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.

They get donated to a homeless shelter

It depends. I've just chucked one which was only a few years old that had gone all lumpy. There were sections with no fluff at all and just the sheet, and others where it had congretated. I had another which went all flat so I downgrades that duvet.
The duvet I use in my mum's must be 10+ years old and is still thick and fluffy.

I’ve had a duvet for twenty years. Feather though. Generally I wouldn’t replace unless it was stained or lumpy. Bonkers to buy new ones every other year.

Kids have wool duvets both duvets 10 years old, and no signs of needing to be replaced. Dh has single down duvet 4.5 tog he already had it when we met in 2001. Mine also a down duvet, but heavier tog rating, purchased it to go camping in 2005, when I had to admit defeat with using sleeping bags (hate, hate, hate my feet being constricted when I’m sleeping) my duvet is still as going strong.

Reading this thread is pretty eye opening to how people seem to think a cotton duvet cover stops sweat, dirt, dead skin cells etc going onto the duvet.

I was just saying to DP that we should think about replacing ours this year. It was mine before we moved in together, and we’ve lived together for ten years. It’s a John Lewis feather and down one and feels a bit lumpy in parts. The spare room has the one that was DP’s before we moved in together so is probably a similar age.

I love my duvets, I haven't had to replace them ever.
Oh well I tell a lie.
A number of years ago I bought a duvet that was not constructed as well, and feathers began to appear from the quilting seams.
But other than that my down duvets retain their fluffy lightness and remain soft and very warm.

I’m wearing pjs and socks to sleep in and shower before bed. There’s very little dirt, and my skin cells are in my pjs except for my hands
between my pjs and the duvet cover, not much is getting on it
are you replacing your clothes too or just.. washing them like you could the duvet?

when I wake up I stand the pillows up to air, and the duvet is folded back, then aired outside in summer

I have a feather and down duvet. Had it for as long as I can remember. I’ve washed and tumble dried it a few times but never felt I had to replace it. I usually take it to the laundry facility at the local garage which has extra large machines.

I've just replaced one that was about 8 years old. I washed it every year or two, but it didn't feel very warm any more. The new one is the same filling and the same tog rating, but it's much fluffier and warmer.

I have a feather and down one that is around 12 years old and still soft and fluffy.

Then again my sprung mattress is nearly 20 years old and still looks and feels like new.

I agree that it's ridiculous to buy new duvets every year! But the (expensive) feather and down one I had was the worst for going flat and lumpy in places despite a regular shaking.

I buy high quality downe, wash and dry them and they last forever. My last duvet for my bed I got 7 years ago.

I do the same, I'm not in the UK and top sheets are used here. I can't even remember how old my duvets (one feather, one wool) are. I just air them.

So? What do you think is going to happen?

Yes, this is me, exactly!
I dont spend hugely on them, usually Slumberland or Silentnight king size, but the dog sleeps on ours so it’s nicer to just replace in Spring and Autumn.

Every 6 months !!!

We have a summer & winter down one that cost at least £300, in its 10 yr & still great.

Change ours about every two to three years. It’s almost just as cheap as taking it to the launderette and paying for a large machine and drying. Also after washing they are never the same.

Me too 😵‍💫
My wool duvet is 2 years old, it replaced a 4 seasons feather and down that was 15 years old (that one was cleaned and given to a woman’s refuge, I wanted a warmer one!)
I do have a 4 tog synthetic summer duvet too.
The thought of binning a duvet every 6 months is utterly sickening.

I've never replaced a duvet. Admittedly our oldest one is 6 years old, so I'm sure I will eventually. They get washed and tumbled occasionally and I haven't noticed anything wrong with them.
I can't fathom the waste of replacing every few months!

Every 5 years, probably

I've only ever replaced ours because something more convenient has come along such as a lighter one that is still as warm or works in both summer and winter. From 2022 we've had 1x 10 tog double coverless duvet each which are good all year round and you can stick in the washing machine.

I am quite religious about washing ours (synthetic) and only replace when they need to. Swapped out a 25 year old duvet for a new one this winter and agree wth the PP that said it is like sleepiing under a cloud.

Can recommend the M&S washable duvets. Last well. DD has had her winter one 12 years and it is still going strong.

My duck down duvet is at least 30 years old and snuggly as ever.

wool duvet, bought 15 years ago for menopause symptoms relief (it works, far fewer night sweats), it’s been washed and aired fairly regularly. It was flipping expensive so no plans to change it!