Duvets!

[Chatterboxy]

Gorgeous weather today, so spring (autumn) cleaned our bedroom, new feather duvet & pillows ready for the colder weather.
My old feather quilt looked absolutely disgusting in colour in comparison to the new one! 😳
Be honest, how often do you buy a new duvet?

@DappledThings

I will admit that I bin all our duvets in the late spring when I take them off for the summer Speechless.

I do that too. I buy cheap duvets for this purpose. I have a dust mite allergy and I can't fit it in my washer.

I replace mine every couple of months but I have good reason to do before I get jumped on

My Dogs get my hand me down every year for their spot in the house, so every 2 years one is thrown out.

I wash mine every few months. I replaced it about 5 years ago. It’s Hungarian white goose down so no way I’m replacing it regularly! The kids have coverless duvets do they get washed weekly.

We have to replace ours about once a year but I make them into animal beds for our local shelter and cushion inserts for our house so it's not wasted.

I got my all seasons pair of duvets when I went into my second year of uni, so that’s about 15 years. I wash each one about once a year and it’s feather based.

I'm shocked at the PPs replacing every year... I'm assuming they must all be hollow fibre, which admittedly are shite and don't wash well.
Our duvet is 6 years old, bought because we got a bigger bed when pregnant with DD2. DD1 regularly squeezed in with us and the thought of another small body star-fished in our regular double was unthinkable, so we up-sized. DDs' duvets are 6yo and 4yo, bought when they moved out of Grobags. They will be kept until they need a bigger one, unless something catastrophic happens to them in the meantime. The spare room has our old duvet, which is around 15yo. As others have said, a wash through the machine (at a laundrette if your machine won't fit it), and a dry in the sun shaking every few hours each year makes it as good as new. We even still use my childhood single duvet (I'm 37), but that has become a bit thin so is used to snuggle up under in the living room.

Replaced the last one after 10 years use.

We have king size feather duvets, summer and winter ones, when we change them over the used one gets collected by a local business called Mr Duvet who takes it to the launderette, washes and dries it and brings it back next day, costs £20.

I'm not sure how old our feather duvet is. I do know that it's on to its third casing . Shop here that you can take them into and they will top up/ combine two into one, make new case/ whatever is required.

So ... (with full acknowledgment to Trigger and his broom)...with a new casing and new feathers, how is it even the same duvet?

Some of my summer duvets are over 20 years old. I just get them washed They are Dorma which I'm not sure if you can get anymore I have newer ones but wouldn't dream of replacing them after 3 years. We have those outdoor washing machines and dryers nearby which are brilliant. I also use a laundrette sometimes which costs a tenner. The out door one is marginally cheaper but you can cut the cost by just washing the duvet and putting out on line and airdry. I know people who buy cheap duvets and when needing washed just bin them and buy another cheap one.

I do that too. I buy cheap duvets for this purpose. I have a dust mite allergy and I can't fit it in my washer.
My duvets are anti allergy ones, and if they don't fit in your washing machine at home then surely just take them to the launderette where they will fit into their machines?

No feathers here as allergic, but I do have a couple of wool ones.
Singles on our bed so they can go in machine but KS on the two other beds which won't fit. No laundrette within at least 40 miles.
I have duvets in all weights. When I change one I put the dirty one on the line on a sunny day before putting away.
Throw away after 3 years. I'm

Took my 30 year old summer duvet to the launderette last month. Still came out looking like shit.

So much pearl clutchery on this thread 🙄

I’ve got a 9kg washing machine so they fit in easily, I prefer a down duvet and they last for decades. We only bought a new one because we went up from a double to a king size but the old one was a hand me down from PIL and I’d guess it was 1980s or possibly even older!

I’ve just washed a very old John Lewis Hungarian Goose Down single that was very stained. Pre-soaked it in detergent and Vanish first, then machine washed with more detergent and Vanish. It’s come up really well and better than when I last had one professionally cleaned. Was on the verge of binning it but now has a new lease of life.

I only bought my down duvet last year, so no plans to replace but a question for those who have had down for a while. I find that mine has flatter patches at some points where I presume my arm rests when I'm sleeping. I try to turn it and also give it a good shake, but I still have less fluffy bits in some areas. Would dry cleaning re-fluff it (for wont of a better phrase!)

I used to replace duvets every 4/5 years, but much like PP, they'd go from my room to the spare room, to downstairs (for me to use while watching TV) and then onto an animal shelter.

We have four seasons duvets, I wash them about 4x per year (so every change of season basically). You're basically sweating into them every night and I'm sure they would be full of dust mites if not laundered regularly.

I also wash the pillow protectors, pillows and mattress protector on a similar schedule.

Who would bin a duvet due to a stain?! You put a cover on it anyway.

I've had mine years (feather) but you've reminded me they're all in need of a wash. We said we'd have them all dry cleaned when we moved into the new house but that was 6mths ago .

When they've ended their lives they'll be given to my mum's dogs to bed down on.

@BumfuzzledMum

I will admit that I bin all our duvets in the late spring when I take them off for the summer. I’ve learned that washing them makes them go to shit (same with pillows). Buy new cheapish ones every Autumn.

We rarely fly, recycle everything (duvets are taken to the recycling centre) and drive zero emission cars so that kind of offsets it!

You bin them every Spring after only having them on since the Autumn? So roughly only 6 months per duvet?

I've just got rid of one at the end of last Wintr that we'd had for our entire 16 year marriage, and our summer one we've had for 20 years. I take them to the launderette and use the bigger machines at the end of the season when I swap them over.

@INeed2P

Dry Clean once a year (when swapping from winter to summer!) then replace maybe every 3 or so when it's looking like it needs it? Although on year 3 of the current one (white company) and it's going strong!

You’re not supposed to dry clean duvets - the fumes are toxic.

Each half of ours (all-season feather/down that button together) go to the laundry once a year. We’ve had them for many years, still fine.

Should have added, if anyone’s binning old duvets, your local animal shelter might be glad of them. Some years ago we took some very old ones to the local Dogs’ Trust - having asked first whether they’d like them.

Still got one from the 80s! I take it to the launderette to use the large capacity machine several times a year. It's fine!