From Yahoo.com - How Often Do You Change Your Bed Linen?

[hunter]

Yup

I hear you.

Frankly, though, I feel like I am healthier when I wear clean clothes - so I'll continue to wash clothes at appropriate temperatures, and save money on medical bills I don't have . Even washing at 90C with my asko is still consumes < 2KW of electricity, and proportionally lower at lower temperatures, so I'm not too worried. (This is cold water inlet and having the machine heat the water from ambient temperatures).

As for cotton sheets: I've had best luck buying India made cotton sheets from Overstock.com, wash them at 90C before putting them on the bed and they are fine. The ones that I have gotten from there seem to be sized for shrinkage.

 

[vacbear58]

Taken this very day

I took advantage of what feels like the first dry day for weeks!

Like most here I am once per week change person, maybe twice in the heat of summer. I wash at 40c (104F) in Persil and line drying is my preference too.

For me one of life small pleasures is getting into a clean bed

Al

PS Yes my CKs got and airing too LOLOL

 

[Ultramatic]

Weekly, regardless of time of year.

<span style="font-size: medium;">My room is always kept cool, I can not sleep in a warm/hot room. Usually use 100% cotton sheets of at least 400TC. The percale sheets I use are sets I bought back in the early 80's. After so many launderings, they are so smooth and soft! The only thing that makes me happier than clean, fresh smelling linen on the bed, is a clean, fresh smelling hubby IN bed. </span>

 

[twintubdexter]

we have "free" speed drying here

My sheets get washed every Monday without fail. If you were to choose line drying and it's a "warm" day by the time you used the last clothespin you could go back to the first one and start taking the laundry down. Even your undies dry fast when it's 118.

 

[cehalstead]

once a week

in winter. Bed is stripped every Saturday morning. Sheets are washed in hot water year round and line dried in summer. Bed is changed on Saturday and Wednesday during the summer months. Mattress pad and 100% cotton bedspread are washed once a month. I use Tide powder (original) and Oxi-Clean. Sheets and pillowcases are washed in load by themselves....no other items added. Sometimes, I will wash two sets in one load, but most of the time, it's one set of sheets on "medium". I won't buy anything but white cotton and sometimes light colored cotton sheets. I find the best ones at Target....(I don't like high thread count....I try to buy 300 or less).

 

[ronhic]

Weekly....

...always.

 

[xraytech]

For me I wash bed linens weekly, including the comforter. This is always done on Sunday in 2 loads 1 of the comforter, and another for sheets and pillow cases, I wash in all hot water, about 140-145 degrees and I use a mixture of Borax, Fels-Naptha, and Wisk. After washing it is out to the clothesline to dry(I do this year round unless it is snowing or raining).

I find it most enjoyable to start off the work week with a good nights sleep in crisp fresh line dried bed linens.

In summer when it is very humid and I sweat alot or if I spill food in bed as I too have a habbit of eating in bed then laundering is done more often.

 

Lucky for me I only use quality vintage muslin and percale sheets than can stand up to hot water washes, they are all white background with various floral prints

 

[michaelman2]

Twice a week, Laundered in Sanitary Cycle (I am guessing this is HOT) and then either line dried or dryer, then ironed.

 

[stan]

Borax Fels Naptha and Wisk

and line dried!

You can beat that! Bet they smell really nice!

 

[thomasortega]

During the summer I change sheets every day. (I sweat a lot, even with the A/C.)

During the winter, every 2 or 3 days.

Wash them at Electrotrash top loader washer/dryer only to see the machine crazy trying to get rid of the huge mess tangled around the main agitator.

To dry them, of course at Ecoturbo dryer... if I dry them in the top loader washer dryer I only need to throw a rubber band in the drum so the sheets will come with pony tails.
THat s**t also creates innumeous patterns of different ties during the drying. almost an art sculpture. It can transform a king size sheet into a perfect bow tie in only one cycle.
Unload the machine is easy. i can unload it using two fingers.... grab a random part and pull, everything comes together.

At least one thing... the Electros**t top loader washer dryer washes amazingly well and the rollover is fabulous.
It can also be useful to mix, blend, make bread dough, mince, shred, slice, chop.... all in one machine. Oh, and it also mixes concrete.

I'd never put shirts in it. It does what it promisses... you load it with stained shirts, after the cycle you won't see any stain... and any shirt too. LOL

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Once a month, especially during the Summer months!

But the baby's bed at least once a week!

-- Dave

 

[circlew]

Usually every 7 - 10 days; year round. I almost always shower before bed, so am clean when I get in. I don't eat in bed, either.

Sheets I've been using the last couple years are multi-color stripe cotton poly blend. I use Sears Ultra Plus and hot water, don't use softener anymore. I'm planning to do laundry this afternoon.

 

[firedome]

"when it feels like it needs to be vacuumed"

ewwwwwwwww!
No eating in my bed EVER!
Yeesh.

"save money on medical bills"
if the immune system can't handle whatever's in a bed - you got major problems!

hot/warm 7th Generation detergent 1 x wk winter -> dryer
hot/warm 7th Generation detergent 2 x wk summer -> clothesline

no artificial smelly dryer sheets or softeners EVER!

 

[paulc]

Bedding is changed at least once a week.Washed at 60 deg Min Iron cycle hung out to dry weather permitting. Definitely NO eating in bed! Duvets and pillows usually twice a year. We have a summer duvet and a winter duvet, I put the summer duvet on a few weeks ago as we had unseasonably good weather and washed and stored the winter one in a vacuum bag. Wish I'd kept the winter one on the bed, has been bloody freezing the last two weeks!!!

 

[wringer]

Once

or twice a week and washed in hot water. I am a sweater so mine need changed often. I unfortunately can't line dry but would if I could