Comments on: Where can I find a split comforter?

Question: Where can I find a split comforter?

Bezbozhnik — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:15:23 -0800

A friend went to Norway and slept in a king-size bed with an interesting feature: the comforter was split down the middle so that each occupant had his or her own half. Where could I buy one of these comforters in the US?

Google yields many comforters with split corners, but not split down the middle. Perhaps this has a special name that I'm unaware of.

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:18:09 -0800

Could it be two twin sized comforters rather than one intentionally split down the middle?

By: cushie

cushie — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:18:30 -0800

By: Skot

Skot — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:18:43 -0800

Why not just buy two twin-sized comforters?

By: Bezbozhnik

Bezbozhnik — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:21:11 -0800

He claims that each side was smaller than a regular twin, or at least smaller than a US twin.

By: ambrosia

ambrosia — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:28:33 -0800

Bed linens are sized differently in Europe than in the US. My husband lived in Switzerland for a while and picked up a pair of slightly-smaller-than-twin size comforters while he was there. We recently had to replace the covers, and I can tell you that the width is just slightly narrower (about an inch) and the length is about 10 inches shorter than a standard US twin.

The easiest way to go about this would be to just buy a pair of twin sized comforters. If you are in the US, life will be a lot simpler with standard sizing.

By: Lyn Never

Lyn Never — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:30:41 -0800

They probably were a bit smaller than a regular twin, but it won't be a massive difference. My "twin" bed in Sweden was a smidge narrower than here.

Go for two twins. In Sweden, at least, it was not one packaged set. They just bought two singles.

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:36:29 -0800

Two twins side by side equal the width of a king.

By: davar

davar — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:40:29 -0800

Here in the Netherlands we have two types of twin bedding: 2.00 meters width and 2.40 meters width. Your friend probably just had two comforters of the first type.

By: damnjezebel

damnjezebel — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:35:57 -0800

Could it be a Dream Sack? This one has the split down the middle.

By: hot soup girl

hot soup girl — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 03:17:38 -0800

I was in Bergen in Norway with my boy two months ago, and the apartment we stayed in had what sounds like the same thing: a king sized bed with two single dooners (aka comforter/duvet). So yeah, to echo everyone else, it sounds like your friend got two smaller ones. Those Norwegians are onto something, I tells ya. No blanket stealing!

By: malpractice

malpractice — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 03:54:42 -0800

Is a 'comforter' a duvet?

By: caddis

caddis — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:10:05 -0800

A comforter is not a duvet; a comforter is in a duvet.

By: benzo8

benzo8 — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:55:46 -0800

Is a comforter not covered then? In Europe, a duvet is inside a duvet-cover, and the only thing inside a duvet is [insert material of choice - ideally down...]

By: hot soup girl

hot soup girl — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:58:19 -0800

Really? I thought both terms refered to a soft, quilt-type thing that you put inside a cover. My dictionary tells me so, anyway (I'm in Australia, where we call such things dooners). What's the difference? (Sorry to derail.)

By: hot soup girl

hot soup girl — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:59:02 -0800

Or, on preview, what benxo8 said.

By: caddis

caddis — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:48:45 -0800

I stand corrected.

By: edlundart

edlundart — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:59:07 -0800

interesting. what you call "dooner," we call "dyne" in Norway (pronounced somewhat similarly... must be basically the same word).

By: hot soup girl

hot soup girl — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:29:34 -0800

Actually, I should have spelled it "doona". Oops.

By: antifuse

antifuse — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 03:17:49 -0800

In Canada, a duvet is basically a white comforter, that you put inside a cover. A comforter is one with a design already on it. That's the only difference I really know of.

By: JJ86

JJ86 — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:04:43 -0800

But then again if you are going to go for two separate comforters and/or sheet sets on one bed, why not use two twin beds side by side? That is not exactly unheard of. It would actually make more sense so that the comforters don't happen to slide off one side in the middle of the night. and so they don't overlap.