Asklemmy

People in this thread, unironically:

Why would I change either?

I mean, I'm a hoopy frood, So I know where my towel is, and it's full of all kinds of nutrients due to the competing microbes that compose its flora. You don't just waste that kind of ecosystem by changing towels every decade.

And sheets? What about the memories? Every stain is a mark of something wonderful that happened. Except the ones that are marks of something horrific that happened. Or the ones that are just spilled beverages. But, you know, that's still plenty of good memories you want washed down the drain, you animal you.

bath towels: weekly

bedding: every 2 or 3 weeks, depending on the season

Not enough

We usually change the bedding weekly, I.e. every Sunday and the towels usually as soon as they start to develop this old wet umbrella stench, which takes about 3-4 days.

Weekly, both. Mostly

Mattress, about five years. Towels, every decade or so.

Just keep the ones you have clean with regular washing, and they don't wear out that fast.

Weekly for both. We live in the tropics, love sex so wash sheets often; shower daily but use same towel all week.

Towels and sheets weekly. Comforter and mattress topper alternating weeks.

Once a week.

New towel every shower. Bed sheets about every other week

When I can smell them.

I’d also be interesting in knowing if people have in-unit laundry. Being in an apartment complex where there’s 3 washers for around 50 people, it’s not feasible to wash towels after every use. That also sounds very wasteful!

I shower every other day, and change the towels after a couple of weeks. The schedule is based on when they can get washed (laundry gets done every two weeks for clothes, and so it’s based on the availability of doing extra loads), or at the first sign of a smell or stain.

Bedding gets changed on a monthly basis for the same reasons, again, unless there’s a smell or stain.

Towels - 3 days Sheets - every week

Sheets weekly. Towels twice a week, but I shower twice a day.

Once a week. I hate feeling like the sheets are dirty and rumpled.

I just do it when I do laundry which is when I run out of shirts for work.

Somewhere between 2 and 6 weeks.

yes?

no?

sometimes...

bath towels every couple of showers. I use a separate towel for my head/hair though.
bed sheets, varies, depends on temperature and sweatiness.

I use a towel once before i wash it. I dry my bootyhole with it im not gonna reuse that and rub it on my face no matter how thoroughly ive scrubbed it. All you need is 7 cheap towels and do laundry once a week.

Bedding depends, but on average like every 2-3 weeks.

Bath towel, washglove and dishcloth : every sunday.

Bedsheets : every two weeks (weekly during summer when it's really hot).

I live in a very dry region, so I rarely have to worry about mold as long as I let everything dry properly after use (aka, not in a ball). If something start to smell moldy I bath it in baking soda for a day or two then wash it. All clean.

Washcloths are used once then go in the hamper. Towels 3-5 days. Sheets 1-2 times per month (showering at night and wearing pajamas..., plus keeping the house colder at night)

Towels one week. Bedding and pillow cases every two weeks. Pillows every 3 to 6 months, or if they start to smell kinda musty, whichever comes first. A little bleach helps keeps my bedding and towels super clean.

In summer roughly weekly sometimes less for both. In winter all the bedding but the duvet cover monthly (we wrap the duvet around us like a burrito and thus change it more often). Towel biweekly in winter.

When they stop feeling clean. Why are you all counting days?