Choosing the perfect duvet is more than just a decision; it’s a path to better sleep and greater comfort. With so many options available, from fillings to tog ratings, making the right choice can prove trickier than it seems.
At Secret Linen Store, we believe that understanding the essentials will help you select a duvet that meets your needs and enhances your sleep quality. So, with that in mind, we’ve made it our mission to ensure you can get your uninterrupted zzz’s every night, thanks to the right bedding combination!
In this article, we cover everything you need to know when choosing a duvet, from selecting the best duvet tog for each season to fabrics, filling and more.
Understand the Tog Rating
The tog rating measures the duvet’s thermal insulation - or as we like to put it, it tells you how warm the duvet will keep you! The right tog rating for you depends on the season and your personal preference for warmth.
Summer
(Lightweight)
A tog rating of 2.5 - 7.5 is ideal for warmer months or if you prefer a cooler sleep environment.
Spring/Autumn
(Medium)
A tog rating of 9 - 10.5 is perfect for transitional seasons when the temperature is mild.
Winter
(Heavyweight)
A tog rating of 13.5 - 15 is best for cold winter nights or if you prefer to be extra warm and cosy.
Some people opt for an all-rounded that can be used all year, such as our All Seasons Duvet. This cleverly combines a lightweight and a medium duvet that can be fastened together to create a heavyweight option for winter (because who doesn’t love a best-of-both-worlds option!).
For more information, visit our blog: What is Duvet Tog?
Choosing the Right Filling: What’s Best For You?
Now that you’ve decided what tog you need, it’s time to identify which duvet you are going to choose for your snooze spot. The easiest way to narrow down your choices is to decide whether you’d like a natural or synthetic filling, so let’s start there.
Natural Lightweight Down Duvets
You have chosen a lightweight down duvet, so we would recommend looking at a duvet with a high down content. Anything from 80-100% down will give you a very light duvet with the unparalleled insulation that down offers. The more down the filling contains, the lighter the duvet will be.
If you’re looking for the very best down duvet we have to offer, let us introduce you to our Golden Goose duvet. The creme de la creme of all duvets, if you will…
This luxurious duvet boasts 100% Hungarian goose down with the highest quality batiste cover. Available in all sizes and many tog options, you’re sure to find the perfect size and loftiness for your liking.
If your budget doesn’t stretch to 100% goose down, then we recommend going with duck down, which is a little less expensive than goose. Our Dreamy Duck duvet is our top pick for a fabulous mostly down duvet at an excellent price. This filling contains 80% duck down, but rather than being the coveted white down, the down in this duvet is grey, which is just as effective but has a lower price point (yippee!).
Want to know more about the difference between duck and goose duvets? Visit our helpful blog for further information.
Natural Heavier Feather Duvets
For those of us who prefer a touch of luscious loftiness to a duvet, we recommend going with a higher feather content duvet. This has the added bonus of also saving a few pennies as feathers are less expensive than down.
Our best budget pick would be the Great Goose duvet, which boasts a fill made up of 85% goose feather and 15% down. This duvet is great quality at a reasonable price and is encased in our usual high-quality 100% cotton cover.
Natural and Sustainable Feather/Down Duvet
As an environmentally-conscious B Corp business, we are super proud to offer a very special recycled down duvet which makes brilliant use of used down that would otherwise end up in landfill. Supporting the circular economy, our Second Timer Down duvet is filled with 100% recycled down which has been collected, washed, and regenerated by very clever people in Europe.
There is no compromise here as Second Timer Down duvets offer all the benefits of our other 100% down duvets and a fill power of 700.
Natural Wool Duvet
Experience the ingenious filling that is our finest organic wool, within our fabulously cosy wool duvets. Wool is renowned for its naturally insulating properties that help maintain a comfortable temperature. Thanks to its natural fibres, it keeps you warm in the winter and cool in the summer by wicking away moisture. The natural loft and weight of wool can create a snug and secure sleeping environment, providing a cosy, comforting feel.
The wool in our Baa Baa Bedtime Organic Wool Duvet has been layered and encased in a 100% cotton cover and is available in three different weights for the different seasons. This duvet has a lofty quilt-like feel to it and offers fabulous temperature-regulating and hypoallergenic properties.
Synthetic Duvets
For those of you wanting a big bouncy duvet, we would highly recommend our Big Softie (aptly named, of course). Complete with matching hollow-fibre pillows, this duvet is full, light, lofty, and oh-so soft. The lofty hollow-fibre fabric fill will keep you feeling cosy and the duvet looking full and luxurious.
If you are a lover of down duvets but would prefer to avoid the real thing (and its higher price tag), then our Good as Goose duvet might be the duvet for you. The microfibre filling mimics down and has a lovely drape and softness as well as being incredibly lightweight and cosy.
Sustainable Synthetic Duvet
Another proud moment alert! Our sustainable Bottle Bedding is the one for you if you are looking to make positive steps towards a more eco-friendly bedtime. Made from recycled plastic bottles found in our oceans and washed up on our beaches, this filling is very similar in feel to the hollow-fibre but with the added bonus of a sustainable superhero cape - what’s not to love?!
Our Bottle Bedding is light and lofty, and available in all sizes and a variety of togs.
Keep Me Cool Duvet
If you’re a hot sleeper and have been struggling with the warmer nights, then you might want to try our Keep Me Cool bedding which is designed to regulate your body temperature. This duvet contains a layer of fabric with revolutionary technology that works with your body to keep you comfortable all night long. Available in single – super king in one 4.5 tog weight.
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You should now have all the information you need to order the duvet of your dreams. Still wondering what the best duvet to buy is? Or what pillows to choose to complete your cosy bedding ensemble? Then please don’t hesitate to contact us for further information.
Alternatively, keep up to date with all our latest expert tips and tricks on all things duvets, bedding and more on our Help and Inspiration page.
