I need to buy some new quilt/doona

[the_bob_delusion]

Does it make much difference the stuffing inside e.g. feather, wool, microfibre etc etc.?

[2106greencat]

So long as it is not 'cat fur' - NO

Seriously, I like the feather ones, light but snuggly.

[ashjoma]

buy a silk filled doona  from Ebay

The best quilt I have ever bought

I have a thin quilt for summer and a thick quilt for winter.

Costs alittle more but I find the silk is light, cozy and I do not overheat.

make sure it is 100 % silk filled

there are a few very good sellers on ebay who sell silk quilts

[i-need-a-martini]

Ikea. Feather.

[imastawka]

Do not buy feather if you are asthmatic.   Go for wool filled.

[kopenhagen5]

Or Myers Danish eiderdowns.

Higher percentage duck down is better or warmer than feathers.

Also get the ones that are in square sections rather than tubes, then it doesn't all gather at the one end.

[i-need-a-martini]

If you are asthmatic then neither feather or wool is suitable as neither can be regularly washed.

In fact, if you are asmatic, then quilts will make your symptons worse. 

[imastawka]

I am asthmatic and my breathing improved when I switched to wool-filled quilts.

They can be machine washed. 

Blankets weigh too heavily on me.   I also have emphysema

[mugssy65]

My new wool quilt said fully machine washable.....
It wasn't 😞

[just_me_karen]

I have a good low allergenic feather quilt....and for emergencies, I have two of the el cheapo $10 discount quilts filled with that furry plastic stuff, pin the corners together and shove them into one quilt cover. Works well! Light as a feather and cheap as chips.