Choosing the right duvet for you

All anyone wants is to be able to go to bed at night, fall asleep wrapped in a cocoon of comfort and warmth and wake up in the morning feeling refreshed and relaxed – so why is that so hard to do..? We recently published a two piece blog on the importance of choosing the correct pillow but, equally important, is your choice of a duvet. We spend almost a third of our lives in bed and there’s the old adage about spending a third of your life in shoes so you should never skimp on either. But where to begin..? We found 13.5 tog duvets for sale online ranging from €14.99 to €1,375.00 so how is anyone supposed to know the difference between what’s a ‘good’ duvet and what’s rubbish or simply exorbitant.

And then there’s the choice of duvets! Do you get a synthetic filling made of polyester fibres or hollofibres or clusterfibres or microfibres? What range of ‘natural’ fillings are available..? Well, there’s traditional duvet fillings made from a mix of down and feather which can be duck down and duck feather or goose down and goose feather. The traditional mix is 85% feather and 15% down but a higher down content (e.g. 50/50 mix) will mean the duvet is softer and lighter. Of course a pure down duvet will be even softer and lighter in weight and the whole idea of a duvet is that you have warmth without weight so you’re not flattened by layers of blankets and bedspreads as our grandparents were!

If you would like any advice about our duvets, please don’t hesitate to get in touch through our contacts page and don’t forget we can also be contacted through our social media on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, etc.