Sorry for the super sporadic posting. Still in the process of moving and everything. I am giving updates on my Mastodon and !stamets@lemmy.world if anyone is interested but there’s really no reason to be.
Hope everyone has a fantastic Friday. Live long and prosper, you glorious bastards.
TIL not everyone uses a duvet (also TIL that that thing’s called a duvet). That’s really surprising to me, so some people just use the blanket directly? What do you do when it gets dirty, they’re really hard to wash?
As posted further down, here’s my understanding:
- duvet - bag w/ filling, such as down
- duvet cover - something to wrap a duvet in to keep it clean
- comforter - duvet + cover
- blanket - single layer
A duvet is hard to wash, but a blanket is about the same as a duvet cover, it’s just thicker and thus takes up more space in the washing machine. My washing machine does a good job of spinning out the water, so it doesn’t take forever to dry.
Aussie English is almost the same, just replace duvet with doona
I live in a cold bit of Australia and we use doonas with doona covers and an optional top sheet
We nearly never wash the doona, just the cover and the sheets
A duvet by definition is down. Duvet is the French word for down. Though I’m sure most people don’t realize this and use duvet to refer to just about anything blanketlike.
it’s only a duvet if it comes from the Duvet region of France, otherwise it’s just a sparkling blanket
Oh I wanted to make that joke :(
No, people use “duvet” specifically to refer to the blanket-like things that go inside duvet covers. Sometimes those are filled with down, but many types of filling are used these days. Back when the word “duvet” originated, down was probably the only filling used, but now that we have alternatives, it makes sense that the word “duvet” is still used to refer to non-down alternatively-filled blanket-like things, because language evolves.
I think you mean a duvet cover, a duvet is a thick (cotton or down filled) blanket. Also called a comforter or quilt in America.
I find it absolutely insane that someone would use a duvet without a duvet cover… I change my duvet cover once or twice a week, can’t imagine these people are washing their entire duvets once a week.
So I shower, put on clean pajamas washed every 1-2 days, comforter is separated by blanket or sheet depending on temp, most of the year it’s just a sheet anyway, blankets and sheets get washed 1-2 times a week and comforter maybe once a month, maybe that’s gross but without surveying a bunch of Americans I’d say that’s pretty common. I don’t really see how it’s gonna get but so dirty with 3 layers of fabric between me and it.
Sounds like a duvet cover would simplify that setup a lot tho.
So, your pajamas and your sheet or blanket function as a duvet cover. That seems perfectly fine, albeit quite a complicated way to do it compared to just a duvet cover.
Pajamas and sheets
Uh…
Complicated?
Quite complicated?
Are we talking about the same thing when we say “pajamas and sheets” or does that mean something different like ‘boot’ or ’ fanny’?
That entire comment is a paragraph to explain washing pajamas and sheets and how shit is layered between the skin and the duvet.
That’s more complicated than there just being a duvet cover.
What if you want to sleep without the pajamas one day? We’ve lost an entire layer of separation from the duvet now, it’ll be pandemonium!
(I’m mostly kidding, it just sounds more complicated than it is the way it was written)
Yep, I got that mixed up, thanks.
deleted by creator
No they’re definitely talking about duvets themselves
And I’m pretty sure by blanket they mean blanket
This has been a mildly confusing conversation to read.
I guess there’s a difference between blankets and comforters, but other than usage, I’m not sure I could define it.
However … If you showed one of either to me, I’m pretty sure I could identify which it was. Weird.
I think it’s pretty simple:
- duvet - bag w/ filling, such as down
- duvet cover - something to wrap a duvet in to keep it clean
- comforter - duvet + cover
- blanket - single layer
Thank you for the clarification!
Perhaps it’s regional? Or even generational? I’m pretty sure I’ve never heard anyone say “duvet” in real life. I’ve heard “comforter” many times in real life. The item described has never included a (removable, anyway; I inferred that from your descriptions) cover.
I did once accidentally buy a duvet cover on Amazon after learning the term “duvet” on Reddit and was very disappointed to learn that it provided no warming benefits.
ETA: After reading your other comments, I think what is a comforter to me would probably be just a (perhaps thick / heavy) blanket to you.
Seems like a duvet cover is often called just a duvet in parts of the US, while a duvet is called a comforter.
