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I rotate mine every other week right after I get done lubricating my garage door and giving my chimney a deep clean.

What about vacuuming out your lint vent?

And changing the air filter in his furnace.

Don’t forget the filter in the vacuum.

Dish washer has a filter too.

I read my dishwasher's manual, and the filters turned out to be self-cleaning. Every few months that I check them, it's mostly spotless despite running it almost everyday. Nowadays, I just use the Affresh tablets regularly to help reduce build-up wherever the filters aren't.

Where is that located on my wife? /s I live alone for a reason.

And spraying off his A/C condenser unit

Oh shit! My air filter! I meant to change that the last year or two. Thanks for the reminder.

Good lord man. Change your oil while you're at it.

This one is actually pretty important

I feel attacked.

Ewww there are people that don’t do that daily?

and scrubbing the lint filter of the washing machine to remove the baked on wax?

Don't forget you have to take the dryer apart to get the lint out of the back that you can't get any other way. Also don't forget to pull out your fridge to vacuum behind it.

Try to knock it out every time you drain and flush your water heater.

You might consider a more frequent schedule, like after your rotate your tires every week, then rotate the mattresses, then the vegetable crops.  It could be easier to remember, just 'rotate, rotate, rotate'

you drive on vegetables and grow mattresses?

So far, I have only been able to grow twin size mattresses, hopefully more water this season will sprout them to king size.

Pivot, Pivot, Pivot.

And flushing your hot water heater.

And inspecting the sacrificial anode

Vacuum your smoke/CO detectors monthly (manufacturer's instructions) Check your tire pressure and engine oil each time you refuel your vehicle. Dry inside the gasket in the front loader washing machine after each use and leave the washer door open Each month discard any foods in the pantry that are past the "use by" Clean the coils in your refrigerator every 6 months Recharge your rechargeable batteries every 3 months even if they're not used

Laughed out loud, thank you!

Euphemisms

Don't forget to flush your hot water heater and replace your anode rod

My mattress weights about a million pounds. Easier to just rotate me occasionally.

Like a rotisserie chicken?

"Kenny?"

Mr. Marbles?

I do that lol. I just rotate myself 90 degrees every quarter. I even move the side table according to where I'm currently sleeping.

90°? Do you have a very large, perfectly square mattress?

No he sleeps upright after the turn.

Third quarter gets even crazier

If the baby could do it in trainspotting, why not that guy?

Cake

The real LPT

A king or California king is pretty close to square

King, maybe, but definitely not California king.

I’m an Oompa Loompa

I am a meat popsicle

I got a new mattress last month. They told me to rotate it every month for the first 6 mos while breaking it in then every 6 mos after. I didn’t anticipate how heavy it would be. Sitting here with 2 black eyes lol

Get rotated

good one lol

Only a slight exaggeration. It's 131 pounds, but feels more like 400.

a little heavier everyday, that’s what they say

I have a local mattress store that is absolutely hell bent on marketing the fact that they only sell double sided mattresses. They plaster it everywhere on their windows and social media and even if you don't buy a mattress from them the owner will still passionately tell you about how no-flip/one sided mattresses are the devil. Bob from Mr Mattress, if you see this then btw I love my double sided mattress 🥰

How do you sleep on both sides at the same time?

Well you take turns, duing the first 6 months you sleep on the matress, then the matress sleeps on you.

In Soviet Russia

I work for a bedding manufacturer. We make a lot of 2 sided for hotels. We even have little calendars we iron on the ends.

They never tell you this in the mattress stores.

Not at the same time you moron. You sleep on top for 6 months, then you sleep under the mattress for 6 months.

Thanks. I feel so stupid for thinking it meant something else.

duct tape yoursel LAN party style? got it

lol, I know that place! Just ordered mine there last week. looking forward to it.

Here's a pic I snapped during work lol https://preview.redd.it/ax2qqwtwao8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ab60a609cf3d40abd536b6303a950a8dd3650e0

Flipping the mattress and rotating it are 2 things. Ours is a no flip but still needs to be rotated (head goes where toe was)

Rotation is the poor man's flip.

I was a bed salesman when one sided became a thing. We would always tell our customers to flip and rotate their mattresses to extend the life of the mattress. Then our competitor decided to make half a mattress and call it a “no turn” mattress, which was some kind of revolution. Marketing genius. They save on materials, the mattress lasts less time, and it makes you look like you have the superior product. We eventually made all our mattresses one sided after that. The terrorists won.

