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A good duvet is one of the secrets to find a perfect night’s sleep.
We cannot ignore the fact that a good night’s sleep means more energy for the next day and has a positive influence on performance. Choosing the right duvet is therefore essential. However selecting a duvet is not always easy as there are so many options available nowadays. A duvets primary aim is to retain the body’s temperature independent of the outside temperature.
The large variety can make it difficult to choose so here are the facts you must know before you choose:
The ideal duvet should retain warmth and protect the sleeper from the external variation in temperature for an optimised sleep. As a human body releases on average half a pint of moisture during a night’s sleep, a good duvet should be moisture absorbent. There is nothing better for this but an all natural filling and casing duvet. An adequate duvet should also be light and for absorbency, loft and softness, you can’t beat a 100% down filled duvet wrapped in a 100% cotton casing.
Cotton casing will bring breathability and absorbs moisture easily without storing it as it dries very well, these special characteristics are unique to the cotton fibre. As cotton, down is defined as a three dimensional spherical cluster of thousands of soft fibres and is exceptionally adapted for holding air, retaining warmth with absolute minimum weight. At the same time down clusters have the ability to allow moist air to pass through. This breathability is unique to the down and creates a remarkable insulating efficiency. Down is also soft and condensable which means that it will drape around solid objects very well and therefore be able to gently hug the body and avoid cold air coming through.
As there are different seasons through the year, we are wearing different type of clothes to make us feel comfortable with the environmental temperature fluctuations. It is the same for the duvet so it should be lighter in the summer and warmer in the winter. In Great Britain, the warmth is measured in terms of Togs. A Tog is the measurement of Thermal Resistance so the higher the number, the more heat retention will be found. However, anyone must know that it has absolutely no reference to quality; a higher Tog does not mean better quality. Choosing the right warmth is subjective and depends on few factors; here are few questions that the buyer will need to ask themselves before picking a duvet:
Is your home well insulated and heated in the winter? In a heated and well insulated home, the sleeper will not need a very warm duvet.
Do you feel you to tend to feel the cold or are you feeling the warmth? For someone who has a tendency to feel the cold, that person will need a duvet with more feeling and vice-versa for the person who has a tendency to feel the warmth.
Will you be sharing this duvet with your partner? The buyer must know that two persons under and sharing one duvet creates more humidity and body heat so they must bear this in mind when it comes to choosing the feeling weight or warmth.
