What sort of doona/comforter'duvet for an allergy sufferer?

what's a doona?

(Note to Americans, doona = comforter!)

What on earth are you talking about?

Thanks, soz. (Note I changed the thread title accordingly)

By "doona" I meant one of these here things. (Though I don't think gold is my colour of choice for the cover, necessarily. )

See new thread title, plus soz's post, osso.

It seems we call the very same things by many different names, depending on which part of the planet we live in.

I think "doona" is rather nice, myself!

I had to look up doona, MsOlga .
Outside of Australia, it's called a comforter or duvet

I am a semi-allergy sufferer and given that we have in southern California
more warm days as cold ones, I opted for synthetic fiber. It's just easier to clean
and inexpensive, which translates to buying a new one more often.

I do have all natural fibers (cotton) as duvet covers though. I also use a wool
blanket on top of the duvet, should it get really cold in the winter (seldom).
Dto. for pillows: synthetic and frequently replaced.

For our climate, I would never use down or feathers. Wool and cotton definitely, but as I said, I'd rather replace the bedding more often and synthetics are easier
to wash.

Can be called a duvet, too.

What kind of allergies do you have?

While I wrote, everyone else came in....

Ya beat me with the duvet thing!

Ha ha, Jane.
Please note the new amended thread title!

( just know some Estonian will turn up here & call it something else! )

I think your climate sounds similar to mine, so I'm listening carefully. PLUS you're an allergy suffer. We are on the same page!

OK, you'd recommend cotton, or wool, then? Any "down sides" to either of those you're aware of?

but wait, how did you change a thread title?

Within the five-minute editing window, I'd guess....?

Allergies of the nasal variety, soz.
I'm a constant sneezer & blocked nose sufferer.
Of course, it doesn't help that I live in an old (late 1890s) house, which is rather prone to dustiness.
But I can't change the house. I don't really want to because I like it. But the doona/comforter/duvet is something I can control!

You did, & they did, Jane!
You guys are quick!

You can do it if it's a very short time after you originally posted it, osso. By editing the first post.
I see that in my haste to beat the time limit, I've inserted an apostrophe (instead of a forward slash) between comforter & duvet.

Now you're going to ask me what a "forward slash" is, aren't you?

Down duvets come in different weights.

You could get a nice light-weight down duvet (1 - 2 pound) - and keep it inside duvet covers - best made of very very tightly woven cotton in your climate - 800+ thread count.

In warmer weather, you can just use the duvet cover as a bed cover, without the duvet inside.

That's another thing to take into consideration.
I'd rather not take my doona/comforter/duvet to the dry cleaners for "washing".
So cotton, then? Or perhaps wool?
Or a 50/50 combination of one of those & a synthetic filling?
Which is the easiest re maintenance?

thanks, I didn't know that.

no, no