How Often Should You Change Your Mattress?
Aaaah! My bed. A place where I feel safe and secure, warm and comfortable. I can honestly say that if I was asked, I would class sleep as one of my hobbies, and my bed would be in my top five places in the whole world. And, I think this is due in no small part to the fact that I changed my mattress last year for a new one after more than 10 years of using the old one. I think it was not a day too soon.
Some people are very reluctant to change their mattress. They feel that it has become molded for their body and so this ensures they get a good night’s sleep. They love the familiarity of their old mattress, and worry they would not be as comfortable, and therefore sleep as well with a new model, particularly if you feel you will have to break a new one in – a bit like a pair of shoes. I have even heard people who didn’t want to change their mattress because of the trouble it would take to get it down the stairs and to get the new one up again. Thankfully, this at least can be addressed if you are tight for space with Rolled mattresses – one which is vacuum packed in order to get it up the stairs, it can then be rolled out as a normal mattress.
So, why should you be changing your mattress and how often? It has been suggested that, on average, your mattress should be changed every eight years. However, if you suddenly find you are not getting a good night’s sleep, or wake up feeling stiff and achy, then you may need to change it sooner. You also need to look at the state of the mattress – any rips, exposed springs, or odd dips in the middle (or anywhere else for that matter) may mean your mattress has come to the end of it’s days.
And then, of course, we have the bed bugs. We spend so much time in our beds, losing hair, dry skin, dead cells and these can all be absorbed by our mattress. If you think about it, we change our sheets regularly, but the mattress stays the same and is not washed (Febreeze doesn’t count!). Bed bugs and germs can all be there, unseen, and so it makes sense to change your mattress as suggested. If you’ve changed your mattress, but still think bed bugs could be a problem, you can hire a bed bug inspection company to take a closer look at the rooms of your home in a discreet way to ensure that any problem is addressed.
Ultimately, a good night’s sleep helps improve the quality of our life, improving our moods and productively. So if you are not sleeping as well as you could be, it might just be worth changing your mattress.
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12 Comments
Elodie
Oh my! I hoover my mattress regularly but now you’ve said it, I’m a bit grossed out. Ha! Maybe I am due an upgrade…
Melanie
I have literally just had this conversation with someone earlier this week…as we are deffo due an upgrade 🙂 x
Jenni
Maybe I should give hoovering my mattress a try. We have had our mattress for about 3 years now so still got some life out of it!
Angela Milnes
We recently got a new mattress and I am so pleased we did. It is fresh and lovey and the best investment ever!
StressedMum
This is so important, it can be easy to forget how old your mattress is and then all the nastiness that collects in it. We changed ours a couple of years ago and it was the best thing we did. I love my bed x
hannah
My mattress must be coming up to 8 years old, it still feels alright
Charlotte Evans
I hadn’t realised how rubbish my mattress had got until I got myself a new one when I moved, I had become so used to the springs and the dip in the middle! I feel like I am sleeping on a cloud now lol xx
Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes
Ah I love my bed, but maybe thinking now I need to check out my mattress a little more closely!
Tanya
God all I want to do is hoover my mattress after reading this ha. I always make sure to replace my mattress before the 8 year mark, love the idea of the vacumn packed rolled mattress
Natasha Mairs
I think I’m getting ready for a new mattress. Ours is about 5 years old I think. And please can we pretend that we are cleaning it when we use febreeze?
Colette
I think the expense is probably what puts me off changing my mattress more often.
I need to sort out a new bed for my youngest so will be in the market for a new mattress for her soon.
melissa major
I like to hoover my bed from time to time. I recently bought a new mattress too