How many use a "Comforter" to sleep with?

[chet]

Never used one at home but have at motels etc. I like to turn the heat off at night and have always only used a sheet and blanket but am thinking of getting a Comforter.

[revertigo]

whats the difference between a comforter and a duvet?

[kelnet]

Do any of us really need the image of Chet in his bed, under his blankie and comforter, stuck in our heads?

[chet]

Just the Babes among you....

[jhundt]

do you mean one of those nice thick feather-filled (or down-filled) things that is stuffed inside a big sheet-like sack? If so, then I have been using one for the last 30+ years. The one we have now is actually 2 pieces: a thin comforter (about 1" thick) and a thick comforter (about 2 inches thick). The two can be buttoned together to make a 3" comforter. In summer we use the thin one, in spring and fall we use the thick one, and in winter we use them buttoned together.

It is the best way to sleep, in my opinion. I would never go back to blankets. The comforter is so much lighter and it settles down so nice and keeps me warm when I need it, and cool when I need that.

When I stay in a hotel with the old sheet-blanket-bedspread I am always uncomfortable. I guess after 30 years you get used to something.

[garytelecastor]

I used to until she wised up.
Now I have one called Jack Daniels.

[Slow Reflexes]

Originally Posted by revertigo

whats the difference between a comforter and a duvet?

About two or three social strata.

I use a sheet (when it's really hot) with a light blanket (when it's warmish) or a heavy blanket (when it's cool) and a quilt (when it's @#$%ing cold). Those, combined with a wife and (optional) cat, are all the warmth I can handle sleeping with in Oregon.

[ne4tt]

Winter = flannel sheets, patchwork quilt, down comforter.

Think I need a stocking cap cos my head gets cold at night.

Saves running the gas furnace by using a 'lectronic set-back T-Stat.

jamie

[Offbeat]

I bought my wife an electric mattress pad several years ago for Christmas... (I couldn't think of anything good, so I bought it on a whim and hoped she'd like it). Now I can't imagine being without it. We turn both sides on (seperate controls) about 30 minutes before we go to bed. When I crawl in bed, the bed is toasty warm. I turn the mattress pad off when I get into bed, so it's only on for about a half hour. The warm bed makes your back muscles relax immediately, and we fall asleep much quicker, and with much less tossing and turning. We keep the room cooler also, since we only have to heat the bed.
Another little benefit is when I have to get up in the middle of the night with my son/daughter/dogs/bladder.... I turn the mattress pad on when I get up, and when I toddle back to bed, it's nice and warm again.
Offbeat

[rdavis8018]

My comforter weighs about 75 pounds! It tends to bunch up next to me and pins me down. When I get up to use the bathroom, it has a tendency to take my spot on the bed. Occasionally, my comforter emits a foul smell. In the morning my comforter will usually try to wake me up when it thinks it is time for me to get up. It is a good comforter!

[Eric Karonen]

Chet! You need to get out more, but to answer your question, I've always used a down duvet. Can't be beat in winter.

[rocksteady Max]

I work in a hotel, some people call down the front desk to ask for a comforter but I still don't know what they are talking about ... and the trick when people talk to you about and you don't understand, just nod with a fool smile and say «Yes, yes !». Very useful with people with a strong accent from the southern states and Australia.

What's a comforter by the way ?

Is it a duvet, which is a big bag full of feathers ? If it's that, well my friend, if you want to sleep well get one right away !!

[Durtdog]

Oh great, now we'll have the recurring "Duvet v. Comforter" threads to go with the relics, tonewood and nitro debates.

[B Valley]

It got down to 50 last night. We'll be getting the comforter out soon. It's either that or use the heater.

[HighTower]

There is nothing like a comforter (duvet? never heard that word b4). A quilt I think is the original comforter and I have both to keep warm in winter. Haven't used a blanket in years.
So we can avoid a VS. vs VS. argument I'll throw this history lesson in. In WWII, Adolf approved a "test" of how to warm-up downed pilots from freezing waters as fast as possible. After many months of testing the team concluded that a downed pilot regained consciousness and 98.6 the fastest, when he was put in a bed with a naked female.

[Eric Karonen]

Originally Posted by Durtdog

Oh great, now we'll have the recurring "Duvet v. Comforter" threads to go with the relics, tonewood and nitro debates.

Hahaha. If it's not Eider, it's not a duvet!

[SayWhat?]

Take that BOLD step!

Face that fire head on!

March right down to your local Macy's and purchase yourself a nice pink paisley comforter, and NEVER EVER LOOK BACK AT YOUR TATTERED AND WORN BLANKEY AGAIN!!!

[musicalmartin]

Here in the UK many use a hot water bottle made usually of rubber.it very useful to warm the wifes feet as her extremities are often beyond freezing even in warm bed.In fact I'm not quite sure how anyone stays alive with feet that cold.Of course all HWB's leak in the end .Another method in a real emergency is to heat a housebrick in the oven and wrap it in a old cardigan type garment .keeps warm all night .Both methods are a bit neanderthal though with things the way they are who knows .To find the warmest spot in any home just install a cat ,who ,I can guarantee will find the hotspot in minutes .Whether it will let you share is another matter .

[Telarkaster]

Down filled duvet for me. Also called an "Eiderdown" or a comforter.

Now what do you call that long sitting thing in your living room: couch or sofa? or a CHESTERFIELD???

RocksteadyMax, I now have visions of Manuel in Fawlty Towers going "si! si! I know nothing!" with a frutstrated John Cleese popping a gasket next to him...

