I hate comforters. Of course I'm now in the tropics and a lightweight cotton blanket is all the cover I need for about six weeks in the Winter.....just a sheet in the Summer. Even when I was in a very cold part of the country I used blankets and had a cotton chenille spread.
I use a down comforter in the winter, a lighter weight comforter in the Spring and Fall and just a thisn patchwork quilt in the summer when the air conditioner is needed.