• spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    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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      1 month ago

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

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
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    1 month 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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      1 month ago

      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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        1 month ago

        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.

    • mrgreyeyes@feddit.nl
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      1 month ago

      As a tall Dutch person, my bed is 220 long and 200 wide. Unfortunately Ikea only carries 200 long mattresses, so I need to go to specialty stores.

      But luckily tall people problems are prevalent here, so lots of stores.

      • Dem Bosain@midwest.social
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        29 days ago

        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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          29 days ago

          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.