[beep.click]

Originally Posted by SayWhat?

March right down to your local Macy's and purchase yourself a nice pink paisley comforter, and NEVER EVER LOOK BACK AT YOUR TATTERED AND WORN BLANKEY AGAIN!!!

OK, that was a joke, but it got me thinking -- if I could get bedding that actually looked like my pink paisley Tele, I'd be all over it!!!

To address Chet's issue: I'm like you. I live in California, so it's usually not FREEZING, but I like to have the heater off and the windows open all year long. So in winter, it's layers: sweats, plus sheet and blanket, plus a layer of fleece throws, followed by a bedspread, and a comforter on top. Just feels right to me.

[octatonic]

I still don't know what a comforter actually is.

A duvet, for the person that asked earlier, is a quilt type thing (essentially a soft flat bag filled with down).

A comforter sounds like something you give to a baby to keep it quiet. :-)
We don't use this word in the UK with regards to bedding.

[Big Lug]

When it gets below 10 degrees Celsius (that's 32 degrees Faren-whatever for you folks south of our border) out comes the down duvet. Nothing quite like it.

[asatfan]

We've heated with wood for the past 30 some years....the bedrooms get down to around 45 F when it's really cold out. Always had a down comforter. Keeps you warm without 40 lbs of blankets laying on you. That, and the wife helps keep me warm too!

[SayWhat?]

In Nordstrom they're called duvets. In Walmart, they're called comforters.

You may have a spot o' tea, while others may enjoy a nice latte, as I enjoy a cup of Joe, black.

Whatever works ;o)

Also, never cold enough here for eiderdown, so I get off cheap!

[giginthesky]

when it gets really cold and snowy, i use a southern comforter.

[rextasy]

I used to use a down-filled sleeping blanket as a comforter.

[SayWhat?]

Originally Posted by beep.click

OK, that was a joke, but it got me thinking -- if I could get bedding that actually looked like my pink paisley Tele, I'd be all over it!!!

This is your lucky day!

http://www.childbasics.com/tickled-p...comforter.html

[jwj4856]

I have kept the same comforter around for 35 years and she always keeps me warm at nights so I never have a need for blankets, and she also cleans and cooks and buys me nice presents from time to time, and sometimes even lets me hold the TV remote.

[chet]

Originally Posted by SayWhat?

Take that BOLD step!

Face that fire head on!

March right down to your local Macy's and purchase yourself a nice pink paisley comforter, and NEVER EVER LOOK BACK AT YOUR TATTERED AND WORN BLANKEY AGAIN!!!

I looked at one at Wal-Mart last night but was afraid to pull the trigger. :-P

[chet]

A Comforter is kinda like a modern day quilt. My Mom used to sew a quilt for each of us to use in the winter. We only had a wood stove in the living room of a four room house. It got very cold in the winter.

[chet]

Originally Posted by jwj4856

I have kept the same comforter around for 35 years and she always keeps me warm at nights so I never have a need for blankets, and she also cleans and cooks and buys me nice presents from time to time, and sometimes even lets me hold the TV remote.

I can't afford one of those right now. :-P

But I'm looking at several....

[Tim Armstrong]

Originally Posted by revertigo

whats the difference between a comforter and a duvet?

Spelling.



Tim

[BritishBluesBoy]

Originally Posted by revertigo

whats the difference between a comforter and a duvet?

One's Yur-Pian and one's Ay-Merican for the same thing.

[Slow Reflexes]

Originally Posted by chet

A Comforter is kinda like a modern day quilt. My Mom used to sew a quilt for each of us to use in the winter. We only had a wood stove in the living room of a four room house. It got very cold in the winter.

Oh, so you are just talking about a heavy quilt? Most of the time "comforter" and "duvet" are actually the same thing, and the ones that say "duvet" cost more because they have higher social aspirations.

With less smartassedness involved, the bags filled with polyester would more accurately be called "comforter" while the bags filled with goose feathers would be called "duvet."

[Oster]

I thought this was going to be a thread about booze.

[brgminicooper]

Originally Posted by rdavis8018

My comforter weighs about 75 pounds! It tends to bunch up next to me and pins me down. When I get up to use the bathroom, it has a tendency to take my spot on the bed. Occasionally, my comforter emits a foul smell. In the morning my comforter will usually try to wake me up when it thinks it is time for me to get up. It is a good comforter!

I have one of those, too; mine's a Yellow Lab. What kind is yours?

I also have three cats who manage to find their way into our bed when it gets cold.

[Eric Karonen]

Originally Posted by Slow Reflexes

Oh, so you are just talking about a heavy quilt? Most of the time "comforter" and "duvet" are actually the same thing, and the ones that say "duvet" cost more because they have higher social aspirations.

With less smartassedness involved, the bags filled with polyester would more accurately be called "comforter" while the bags filled with goose feathers would be called "duvet."

Yep. A duvet is about feathers. A comforter can be filled with anything from Big Macs to Macaroni anf Cheese.

[getbent]

Chet, you do realize that if you go down the path of the comforter or duvet (pronounced doo vay) you'll have to give up your 'woo woo' right? And the Pee Wee Herman talking doll and the two teddies you sleep with...

If you get a comforter, get some flannel sheets too.

[TheBear]

Tuesday Morning has great deals on stuff like this.

[chet]

The problem I might have is if I get overheated at night I wake up with the sweats. That's no fun when it's cold.