There’s so many types of duvets here in Norway where I live, there’s summer duvets, winter duvets, extra warm duvets, light duvets, heavy duvets, lumpy duvets… Etc
Sounds like it’s regional, then. The clarification is appreciated.
I think generally a comforter doesn’t have a removable duvet, so it would need to be washed on its own, but I’ve heard duvet + cover called “comforter” quite a bit.
I see a blanket like this:
A comforter like this:
A duvet is this:
And you would wrap the duvet in a cover, with whatever pattern you like. You’d probably have a few duvet covers, but only one duvet for a given bed.
Those are reasonable. Based on your pictures, I would not differentiate between a comforter and duvet; and would use what you describe as a duvet without a cover. I would just wash the item on its own.
I did once accidentally buy a duvet cover <…> and was very disappointed to learn that it provided no warming benefits.
It’s pretty convenient when it’s a bit shy of getting too hot, but a bedsheet would perform the same in those conditions
I can’t speak for other duvet covers, but the one I got was essentially just a wrapper for what I would consider a comforter. It had a zipper on one end and was very thin. It wouldn’t be impossible to use as a blanket, comforter or duvet, but I don’t think that was the intended use.
Seems like this is a regional thing, a duvet is a duvet in europe, a down/cotton filled blanket. (obviously with the language variations that come with europe, like here in Norway a duvet = dyne) A duvet cover is, a cover for it.
Meanwhile in parts of the US they call duvet covers just duvet, and duvets comforters.
Decke - a blanket.
Bettdecke - one intended for a bed.
Bettbezug - bags you put pillow and blanket in.
Bettlaken - sheet you put on the mattress. Generally sold separately because any pillow and blanket fits on any size mattress.Having mattress or any part of the pillow or blanket exposed is completely unheard of in Germany, so is two people not having their individual blankets, it’s just an unnecessary point of contention. I mean you can come and snuggle up but if you’re stealing mine I’m stealing yours and we’re even.
The French, OTOH, seem to be big on the two sheets and exposed blanket thing. Utterly impractical to the point that there’s no German word for it.
Oh, while I’m at it: Linen. Get yourself linen stuff. Expensive, yes, but the moisture regulation is out of this world.
I was also gonna ask why you couldn’t just put your weighted blanket in a cover, only to realize that I don’t know the right words in English. Also weird that people just don’t use covers for their blankets, but if you’re not happy with the color of your blanket, that would be a good reason to start using one.
Just use whatever word makes sense to you. That’s what us native speakers do most of the time.
Not all blankets are difficult to wash. Mine just goes in the washer with the rest of the linens.
I have my weighted blanket on top of my normal duvet, in summer I just have a sheet and the weighted blanket on top
It’s better than buying a house in the late 1970s.
“Do you have a kitchen in a color other than harvest gold or green coral?”
Oh, so you’re looking for wood panel?
Seemingly unpopular view these days, but I absolutely love that type of wood panel wall covering. Something about it just gives me really cozy vibes, even if it isn’t really “pretty”
cozy > pretty any day
Reminds me of my late grandmother’s home. Not the stuffy, weird old people smell kind of place, but nice wood panelling, regal hardwood furniture, patterned wallpaper, trinkets, shells and geodes
I agree, especially when it’s still pristine looking. Gives me loungey/smooth jazz/retro dub type vibes.
No, you want to go down the hall to the 1980’s, next to all the brass and glass. If you see nothing but blue LEDs on everything, you’ve gone too far.
No, but we can add floral patterns for only a small extra fee!
Lul my mother in law just remodeled her kitchen this last year and chose both of those colors. Tbf she’s from those time periods.
My house had orange counters, and avocado appliances. It was a sight to behold.
I got exactly what you want! Orange and wood!
Not mine but saw this online and thought it would be a good idea. I love the idea of a weighted blanket but get way too hot at night.
Hi, reenactor and larper here:
Butted chainmail (that is to say, rings where the open are just touching, not welded or riveted) is an amazing way to rip trap and rip out your hair. Aluminum especially has a tendency to gap on larger sheets, bending open the links and letting it get tangled on itself. You’d need much thicker wire, or smaller rings to compensate.
