To not buy new pillows

[AliceAbsolum]

DH saw a YouTube video and apparently you should buy new ones every 6 months.

Ours are 2 years old and fine, I think this is all just capitalism and it's filthy lies.

After two years you should at least have washed them a few times, if not replaced them. Pillows gather lots of skin cells, dust etc, so I like to replace mine every 18 months or so

I wash mine every 6 months but no need for new ones, I paid 80 quid for mine about 5/6 years ago and it's as good as new.

They are never the same when you wash them though, it ruins them. I put two pillowcsses on mine and have a pillow protector underneath.

I wash mine every now and then but use protectors

Mine come out fine! (They’re not feather ones though)

Mine are 6 years old, never washed and no one has died from it. This Mumsnet culture of constantly replacing and washing things is very wasteful

Just normal washing machine wash?

I have pillow protectors and cases on which are both changed every time. I think I've had the same pillows for almost 10 years and they are still perfect. I haven't washed them because they are feather pillows and also because they are extra large and I would only fit one in the machine at a time which seems like a faff.

use pillow protectors, febreze once a month and replace every two years

I used to
But got fed up with it taking 2 months for it to feel comfy and like 'mine
Now I just do when I think they need it. I use a protector and wash my bedding very frequently so not much chance to get bad

Hmm, ours were new in December, so we are already overdue 🤔

We replace ours when we get new bedding which is every year or so.

Clearly I am alone in pillowgate.
Have had same pillows for years. 10 or more. Honestly can't remember how long. Pillow cases are washed regularly.

What do you all do with the (not) old ones? Throw them in the bin to go to landfill? It's so wasteful. What is the problem with a 6 month or two year old pillow exactly, do you imagine it will make you ill?

I wash according to the instructions, some are hand wash which I do in the bath with that detol washing cleanser , others up to 60 degs in the machine.
You can wash feather pillows and duvets at 60 in my experience.

YANBU to not replace them. Unless your suffering from some skin or respiratory complaint which could be caused by pillow dust/ dead skin then why does it matter if your own dead skin cells touch your face? Do people get ill from old pillows or is it just "ick factor"?

I've had the same pillow for 2.5 years. It's comfortable and wasn't cheap. It hasn't lost its shape or gone all flat. I don't see why I would need to replace it

Who has time to wash pillows??

Mumsnet is SO odd.

I wash pillows now and then I thought it was normal? My face is on it all night 😂
I bought a new pillow from ikea yesterday as mine have gone a bit flat and can’t seem to be revived but I won’t throw the old pillow away, I wash it then keep it in one of those vacuum bags in case people come to stay. Unless it’s really rubbish then I would throw it away

Oh god, I've had my favourite pillow longer than I've had dh. We're married 12 years .

Pretty sure I have a childhood pillow around here somewhere. It must be 20 years old!

I wash the if DD is sick or spills milk or something, otherwise I just get new ones when they're knackered, which is when putting two in one pillow case fails to cut it!

I did buy better quality last time around though, so they're still going strong one in a case a year later 😂

Pillow protectors under the pillow case.

what's not normal about washing pillows?

Most of us have washing machines, how long does it physically take to put them in there and put them in a dryer or on an airer in the sun?

It takes just as long to write Who has time to wash pillows??
Mumsnet is SO odd.
as it takes to wash them

But they come out horribly lumpy from the washing machine

No mine don’t come out lumpy at all
And they dry really fast too

Unless we buy the ultra cheap pillows there is absolutely know way I could afford to replace them so often . ( even then I wouldn't )
It is down right wasteful , my pillow is about 5 years old I think I have washed it about 5 or 6 times and I am still alive !

Frlrlrubert which is when putting two in one pillow case fails to cut it! I am glad I am not the only one that does this !

I bet the you tube video was made by or sponsored by a pillow manufactures

Just washed ours (feather and down) as I usually do. 40 degrees wash. They take forever to dry out (outside on the washing line) and need really hot weather for it.