We're in the middle of packing, well more to the point I am Last night I was wondering is a UK double the same size as an Aussie double. Should I take the bedding with us or buy new stuff, or both. My husband says that the sizes are the same (he's an aussie). I'm not too sure, and he just tells me things to make my stop stressing . Does anyone know, I will be packing it all tonight

Thanks in advance!

This is actually a good question and one I never thought of. What I have read somewhere is that singles and doubles are the same, a king here is a queen there and a superking here is a king there and a superking there just wouldn't fit through the door here

Not 100% sure if that's right though.

Sarah

It's all so confusing. I can't believe it kept me awake last night. Stupid, silly brain . I really need to know though, I guess I could just pack it anyway but I didn't want to take any duvets with us.

Take a look HERE for a good description of the bed sizes and comparisons.

UK and Aus beds are not the same size. Our (UK) king size bed is about (but not exactly) the same size as an Aus Queen size bed. Bloody pain in the arse when we wanted to buy an electric blanket.

Can't recall the exact measurements, but something to consider, should you be thinking about a new matress in the near future too.

No they are NOT the same and I've got in a right pickle using my UK bedding (called Manchester here of all things) and trying to fit a UK duvet (doona) cover on an Aussie cover

Hmmm I thought that might be the case....which ones are bigger?? (knew my hubbie would be wrong )

The encyclopedia of BED

No point me bothering to buy new bedding then before we come....

Bring your duvets - they are expensive here,and not as thick and warm!
generally, UK queen - Aus double
UK king = Aus queen
UK superkingsize = Aus kingsize

Covers are expensive here too, so come prepared! I seem to remember Kala shipping a hostel full of covers in with her!!

Buy IKEA beds and bedding - it's the same everywhere in the world .

Australian Bed Sizes:
These Mattress sizes from : http://www.latexmattress.com.au/products.htm

Single 1880 x 915mm
King Single 2030 x 1070mm
Double 1880 x 1370mm
Queen 2030 x 1520mm
King 2030 x 1830mm

and from http://www.lemontreelinen.com.au/cus...es/size_charts

Bed Sizes
Cot 69 X 130cm
Single 92 X 188cm
Double 138 X 188cm
Queen 153 X 204cm
King 183 X 204cm

Duvets & Duvet Covers
Single 140 X 210cm
Double 180 X 210cm
Queen 210 X 210cm
King 245 X 210cm

Pillow Sizes
Standard 48 X 73cm
European 65 X 65cm

Pillow Case Sizes
Cot 42 X 65cm
Standard 50 X 75cm
European 65 X 65cm

Now get your tape measure out

Just a quick cut and paste from my info pages

This is such a relevant thread to me (in a way ) at the moment...

Mum and Dad arrive a week on sunday....

I've bought a new bed and all new linen for their arrival....

Bought an Aussie 'double', got it delivered, put it together and found it's tiny -like a UK queen size, like a single and a bit.

Mmmm..cheesed off.....

That may be worth checking

Heres a link to an example of the Sultan Hovsten spring mattress at the IKEA stores.

UK: http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/store...ts=10103*10142
AUS: http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/store...ts=10103*10142

Even Ikea do seem to make them different in sizes.

Aus has 2 sizes
Single = Length: 189 cm, Width: 92 cm
Double = Length: 189 cm, Width: 135 cm

UK has 4 sizes
Length: 200 cm, Width: 80 cm
Length: 200 cm, Width: 90 cm
Length: 200 cm, Width: 140 cm
Length: 200 cm, Width: 160 cm

The link given by marco in the above post shows the exact sizes for US, UK, Aus and Eu, so you can easily compare.