindar (1334)

Never had that problem to be honest jathbee

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 22:06

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Yes, the ticking does not stay down-proof for ever.

Google tells me that the Goose down filled last on average about 8 years.

Eider will last 40 years or more, but the ticking will not, and will need replacing from time to time.

More than three and a half grand for winter-weight Eider!

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 22:12

Posted by: jathbee (11463)

I don't think our climate, even in our worst winter, would warrant that kind of a duvet. I'm afraid at that price I would have to freeze to death. 😂

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 22:18

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

That is true.

I was glad of mine, (It is Norwegian) the year we had the prolonged minus 15 deg. temperature, but most winters, it would result in overheating.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 22:22

Posted by: jathbee (11463)

I may hold on to my old duvet just in case we have another bad winter. I will then have a 30tog covering 😂

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 22:38

Posted by: mindar (1334)

Failing that...Stick your dads overcoat on the bed

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 22:48

Posted by: broady (inactive)

We regularly get lower than -20 at night but we adjust the heat and bedclothes to suit. Shouldn’t make much difference inside. However if you live in a tepee more logs on the fire.

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 22:50

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

Or a three-dog night!

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 22:56

Posted by: priscus (inactive)

We do get a few hundred deaths, and a few thousand hospital admissions caused by hypothermia every year.

Fuel poverty/ difficult and expensive-to-heat homes etc.


Down not the answer here, of course.

How do poor people cope in Canada, broady?

Replied: 12th Nov 2018 at 23:12

Posted by: broady (inactive)

No idea I'm sorry to say. I think there are 1500 sleeping rough on the streets of Calgary every night. When it gets really cold they open various overnight shelters in warehouses etc.

Replied: 13th Nov 2018 at 02:49

Posted by: jathbee (11463)

Posted by: mindar (886)500+ Report abuse

Failing that...Stick your dads overcoat on the bed
😂😂😂
I had my grandmother's old fur coat on my bed. Goodness knows which poor creatures lives were lost to keep her warm.

Replied: 13th Nov 2018 at 07:01

Posted by: linma (2911)

Told your mother you were cold in bed so she put another blanket on, there were that many and because of the weight you couldn't turn over but you sure were warm.

For me you can't beat a feather and down duvet.

Replied: 13th Nov 2018 at 15:10

 

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