Bedroom grime can affect your health
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- May 11, 2016
New cleanliness report, commissioned by Laundrapp, the on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service, uncovers unknown facts of bedroom grime across the nation and has found Brits falling foul of basic sanitary routines.
- A quarter of laundry dodging females have never washed their duvets
- Almost three quarters of blokes have washed duvets once in the past five months
- 78 per cent wait 12 months to wash duvets – nine months longer than recommended
- Biggest population of duvet dodgers live in Worcester
Closely inspecting duvet hygiene, the study finds from the 97 per cent of Brits who sleep with a duvet, an embarrassing 20 per cent admit it’s never been washed – suggesting over 13 million Brits enjoy snuggling up under filthy duvets bursting with bacteria, dust mites and skin scales. A further 78 per cent reveal to have washed it only once in the past six to 12 months – an unpleasant nine months longer than the recommended time.
Surprisingly, domestic queens are reported to be less hygienic than their male counterparts when it comes to bedroom grime. A staggering quarter of females reveal their duvets have successfully dodged the inside of a washing machine since being purchased – unfazed by the rumored litre of sweat humans lose during a typical night’s sleep. In contrast, 87 per cent of British blokes proudly look after their bedroom wares, with nearly three quarters washing it once during the past five months.
And it’s not just what you sleep under, it’s what you sleep in – a further 85 per cent of soap dodging females confess pyjamas are worn up to 52 hours on average before they see a soap, compared to just over half of males (57 per cent).
What’s more, cleanliness doesn’t improve with age either; 35-44-year olds seem to be the filthiest when it comes to bedroom cleaning habits.
The study also indicates the foulest duvet dodgers live in Worcester (45 per cent), closely followed by their neighbours who reside in:
- Cambridge (40 per cent)
- Plymouth (30 per cent)
- Aberdeen (30 per cent)
- Bristol (29 per cent)
- Able to hold their heads high, homeowners in Swansea are the cleanest – almost a third (28 per cent) stating they washed their duvet in the last couple of days.
Edward Relf, Founder & CEO at Laundrapp, says;
“We’re horrified to hear how Brits let bedroom grime build up – especially with essential household items like duvets that soak up all that sweat and skin scales.
At Laundrapp, we understand how bad sanitary conditions can affect health. We pride ourselves on offering householders a simple, quality and convenient collect and deliver laundry service which keeps dust mites and bacteria at bay – combatting the worsening of allergies and respiratory conditions like asthma.”
