And the truly great thing about a duvet (provided you're willing to spend the bucks on a really good one) is insulation. Keeps you warm in winter and cool in summer. The cheaper ones work reasonably well in winter, but are lousy in summer. My sister in law used to work at a duvet store here in Toronto, and they had some dillies, about 6 - 8 inches thick that were incredible - winter or summer, but I couldn't justify the cost even with her discount. Of course the other issue is that once one of those is on you, you can't move around much.

>You are right of course. My mistake. The beds in Germany were like that. Absolute heaven. Most were feather. You can buy them here as well but they are considered a luxury item.
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>>>I have a duvet. I sleep on 2 pillows, but both are rather flat feather pillows. So my head sinks in and it is really comfortable. Here you can buy a duvet almost anywhere (including Walmart and Target) and definitely at all linen stores but here a duvet is a bedsize pillowcase that holds a quilt INSIDE IT. You remove the outer covering (duvet) and wash it.
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>>No, you guys have got it wrong: the duvet is the quilt and the "pillow case" is the "duvet cover". Maybe your quilts aren't the same: Ours are lightweight, usually white, of cotton or poly-cotton, filled with foam or feathers. You fluff them up just as you would do a pillow. They're not like the type you cover the bed with.
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>>> My daughter has a duvet on her bed as well. It is convenient for washing but not so great for appearance. The duvet can slip around and I ended up added velcro tabs on my daughters so it would stay in place on the quilt that was inside it.
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>>LOL. I can just picture you sewing velcro tabs on all your kids' PJs :-) You must have the wrong type of quilt for the concept. A proper duvet quilt just sort of envelopes you and stays put.
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>>While we're on the subject, why are women referred to as "the weaker sex"? I challenge any man to wrest the bed covers from a woman's grasp once she's pulled them over her side of the bed! :-)