I am on the hunt for a new Duvet.
There are many tog ratings.
I live in a C/Heated home - two peole sharing the bed .
So what Tog to buy.
I seem to favour the Goose filling Duvets.
There are 4.5-6.0-10.5-15.3 tog ratings.
Thanks

We bought a multi-season one; a thin summer one that attaches to a medium one to make a thick winter one. That way you have plenty of options according to the weather (we haven't shut the bedroom window for years).

I have got a 4.5 on at the moment for summer (!!!!!!!) and have a 10.5 for winter, although i use cheap ones as i like to change them every year and it is cheaper to buy  new ones than have them washed and dried !

I have the 10.5 Goose down one from John Lewis, very snuggly in winter, but still light enough for summer use.  I have looked at the multi season/double ones, but don't have much in the way of bedlinen storeage space, and thought that putting 2 in at once would be too much of a hassle.  My last John Lewis Goose down duvet lasted years and years, with the occassional cleaning, only had my new one about a year and it still looks and feels like new.

Ditto we have a multi 4.5 & 10.5 and never shut windows we have the hypoallergenic ones, if we use feather I swell up like a balloon and cant breath in the morning!!

Same as Jeangenie - a thin one and a medium one that join togther to make a thick one !.
If storage is an issue you can get those vacuum storage bags really cheaply.
Feathers - not for us either. We used to have feather cushions and pillows and they gave me such bad headaches and sinus problems. Didn't realise why for ages - I'd wake up with a headache and end up taking tablets and going back to bed........and getting even worse ones !.

My age is against me...I struggle to keep cool with just a sheet!!! LOL
OH Hates the windows open as the birds wake him at 5am every morning, me once asleep can sleep through anything I just need to be cool.

Ditto then we went on holiday and it didnt happen they had special hypoallergenic pillows, ditched ours problem solved, have you tried the memory foam ones? gone onto those now superb, OH as well.

When we visit its take the pillow time - sad individual Im getting to be.

> When we visit its take the pillow time - sad individual Im getting to be.

Join the club !!

13.5 tog from M&S, it's goosedown and is gorgeous.  I rarely get too hot in the summer and it keeps me toasty warm in the winter too.  It's washable and comes back good as new from the laundrette.

>Ditto we have a multi 4.5 & 10.5 and never shut windows

Ditto although mine are not multi.  I use the 4.5 in the summer, the 10.5 in the winter
...and if we run out of central heating oil I just sling the summer weight one on top of the winter one or grab one from the spare room  ... I'd still never close the window :)

> I'd still never close the window 

Having the window open in the summer is fine - but having it open if the heating is on is just a waste of money - so we have one or the other, but not both :) :) :) :)

We have a summer duvet and a winter (10.5) one - but never put them both together. If it's really cold (as when we were without electricity last winter), we have a huge Welsh tapestry bedspread that keeps us really snug

Daisy

>Having the window open in the summer is fine - but having it open if the heating is on is just a waste of money

We hate a hot bedroom so very rarely turn the bedroom radiator on. :-)

If I get hot at night I can always guarantee I wake up with a headache. So I always have both windows flung open even in the depths of winter, no heating and a 13.5 tog quilt to keep warm.

In the summer I have a 4.5 and the fan going all night.

>Having the window open in the summer is fine - but having it open if the heating is on is just a waste of money

Depends on your heat source and your personal point of view...

I think that good air circulation is important and fresh air is priceless.  If there is a cost in my heating bills I see it as a small price to pay for feeling comfortable and waking refreshed.  However like others we tend to keep the heating temperatures very low, or off, in all our upstairs rooms.

Another fan of the double duvet here and have done as suggested put the winter one in a vacuum pack bag, suprising how small it goes down to. I mistakenly ordered a superking size quilt but it works out ok as there's no argument over who's hogging all the covers, it's just meant buying new bedding. 

I have looked at the multi season/double ones, but don't have much in the way of bedlinen storeage space, and thought that putting 2 in at once would be too much of a hassle.

The two go in as one would because they join together to make one unit. I store the one I am not using at the time under the mattress - just spread it out on the bed base and put the mattress back on top. I turn my mattress every month and just shake out the underneath duvet at the same time.

Another vote for different tog duvet....................and windows have to be open.........
I usually close them by day in the winter and open for bedtime, but never sleep with them closed.
:) :)

I have a Lambswool Duvet with a cotton cover :-D

It's the most wonderful thing I've ever slept under  :-D   OH likes to be a lot warmer than I do and we could never agree, but using Lambswool we are both happy.

Ours is a medium weight and the only time we ever need to supplement it is if it gets REALLY cold like last winter, then it's just a 'throw' on top :)

We switch ALL heating off at night and the bedroom radiators have never been used, not even last winter!   I also like the bedroom window OPEN while I sleep, unless the curtains are horizontal or frozen, then I close them ;)

They really are warm in winter and cool in summer :-D

Bought 80% Goosedown plus 20%-well forgot that bit-from a company on Ebay-paid £80 for 10.5 tog King Size-delighted with it.

Thanks for all your advice.

Hi Sput, I'm with Gwen on this--goose down is so light that a 10.5 tog duvet is fine for summer or winter. Having said that I've never tried snap-together duvets..don't the snaps ever get in the way?

>I've never tried snap-together duvets..don't the snaps ever get in the way?

No - they snap together at the corners and halfway down each edge, and stay firmly fixed. (Not like the snaps at the end of the quilt cover, which always seem to come undone and you end up with your feet tangled up in the quilt cover!)