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.

The thought of washing things at the laundrette makes me shudder. People wash soiled clothes, pet beds and horse rugs all the time there.

I can’t comprehend the mindset that would throw away a duvet without good reason! We have all season goose down ones that are at least 20 years old and still as warm and comfortable as the day they were bought. I get them professionally cleaned annually, usually in summer.

Not for ages, but it’s goose down and I saw it as an investment. Expensive, but worth it.

I'm aware that John Lewis currently has down duvets for sale that cost up to £12k, but 17 years ago, when I bought mine, I could have bought a down duvet there for about £600-£800, yes.

If they’re not cheap, do you donate them to charity? A laundrette or dry cleaner can also clean them for you if you didn’t realise. Better for the planet.

Every two years.

I think it’s rage bait 😆 there cannot be ANY sound reason as to why you would buy a new duvet every 6 months instead of just washing it. I also doubt they’re good quality or expensive. Terrible - imagine if everyone did that!!

Do you buy a new mattress once a year too? What about your carpets do you replace them too? Or do you just clean them like normal people 😆😆😆

Our local stables accept old duvets, so that's where mine go. Not that I change them often, or wash, just air on blowy sunny days. That's should kill germs.

Crikey just read a few more of the posts.

For those of you replacing duvets rather than washing them, I'll reiterate the M&S washable synthetic duvets are great.

We fit a 10.5 tog King Size into our 7kg washing machine easily on a hot wash. And if you are really worried about germs, add a capful of disinfectant into the wash. Job done. You will save money, reduce waste and not send things to landfill unnecessarily. Plus you can wash them regularly so ultimately are more hygienic than sleeping in something for 6 months and binning it.

It was one of the main reasons we bought them as it meant as the laundrette costs were getting silly. It is also a lot warmer than our old 13.5 tog king size duvet (also synthetic)...

Doesn't bother me, they are washed. I'd never let the hairdresser wash my hair if I imagined who had sat at the sink, in the chair, used the comb, scissors etc if I thought like that. I think all the water in the world is meant to have already passed through 7 people or something!

I changed mine last week, went from a 13.5 tog to 15.0 tog. It's heavier and much warmer than the previous one which I think I'd had about six years. It's lovely, really glad I upgraded it.

I get quite chilly at night and I have to have weight on my feet so usually have a folded blanket across the end of the bed. Once my feet get cold, that's it I just can't get warm enough.

Strangely, my brother is the same, he has to have weight on his feet too. Must be something our mum did when we were babies I imagine.

Same. It’s sickening to have so little regard for where all this shit goes when you’re done with it. The rampant self-centredness that allows you to consume and discard stuff at this rate with not a bother on you is fucking baffling to me.

My six year old duvet I've just replaced will be taken to the local cat rescue as they often need them. They also get old towels, tea towels and flannels all can be used for the rescue cats and kittens.

They do get recycled that way and I imagine they get washed and reused all the time.

Do you not think washing machines are capable of cleaning things?

I can’t fit the larger duvets into my washing machine (10kg load size). How are people managing it? I can’t wash anything other than a single duvet at home. And then not even the 13.5 tog ones. I could squish them in but they don’t wash properly…I did try it out once or twice.
Or is everyone going to the laundrette? Here it’s as cheap to buy a new (cheap) duvet as wash one. I don’t for environmental reasons but it’s expensive!

But its a washing machine ??? It CLEANS STUFF - Look up how a washing machine works, Plus if you go to the ones that are operated by people, like my local one they put it in the washing machine for you etc, then no pet stuff.

Ours is about 5 years old and probably needs replacing this year as it’s covered in coffee stains.

I know my most recent one cost 450e 😑believe me its staying on that bed for at least 10 years unless it explodes. The laundrette charges 40e to wash and dry it , once a year wash would equate to 10cents a day. Duvet lasting 10 years equates to 12c a day. My pillows cost 100e each, designed specifically for each for us, how we sleep etc, there is no way am replacing that.
Replacing every 6 months is being penny wise but pound foolish as well as being so bad for environment
Around here no one wants old duvets - no shelter both cat or dog will take them no homeless shelter, they are also the worst type of material you can use for outdoor animals in the cold and wet

Sorry i don't think 40e for a duvet to be washed once a year is expensive - as said in my post my duvet cost 450e, replaced only last year after about 8 years, previous one also cost about 500e

I don't think I will ever replace, lightweight one which is silk filled from Ginger lily and an old feather one , both given to me from family members .

I have an 8kg machine and it fits a double duvet fine 🤷‍♀️

If the duvet costs about €40 though, €40 to wash it is expensive. Your budget is obviously a bit different to mine 😅. I couldn’t afford €450 or €500 for a duvet unfortunately. We have 5 duvets in use at any one time. We buy cheaper ones.

What tog is that?

Try stables as I mentioned in post above?