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Washing Pillows or Toss?

timeless — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:47:35 GMT

Do you wash your pillows?

If you do, how often?

If not, how often do you replace them?

I'm washing and drying pillows from our RV today in preparation for closing it up for the season.

Usually I wash pillows twice and then they are too far gone to do again, so I will buy new only then.

Pillows have become so expensive!

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

sunshine45 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 04:21:51 GMT

i generally have only two brands of pillows.

one is the JOY pillow from hsn. they cannot be washed. i use a pillow cover and spot clean as needed. i try to pick up a few anytime they are on a good sale so when they are "done" i have fresh ones to replace them.

the other pillows i use are from sleepgram. they can be machine washed as needed. i dont do it often though.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

Bhvbum — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:13:54 GMT

I buy pillows from Costco, they wash great. At least a couple of times a year. They have pillow protectors. I can’t imagine sleeping on a pillow and never washing it.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

AuntMame — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:56:31 GMT

There's a Youtube channel called Clean That Up that posted a wonderful video this past week about how to clean and launder pillows. One of the tips was to spray with hydrogen peroxide to get rid of the yellowing.

How often I launder pillows varies, depending upon the pillow, how many pillow protectors and cases sheath it (I launder those weekly), how dirty it gets.

Our pillows last years with care, but every so often one needs to be replaced.

I never launder memory foam pillows, but I do keep them inside pillow protectors that I do launder regularly.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

Ainhisg — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:23:20 GMT

@AuntMame I love to watch Clean That Up videos!

To answer the OP's question, the pillows that allow me to sleep the best are cheap pillows from Costco. And I do mean cheap. A pack of two is around $20 when not on sale. When one starts to go flat, I pitch it. The package says they can be washed, but the one time I tried it, I ended up with a bunched up mess. So I consider them disposable, and they're cheap enough, that they can be.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

ID2 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:47:56 GMT

I've had MyPillow pillows for years and have washed them a lot. In fact, I just washed them again yesterday and they fluffed up wonderfully and are like brand new again! Love My Pillow!

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

SilleeMee — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:32:16 GMT

I sleep on a latex pillow and it cannot be washed so I use a pillow protector cover and wash that with the rest of my bedding. Latex pillows are expensive but a good quality one will last 7 to 10 years.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

kaydee50 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:38:41 GMT

I tried washing 2 pillows and they became so waterlogged and heavy that I had to stop the washing machine. I won't try that again although obviously I'm doing something wrong. We keep pillows until they are almost flat--several years for sure. I use a pillow "protector" and a pillow case and I have seen pillows for reasonable prices, e.g, 2 for $30 or less.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

amyb — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:57:56 GMT

I have several Northern Nights down pillows, still in great shape...some still like new as I only use them as spares, and decorative shammed pillows.

Have owned two different "My Pillows", which are synthetic. I've washed both and dried in dryer; both types fluffed up nicely (though the down gets drenched and takes much longer to dry, than the synthetic types.)

I don't wash them often...no set schedule, just occasionally, when I feel it's time to freshen them up.

I do use pillow protecters under my pillow cases.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

Goldengate8361 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:57:07 GMT

I would never wash a pillow.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

LIndaMJ — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:57:39 GMT

We use synthetic My Pillows and I wash them every 6 months. It does take awhile to dry them thoroughly but they do come out of the dryer super fluffed up.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

PinkyPetunia — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:08:25 GMT

I have tried washing pillows and wound up with lumpy uneven pillows. Took forever to wash and dry.

Now I throw them away when they are flat or uncomfortable. I get them in Costco at a very reasonable price.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

San Antonio Gal — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:10:54 GMT

I don't like washing pillows. They end up getting lumpy. If you're using protective covers or pillow cases, I don't see the need to wash them often.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

bmorechick — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:30:35 GMT

We use memory foam pillows and they are great. I've never washed a pillow. After about 2 years they get trashed. I also use a pillow protector under the pillow case and these are washed every week with the rest of the bedding.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

qualitygal — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:36:12 GMT

I usually just replace mine. Sometimes, it's been because what I (the body) felt better sleeping on. I think pillows sometimes improve and it's probably for me, felt healthier to get a new one now and then.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

JeanLouiseFinch — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:11:54 GMT

We sleep with MyPillows. I wash and tumble them dry a couple times a year. Don't over stuff your washer. I'd only put two pillows in for a load and position them so the drum stays balanced.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

Sooner — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:47:33 GMT

Places like Sams and Costco have perfectly nice pillows that don't last but as cheap as they are, buy and toss about 6 or 8 months in. I always have one pillow and one stacked at a slant in front of it, and little pillows to prop up with. I can adjust to all sleeping poses.

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RedTop — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:38:43 GMT

I replace my bed pillows yearly.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

Pooky1 — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:54:20 GMT

I wash our pillows when I see they need to be freshener and fluffed up. I just washed two pillows in our new tc5 washing machine a couple weeks ago. They came out clean and fluffed up.

Re: Washing Pillows or Toss?

Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 23:23:36 GMT

@timeless wrote:
Do you wash your pillows?
If you do, how often?
If not, how often do you replace them?

I'm washing and drying pillows from our RV today in preparation for closing it up for the season.

Usually I wash pillows twice and then they are too far gone to do again, so I will buy new only then.

Pillows have become so expensive!

@timeless

Great question.

I don't recall where I heard this, but the tip was to put TWO pillow protector cases on a pillow, then the pillow case. You keep the pillows clean and washing them is unnecessary.

Interesting idea, IMO.