How often do you change your pillow?

[bigshooter81]

I was laying down last night to sleep and realized I have had my pillow for like 4 years. How often do you change yours?

 

[akshatp]

Youve almost doubled your lifetime posts today! Congrats!

Oh btw, I replace it when it starts to feel too "flat"

 

[Leros]

I don't think I've been alive long enough to notice a pillow replacement pattern.

 

[jonmcc33]

Originally posted by: akshatp
Oh btw, I replace it when it starts to feel too "flat"

Same here.

 

[Juno]

i love my swedish designed pillow i've been using for almost 5 years.

HINT: it's great for your neck.

 

[ppdes]

Never have, probably never will. I wash the pillow case every once in a while.

 

[BoomerD]

When it gets to the point of being "broken."
"To test the support of down and feather pillows, lay the fluffed pillow on a flat, hard surface. Fold the pillow in half and squeeze out the air.
Release the pillow: one with support will unfold and return to its original shape. A broken pillow will remain folded."
We usually replace our down or down/feather pillows every 4-5 years for the sake of comfort.

 

[Saint Michael]

I read that after a couple of years your pillow is half dead skin and dust by weight that it has collected from you and your environment. Or something...

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Saint Michael
I read that after a couple of years your pillow is half dead skin and dust by weight that it has collected from you and your environment. Or something...

Psst...most of us use pillowcases

And don't believe everything you read. That sounds like BS if I've ever heard it.

 

[Goosemaster]

You're supposed to replace them?

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Whenever I have humped the comfort out of them.

 

[Penth]

I replaced mine twice this year trying to find a good one.

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: Penth
I replaced mine twice this year trying to find a good one.

Tempurpedic Comfort Pillow FTW

 

[DangerAardvark]

I should buy a new pillow. Mine is all out of juice,

 

[savvy]

I've had the same pillow for 6+ years, I think. That is not to say I don't use newer pillows sometimes.

 

[Mrvile]

Only if it disappears somehow.

 

[Saint Michael]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: Saint Michael
I read that after a couple of years your pillow is half dead skin and dust by weight that it has collected from you and your environment. Or something...

Psst...most of us use pillowcases

And don't believe everything you read. That sounds like BS if I've ever heard it.

Notice the "Or something..." at the end of my post, indicating that what I said was probably BS.

 

[RossMAN]

We change pillows every 2 years, if we remember.

Memory foam pillow FTW

 

[SparkyJJO]

replace mine when it is all flattened out

 

[ForumMaster]

if you're referring to the pillowcase, i put a new one on every two days. i sleep on a clean side every night. (if you're wondering why, it helps my acne. it was recommended by my dermatologist.) in the pillowcase, i have two pillows. never replaced them.

 

[Sukhoi]

Mine is at least a decade old, and pretty flat. My girlfriend hates it.

 

[mooglemania85]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Mine is at least a decade old, and pretty flat. My girlfriend hates it.

What about your pillow though?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: mooglemania85

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Mine is at least a decade old, and pretty flat. My girlfriend hates it.

What about your pillow though?

those aren't pillows!!1!

 

[bignateyk]

I hate the way new pillows feel. I can't stand using a pillow that isn't properly broken in. But after about 4 or 5 years on the same one, there really isn't much left, which forces me to get a new one.

I always use two pillows though, so I keep them on a rotation so I always have at least one of them nice and broken in.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Mine is at least a decade old, and pretty flat. My girlfriend hates it.

I'd imagine she would be pretty flat if she was only 10.