Shelley

Hi

The Message Title says it all! It the UK., we have the choice of single, double or king.

Can someone please enlighten me on the US sizes queen and king?

Thank you.

pamr

Queen is fairly close to a double, which is why you see quite a few quilts advertised as double/queen. Queen may be a little wider or longer than double. King is very large.

freewoman

King and Queen are the same length. A queen is six inches narrower than a King. I have a Queen and believe me, those quilts advertised as double/queen will not fit a queen. I had to send one back and order a king. They are too short!

Actually a Queen looks more like a bed. Kings are square. (no pun intended)

jo

A king size bed is the size of two twins put together..usually set on twin bed frames with one large mattress on top of the two. And a Queen is somewhere inbetween the double and king. Bedding for King size beds is very expensive.

kam

Believe that a queen is 60 inches wide and a king is 72 inches wide. What we call a double is in the 50s and is really not sufficient for two people. A queen is cozy, a king is the equivalent of two twins pushed together, which is what I always book in the UK. Enjoy.

kam

Whoops---I think I quoted the size for a CA KIng, which is 72 inches wide and longer than a normal bed. I think a regular king is 76 inches wide and the same length as a regular mattress. Sorry. :~}

sister

We just bought a king sized bed. The queens were only 6 inches wider than a double. I can't tell youe exactly how wide our king bed is, but when my husband travels, me and my two kids can all fit comfortably in it.

Stephanie P.

Shelley:

I'd suggest getting a King bed for two people. I just purchased a Queen bed and like it for myself only.

Leona

"only" six inches bigger than a double? that's a lot. A double and queen are not nearly the same size. Manufacturers just do that to save money and because fewer people have double beds now, not because they are the same size.

To put it another way, a double is about 140 cm, a queen 160 cm and a king about 180 cm.

xx

A Queen is a little bigger than a Full, 6 inches maybe. A King is the size of 2 twins put together, about 12 inches bigger than a Queen.