The best duvets: heavy winter duvets, year-round duvets, and more

We all know sleep is important, but good quality sleep is not just about how much sleep you get – it’s about how you sleep, and one of the best investments you can make in getting good quality sleep is buying a good quality duvet.

Duvets come in all shapes, sizes and weights. Sick of your partner hogging the duvet? Time to invest in a bigger duvet (trust me, a king-size duvet on a double bed can save a relationship). Struggle to sleep in the heat? You need a lighter tog duvet. Want to get cosy on cold nights? Time to get a higher tog duvet. Don’t know what a tog is? Read our guide at the bottom of this page.

To help you out, The Recommended has pulled together a list of the best duvets to meet the most common requirements and help you get a better quality of sleep each and every night.

The best duvets at-a-glance:

• Best overall double duvet: Utopia Bedding Double Duvet
• Best for kids with allergies: Silentnight Anti Allergy Single Duvet
• Best large warm duvet: Silentnight Warm and Cosy Super King 13.5 Tog Duvet
• Best overall single duvet: Silentnight Deep Sleep Single Duvet 10.5 Tog
• Best large lightweight duvet: Silentnight Cooler Summer King Size Duvet 4.5 Tog
• Best luxury duvet: Silentnight Hotel Collection King Size Duvet
• Best extra warm duvet: Slumberdown Chilly Nights Double Duvet 15 Tog
• Best combination duvet: Slumberdown All Seasons 15 Tog (4.5 Tog + 10.5 Tog)
• Best light double duvet: Utopia Bedding Lightweight 4.5 Tog Duvet
• Best guest bed duvet: Slumberdown Cosy Nights Double Duvet 10.5 Tog
• Best couples duvet: Slumberdown Made For You Two King Size Duvet 4.5 Tog Plus 10.5 Tog Duo

The best duvets

Best overall double duvet: Utopia Bedding Double Duvet

This 10.5 tog works all year round

This fibre-filled double duvet is a great all-around choice. It’s a mid-weight 10.5 tog, so you can use it all year round, and its box-stitched design ensures its filling is evenly distributed.

With a siliconised hollow fibre filling, this duvet is designed to stay soft and full all year round, and it’s machine washable, too.

Best for kids with allergies: Silentnight Anti Allergy Single Duvet

Machine washable for easy cleaning

This duvet is filled with anti-bacterial, anti-allergy fibres that actively protect against dust mites and 99.9% of bacteria.

Approved by the British Allergy Foundation, this duvet is ideal for people with asthma and those sensitive to dust. It’s also machine washable, making it perfect for kids.

Best large warm duvet: Silentnight Warm and Cosy Super King 13.5 Tog Duvet

Ideal for colder nights

At 13,5 tog, this duvet is one of the heaviest on our list, making it ideal for those looking for a cosy duvet to help them keep warm on colder nights.

As well as being a slightly heavier option, ideal for keeping warm without having to put this heating on, this kingsize duvet is also machine washable and hypoallergenic.

Best overall single duvet: Silentnight Deep Sleep Single Duvet 10.5 Tog

Ideal for older kids

This single duvet has all the features you’d need for a child’s bed - it’s a medium 10.5 tog for year-round use, and it’s hypoallergenic and machine washable.

Generously filled with hypoallergenic microfibre and wrapped in a soft touch cover, this duvet would be a great option for people crashing your sofa, as well as for older kids in their first grown-up beds.

Best large lightweight duvet: Silentnight Cooler Summer King Size Duvet 4.5 Tog

Perfect for warm nights

With a lighter 4.5 tog insulation, this duvet is ideal for keeping you cool on warmer nights, when heavier duvets can feel restrictive or too heavy to sleep under.

For those looking for a dedicated warm weather duvet, this 4.5 tog option is ideal. And as with most other duvets on this list, it’s also hypoallergenic and machine washable.

Best luxury duvet: Silentnight Hotel Collection King Size Duvet

Designed to be used in all seasons

This luxuriously soft duvet is generously filled with fine, hypoallergenic fibres and is covered in an elegantly striped embossed cover.

With an insulation rating of 10.5 tog, this duvet is perfect for use all year round, and it’s machine washable for easy cleaning.

