You probably know how it feels to lie awake on a hot summer night. You've been lying in bed ten minutes, or so, and you're boiling hot. So you kick off your duvet and, seconds later, you're feeling exposed and vulnerable. So you pull the duvet back on again and start to suffocate. So you put one leg under the duvet and one leg out and finally you drift off to sleep, only to wake in the night bitterly cold.
It's no wonder so many of us have sleep problems. Normal sleep requirements can be anything from 3 to 11 hours a day and so a proportion of us are always sleep-deprived. Let's face it those who need 11 hours are rarely going to get it. Whilst there are countless factors that impede a good night's rest, one of them is not attaining the optimum bed temperature for sleep. This is 28C-29C (82F-84F), a bit below normal body temperature, and is known as 'thermo-neutral', the temperature at which your body is neither heated nor cooled by its surroundings.
To help attain the optimum bed temperature, sleeping under a duvet with the most appropriate 'tog rating' is most definitely one beneficial factor. In summer, this is generally either a 3 tog or 4.5 tog duvet with a pure cotton, conventional down and/or feather filling, a synthetic filling, or a 200g silk duvet.
Here are some suggestions of perfect seasonal duvets which offer night after night of comfort as the weather gets warmer:
3 tog Cotton Duvets The 3 tog quilted cotton duvet features a thin layer of cotton batting that is quilted within a silky cotton fabric casing. The thin layer of filling makes this summer duvet light and comfortable in weight, whilst the highly 'breathable' pure cotton wadding and silky-smooth cotton sateen casing maintain perfect body temperature on hot nights. This 3 tog duvet is also ideal for those who don't need much help keeping warm, or for layering with blankets. The added benefit of a lighter weight duvet is that it is fully machine washable.
3 tog Premium Goose Down Duvet Wonderfully luxurious, this premium quality goose down duvet is filled with 80% soft, luxurious new white goose down clusters with 20% fine feathers for a duvet that's wonderfully soft and light to sleep under. The 3 tog warmth rating and the naturally 'breathable' lofty down filling makes this duvet the perfect choice of summer duvet. This 3 tog goose down duvet has a pure cotton jacquard casing, with a box construction to keep the filling evenly distributed.
Goose down pillows will further enhance your sleep experience on warm summer nights as their naturally 'breathable' filling is perfect for keeping your head and neck feeling cool and refreshed.
100% Mulberry Silk Duvet The ultimate luxury, this duvet is filled with blissfully light mulberry silk floss so it drapes gently over the contours of your body for a truly comfortable night's sleep. Silk duvets are also exceptionally 'breathable', drawing moisture away from the body to help regulate body temperature and keep you cool on warm summer nights. There are two weights of silk duvet to choose from, either a 200g or a 400g weight, though the 200g lightweight duvet (equivalent to a 4 tog duvet) is the perfect choice for use as a summer duvet or for those who prefer to stay cool. Naturally hypoallergenic and resistant to dust mites this duvet is also the perfect choice for allergy sufferers. For versatility the 200g mulberry silk duvet may also be buttoned together with either the medium weight 400g silk duvet or the 9 tog Hungarian goose down duvet for those cool winter nights.
