Night sweats can happen for all kinds of reasons, and for many, they happen nightly. Waking up drenched in sweat isn’t a pleasant feeling, and if you have the wrong duvet, it can be even more uncomfortable as they can disrupt your sleep significantly and affect your sleep quality. However, it is essential to know that sweating at night is incredibly common and, usually, very normal.

Choosing the best duvet for night sweats is essential to help you get a good, restful nights sleep. In this guide, we’re going to help you find the best duvet filling for night sweats and help you narrow down your options.

What are night sweats?

Night sweats simply refer to when you sweat in your sleep. However, the term is generally used to describe particularly intense hot flushes in the night, where you wake up from deep slumber drenched in sweat. They are prevalent for women going through menopause, but they can happen to anyone at any age and for many simple reasons.

A few of the common causes of night sweats include:

  • A sweltering hot room
  • Bedding that’s too warm and thick for the time of year or room temperature
  • Menopause
  • Anxiety
  • Alcohol
  • Low blood sugar
  • Medication side effects

As you can see, several everyday things can make your temperature spike while you sleep, so experiencing night sweats isn’t necessarily something to worry about. Both men and women must find ways to deal with night sweats—one of the easiest things to find yourself a good duvet with the correct filling.

If you’re having night sweats regularly though, you may want to check the NHS guidance on the matter to help ease your worries.

Can a duvet cause night sweats?

Yes! This is probably the most common cause of night sweats. While you may hope to use the same duvet and selection of duvet covers all year round, the simple fact is that you’re probably going to experience night sweats if you do. A heavyweight duvet in the middle of summer isn’t going to help anyone avoid the dreaded night sweats, for instance. This is where cooler summer duvets and summer bedding will come in. Your duvet is pivotal in helping you regulate your body temperature.

If you’re a hot sleeper all year round, you may want to consider mixing up your duvet filling, the material of your duvet cover and your tog rating.

What duvet is best for night sweats?

When you’re looking for the best duvet for night sweats, you may want a natural duvet filling, like down, a lightweight tog rating and a duvet cover that’s made from a cooling material. To help you work out what’s best for you, we’ll break each of those factors down individually.

If you want more advice on which duvet filling you should choose, read some of our other guides.

What material is best for night sweats?

Before you go looking for a new duvet, you may simply want to consider changing up your duvet covers or bed sheets. Some lightweight options are breathable and wick moisture.

These materials are often used to create duvet covers for summer, and they can be matched with a lightweight duvet or heavyweight duvet at any time of the year. These materials include:

  • Linen
  • Percale
  • Bamboo
  • Microfibre
  • Eucalyptus fibre

Each of these materials offers a cooling sensation or is lightweight enough that it should not cause you to get too hot. Some of these materials can even be paired with a heavyweight duvet.

What duvet filling is best for night sweats?

In terms of duvet filling, two categories can affect how hot you get as you sleep. These are natural and synthetic. Generally, cheaper duvets use synthetic fillings, and these synthetic fibres can be very problematic for people with night sweats. Usually, this is because the synthetic duvet filling is significantly less breathable, so it doesn’t allow moisture to escape and air to circulate.

Natural fillings, like goose or duck down, make for excellent duvets. A down duvet gives you a lightweight option even at higher tog counts, that allows good air circulation and climate control. This makes them ideal for night sweats and people looking for a lighter duvet that can keep them cool but still cosy in the winter months.

What duvet tog rating is best for night sweats?

It could well be that you’re simply using the wrong duvet tog rating. We’d recommend a tog between 4.5 tog and 10.5 tog duvet to help you avoid night sweats.

The tog rating has been developed to help measure the thermal insulation level of your duvet. Essentially, the higher the tog, the more it will insulate you, helping trap the heat and keep you warm.

This means that even if your duvet is lightweight, it could still be the wrong one to help sort out your night sweats. Several duvets, especially synthetic duvets, have been designed to be lightweight and have a high tog rating. If you’re a warm sleeper, this can be particularly important.

What duvet is best for hot sleepers prone to night sweats?

So which one is best for warm sleepers? To avoid damp sheets and get a good night’s sleep, we’d recommend a lightweight duvet that’s breathable, preferably with a natural filling like duck down or goose down, that has a tog rating between 4.5 and 10.5 that’s been encased with a cooling material.

If you’re ready to unlock a better night’s sleep, then we’re here to help. For particularly hot sleepers, we’d recommend our Slumberdown all season duvet, which is made from two duvets clipped together for versatility.

But we also offer a range of winter duvets, summer duvets and all year round duvets. If you want to switch it up from your synthetic bedding, we have a selection of feather duvets, duck down duvets and goose down duvets too.

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