Best extra warm duvet: Slumberdown Chilly Nights Double Duvet 15 Tog

Perfect for cold bedrooms

This duvet is the heaviest on our list, with an insulation rating of 15 tog, it’s perfect for keeping cosy on even the coldest of nights.

If you want to keep warm without putting the heating on a night, this duvet is perfect for you. Its deep-fill microfiber filling and soft touch cover are also machine washable for easy cleaning.

Best combination duvet: Slumberdown All Seasons 15 Tog (4.5 Tog + 10.5 Tog)

Two duvets in one

This duvet is comprised of two different comforters - one 10.5 tog and one 4.5 tog, letting you customise how heavy and warm you want your duvet to be, depending on the seasons.

Held together by easy-to-release fastenings, this all-seasons duvet can be separated into two separate duvets that you can use independently of each other, giving you options for 4.5 tog in warmer months, 10.5 tog for transitional seasons, and a combined 15 tog for colder nights.

Best light double duvet: Utopia Bedding Lightweight 4.5 Tog Duvet

Plush lightweight fiberfill

If you’re someone who struggles to keep cool and comfortable at night, this lightweight 4.5 tog duvet may just be the perfect duvet for you.

This duvet features a luxurious brushed microfiber cover filled with siliconised fibre filling that provides lightweight insulation ideal for warmer nights or those who feel hot a night. Its box-stitched design ensures that filing stays evenly distributed through the duvet, and it's machine washable and available in a range of colours.

Best guest bed duvet: Slumberdown Cosy Nights Double Duvet 10.5 Tog

Perfect spare duvet for visitors

If you’re looking for an extra duvet to use with a sofa bed, this 10.5 tog from Slumberdown is a perfect choice.

This duvet’s 10.5 tog insulation is perfect for year-round use, is non-allergenic and can be machine washed and tumble dried for quick and easy cleaning.

Best couples duvet: Slumberdown Made For You Two King Size Duvet 4.5 Tog Plus 10.5 Tog Duo

Made for different sleep temperatures

If you and your partner are constantly arguing about the heaviness of your duvet, this innovative duvet, with different Tog levels on each side, might be the perfect solution.

With one side featuring lightweight 4.5 tog insulation and another featuring a heavier 10.5 tog, this duvet is ideal for couples who need different levels of warmth from their duvets at night.

What is a duvet tog?

You may know roughly what a tog means – lower level tog duvets are lighter than higher level togs, but a tog itself isn’t a measure of weight or density, but rather the measurement of thermal resistance of a duvet.

Depending on the material of your duvet, this may well correspond to the weight of the duvet, but some heavier down duvets - the kind filled with feathers – may have a lower tog level than microfibre-filled duvets that weigh less.

The best way to think about tog rating is in regard to warmth rather than weight.

Tog ratings typically range from 4.5 to 15. In our list, we’ve included duvets across that range: 4.5 tog duvets that are better for warmer months and 15 tog duvets more suited to colder nights.

What tog duvet is right for me?

Choosing the right tog duvet for you will depend on one simple factor: how hot are you when you sleep?

If you’re experiencing night sweats, menopause symptoms, or are simply someone who gets hot while you sleep, a lighter tog - somewhere around a 4.5 or 7.5 tog, might be the best option for you. Lighter tog duvets are also great for keeping on hand for use during hot summer nights.

If you’re someone who neither sleeps hot nor cold and is looking for a duvet that will suit you year-round, a 10.5 tog duvet is considered the best option for year-round comfort.

However, if you feel the cold, live in a year-round cold weather area, or are looking for a duvet that will help you keep warm at night without having to turn the heating on, a heavier tog rating of 13.5 of 15 would be your best bet.

What’s the best duvet tog rating for a child or toddler?

There are some key considerations you need to make when choosing a new duvet for your child, as toddlers and children can’t regulate their body temperature as effectively as adults can. This means that choosing unsuitable bedding runs the risk of overheating when sleeping.

The key things to consider are the age of your child, room temperature, and size of the bed. For children over the age of 3, sleeping in a room with an average overnight temperature of 18°C-20°C, a duvet with a tog rating of 4.5 is suitable. In winter, you may want to swap this for a duvet with a 7 tog rating.

If your child is under 12 months, it’s best to avoid duvets, quilts or other heavier bedding. Instead, stick to a baby sleeping bag or blanket. For children aged over 12 months but under three years, opt for a lightweight duvet of no more than 4 togs.

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