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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: FlorayG on November 18, 2014, 12:39:48 PM
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Has anyone found a type of duvet that you don't have to be constantly roasting/freezing/ duvet on/duvet off all night?
I've been considering a wool Baavet one as they say that they release heat when you get hot, which feather and down ones don't (a bird apparently lifts its feathers up to release heat when it is hot but a sheep doesn't have to do anything ???). I need a new duvet anyway so will have to spend the money somewhere but does anyone have any suggestions good or bad? Found one that was great or one that was a waste of money? thanks
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What tog do you sleep under?
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I use a 4 tog duvet but have a throw on standby to add if necessary. In summer I'd love a lighter weight one but have struggled to find one. You need one with a cotton cover too, otherwise it's a big like sleeping in a bin liner.
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I use a 4 tog too
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I don't know the tog but probably quite high as I don't have any heating in my bedroom and it's freezing. Until I started hot flushes this was fine, but now as the hot flush fades I absolutely freeze out of my duvet! This means I wake up twice, once too hot and then soon after too cold
All my bedclothes and pyjamas are pure cotton
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Oh yes, that's the norm in our bedroom - wake up hot and wet, throw off duvet, nod off, wake up chilled, pull on duvet and snuggle down and play being a dormouse. At least it's only once or at most twice a night now.
We have 10.5 in winter and 4.5 in summer. When very cold husband has a single 4,5 on his 10,5 side as he doesn't have hot flushes :hotflash:
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After replacing my old hollowfibre one with an expensive and unsuccessful feather and down one, I bought a microfibre 'feels like silk' 10.5 tog from Sainsbury's and it has been my favourite. I have an old quilted cover on the foot end, and replace it with a 4 tog during cold winter weather.
I keep the central heating on at about 15C overnight. I have found it helpful not to have extremes of temperature either way. If the room is too cold, I have to snuggle under the duvet, overheat, throw it off and then rapidly freeze over in an unpleasant, wet manner. A warmer room and lighter duvet suit me better.
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Although we don't have our CH on overnight our room rarely drops below 16c unless we have a really big freeze
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Does anyone use a duvet made of something other than hollowfill or feather? And is it any better?
I can't leave the heating on in my bedroom as I don't have any...
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Phew, all this talk of duvets is making me feel :hotflash: Our bedroom is warm due to the airing cupboard being in the corner of the room so at the moment we're just sleeping under a duvet cover with a cotton blanket on top - when it starts to get cold the duvet will come out but only 4.5 in the winter otherwise we both end up steaming ;)
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Girls, you're all talking about tog ratings. I'm asking about fillings...
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Hi FlorayG
I'd been following this thread as I too had hoped for some feedback about Baavets (thinking of buying one). I hope you don't mind but I've started a new thread with Baavet in the title so that maybe it'll attract the attention of someone who has invested in one and has some first-hand experience.
I hate the night-sweats (and the smell of stale sweat in the bedroom in the morning) :(
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I tried the feather and down, because it was natural and after 10years, I got fed up of being too cold in bed to get to sleep, then too hot in the middle of the night.
I am quite happy with my upmarket supermarket microfibre one. I was looking at the wool ones and silk mix ones. The microfibre one caught my eye and at £45 (they were more last time I saw them) for a king size, it was worth the risk. It is instantly warm, unlike the feather one, and softer than the hollowfibre, so that it does not leave such big gaps round the edges.
When I had mastitis a lot, whilst breastfeeding, I used to get drenched, and used a good quality cotton top sheet as well to soak up all the sweat! I could chuck it out in the night if it got too wet.
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They wash in a large launderette machine, no need to throw them away surely? :)
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I checked the tog rating on my current duvet and its a 12.5 tog.
I couldn't possibly sleep under a 4.5 tog I'd freeze in between flushes!
Has anyone any more experience of different fillings? (rather than different togs)
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It costs more to wash duvets and blankets in the laundry than it does to buy new ones ::)
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I did read some good reviews on wool ones. They are really expensive but are supposed to last for years and are very good for temperature control.
Honeyb
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I disagree CLKD, it costs around a fiver in our launderette. I wouldn't get a king size duvet of any worth for a fiver ::)
I am allergic to wool :(
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A fiver - it costs £8+ here and duvets cost £12 ………..
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4.5 tog KS duvet cost me £18 to get cleaned. Now I buy new ones, which cost less. Not good for the environment I know, but cleaning costs are ridiculous. My son had a leather jacket cleaned. Cost £80! He said never again.
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I never find leather warm to wear :-\ …………
Duvets are good to put over ground to keep weeds down …. so you could offer them up to allotments holders or on freecycle
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Does anyone use a duvet made of something other than hollowfill or feather? And is it any better?
I can't leave the heating on in my bedroom as I don't have any...
Could you get a plug in heater and leave it on a low setting overnight? I've taken to warming up my room with a heater and the bed with a hot water bottle just before I go to bed; then I am warm enough for me not to have to snuggle under the duvet and overheat later. I push the bottle out before I go to sleep or else leave it at the bottom of the bed - sometimes my top half is on fire and my toes are still freezing ::)
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I recently discovered the scooms hungarian down duvet. A little more than I usually spend but it has changed the way I sleep. Event gets hubby approval! I did a lot of research and found that having the right natural down and casing is important so that it breathes. I see they have a useful guide to help.
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I bought a wool duvet and a wool mattress topper to help with my heat in the night. I love them.
BUT the thing that made the most difference to hot sweats in the night was a long-sleeved merino top. Utterly amazing. They wick away sweat, don't smell, and keep you dry. Mine weren't cheap but worth every penny and I washed them again and again and they were as good as new. Don't wear them now as HRT has stopped the night sweats (thank god), but still love my wool duvet.
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I got a new one a couple of months ago , microfibre keeps us nice and warm we have no heating running through night , no tog rating on it though , we are in Spain but can get quite cold during night as no central heating . I used to sleep with pjs on but now can't with the hot flushes!!!
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I use a silk duvet and have never had a problem of overheating and sweating.
It is very light weight as well.
However, the polyester filled duvet and pillows do make me sweat...
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We live in sweaty Florida so my duvet lands on the floor every night ;D I have yet to find a perfect way to sleep as its a fight all the time either to hot or to cold. I have tried laying under a cotton blanket but once the air conditioner kicks in or we have the odd cold night it wakes me up being to cool meanwhile hubby never moves sleeps like a bloody log ;D
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We ditched the duvet in the 1990s as it caused the allergic rhinitis to be really troublesome. We went back to cotton sheets, blankets and an eider-down though I don't think that the latter, actually is .......
The idea with duvets is that each person on the bed has his/her own! Not to be shared. So that they tuck in round the individual.
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