Choosing the right duvet for a waterbed

Water beds are different from normal beds

You sleep in a water bed on water that is enclosed in a plastic cover. This water has a comfortable temperature of around 28 degrees, which is roughly the temperature of your skin. These facts have an impact on your wellbeing.

• A waterbed mattress cannot wick away moisture to the same extent as a conventional one, even with a suitable pad mattress. These absorb moisture during sleep and often only give it when you are sleeping Ventilation of the bed. A waterbed mattress cannot do that. The duvet must therefore take on this function.
• Even if the mattress does not feel warm in the waterbed, it is warmer than a conventional mattress. Normally you warm up the bed with your body temperature, this is not necessary with a waterbed. You therefore need a very thin blanket. With your usual blanket, you will sweat.

Comfortable duvets for water mattresses

• Buy a simple cotton blanket made from seersucker. This fabric is wavy and always leaves air between your body and the ceiling. You do not need a cover for these thin blankets, the blankets can be conveniently placed in the Washing machine wash and dry quickly. With two blankets that you use alternately, you may be able to get by all year round.
• When it gets cooler, it is often enough to cover these blankets with a duvet cover. For this purpose, too, choose cotton bed linen made from seersucker. Do not use microfiber bedding. When it comes to the designation, you don't know exactly what you are getting. The bedding could be too dense and none humidity let through.


Duvet and sweating - this is how you create a comfortable bed climate

Especially in summer it can happen that people sweat under the covers. …

• In an unheated bedroom, it can also be uncomfortable in a heated water bed. If the summer blanket is too cool for you, buy a quilted bed filled with camel hair or silk. Cellulose fiber fillings, such as Tencel or Lyocell, are also ideal for a waterbed. By the way, cellulose is suitable for allergy sufferers.

Unsuitable materials for these beds

• You should generally be careful with synthetic fibers, which include microfibers. If you do not want to do without synthetic fillings, only buy blankets that are filled with branded fibers, whose breathability is clear.
• Feathers and down are completely unsuitable for water beds because they do not transport moisture well. The material also insulates very well, it will get too warm in bed.

If you follow this advice, you will feel comfortable under the duvet and have a good night's sleep in your waterbed.