Larger Family Life - A Large Family Blog: bed protector

If you've been following us lately you'll know that we're nearing the end of a bug which has been making its way around the family. It hasn't really affected me too much - cleaning up wise that is, because it's been poor Mike who has been up in the middle of the night dealing with the vomiting children, scrubbing carpets and beds, over and over and over again.

It's a good time to have had bed protectors on all the beds really. So it's a great time to have a 2-in-1 Fitted Sheet and Bed Protector from B Sensible waiting to be reviewed. I'll say!

Mike was putting new sheets on the bed and brought down the 2-in-1. We couldn't work it out. It's supposed to be waterproof, which makes me think of macs and rainhats type material yet this was all soft and smooth and completely not mac and rainhatty-like at all. But then, surely if it truly is waterproof we'd still need another sheet over it, wouldn't we? Yes, something so small confused us so greatly, it's true.

The fabric that the sheet is made up of is called TENCEL nanofibre which is 100% natural resulting in a softer, smoother feel than cotton. It didn't feel at all waterproof, or what waterproof should feel like but it actually is. Not only do you have the advantage of only having to use one sheet on a mattress, rather than the usual one protector plus one fitted sheet over the top, so saving on laundry but it's also... wait for it... non-iron!

Now that fact alone is enough to have me sold but B Sensible still goes further. The sheets are hypo-allergenic, recommended for sensitive skins and help to control humidity and body temperature. They are washable up to 90 degrees and can be thrown in the dryer up to a temperature of 70 degrees and are available in a range of sizes suitable for anything from moses basket size all the way up to double beds in a choice of 24 colours.

The only downside would be the price, as the crib sizes start from £17.99 and the single bed sizes start from around £31 which is quite a lot for one sheet. Having said that, you do have to factor in that one disadvantage to the advantages it presents, such as less laundry, the need for one single sheet rather than protector+sheet and no ironing. Plus the fact that all in all, I can't say anything bad about it as a product. It works! It's comfy and it's soft and it is functional. In my opinion it would be a worthwhile investment to make to have a quality product which I personally believe will have a long, effective and useful lifespan.

For more information please see B Sensible's website here.

(Disclaimer: I was sent a single sized 2-in-1 Fitted Protector and Sheet for the purpose of this review).