Cool idea, but poor execution. Instead, you should probaly use galvanized steel, though that has a bit of a smell on it.
The better alternative is stainless steel, which is heavier, but won’t bend as easily. It doesn’t smell and won’t stain. The downside being, of course, that it won’t bend as easily during the fabrication either.
That’s valid. I was actually considering this, but I was thinking it might be best to what it in a this sheet for many of the reasons you’ve listed.
I wanted to get like, a weighted jacket, so I could take it off and throw it on the ground and have it make a thud, like I’m piccolo, or rock lee, right, and maybe get jacked at the same time, but apparently it costs like 200 bucks for one. So that sucks.
Edit: Also, none of them taper at the waist, which I feel like would be a good idea since that would more evenly distribute the weight on your hips instead of just on your shoulders.
Weighted Clothes are terrible for your joints.
https://youtu.be/joO82ovqoyg?si=tQWB7UZLK_bcx4R3
… Pre and Post Because Science Break-up…
I can take two of these carpets, staple them together and fill it with gravel. Would that work?
The OG carpet, how about glass beads instead of gravel?
Nope, that would never work. Bees or gravel.
Compromise: Bees and gravel!
No wait… That’s no good. The bees flying would cancel out the weight from the gravel and just make it a regular blanket.
I ended up making my own, it was surprisingly easy and fun.
I just bought the fattest thickest yarn available at micheals and finger knit it into a giant blanket. With it being so thick it was easy to just work my way back and forth knitting it by pulling loops with my fingers.
I went overkill and used too many skeins and now it won’t fit in my washing machine, so I can only wash it at the laundromat on the turbo size machines. Also when it’s wet it takes my fiance and I combined to lift it.
But hot damn is it amazing, it’s both heavy as hell but breathes really well so I don’t get too hot under it. And it’s large enough I can fold it in half for double weight/warmth if I wanna just cook myself like a lil bean burrito.
Highly recommend it, it’s a fun beginner project.
can confirm. i barely know how to sow, but i was able to make a blanket with just my hands by following a yt tutorial. super simple and the blanket is really nice, tho mine wasnt as heavy as a weighted blanket.
You usually put a duvet cover on them, so the actual color of the blanket doesn’t matter.
This savage probably doesn’t have a mattress protector either
Wait, you guys can afford mattresses?
Yeah thanks to the miracle of memory foam. I only had to spend about $200 including taxes and it’s been pretty legit so far.
Tangentially, what up with all these putty ass lookin’ whips?
I’ve been noticing a lot more Nardos after watching that.
It’s just gloss paint instead of metallic paint. Trends gonna trend.
The best sleep I’ve ever gotten in my life was during a long hospital stay (I’m fine now) where for a bit I was just cold all of the time and they put a “Bair Hugger warming blanket system” on me. It blew hot air down directly on me and had a thick normal blanket on top of it for insulation. Slept HARD, I was in (relative) heaven.
That sounded good so I searched for it, but that looks like an absurd thing to have in your house.
While not the same, there are similar ideas out there for the regular consumer that aren’t as absurd.
Oh yeah, it’s a lot of stuff and kind of requires someone tuck you in to it.
I just got a cover for mine. And then you can actually wash the thing. Not like you wanna put something that weighs 10lbs dry in the washer and dryer
I didn’t know they came without removable covers, mine has one by default so it is washable.
Not sure if this is mostly meant to be a joke but the gravity blanket comes in a bunch of different colors including bright and light colors.
Even as a joke, it’s not very good.
Amazon “weighed blankets” immediately had options in every color, plus printed patterns.
Is it bad that I like the grey color?
I don’t have anything to really add to the thread, but just wanted to say good luck with the move and whatnot
Thank you very much buddy <3
deleted by creator
I get super toasty under mine, so all I use are an unfitted sheet and the weighted blanket.
My friend has a bamboo cover on theirs and they say it cools everything down a lot. I don’t have one though because they’re expensive but they sound worth it if they work.
Ooh, I may have to try that. I think it’s actually recommended to have some kind of cover because you don’t want to stick a 15-25 lb blanket into your washer every time. The rinse cycle gets a little scary. So a cover would definitely help with that.
YES WHYYYYY are they all this color? They remind me of the anti-suicide blanket they gave me in jail.
