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Roll-Invert-Unroll: An easier way to replace a duvet cover

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Post by BrandoElFollito »

pablobaz wrote: post #7

My preferred technique is to also start with the cover inside out. Then put your hands inside the cyber into its corners. Then grasp two corners of the duvet through the fabric. A bit of shaking to turn the cover the right way out and you are done.

I discovered this method in the early 80s as a kid on French TV.

There was a program with Jacques Martin about "incredible" stuff. I remember a hairdresser who used a flame and J Martin almost agreed to try, another one about the world record in going back and forth through a door.

That one was the world record in how many duvets you can handle in a given time IIRC.

Note that this was 80, 81 or around that. This was the only source for such stuff in France so it was a big show (for children at least)

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Post by bgnn »

bhaney wrote: post #45

I wasn't even aware duvets were still used outside of hotels. You guys don't just have sheets and a regular blanket on your bed? Is it a cultural/regional thing? They seem very annoying to deal with and I've never found them to be particularly comfortable, so I'm surprised so many people here seem to use them.

I've never seen anyone using a sheet and blanket to be honest. In Europe at least, duvet is the obly thing people have.

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Post by test1235 »

bhaney wrote: post #146
Macha wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I take it you're in a warmer climate, a regular blanket is insufficient for many months of a year here. Like growing up, I had multiple blankets and a duvet, and had similar in some less well insulated houses I've lived in. My current house is better insulated, so a duvet on its own is generally sufficient.

I don't know what you consider to be a warmer climate, but I'm in the midwest US and it goes from around -10°F to 110°F here throughout the year. The temperature outside has pretty much nothing to do with my choice of bedding though, because it's always within 1° of 67°F inside my home unless my HVAC system is broken. I know a lot of places aren't as into complete climate control as we are around here, so it makes se…

Here in scotland, uk, in winter, the interior temp of my house will drop to 16 or 17°C overnight, from its regular temp of 20/21°C during the day when the heating is on.

Outside temperature range round here is maybe -6°C to 24°C

I don't know what standards the RoW uses, but we have a TOG rating here for our duvets ... we have a 4 for summer, and 13 for winter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tog_(unit)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Scotland#Temperatur...

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Post by laurent_du »

bhaney wrote: post #45

I wasn't even aware duvets were still used outside of hotels. You guys don't just have sheets and a regular blanket on your bed? Is it a cultural/regional thing? They seem very annoying to deal with and I've never found them to be particularly comfortable, so I'm surprised so many people here seem to use them.

That's funny, hotels are the only places where I see sheets and blanked being used.

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Post by toxik »

napoleongl wrote: post #10

” Imagine replacing your duvet cover in minutes” When i was 18 and begun my career I hospitality, we’d change a twin bed completely in like 3-4 minutes. How do you spend minutes with just one duvet (excluding disabilities but that’s quite obvious). Also, this is why Swedish duvet covers have holes in the upper corners, just reach through them and grab the liner and pull it in, shake a bit, and you’re done.

> Also, this is why Swedish duvet covers have holes in the upper corners, just reach through them and grab the liner and pull it in, shake a bit, and you’re done.

Just as an FYI, this is going away. At least IKEA stopped doing this. From what I heard, people complained thinking the holes were made in error. Stupidity wins again.

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Post by rigid »

BrandoElFollito wrote: post #201
pablobaz wrote: post #7

My preferred technique is to also start with the cover inside out. Then put your hands inside the cyber into its corners. Then grasp two corners of the duvet through the fabric. A bit of shaking to turn the cover the right way out and you are done.

I discovered this method in the early 80s as a kid on French TV. There was a program with Jacques Martin about "incredible" stuff. I remember a hairdresser who used a flame and J Martin almost agreed to try, another one about the world record in going back and forth through a door. That one was the world record in how many duvets you can handle in a given time IIRC. Note that this was 80, 81 or around that. This was…

I kinda miss the curiosity show.

It was a bit more science leaning but got kids to awe just the same way.

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Post by jonathanlydall »

Somewhat relatedly, if you use elasticised fitted sheets, you may not be aware (I wasn’t for the first 25 years of my life) there is a simple trick to being able to fold them neatly when not in use.

Essentially you fold it twice so that all four corners are “on top” of each other, then you tuck all the elasticised corners into each other.

You should now have it looking quite neat with one corner being a little cut off, but still otherwise neat, see step 4 here: https://images.app.goo.gl/yfg4BnqxjuB2ztwv6

You can then fold it over in what ever way you want to make it rectangular.

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Post by bjackman »

pablobaz wrote: post #7

My preferred technique is to also start with the cover inside out. Then put your hands inside the cyber into its corners. Then grasp two corners of the duvet through the fabric. A bit of shaking to turn the cover the right way out and you are done.

I always change the sheets in our house because my partner absolutely hates doing it. I recently realised this is because she has dramatically less upper-body strength than me, the "bit of shaking" is pretty exhausting for her with our heavy winter duvet. So this technique could be really useful for people with her build!

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Post by hoyd »

pablobaz wrote: post #7

My preferred technique is to also start with the cover inside out. Then put your hands inside the cyber into its corners. Then grasp two corners of the duvet through the fabric. A bit of shaking to turn the cover the right way out and you are done.

My favorite too

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Post by madaxe_again »

spuz wrote: post #96
napoleongl wrote: post #10

” Imagine replacing your duvet cover in minutes” When i was 18 and begun my career I hospitality, we’d change a twin bed completely in like 3-4 minutes. How do you spend minutes with just one duvet (excluding disabilities but that’s quite obvious). Also, this is why Swedish duvet covers have holes in the upper corners, just reach through them and grab the liner and pull it in, shake a bit, and you’re done.

I can think of lots of reasons. My double bed is in the corner of a small room so I only have access to one side of it. Lifting the mattress to put on a fitted sheet is very awkward and pretty strenuous. This also means that there isn't much room for laying out both a duvet and duvet cover. Typically I lay them both on the bed at the same time because I don't want either to touch the floor which makes inserting the d…

Ours is against three walls - you can only access the bed from the foot. It’s also four feet up in the air as we put a closet under the bed.

Turns out you can put on a fitted sheet while you’re on the bed really easily - just lift the head, bending the mattress and the corners in slightly, get the corners on, then off you hop and pull the corners onto the foot - takes 30 seconds at most, and there’s no walking around or lifting the entire mattress.

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