How often do you replace your duvet?

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Just that, really. I’ve been getting the beds ready for winter and noticed our duvets are a bit lumpy. I also just purchased a new one for DD who’s now transitioned to a proper bed and realised how lovely a fresh duvet is!

Google tells me they should be replaced anywhere from every 2 (mad!) to 5 years. DH grew up with a mum who never replaced hers (in fact if we stay at hers, she’s still got the same duvets he slept with 20+ years ago, they’re like sleeping under rocks!)

I have asthma so tend to buy synthetic. I wash and air each duvet at the end of the season, if that matters.

I think by chance I’ve replaced mine every 6-8 years. Silk, then synthetic, and now I have a wool one which I adore. I don’t have any plans to change it.

Asthma and allergy person here. I swear by coverless duvets - me and the kids have had the same ones for 5 years (eldest child), pop it in the wash weekly, job done. The quilting means nothing moves around inside or gets lumpy, so even if your preference is duvet covers, it's a good plan for allergy people. I'll replace them when they're throughly past their prime, or when pokemon/sonic is no longer acceptable for eldest! My 4 tog peppa pig one from aldi years ago is incredible, like sleeping in a cloud ☁️ Never again will I (5 foot 1) be cursed with duvet cover changes 😁

Is this a joke 😄

Current one is 33 yrs old , DH ‘s is at least 10 yrs older. We no longer have single beds in the house but if we did we would also be using my first duvet which is over 50!

with my now husband 20 years and we are on our third. changed 1st one about 5 years in as it waa a good few years old. current one only got last year. super king bed so expensive enough splashed out on a goose and duck feather mix.
it has been washed twice in past year. I try and get it washed at least once a year in laundrette
who the f changes there one every 6 months ?? now that's a bloody waste of money and so so bad for the environment? 2l

What?? I don’t think I’ve ever deliberately replaced a duvet just because time has passed, although I’ve got rid of a couple that were completely ruined for various reasons, and upgraded to a much nicer one after realising mine didn’t keep us warm any more. I’ve got an eiderdown quilt that is probably 80 years old as well.

I bought an Earthkind feather summer duvet from JL this year. It is lovely.

You think a down duvet costs £600-800? 🙄

Oh this is me. Have three different duvets. change as the season does, wash each one when I change it. Also we use two single duvets, so comfortable and easy to change.

We got a new one (silk! I love it!) a few years ago as I felt like the previous synthetic one was making hot flushes worse.

The duvet I bought in about 2005 is now in the guest room and going strong. DH's ancient one from before we were married got chucked straight in the bin by me, it was grim.

I feel you get what you pay for. Replacing every six months sounds crazy, but I once bought some cheap "hotel quality" pillows which were unusable within less than a month - all the stuffing clumped together in a corner.

I had my last one for about 15 years. I replaced it because it appeared to have shrunk, there was a inch of spare duvet cover on 2 sides so it was always moving around.

I have a wool one. It's 10 years old. They say wool ones should have at least 15 years in them.

Every 5 years I replace, feather only for me.

I’ve changed mine recently after 7 years but purely because they were stained from the kids and obviously periods. It had been washed but to no avail… it was still in fair;y good condition other than that. DS has a summer and winter duvet because his body temp is so up and down. His summer one is a 7 tog and his winter is a 10 so it suits him. We have to change them regularly because he gets frequent nose bleeds which makes them look like a massacres occurred 🫣

if you're having to replace your duvet every 6 months I can only assume you buy the cheapest ones going. They shouldn't degrade that fast!

I have the same 9.5/4.5 tog duo system that lots of people have mentioned but never use them snapped together. They are feather & down and I bought the pair for £50 from TK Maxx when I set off to university, so almost 20 years ago. They're just as good now as they always were.

I've never had much luck with synthetic pillows which always seem to go lumpy, but we have a kingsize synthetic duvet which is still so fluffy and cosy after 8+ years.

This thread is great, it's either 6 months or 50 years 😅 I love the extremes!

We've just replaced our winter one! Never had a new one before - the previous one was acquired from family at least 20 years ago. We'll probably replace the summer one next year too. Such luxury 😍

I’ve lost count of how many duvets we’ve bought. Various sizes, togs, fibres etc. I’ve always got loads stashed away in cupboards as well as getting rid of old ones.

some are easily washed like my summer one but others are too big to fit in the machine so I’ll get rid if they start to smell etc.

I’ve never had them go lumpy or unusable though. It’s more if they get smelly (DH sweats like mad in bed, DC wetting the bed etc) and beyond saving in that respect.

You throw things away rather than wash them? You know dry cleaners will wash duvets, right?

I've got a down/feather that's 30 years old, still perfect. It gets cleaned commercially occasionally.
Not the same as a feather/down.

What an absolute waste and more landfill
I have a wool one that was expensive, it’s a couple of years old and I expect it to last way longer

it makes me wonder sometimes why I bother recycling, switching the tap off and saving water and reusing when people are binning 2 duvets a year

Think we have had this one for about 10 years. Only got it as we upgraded from a king size bed to a super king. Was a very basic cheap duvet.
I can’t have feather as allergic.

Yep - cheaper to get a new one than to pay the cost of dry cleaning it!

i’m talking after quite a while - not frequently. Often they get kept as emergency back ups or become animal bedding.

Never. Goose down, 28 years old.