How often do you buy new pillows?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (220265)
Walnut Creek, California
April 4, 2017 9:21pm CST
There are many activities that I enjoy, but I would have to put sleeping near the top of my list. I recently bought some new flannel sheets from LL Bean, but realized that I still had one pillow that had lost its shape, and was close to useless. I conduct many of my most important activities in bed, but had been too lazy to get a new pillow.
Yesterday, while at WalMart with a kid client, I spied a Serta Sertapedic Super Firm pillow for about $9. It was more that I could stand. I snapped one up, along with a Lego Superhero Somethingoranother for my kid client, who is homeless and depressed.
Tonight, I will grade papers and sleep in luxury. And hopefully my kid client is making his Superhero Thingie and enjoying it. How often do you buy new pillows? For me, I realize it's only once every ten years or so. I have four on my bed.
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@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
6 Apr 17
@ramapo17 Absolutely not, the feather pillows smell after awhile, but pure whole wool does not smell at all. I am allergic to the wool against the skin, but even more to every synthetic fiber, the synthetic bed sheets that many time I found in the US hotels made my skin itchy and red all the time.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Apr 17
I do enjoy new pillows. I made one out of two cheapies I had bought several years ago and they were both flat as pancakes. I just mushed them into a pillow case. Then I bought two new of the bamboo ones recently but am saving them for when I buy my new bed. Whenever that will be.
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@celticeagle (168256)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Apr 17
@TheHorse .....The mattress I am using was worn out before I started using it.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
6 Apr 17
@TheHorse When we moved to Florida from Pennsylvania we bought all new furniture as our stuff was old and not worth moving. We got the temperpedic bed and it is the best bed I ever had. We can adjust the feet area and the head area either together or separately.
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. Yah, ours look like funny boulders on the bed. I don't even remember when it was that I bought them last . . . 
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr 17
We seem to have dozens of pillows as we can accommodate quite a few people. Occasionally I throw one out when it gets too flat but I don't buy them too often. When we bought the caravan it come with four quite nice pillows so the count has gone up again.
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@TheHorse (220265)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Apr 17
@TheInvisibleMan I've taken a couple up to Montana for the Summer cabin. But this one is going into the dumpster. I think even the mice in Montana would thumb their little noses at it.
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@carebear29 (31970)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
5 Apr 17
i want to get the mypillow or something like it
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@Tampa_girl7 (50524)
• United States
5 Apr 17
Not very often. I wash them and keep them in a hypoallergenic cover.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50524)
• United States
5 Apr 17
@TheHorse the pillow stays cleaner and seems to last longer. The covers are even washable.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
6 Apr 17
@Tampa_girl7 I have covers on all my pillows to and wash them when I do the sheets.
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@Marilynda1225 (83103)
• United States
5 Apr 17
I haven't purchased new pillows in ages but mine are still okay. Hope you have a comfy nights sleep with your new pillow
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@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
5 Apr 17
We get new pillows zehenever theyre cheap and we have the money. But we dont change them until used for 6-12 months. Depending how they smell and what not.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
6 Apr 17
I wash my pillows and put them outside to dry. They smell nice and fresh then.
@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
6 Apr 17
@ramapo17 we have nowhere to dry them to outside and washing them doesnt help. Idk why
@andriaperry (117146)
• Anniston, Alabama
5 Apr 17
For me about every year or so, for Tony? I bought three last month because since he no longer smokes he can smell. I wash them and change them out often.
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@TheHorse (220265)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Apr 17
@andriaperry I was wondering about that (the thick ones). I've never ashed a pillow.
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@andriaperry (117146)
• Anniston, Alabama
5 Apr 17
@TheHorse The thin ones just wash on normal, You can dry them also, but I hang mind out to dry. The thick pillows I do not recommend because they are so heavy for the washer.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
5 Apr 17
Not often enough but it is funny you should mention this because I plan to go out this weekend and get some new pillows. I am sure your kid client is enjoying his Superhero Thingie.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
5 Apr 17
Whenever the need arise, I do not hesitate to change my pillow.
I started a somewhat similar post few weeks ago on this topic.
Our pillows and pillow cover are very important for us. Some of us don't use pillows due to medical reasons, however, most of us use it. I read in an article...
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
5 Apr 17
I heard LL Bean has nice stuff. :)
I buy mine every year or so at Macy's. I love me pillows!
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
5 Apr 17
@TheHorse hand me down for my dad to use for his feet he like to keep his feet elevated
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@TheHorse (220265)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Apr 17
@infatuatedbby That sound like good "re-purposing"!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
5 Apr 17
I cant stand normal pillows anymore, I got one of those shredded bamboo foam pillows and never looked back. J has one that is years old, and still good, as it reforms, and since it's shredded is less firm than a normal memory foam ergo more comfie
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
6 Apr 17
@ramapo17 nope, just a type of shreaded foam. not sure how they compare to say normal shredded foam, seemed to be the best reviewed things of shreaded foam pillows, so why I got one.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
6 Apr 17
I never knew anyone that had the bamboo pillows. Are they hard? What makes them different @Jessicalynnt?
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
7 Apr 17
@Jessicalynnt I will check into them. Thanks for the info.
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
5 Apr 17
I buy them frequently. Of course, some of them will be given to sisters as they do not have time to go for these things. So I purchase for them.
Generally, I purchase sofa cushions having good designs and latest fabric. Pillows, I purchase them once in an year.
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