A Bedable care label
Your Bedable duvet and pillow are filled with 85% goose feather and 15% goose down, cased in 233 thread count cotton percale. That fill is hand wash only. Treat it the way this guide sets out and it holds its loft for years rather than months.
In short
Hand wash the duvet and pillow, never bleach, air dry until bone dry, and keep a cover on at all times.
Good to know
Before you start, it helps to know which one you're caring for. Tap either layer to see it.
This guide covers both, starting with the cover. Not sure which size you need? Check our Size Chart.
The essentials
Straight from the care label on your Bedable duvet and pillow. Both are hand wash only.
All season
10.5 tog
hand wash only
Taken from the care label on the Bedable Goose Feather & Down Duvet and Pillow: hand wash only, do not bleach, and always keep a cover on.
Know what you own
Every filled piece Bedable makes uses the same natural goose feather and down blend, so they all follow the same routine. No synthetics, no memory foam, no polyester anywhere in the range.
Every Bedable filled piece is OEKO-TEX® certified and covered by our 365-day guarantee. See the full range in Duvet & Pillows.
The easy one
A duvet cover is fine cotton, so it follows the same routine as your sheets and pillowcases. Wash at 40°C with a mild detergent, skip the fabric softener as it coats the fibres, and tumble dry on a low heat or line dry.
For the full routine on sheets and covers, see our Bedding Care Guide.
Method · 5 steps
Your Bedable duvet is hand wash only. Set aside an afternoon, use the bath, and work gently: the goal is to lift dirt out of the fill without ever crushing it.
Unbutton the duvet cover and wash that separately with your sheets at 40°C. Only the filled insert needs hand washing.
Roughly hand-warm, never hot. Add a small capful of mild, non-biological detergent and swirl it through before the duvet goes in. Never use bleach on goose feather and down.
Lower the duvet in and press it down with flat palms so the water moves through the fill. Wringing or twisting snaps the feather quills and the loft never comes back.
Drain, refill with clean lukewarm water and press again. Repeat two or three times. Leftover detergent is what leaves a duvet flat and grey.
Press the duvet against the side of the bath to push water out, then lift it in a bundle with both arms so the wet fill is supported. Never let it hang by one corner.
Method · the one that matters
No tumble dryer. Heat scorches and breaks down goose down, so a Bedable duvet air dries, and it takes time: 24 to 48 hours to dry all the way through. Rushing this step is what turns a duvet musty, lumpy or mouldy inside the fill.
Spread the duvet over two parallel airers, or a clean sheet on the floor of a warm, well ventilated room. Hanging it wet drags all the sodden fill into the bottom hem.
Lift, shake and pat the duvet from both sides to break up wet clumps and spread the feathers back out. This is what rebuilds the loft as it dries.
A breezy, shaded spot dries fastest. Strong sun yellows the cotton casing, and evening damp undoes a whole day, so bring it in before dusk.
Squeeze the duvet in several places. Any cool or heavy patch means damp fill still sitting inside, so keep going. Expect 24 to 48 hours in total.
Try it · the squeeze test
A duvet can feel dry at the edges and still hold damp in the middle. Tap each zone to squeeze it.
Squeeze all six zones. Cool means damp.
Mistakes that shorten a duvet's life
Method · 4 steps
Same fill as the duvet, same rule: hand wash only. A basin or a clean sink is enough for one pillow at a time.
Those go in the machine with your sheets. The pillow itself is hand wash only, do not bleach.
A basin or clean sink of lukewarm water with a little mild detergent. One at a time means the fill has room to move and actually rinses out.
Press the pillow under the water repeatedly rather than scrubbing it. Work any marked patches with your fingertips only.
Fresh lukewarm water each time, until no suds appear when you press. Then press the water out between two clean towels, never twist.
Patience required
Air dry pillows the same way as the duvet, flat and out of direct heat. Lay each one on a rack or towel in a warm, airy room and turn it over every few hours, fluffing and reshaping by hand each time so the feathers spread back out. Give it a full day, then squeeze the middle: any cool or heavy spot means damp fill still inside, and a pillow that goes back on the bed damp will smell within the week.
Air dry flat · turn every few hours · fluff by hand
The rhythm
With a cover on at all times, the goose feather and down inserts need a deep clean far less often than the cotton around them.
Three minutes a day
01
Fold the duvet back and let it breathe for 15 to 20 minutes before you make the bed. Airing is the single best thing you can do for a natural fill.
02
The care label asks for a cover at all times. It catches sweat and oils before they reach the feathers, and machine washes easily with your sheets.
03
Shake the duvet out and fluff each pillow every time you make the bed, so the fill stays evenly spread rather than settling into one corner.
Putting it away
If something's gone wrong
Problem
Likely cause
The fill has clumped and settled, usually after a wash that dried too slowly or was not shaken out often enough.
Fix
Lay it flat somewhere warm and airy, then shake and pat it out by hand every couple of hours until the feathers spread evenly again. A daily shake keeps it that way.
Problem
Likely cause
Sweat and body oils soaking through into the fill, often from going to bed with damp hair.
Fix
Hand wash the pillow in lukewarm water with mild detergent, never bleach, and rinse it thoroughly. Then add a cotton pillow protector, which is what stops it happening again.
Problem
Likely cause
The item was packed away while still slightly damp.
Fix
Air it outdoors in a shaded, breezy spot for a full day. If the smell stays, hand wash and air dry completely, then store it in a breathable cotton bag.
No. The care label on both the duvet and the pillow reads hand wash only, do not bleach. A domestic machine cycle forces water through the feather and down clusters and breaks them, and the loft never fully comes back. Machine wash the cotton duvet cover instead.
No. Dryer heat scorches and breaks down natural down. Air dry it flat instead, in a warm, well ventilated room or outdoors out of direct sun, shaking and redistributing the fill every few hours. Expect 24 to 48 hours to dry all the way through.
With a cover on at all times, the goose feather and down inserts only need a deep clean every six to twelve months. Wash the duvet cover and pillowcases every one to two weeks with your sheets. Shaking and airing the duvet daily means it needs washing far less often.
Because the fill is 85% natural goose feather and 15% goose down. Those clusters trap air, and the trapped air is what keeps you warm. Machine agitation and dryer heat crush and snap them, so the label is hand wash only, do not bleach.
10.5 tog, an all season weight for year round use. The fill is 85% goose feather and 15% goose down, cased in 233 thread count white cotton percale, and it comes in single, double, king and super king.
