How Often Should You Change Your Pillows?

Did you know that your pillow is dirtier than you ever imagine? Just visualize the pillow is a sponge that absorbs dead skin cells, oil, and sweat from your skin and scalp while you sleep on it. You may think that changing the pillow cover regularly will help, but all those dirt seeps to your pillow day by day, causing skin problems and allergy. No cap, the allergy can be skin rashes, till respiratory allergy.

How do you know that it’s time to change the pillow?

In normal usage, pillow must be changed every 1 to 2 years. Maintain and clean it regularly will only help to extend its lifespan. However, each pillow has different quality and user, it probably causes lesser lifespan. Here are some signs to instantly inform when it’s time to change your head support a.k.a. pillows:

1. Your pillow shape seems uneven or shrinking down

2. There are big chunks of internal material when you press it

3. You see a big patch of stains on the internal lining

4. There is mold stain and smell

5. You often sneeze and cough due to the accumulated dust mites

6. You have face or neck skin problem due to bacteria

What type of pillow has the longest lifespan?

Since most of the pillow type has to be replaced every 1 to 2 years, some of the pillow type has lesser or longer lifespan. Pillow with feather material or memory foam can last up to 3 years. The shortest pillow lifespan in general goes to polyester pillows, they are recommended to be changed as early as 6 months.

Keep changing the pillow may be troublesome for homeowner. Just imagine, if you have 5 members in your family, you – at least – must purchase 5 pillows every year or two. But important things to consider, pillows we use play an important role in supporting our sleeping quality. We spend third of our lifetime on bed, why don’t we invest in great pillow condition?

How to dispose a pillow in Singapore?

If you are familiar with the blue recycling bins that are located almost in every neighbourhood, you have spotted Bloobin.

Things that are made from metal, plastics, and glass, can be disposed through Bloobin. However, specific stuffs like pillows, cushions, mattresses cannot be recycled here.

To give a second life, you may consider donating the pillow for the animal shelter or wildlife refuge. You may also repurpose them in your own property, as moving materials to protect fragile items or as draft stoppers.

How to maintain your pillow?

We recommend you vacuum, extract, and steam it regularly. In fact, it is not only pillow that you have to maintain – mattress and sofa too.

Every time you book us for mattress cleaning, our cleaners will always include standard amount of pillows that comes with it. You will amazed with the result, just same as how refreshed the mattress will be. Things that you can expect after one session of pillow cleaning:

1. Lesser or no more odor

2. Lesser or no more stain

3. Lighter in weight

4. It tends to be more flexible in texture

Thinking of having refreshed pillow for night’s rest? Book your upholstery cleaning with Cleaning Papa, our admin will help to advice maintenance plan for your upholstery.