How Does the Quality of Your Duvet Affect Your Night's Sleep?

With the quality of our sleep affecting everything from our emotional well-being, overall physical health and concentration, to our levels of alertness, sleeping is an imperative pass time that contributes to a happy and healthy lifestyle. With so much of our life based on our sleeping scenario, getting a good night’s sleep cannot simply be a matter of squeezing our eyes shut, crossing our fingers and counting sheep. Instead, we have listed a few ways your duvet can be affecting the quality of your sleep, and more importantly, what you can do to help.

So where to begin. It may seem like a duvet is a duvet is a duvet. After all, they all look white and soft. Can the one you choose really impact your quality of sleep? Well we are here to tell you that yes it can, and yes it does. When it comes to choosing the right duvet for you, it is all in the details.

Just like with the foods we love and the foods we hate, our sleep style is completely unique to us. If you are still waking up bleary eyed and foggy, then chances are your bedding isn’t compatible with your preferences. Have you ever had the best night sleep EVER in a hotel? There is something not quite right when your own bed isn’t the host to your cosiest nights sleep, and the problem could likely be your duvet. Duvets play two key roles, they alter our bodies temperature (which when not right is the biggest cause of poor quality sleep) and they affect your comfort level depending if you prefer to be all wrapped up, or have a weightless light, soft covering at night.

The first big decision you will need to make when choosing a duvet is between a natural filled duvet and a fibre filled (synthetic) duvet. Your choice can be based on many factors including budget, level of warmth you prefer, preferred duvet weight, ease of washing and whether you are allergic to feathers or down.

Nothing can disrupt your sleep quite like an allergic reaction! A duvet can absolutely affect your quality of sleep if you are sensitive to the duvet filling. You may experience coughing, sneezing, a sore throat, itchy eyes or even black circles under your eyes. If this sounds all too familiar, you may be having a reaction to your feather or down duvet, and it may be time to switch it up. We recommend our bestselling washable Spundown Duvet that combines ultimate comfort and convenience. With its advanced Smartfil fibres you won’t experience any unpleasant reactions, and a big bonus is it can be machine washed at home - and at 60 degrees if needed. It almost sounds too good to be true! Almost.  

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