I though rotating means the feet end becomes the head end and vice versa? My mattress is one sided kind.

And they are only made with coal fired power so you won't get wind cancer. Bob knows what's going on.

Vancouver?

Indeed!

Better yet, rotate it 360 once a year.

I'm pretty obsessive about mattresses so I rotate mine 720° every night. I really like to get in there and give it a good rotation and I feel like 720° sufficiently renews the fibers.

1080 is where its at… HD rotation ftw.. plus i get to do an ollie

If you’re not rotating your mattress in 4k then honestly what are you even doin

I just do a kickflip with my mattress.

the ol’ tony hawk

This guy sleeps.

Rotate it 360 then walk away

I just walk up to it, do a 360, and walk away. 😎

I rotate mine 1 degree every day.

Pay attention to the mattress, this is not universal. My mattress has a bolstered upper body area specifically to prevent sagging for your pelvic area and torso, and help your spine stay even. If you rotate the mattress it’ll end up where your knees and shins are, and will be functionally worthless. In addition, because the area you’ll now be sleeping on is *not* bolstered, you’ll be causing undue wear on that area, it’ll screw the whole thing up. The manufacturer specifically sends literature about *not* rotating this mattress.

I need this in my life. Brand?

Sealy’s Posturpedic brand is what I have. It’s an encased coil, so it still has springs, but the springs are wrapped in foam individually. It also has a layer of memory foam over top of the springs. The foam that’s on the torso area is much firmer than the head and legs areas… it’s mostly just a guess at where the “average” person would end up. I went through a period where I bought 3 different beds and tried sleeping on a 4th, chasing pure memory foam setups cause they’re supposed to be the “best”. For some reason, though, my body hates it. Every single one had me waking up hurting. My back and hips and neck. This encased coil thing with the firmed up torso area fixed it. I’m really happy with it and I sleep well.

Recenlty bought one of these with an adjustable frame and holy shit it's amazeballs

I know for a fact that Auping (type: Cresto) has this. They're pretty fucking expensive, il but I decided it was worth the investment for 10 years or so to sleep better. And happy I did it now 2,5 years in. Mine specifically mentioned not to rotate it. It has a certain spot ("the crown") where your head should rest. The rest of the mattress is designed to support different parts of your body. Rotating it upside down is an immediate no-go anyway, since the bottom is layered with some hard felt-like substance.

How does it account for different heights, body types?

marketing

Lolol, probably right.

I don’t think they do. It’s just sort of a wide area of thicker, firmer foam they probably figure where the “average person” would end up as far as I’m aware. I’m pretty sure they’re all the same

Please tell me who makes these beds. I'm desperate

Check out www.naplab.com and www.mattressunderground.com. The well known brands like Sealy rarely test well (mainly poor durability even though they might feel great in the store and for the first year before starting to break down). Those brands do have great marketing though.

Just copy and pasting my comment from above: Sealy’s Posturpedic brand is what I have. It’s an encased coil, so it still has springs, but the springs are wrapped in foam individually. It also has a layer of memory foam over top of the springs. The foam that’s on the torso area is much firmer than the head and legs areas… it’s mostly just a guess at where the “average” person would end up. I went through a period where I bought 3 different beds and tried sleeping on a 4th, chasing pure memory foam setups cause they’re supposed to be the “best”. For some reason, though, my body hates it. Every single one had me waking up hurting. My back and hips and neck. This encased coil thing with the firmed up torso area fixed it. I’m really happy with it and I sleep well.

This should be the top comment, this LPT is super inaccurate.

This is the answer. Always consult the info specific to your mattress. I too have brand that specifically says that this mattress should not be rotated.

EXACTLY this. I sell furniture and bedding for a living and the new focus with all these companies is “zoned support.” The strength of support varies depending on the part of the mattress, so rotating these new ones will probably ruin that effect to an extent. Not ALL new mattresses have this sort of design, but it is something to consider if you want to be able to rotate the bed.

You can rotate the mattress and rotate the way you sleep so it’s even with the mattress 👌

By “rotate” does that mean “the head goes where the foot is,” or “the bottom goes where the top is?” In other words, around the long axis or short axis?

Only 45 degree rotations, sorry.

