How often do you wash your PILLOWS?

[Marc]

I'm not talking cases here people, I'm talking about the fluffy innards that soak up the summer head sweat and months worth of DROOL!

Having just removed the cases for washing I notice my PILLOWS are rather disgusting...dont actually recall EVER washing them

Dancing Pillow ->

 

[sam86]

I don't. I just buy new ones. *bad person*

 

[Chicken Run]

I don't. I just buy new ones. *bad person*

I'm with you although I always have two cases on to protect the pillow and extend the shelf life so to speak but every six months I will head to Marks and treat myself to a couple of goose down's.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Bizarre. I shoved mine in the washing machine this morning. Pillows, generally, house more than one million fungal spores. Wash regularly!

 

[Easy 10]

Depends how much I've been biting it.

 

[Bad Ash]

I wash mine less often than once a year. What do I select on the poll?

Actually, for the last 4 years I've had a memory foam one. It hasn't been washed, I guess that's the never category.

 

[sam86]

I'm with you although I always have two cases on to protect the pillow and extend the shelf life so to speak

Yep. Same. One of those special cases to protect against dust mites, etc. and then a normal pillow case.

Glad I'm not the only one.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

I remember watching one of these how clean is your house type programmes and they said that when you hold a pillow it should be almost horizontal. If it starts to "fold" then you should get new ones as its knackered basically.

 

[Norman Potting]

Pillows (and indeed duvets) are so cheap these days that it is not worth washing them usually, particularly duvets. Prob. I have with pillows is getting them dry, best done in the summer when you can hang them out, tumble drying makes them lumpy.

What a strange thread but, hey, I'm posting on it!

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

I've been MUCHO allergic to everything lately. Never sneezed so much in my life. I may try this "washing" of which you speak....

 

[tedebear]

Can you wash feather ones? I washed everything this weekend as we've all had some flu or lurgy or sore throat or other this past few weeks and so thought it good to clear out all the germs...stupidly though I didn't think to wash the pillows and thats probably the part where most germs get trapped!!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I have fibre filling due to asthma (cannot have feathers) and a pillow protector under the two pillowcases. The pillows are replaced once a year.

 

[Durlston]

Never.

I don't think they'd ever dry out as they're feathered so I just put up with the drool or spunk stains on them.

 

[PFJ]

I generally wash them when the light brown stain starts going dark brown.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Bizarre. I shoved mine in the washing machine this morning. Pillows, generally, house more than one million fungal spores. Wash regularly!

Good for the immune system.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

The pillows we have now have never been washed , the previous ones are now on Russ's bed , I think the missus has washed pillows in the past but then thrown them away as the innards disintegrated.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Good for the immune system.

Agreed the fungus and bacteria build up from ooze out of your gob and ears must be good for you.

 

[Marc]

just chucked the first two in the wash, apparently you can get NEW ones up Tesco for less than £2 each, so if they come out ruined I know where to go!

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Its cheaper to buy a new duvet than get it dry cleaned or the hassle of washing it in the bath during a warm spell in the summer.

 

[Art Vs Science]

When my secret dead skin collection starts poking through the pillow cover