Duvet users - how often do you wash yours?

YORKSHIRELASS

Oh a little confession about duvets. My sister and hubby were coming to stay for the weekend. A couple of hours before they arrived I went to sort out some bedding for the sofa-bed and found the spare duvet had a nasty brown mark on it. Not sure what it was or where it had come from but no time to do anything about it so I put a clean cover on and was reassured that they wouldnt know.

After they had left on the Sunday I went into the room they were sleeping in and sis had stripped the duvet cover off ready for washing. There folded neatly on top of the sofa-bed was the grotty looking duvet! I was so embarrassed and that duvet went straight in the bin.

I confess I am a flinger too. I chuck the duvet out once a year and buy new. Not very environmentally friendly but its the cheapest way, unless you can afford a very expensive duvet! I have washed the kids single duvets though, especially when they have been ill.

Money_maker

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

Ugh, pillowcases. Or to be more accurate, other peoples' pillowcases. My hubby's always develops a big dark greasy looking mark in the centre which I'm sure is just hair wax but I keep thinking is dirty hair residue

Agreed. My hubby has this too... but he's bald:eek::eek:

DS1 has my duvet which dates back to pre 1985, they don't make them like that any more. Fits in the WM no problem, still a fantastic duvet. DS2 & DD have modern ones which wont fit the WM and our kingsize wont either. Keep meaning to try the launderette, friend says the big machine is a fiver with a pound or two for the dryers. Just finding the time.

Same duvet all year round 4.5 tog, DH gets too hot so I have extra blankets my side in winter

cyclingyorkie

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

Ugh, pillowcases. Or to be more accurate, other peoples' pillowcases. My hubby's always develops a big dark greasy looking mark in the centre which I'm sure is just hair wax but I keep thinking is dirty hair residue

My husband and son do too - so irritating! And if husband is sleeping with just shorts on I have to change the sheet more regularly... grrr!!:mad::mad:

shegirl

Do people really constantly throw out and replace duvets???And get funny about what pillow they sleep on?!

Our duvets get aired and they are washed at least yearly.Both are feather and down so taken to laundrette so they can be tumbled and stay fluffy.

As for pillows- if you can share bodily fluids and share a bed why on earth can't you share a pillow????

kezlou

Haha so true shegirl.

My pillow is duck feather which is perfect for me, my oh tries to steal it to wind me up!

We share everything, I even steal his clean boxers, he doesn't mind. He steals my kippers and tiny socks for his trainers.

uk_american

Many years ago, i bought proper (washable) feather pillows (Euro square ones from the bay of E) and a high spec duvet from the US. I use the same year round. I'm regularly cold, so winter weight does me fine all year.

They get machine washed in the spring and autumn and generally hung out on sunny days for airing. Sometimes it's weekly, but if it's raining, not so much. Having lived on the continent, I was used to seeing duvets hanging out windows on any nice days.

It was worth every penny to me to get a nice one, but I'm particular about sleep. In particular, I need the weight of the duvet to get a nice sleep, so throwaway hollew fiber ones don't do it for me. To each their own, however.

Make-it-3

I like nice quality pillows/duvets so the idea of throwing all that expense away once a year is crazy to me.

My summer double duvet will fit in my WM and the autumn one I take to the big machine at the launderette. Both get washed when they swapped over at the change of seasons. Otherwise I spot clean anything (usually coffee) that spills in between times.

kboss2010

About once a year. My local laundrette (one of only 2 left in my city!) will actually wash it (with water, in a machine rather than dry cleaned) for £25 (it's a super kingsize 4.5 tog). I suppose I could take it down there and do it myself in one of their machines if I had the time (it's only open for self-service washes at inconvenient times and I'm currently working 6 day weeks).

It's actually cheaper to buy a new one off ebay (£20 + free P&P) if I'm being honest.

POPPYOSCAR

kboss2010 wrote: »

About once a year. My local laundrette (one of only 2 left in my city!) will actually wash it (with water, in a machine rather than dry cleaned) for £25 (it's a super kingsize 10.5 tog). I suppose I could take it down there and do it myself in one of their machines if I had the time (it's only open for self-service washes at inconvenient times and I'm currently working 6 day weeks).

It's actually cheaper to buy a new one off ebay (£20 + free P&P) if I'm being honest.

Yes it is.


I often get them in the 70% clearance sales in Debenhams.

Honeythief

Hmmmm, cheaper by immediate spend of cash, maybe, but not in any other way and certainly not an old-style approach.