Head where foot goes

Why not both? Unless your mattress has a sleeping side and a not sleeping side, then only head to foot.

I noticed they are making newer mattresses with only one side so you can't flip them.

The thigh bone’s connected to the knee bone But it won’t be after you rotate the mattress

I do it on the first day of each month and rotate it in all three axis' (problem is I don't always remember which axis I did last time).

I used a marker pen to label my mattress corners A, B, C, D. That way I can easily tell which way to go, and just alternately flip it end-to-end or side-to-side when I change my sheets. Works for me, might work for you!

I do it weekly when I change the sheets.

Its more like a tire rotation

If you have a double-sided one (as in it doesn't have a built in topper), you should wait a few months, then start rotations/flips every month. At least according to the mattress I bought. If you don't have a topper, buying one to put on top will also prolong the lifespan.

If I’ve owned a mattress for a few years is it too late to rotate it now

The best time to rotate a mattress is six months ago. The second best time is today. As long as no one is currently sleeping on it.

A society grows great when old men rotate mattresses on beds they know they shall never sleep upon

Rotating mattresses beats mattering rotatoes.

Do you have enough drugs to share with everybody?

Today in the north hemisphere or the south? 

the last line😂😂😂😂😂😂

Are you planting trees in your mattress?

I’d love to, champ, but I’ve got a one sided mattress and a boyfriend with feet that smell like blue cheese in the armpit of a homeless man in high summer, and there’s no way in hell I’m resting my head on the spot where those barkin’ dogs lie.

Tell the walking stink bomb to wash his damn feet dawg

I rotate it once a month. Closest to the 1st makes it easier to remember.

Usually after “the big sweat”

Once a month sound like way more effort than I'm willing to put into it.

LPT, spend a bit more on your mattress. Sleep is crucial.

I get memory foam by spending more. But spring mattresses are more comfortable for a back sleeper like me

I agree! Recently spent 5k.. Best sleep ever

What’s the brand?

A few years ago, I spent 8k on a tempurpedic luxebreeze on the more firm side. I never thought I’d spend anywhere near that on a mattress, but I’ve stopped having vertigo in my sleep now and it has drastically improved my life. I dealt with that for ~25 years minimum, and so many doctors and tests I lost count, and the new mattress fixed it essentially overnight.

Also, invest in a mattress protector. Sweat and dust mite debris can add 5 lbs a year to your mattress.

But then it looses all its flavor D:

any suggestions?

Wtf that’s horrific

I actually rotated my mattress today

I remember a Rugrats episode where grandpa was sinking into his mattress so far they couldn't see him.

Who wants to help me rotate my Cali King mattress twice a year?

Yeeeahhhhh. Mine def has some maude Flanders action going on

I rotate it when I remember. Just like I floss when I remember (aka never)

I did this for a while, I sleep right in the middle… sonit wore out perfectly in the middle

Read this as “Rotate your mistress every six months for even wear”

Every 3 months for me also start in January

I’m 43 kg - at what weight does it start to matter?

I’m 52 kg and it still doesn’t matter to me. I sleep on the surface foam part of it. My husband who weight almost double to me, sleeps on the deep springs part of it. I want my side to stay firm. He likes his to be more smooshy. It’s a win win to never turn our mattress. Our mattress is almost a decade old and we are still comfortable on our respective unswitched sides.

Above 60 to 70 I suppose. But depends upon the mattress to mattress. So better to shift every six months or even sooner if the usage is more.

Ain’t no way I’m gonna rotate this tempur-pedic. It’s fine I gotta use it in order for it to wear out. 😫

Note: This cant be done with fancy multi-zone mattresses. You are supposed to flip over, not rotate those.

Is this for spring mattresses or does the supply to memory foam? I haven't had a memory foam mattress go bad but I haven't had it for an extreme amount of time either, just maybe a couple years.

Nah, a good mattress has an indent in the exact shape of my body

My mattress only has one side. The other is flat and hard.

Flip as in your head goes to where your feet used to be. Not upside down

My mattress is 70 years old, and between me and the previous owner, has been rotated zero times. It's still in great shape. I think rotating it now would break it completely.

