• 9point6@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    This is just the US btw. Here’s the UK:

    You basically never see emperor though

    I think European sizes differ slightly too because IKEA duvets and bedding never quite agree with stuff from other shops

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      I always just thought it was IKEA making sure you’d have to buy a bed, mattress and bedding exclusively from them.

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        Nah, here in Germany for example, the standard single bed is 90x200cm, the standard double bed is 140x200cm and the king size (although I’m not sure how it would actually be called) is 180x200cm and usually just uses two 90x200cm mattresses. Can’t say I’ve ever seen a larger bed.

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          It’s the same in Sweden, which suggests it’s either an EU-wide standard or informally standardised (perhaps thanks to IKEA’s economies of scale).

          The UK is presumably different because the Inselaffen like things being in round numbers of inches and they didn’t vote Leave to have 140cm double beds.

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    * Mattress Dimensions and Bed Sizes »in the US« – we can’t even figure out metric, there’s no way we would figure out simplifying mattresses …

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      7 months ago

      I’ve slept three to a king comfortably. Only downside is it gets very hot. Yes, both of those statements are double entendres.

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    7 months ago

    That fucker that invented the twin XL has earned the wrath of many college freshmen.

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        Because finding sheets that fit them used to be terrible. Even in a college town, you’d have very limited options. I expect this is much easier now that online shopping is a thing, though.

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          Yeah.

          But that’s not an excuse to force 10-20 some percent of the population to hang their feet of the end of the bed (and yes 5 inches makes that much of a difference)

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            Oh, I agree with you. I was just answering why many college kids disliked the twin xl mattresses. That doesn’t mean they should quit using them in dorms.

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        Because the college would tell you the dorm rooms have twin mattresses in them. So everybody shows up with twin sized sheets.

        You can actually get fitted twin sized sheets to fit a twin-xl mattress if you fold the mattress a little when you put on the sheet… When the mattress straightens out it compresses a little, and the sheets stretch a little. But you’ll also find the weak spots in your sheets very fast.

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          Ahh, okay. Yeah, I’ve slept on twins and twin xls most of my life and I’m familiar with the sheet stretch, I just didn’t realize colleges didn’t differentiate when they told kids what they had.

  • spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world
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    I don’t know… We have a queen size, and it’s big enough for me, my wife, my dog, and the occasional cat too. Not exactly roomy but still.

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      When my husband and i started dating we slept together in a twin. Now we sleep in a king with 2-3 cats, and a dog if there’s a storm. Sometimes on vacation we have a room with a queen. Makes you realize how much space the animals take.

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        Just wait…

        A queen sized bed is only big enough for one 5 year old. Trying to get more people in there results in sleeping on the couch so you don’t punch your child.

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    Wife and I fit fine in a Full bed. I didn’t know until recently that it’s supposed to be for teenage sized people.