The best duvets possess the ability to upgrade the quality of your sleep, making you feel more rested and rejuvenated to conquer the day ahead. Sure, a cloud-like pillow, supportive mattress, weighted blanket, and set of soft bed sheets can have a tangible impact, but your duvet will have the most noticeable impact on your kip. Find the right one and it will give you years of restorative sleep, so it’s worth taking the time to get it right.
According to the Sleep Council, your duvet should be replaced every two-five years, but we can safely assume you’re putting off buying a new duvet due to choice paralysis. With duck feather, goose down, down alternative, wool, cotton, microfibre and silk duvets on offer – among a plethora of other duvet types – how can you possibly know which will suit your needs?
Enter: our exhaustive guide of the best duvets on the market – winter duvets and summer duvets included. We've spoken to industry leaders and bedding experts to answer all of your duvet queries, and outlined the best type of duvet for every budget and preference.
Meet the experts:
The best duvets for 2024 at a glance:
Hungarian Goose-Down Duvet - 4.5 Tog
All Seasons Feels Like Down Duvet
How we tested the best duvets:
Everyone has their own duvet preference. So, when testing the duvets in this edit, we were scoring on quality, thermoregulation properties (read: whether we ended up with the night sweats), tog options, sustainability creds and whether the duvets were machine washable. We tested as many duvets IRL as we could, and are working our way through the rest. For those we’ve not tested IRL, we’ve spoken to experts and customers alike. The result is a thorough edit of toasty duvets for everyone from allergy sufferers to hot sleepers.
What is the best material for duvets to keep cool?
Natural materials, including cotton, silk, bamboo, wool, feather and down are generally cited as some of the best materials for duvets in warmer climes. When compared to synthetic-fill and cased duvets, natural models are often better performers in terms of temperature regulating, breathability and boosting air circulation.
Down duvets are best-known for being warm and cosy because of their insulation power, but with down, less material is required to meet the tog rating. “This means that your duvet will be lighter with more airflow and, therefore, offers better breathability compared to a more compact synthetic duvet,” says Fabio Perrotta, director of buying at Dreams.
Synthetic duvets are designed to replicate down without using feathers, and are often cheaper and hypoallergenic. "Microfibre duvets are a good choice for a synthetic summer duvet as microfibre filling is designed to mimic the feel of cotton and feathers, so is much more lightweight,” adds Fabio.
Wool duvets boast temperature regulating properties that keep you cool when it’s hot – and warm when it’s cold. “Heat regulation is crucial to great sleep and being too hot is often the number one disruptor of a great night’s sleep," says Chris Tattersall, Sleep Expert and MD of Woolroom.
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