Duvets Selection a Big Dilemma Welcome to Our Perfect Guide About Duvets Other than six million dollars and a chocolate bar, sometimes all we need in life is warm and cozy quilt. Yes! Selecting the best duvet for you in all seasons is a big dilemma. However we have made duvet selection easy for you through this perfect guide. How many kinds of duvets do we have? Alright! Now that’s a big question. The category of duvets is very vast. There are a lot of different types of duvets ranging from natural filled to hollow filled. Hollow filled duvets have further four categories; classic hollow fibre, quad filled hollow fibre, cirrus hollow fibre and microfiber hollow fibre. In a ranging from 1-4 the microfiber hollow fibre filling the most comfortable and fine filling. Microfiber is lightweight, warm and soft. Natural filled duvets and their quality depends upon the bird from which the filling material is obtained. These are the duvets with best quality, durability and comfort as compared to rest of the duvets available in the market. These are comparatively more resistant to dust mites and allergies. Naturally filled duvets include Goose Down Duvets, goose feather clusters and duck down and duck feather clusters. Goose down, goose feather, duck down & duck feather? What’s the difference? Down feathers are actually the ones obtained from the lower region of the bird, for instance, the feathers on the belly of the bird. They are light, smaller, insulating and comparatively softer. These down feathers work the same way as they do naturally for the bird itself. These are highly insulating and keep you warm all night. These feathers have the capability to capture air in the air pockets. The goose and duck feather fillings are the ones obtained from the feathers of their wings. They are bigger and comparatively harder, not that much but a little. But the problem is that feather filled beddings can’t be used for longer durations because the bigger feathers from the wings might get broken and start poking you after a few years. However, in proper casing this issue can be minimized. Both of these fillings are the finest fillings no doubt. In a comparison between Hungarian Duvets and duck down fillings, the goose down fillings are better because they are smoother and warmer. How to estimate if the duvet is too warm or too light? Choosing a duvet according to its warmth is a critical thing. You must know exactly what you need otherwise you either become a frozen lolly or cooked meat. To estimate the warmth one doesn’t need to measure the thickness of the quilt. Thickness has nothing to do with the warming or cooling ability of a quilt. What is important in this regards is the TOG rating of the duvet. Tog rating in case of duvets ranges from 4.5 to 13.5 and the
extra cozy 18 Tog duvet produced by Kensigntons Raymat. The following chart is best to decide which tog rating suits you and in which season:
Lightweight Summer Duvet
4.5 & 7.5 tog
Warm Spring/Autumn Duvet
9 & 10.5 tog
Toasty Winter Duvet
13.5 & 15 tog & 18.0 tog
All Seasons
4.5 & 9.0 = 13.5
All Seasons
4.5 & 10.5 = 15.0
It is also important to know which duvet size is best for you. We have a measuring chart for that too: Single
135cm x 200cm
4ft 5" x 6ft 7"
Double
200cm x 200cm
6ft 7" x 6ft 7"
King
230cm x 220cm
7ft 7" x 7ft 3"
Super King
260cm x 220cm
8ft 6" x 7ft 3"
Hmmm what is TOG rating?
TOG actually means Thermal rating Of the Garment. Duvet fillings come in different weights and warmth’s, from ultra-lightweight 1 tog duvets moving up in coziness to 15 tog duvets that will keep you super snug in winter. If you're in the market for a duvet, you've probably heard people talking about togs. These are actually a scientific measure of the relative warmth of a duvet – a very personal matter. Duvets are placed on a metal plate at body temperature in controlled conditions, and a measure is then taken of the heat lost through the duvet to the surrounding environment. The higher the tog rating, the warmer is the duvet. The scale ranges from 1 Tog, all the way up to the warmest duvet in the UK, our Arctic 18 tog duvet. Too cold too warm, what to do? Make a clever combo! Yes, you can make a clever combination of the duvets and make them all season. For example, if you have a duvet of 4.5 Togs for summers then you can button up a duvet of 9.0 togs and use them in winters to get a warmer and cozier bed. Howzatt? You can make a similar combination of 4.5tog and 10.5tog. Of course you can increase the TOG rating as much as you want. Have a good night sleep! Source Link: https://www.kiwibox.com/RaymatTextiles/blog/entry/139985885/duvetsselection-a-big-dilemma-welcome-to-our-perfect-gui/