The earth is warming up. Our summers are getting hotter, which makes hot nights seem more the rule than the exception. Time for a really cool comforter. A good summer comforter is light, ventilates well and discharges perspiration easily. Down is a good option for the filling. It is nice and light, absorbs a lot of moisture and breathes reasonably well. Feathers, cotton, linen, bamboo and tencel are also excellent materials to use for a summer comforter. In this article you will discover the 5 best cool comforters.
1. Our choice
The Vandyck summer down comforter is wonderfully light and airy. Ideal for the summer. The 95% goose down filling also ensures that the moisture you lose during sleep is absorbed well. The ticking is made of 100% cotton, which also has a strong moisture regulating and breathing effect.
Thanks to the high insulation value of down, relatively little is needed to create comfortable warmth. As a result, the comforter has a very low weight and falls smoothly around your body. The 140×200 comforter has a fill weight of just 225 grams.
The down is Downpass certified, which means that the origin of the down is known and that the entire chain is strictly monitored for animal welfare. So you can sleep even better.
2. Best value for money
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If you want to sleep under a comfortable and cool comforter, you quickly turn to a down comforter. Yet you do not have to pay top price for a comforter of down. This Ducky Dons summer comforter is filled with 90% duck down. That insulates excellently, but certainly doesn’t feel sweaty.
Also not unimportant. The comforter is very favorably priced. This is due to the use of duck down instead of goose down. Goose down is relatively scarce, so the price is not as good in proportion as duck down. Duck down is widely available due to the high demand for duck. The quality is not much inferior to a goose down comforter. A duck down comforter easily lasts 10 years.
As with the Vandyck summer comforter it is finished with a beautiful 100% parkal cotton ticking. Which is also anti-allergic. Do you want to sleep comfortably at a nice price, then the Ducky Dons summer comforter is for you.
3. The best luxury duvet
Is only the best good enough for you? Then choose a comforter filled with 100% Mauzeurian goose down (one of the best types of down) and a beautiful ticking. As far as that goes, the Castella orion comforter is the right choice.
The down in this comforter has an enormously high filling power. The fill power indicates the quality of the down. The higher the fill power, the less down is needed to create good insulation. This is also reflected in the weight of the comforter. The single person version weighs just 270 grams.
Also the cover of the comforter. The ticking. Is of a very high quality. Namely 190 NM. This makes the comforter feel silky soft and falls smoothly around your body. The goose down takes up your moisture very well and ensures a comfortable temperature. A very good cool comforter.
4. The best down alternative
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From the down comforters, we take a side trip to two other beautiful materials. Bamboo and Tencel. Tencel is an artificial fiber made from wood pulp. It is between wool and down in terms of weight. It absorbs even more moisture than cotton and it has good temperature regulation. All properties for a good cool comforter so. Bamboo also absorbs a lot of moisture so the comforter never feels clammy.
The Vandyck bamboo tencel comforter is a truly natural comforter. Only natural materials are used and Tencel itself has been awarded the European Ecolabel. Besides being natural the comforter is also attractively priced. Do you think down is too expensive or too warm? Then the Vandyck bamboo / tencel comforter is for you.
5. The best silk duvet
The silk comforter easily wicks away the moisture you produce in hot summer nights. The filling ventilates very well and is skin friendly. The comforter is made of natural materials and feels ‘silky soft’.
If you want to sleep under a comforter that is also cool to the touch, then the Yumeko linen comforter is for you!
How to choose a cool comforter?
In the top 5, what is striking is that you see a number of materials recurring, namely down, cotton, silk, tencel and bamboo. These are all materials that have cooling or ventilating properties.
Natural materials are often an excellent option to use for a cool comforter. Synthetic fabrics, on the other hand, often breathe poorly, making his comforter feel clammy very quickly. Firstly, pay close attention to the material of the cover, which we also call the ticking. Finally, it is important to take a good look at the comforter filling.
The ticking
The outside of a comforter is at least as important as the inside. The outside is also called the ticking. The most common materials are:
Cotton
A ticking made of cotton is actually the most common. You are probably already familiar with cotton since most clothing is also made of cotton. Cotton breathes well, retains moisture well and is also durable. Very suitable for sleepers who get hot easily.
Satin/Perkal
In contrast to cotton, satin and parkal are not fabrics, but weaving methods. Both use a thread count (TC) of at least 200, making a comforter feel noticeably softer, more supple and airier. Satin has a slightly shiny look, but is warmer than percale. For warm sleepers, the advice is to choose percale cotton.
Synthetic fiber
Good value comforters often have an outer shell of polyester or microfiber. These fibers are not natural and breathability is relatively poor. So a less good option for sleepers who get hot quickly.
The padding
The filling has the biggest impact on the climate control of the comforter. So this is the most important point to pay attention to for sleepers who get hot quickly. The most important materials are:
- Goose down
Goose down is the lower fluffy part of the goose. It is wonderfully soft, wonderfully light and retains warmth like no other material. Goose down does not feel clammy, but it can be too warm for sleepers who have difficulty with temperature regulation.
- Duck down
Duck down is similar to goose down. It is often slightly cooler, but also less soft than goose down. This does make it more suitable for warm-blooded sleepers.
- Feathers
Both duck feathers and goose feathers are excellent ventilators. The weight is slightly higher than down. So a feather comforter is often heavier than a down comforter. It also feels less soft. Nevertheless, the good ventilation makes this an excellent choice for warm sleepers.
- Cotton
Cotton is an affordable option as a batting material. It’s nice and soft, but doesn’t insulate nearly as well as down. This is precisely why cotton is also a great option for a cool comforter.
- Down alternative
There are both natural and synthetic alternatives to down. With natural fill you can think of tencel or bamboo. With synthetic fill, you can think of microfiber fillings. Tencel and bamboo themselves breathe better than cotton and are also very strong. Ideal for a cool comforter. I would advise against synthetic filling, as it can feel rather clammy.
Stitching duvet
The stitching of a comforter also affects how well it can ventilate. Most summer and cool comforters are cassette stitched. This is also called direct stitching. This creates a cool zone around the stitching. Around that part is namely no filling. This way of stitching is simpler, but ideal for a summer or cool comforter.
3 other ways to sleep cool
Okay, you’ve found a one cool comforter. Are you done now? No, there are a few other things that make it more likely that you won’t wake up because it’s too hot, namely:
- Choose a well-ventilated mattress
In addition to a cool comforter, a well-ventilated mattress is especially important for cool sleep. A well-ventilated mattress ensures that the heat does not linger, making it easier to fall asleep. Cool materials for mattresses are cold foam, pocket springs, natural latex or talalay latex.
- Buy a cool fitted sheet
Most Dutch people sleep on a box spring. These often ventilate pretty well already. However, it is important that you choose a fitted sheet that ventilates well and absorbs a lot of moisture so that you do not feel clammy. One option is a fitted sheet with Outlast. This is a technology with a cooling effect. Cotton and tencel are good options. Avoid synthetic fitted sheets.
- Keep your head cool with a pillow
In addition to a cool fitted sheet, comforter and mattress, a cool pillow is also very important. Kapok is pre-eminently a cooling filling. It breathes extremely well and is also relatively cheap. A kapok pillow unfortunately does not last as long. Most kapok pillows can be adjusted to your wishes, so you can always create a pillow that suits your sleeping position and posture.
