sandalwood Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Hi Duvets, sheets, blankets etc. What is best for pvc? Must not be polyester,too hot, anti allergen needed. Easy storage. All help appreciated! Have looked at Duvulay, but nit sure. Tks I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will86 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 It depends on your personal thoughts and skin conditions, your weight and age, the temperature and humidity, the time of year, whether you park on concrete or in a grassy field. In the UK, Northern Norway or Southern Spain up a mountain or below sea level. If you cannot decide then take a lot of everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 When we went to France a couple of weeks ago we took a 4.5tog double-size man-made-fibre duvet to sleep on, a 10.5tog double-size down duvet to sleep under with a 4.5tog double-size down duvet on top of that - but there’s no way that amount of bedding would be appropriate for a PVC unless its bed were ‘permanent’. Have you considered sleeping-bags with cotton liners? At least those should be fairly easy to store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dicksob Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Hi, we use the 2 inch thick mattress in the duvalays, varying the tog rating in the duvet depending on season. Both fit neatly under the rear seat, either in or out of their bags and both pillows go in the overhead cab locker. Bed makeup takes less than 1 minute and very comfortable. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don636 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 We use two Duvalay single toppers in fitted sheet covers that roll up. We then use two duvets on top of that. Not sure what the Tog rating is but it is very low and no problem in the winter. Two pillows each and the whole lot fits into one of the under seat lockers along with a spare blanket, a 10L water container, a 750W oil filled heater, a small 2KW fan heater (we like to have a number of heating options), and a laundry bag. Amazing what you can fit in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanb Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 When we started motor caravaning many years ago we bought a set of 4 thick cotton covered sleeping bags. Since we downsized? (it is longer) to our IH Tio R in 2006 we continued using two of the sleeping bags. We zip the bags together to make one large bag, and if too warm just partially unzip and fold back the upper bag as necessary. We have occasionaly had to use duvets,when renting in NZ, but not appreciate the chilly gaps at the sides. During the day the sleeping bags are folded and retained in custom (home) made lightweight sacks, as are the pillows. During the day all of these items, plus an occasionally used silver screen, are stored in the overcab space. To aid stowing the items, the ridged base of the overcab locker has been covered with a roughly fitted sheet of formica. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 We used to use Duvalays and found them very good, warm when you need to be and cool when you want to be. When we had a panel van we replaced the thick memory foam inserts with a thinner 1" but higher grade memory foam and they fitted in the smaller under bed lockers more easily. Easy to store, easy to make and unmake bed and comfortable to sleep in. For a double bed we turned one inside out so they both faced each other to be a bit more cosy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmorris Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 I guess your main constraint is likely to be available storage space. We have an old Elddis Autoquest 200 with a large overcab bedding compartment that used purely for storage. We use a 2" memory foam mattress topper with a medium weight double quilt and fleece blanket. With pillows, this all fits in two Ikea DIMPA storage bags. https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/small-storage-organisers/waste-sorting-bins/dimpa-storage-bag-transparent-art-10056770/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster63 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 We carry a 4 season duvet, one is 4.5 TOG the other is 10.5, depending on the temperature we use one duvet as a mattress topper and the other to keep warm, swopping around as needed. We also have made cushion covers for 2 of our pillows to save on storage and use them on the seats when relaxing in the evening. We can get the other 2 pillows and the 2 duvets in one the locker under one of the bench seats. As the duvets are feather filled they do pack down quite small but we did have some trouble with feathers escaping, not sure if it was because we were compressing the duvets quite a bit to get into the lockers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 We found that rolling up the bedding in two rolls and securing it tightly with 2 bungees or belts got it more compact than bags for under bed stowage. Bags are fine when there is plenty of space as with a big overcab (or 'crows nest' as our son used to call it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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