How many use a "Comforter" to sleep with?

chet · December 7th, 2008, 02:36 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 03:01 AM

whats the difference between a comforter and a duvet?

kelnet · December 7th, 2008, 03:04 AM

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

chet · December 7th, 2008, 03:07 AM

Just the Babes among you....

jhundt · December 7th, 2008, 03:07 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 03:54 AM

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

Slow Reflexes · December 7th, 2008, 04:43 AM

Quote:

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 · December 7th, 2008, 05:42 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 08:17 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 08:17 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 08:26 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 08:32 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 08:34 AM

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

B Valley · December 7th, 2008, 08:57 AM

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

HighTower · December 7th, 2008, 09:05 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 09:06 AM

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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? · December 7th, 2008, 09:17 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 09:32 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 09:37 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 10:59 AM

Quote:

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 · December 7th, 2008, 10:59 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 11:11 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 11:17 AM

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? · December 7th, 2008, 11:20 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 11:24 AM

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

rextasy · December 7th, 2008, 11:26 AM

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

SayWhat? · December 7th, 2008, 11:31 AM

Quote:

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 · December 7th, 2008, 11:31 AM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 01:45 PM

Quote:

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 · December 7th, 2008, 01:48 PM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 01:50 PM

Quote:

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 · December 7th, 2008, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by revertigo

whats the difference between a comforter and a duvet?

Spelling.

Tim

BritishBluesBoy · December 7th, 2008, 01:56 PM

Quote:

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 · December 7th, 2008, 02:02 PM

Quote:

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 · December 7th, 2008, 02:17 PM

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

brgminicooper · December 7th, 2008, 02:28 PM

Quote:

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 · December 7th, 2008, 02:29 PM

Quote:

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 · December 7th, 2008, 02:32 PM

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 · December 7th, 2008, 02:40 PM

Tuesday Morning has great deals on stuff like this.

chet · December 7th, 2008, 02:46 PM

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.

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Eric Karonen Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Age: 57 Posts: 2,636	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. __________________ Sounds the tough horn, and twangs the quivering string. --Pope (1688-1744)

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rocksteady Max Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Montréal Age: 27 Posts: 825	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 !! __________________ *Don't Emulate : Stimulate !*

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revertigo Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: ireland Posts: 115	whats the difference between a comforter and a duvet?

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kelnet Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Port Moody, BC Posts: 2,151	Do any of us really need the image of Chet in his bed, under his blankie and comforter, stuck in our heads?

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jhundt Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands Age: 55 Posts: 3,669 10 Photos	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.

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ne4tt Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 2,013 4 Photos	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

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Offbeat TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Midwest Ohio Age: 47 Posts: 59	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

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rdavis8018 TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Age: 51 Posts: 63	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!

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Durtdog Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 3,807	Oh great, now we'll have the recurring "Duvet v. Comforter" threads to go with the relics, tonewood and nitro debates.

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B Valley Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2008 Location: Glendale, Az Posts: 1,161	It got down to 50 last night. We'll be getting the comforter out soon. It's either that or use the heater. __________________ How many guitars is enough? Just one more...

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HighTower Tele-Lover Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Richmond Posts: 1,176 4 Photos	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.

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SayWhat? Banned TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: CA Posts: 48	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!!!

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musicalmartin Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Age: 61 Posts: 800	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 .

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Telarkaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montreal Quebec Canada Posts: 2,456	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...

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octatonic Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2007 Location: An Australian in London. Age: 37 Posts: 2,380	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. __________________ "A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges." Benny Green

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Big Lug Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lower Mainland, the Great White North Posts: 676	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. __________________ "Get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you please." - Mark Twain

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asatfan Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: IN Age: 53 Posts: 511	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! __________________ "......gotta keep rockin' while I still can....." - Steve Earle www.myspace.com/rugtheknuckleheads

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SayWhat? Banned TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: CA Posts: 48	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!

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giginthesky Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: south jersey Age: 37 Posts: 1,472 6 Photos	when it gets really cold and snowy, i use a southern comforter. __________________ www.myspace.com/giginthesky

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rextasy Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: nashville Age: 41 Posts: 1,610	I used to use a down-filled sleeping blanket as a comforter.

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jwj4856 Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: shreveport, LA Age: 56 Posts: 285	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.

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chet Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Jersey Shore Posts: 9,999	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. __________________ Michael Jackson: RIP...

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Oster Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2003 Location: Latveria Age: 39 Posts: 2,855	I thought this was going to be a thread about booze. __________________ Cassowary!

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getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 12,853 37 Photos	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. __________________ 'It is said that 98% of people are sheep. The other 2% are evenly split between sheepdogs and wolves.' -James Mattis

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chet Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Jersey Shore Posts: 9,999	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. __________________ Michael Jackson: RIP...