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Roll-Invert-Unroll: An easier way to replace a duvet cover
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#252Earlier quoted context omitted.
And before crawling into it.
Either way the duvet will accumulate grime at night that someone should be able to smell. I wash and change my bedding weekly and am disgusted by the low frequency others are reporting. Who enjoys the texture of besweated beddings? I can certainly tell the difference and I love clean sheets and hate stale ones! How do people not feel or care about this sensation?? Especially if you have sex on sheets that you don't w…
I change it every two weeks, but I sleep in a t shirt and underwear, and I don't sweat too much unless I'm sick.
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#253My 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.
Yeah, this is exactly how I do it except I don’t even bother to turn anything inside out. Just place the two “far” corners of the inner all the way into the corners of the cover, then grip the corners firmly and shake until everything finds its place. Easy.
The shaking also has the effect of fluffing up the down/feather filling nicely and distributing it evenly, which you should do once in a while if you have a non-synthetic duvet.
The rolling technique described in the article just seems ridiculous, way too much work!
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#254Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is fascinating. Just asked my wife, who's from another continent, she's as flabbergasted as me.
As a kid we didn't have duvets. It was all sheets and blankets. Duvets were a bit new-fangled so it's not surprising the knowledge wasn't passed down.
We always had duvets at home, growing up in the ‘80s. But I do remember staying at my grandparents house was all dusty blankets and bed-bug bites.
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#255Re: Roll-Invert-Unroll: An easier way to replace a duvet cover
#256Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe 30s here, but I'm not claiming to be the fastest; I'm wondering if body length is a factor. As a somewhat tall person (189cm) in my 50s I never had any issues changing doona covers. Had a much shorter girlfriend at one point who simply said "that's not fair" when she saw me do it.
Not sure you have to be tall, you can do this flat on a bed just by shaking from the bottom instead.
The arm reach factor - I can stretch a queen size duvet tight, holding corner to corner. (AU Queen = 210cm X 210cm).
For fitting, standing up I'll just feed one corner of the doona into the cover and find a corner to pinch, then the same for the other side - then open wide, and shake it out.
It so easy, which is why I was also baffled to see an article about making this easier to do.
(It's a small thing and it doesn't matter at all, but the ex seemed to notice it.)
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#257Earlier quoted context omitted.
“Fitted sheet” (sheet with elastic on the corners, a little smaller than a same-nominal-size sheet) that covers the mattress, regular sheet, optional light blanket, comforter, optional quilt or something like that if it’s very cold. That’s standard bedding around here (US Midwest). This duvet-only (not counting mattress cover) stuff is wild to me. May have to try it.
With just one quadruple-thick blanket ('duvet') you are either broiling or freezing, with no ability to peel back or add just one layer at a time. Can't understand how anyone can be comfortable with that.
I usually just stick my leg out. Works every time.
Maybe it's more a question about central heating? The temperature in my flat is in same 3-5 degree range most time of the year, so I only had to choose right duvet once.
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#259I really miss Japanese duvet/futon covers; the corners have holes for the duvet to stick through, and the duvet has velcro straps that attach to loops on the cover. Every duvet/cover I own lacks this totally basic thing that prevents the duvet from falling all to one side of the cover.
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#260” 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.
Easy, don't buy your stuff at IKEA. We have plenty of other companies in Sweden that cares for the swedish market.