I'm 67 and I'll Never Wrestle a Duvet Cover Again. Here's What I Use Instead.

Let me save you the time and money I wasted.

Over the past 2 years, I've tried a £45 zip-around duvet cover, £12 duvet clips and the 'burrito' cover trick from TikTok. Then a lighter summer duvet my daughter swore by, a £120 hotel duvet set and, yes, paying my grandson to change the bed. Finally, I tried the coverless duvet everyone kept talking about.

Six failures. One winner. Here's the difference:

Note: Read this BEFORE you wrestle with another duvet cover!

Rachel HendersonVerified

Sleep Expert & Bedding Reviewer

1. Making the Bed Takes Seconds Now

I used to dread changing the bed. Twenty minutes of shaking, stuffing and losing the corners somewhere inside the cover.

This duvet has the cover sewn on for good. I pull it up over the bed in one move, smooth it down, and that's it.

See the duvet I swear by

An old duvet bunched up inside a floral duvet cover on a bed

2. No More Wrestling With Duvet Covers

That was my old duvet, bunched into one corner of its cover. Again. Every wash day ended like this, with me red in the face and out of breath.

With a coverless duvet, there is no cover to wrestle with. No buttons, no poppers, no corners lost inside out.

See how it works

The whole coverless duvet rolled up inside a front-loading washing machine

3. The Whole Duvet Goes in the Washing Machine

With a normal duvet, only the cover ever gets washed. The duvet itself goes years without a proper clean.

This one goes in the machine whole, at 40 °C. A Single or Double fits a standard 7 to 8 kg drum.

The coverless duvet drying on a rotary washing line in a garden

4. Dry in About 2 Hours, Back on the Bed the Same Day

My old duvet took all day to dry and weighed a ton when wet. I'd peg it out with a dozen pegs and pray it didn't rain.

This one is dry in about 2 hours on the line on a dry day, or on low in the tumble dryer. Washed in the morning, back on the bed by lunch.

5. Snug in Winter, Breathable in Summer

I always had two duvets, one for winter and one for summer, and swapped them twice a year. Now I don't bother.

It keeps me snug on cold winter nights, and it's light and breathable when the weather turns warm. No more kicking it off at 3am.

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Feet in soft slippers beside a bed made with the Charcoal coverless duvet

6. Soft and Light, So I Actually Look Forward to Bed

My old duvet was so heavy it pressed on my feet all night. This one is soft brushed fabric, light enough to lift with one hand.

I get into bed, pull it up and forget it's there. That's exactly how a duvet should feel.

A hand resting on the folded Brick Red duvet with its two matching pillowcases

7. Two Free Pillowcases in the Same Colour

Every duvet comes with 2 free pillowcases in the same colour. So the whole bed matches straight out of the box.

No hunting for pillowcases that go with it. No extra cost.

8. Eight Colours That Make the Bedroom Look Smart

I chose Charcoal for our room and Sage Green for the spare room. There are 8 colours, from Soft Grey and Sand Beige to Brick Red and Burnt Orange.

The big diamond quilting looks smart on its own. The bed looks made even when I've just pulled it up.

An older woman smoothing the coverless duvet on a single bed with both hands

9. Easier on Stiff Hands and Sore Shoulders

This is the one my friends with arthritis thank me for. Feeding a duvet into a cover is hard work on stiff hands, sore shoulders and a bad back.

With nothing to feed in, you just lay it on and smooth it out. Several of my friends no longer need help to change the bed.

Three folded coverless duvets stacked on a bed in three colours

10. Best Value for What Actually Works