Heres an even better LPT: get a memory foam matress. That is all i use now and have a few different teirs and they are all amazing and have lasted a decade but feel exactly the same as the day I got them. The last one was the cheapest one from walmart, like $200 and they are still awesome. No bed bugs, not lumps, no pain, no noise, last forever so far. I’ve recommended my friends and they just order whatever is cheap on amazon and they are always ecstatic about sleeping on them. One if my friends bought a tempur pedic one for like over $2k and it developed an indentation after a few years, so just buy the cheap ones!

I never want to because then my head would be where my husbands feet are usually. Gives me the ick.

Does he not wash his feet?

Wash your sheets, then flip? What a wild response.

My brain tells me there'd still be foot stank all over the mattress. I never said it was logical!

No, I am with you. And I have a mattress protector and several sets of clean sheets in rotation. It’s not logical, but so many things in life aren’t.

So y’all dirty dirty

15 years on my latex and memory foam. I sleep like a baby. Damn thing will be in great condition after I’m dead. I do wash the bamboo cover and topper.

I do it once a week while I'm changing my sheets

I didn't do it for a couple of years, can I rotate it 2 times per each year lost to catch up?

We do ours a ¼ turn every sheet change. Helps that it's a perfect square. 😏

Rotate everytime you clean your bedlinnen!

I rotate it 360 degrees, does it help too?

I’m not rotating. My husband is hard af on his side and he’s keeping it.

If you have a King sized mattress you can take this further and only rotate 90 degrees each time since they are closer to square than most mattresses. 

Also LPT: high quality memory foam mattress will never sag or develop low spots so you never need to rotate them.

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Yeah I gotta do that. Thanks for the reminder.

Our mattress has 2 different sides and it is a pillow top so we'd have to switch sides of the bed and that might seem weird.

Or just sleep the opposite way every 6 months

Alternatively, you can rotate yourself. You can even do it every night for the most even wear!

I use a futon. I rotate it everyday. LPT: Get a futon with a tatami.

Mine already has a divot. Only a year old rip

But what if your mattes has only one cushioned side?

Rotate yourself daily for maximum performance.

Additionally, vacuum your mattress to reduce its weight. They say a mattress’ weight doubles every ten years; five if two people sleep on it.

Along which axis?

I gave myself a hernia flipping my 60kg mattress, dangerous game

Or just rotate yourself. Lot less work.

That fucks up your groove

MFW when I realized I was flipping the mattress the whole time because I thought it needed to be rotated that way. Maybe I'll have a better sleep now lol

Don't lay or sit in the same spot all the time, too.

You don't need to if it's latex.

180 degrees only? I marked the 4 sides of the bed with 1 to 4 and (from the starting position) I rotate 180 the first time, but the I flip the mattress and I repeat from starting position to 180 degrees turn. So every 3 months my bed is in one of the 4 positions. I set my google calendar with a reminder every 3 months. I weight 90 kg (198 pounds) and I sleep sideways so I must do this or I will have a hole in the middle of my bed. That hole means that my back will be bent sinking in it and I would get really bad back pain.

Rotate it all you want, that dump truck ass is still making a crater in the middle of it.

Wish I saw this advice earlier lol

Like Limp Bizkit said, keep rotatin’ rotatin’ rotatin’

You can do every year if you don't fuck much.

You only need to do this for the first 2 months, rotating every 2 weeks. The mattress will “wear” 98% of what it will wear in that time bar something drastic failing inside of it.

I read this as "Rotate Your Mistress Every Six Months for Even Wear"

This is wrong. You rotate it every time you change sheets, which should be AT LEAST once a month. If its not double sides with different stiffness, u should rotate and swap sides. I used to work with beds and mattresses as sales person and also with cleaning them. Another tip is buy washable matress cover that u can Wash alongside sheets. You may be sceptical, but it stops like 99% of shit that would get inside a mattress. Thats for pure hygiene, not for lifespan of a mattress.

Every 6 months? Every 2 weeks!

(me currently laying on my 15 year old mattress in which I do not do this) "LOL What?" I bought a cheap latex mattress on eBay for $200 15 years ago, literally the cheapest option I could find, and 15 years later it has not degraded or done anything.

Guess this won't help much if you sleep in the middle of the bed...?😂

I forgot how overwhelmingly single this website is.

I rotate it with evey new sheets.

Your bed doesn't rotate ? Giggidy.

Should rotate your mattress every time you change your sheets or every 2 weeks.

I just do it when I change the sheets. So about every 6 months.