How Often Do You Wash Your Jeans?

[Formalhaut]

You know, these things. Jeans are the workhorse of the trouser family - tough, durable and can work with pretty much anything.

But how often do you wash your jeans? Do you keep em' fresh every week, or only wash them once they have conspicuous mustard stains?

[Rez09]

I generally wash them after I wear them.

[Bubba]

I'm not saying because I don't want people to be disgusted by me.

[Pumpkin]

I generally wash them after I wear them.

[Bri]

I hardly wear jeans at all anymore but back then I used to, so I would wear the same jeans 2 to 3 times before washing them within two weeks. I was so crazy about jeans but now it is all about the yoga/sweat pants because they're so comfy.

[Mercer]

I wear a different pair each day.

[Night Fury]

I'm not saying because I don't want people to be disgusted by me.

[Sephiroth]

I throw them away after wearing them and buy new ones.

[Vermachtnis]

Every week, laundry day is even today.

[FFNut]

I got about 5 or six pair I rotate through and I keep stuff rather clean so I do laundry about every 3 to 4 days. Never really with filthy one on.

[escobert]

I don't really ever wear jeans, I wear Carhartts everyday.

[blackmage_nuke]

Never, as I have no jeans and only wear cargo pants

[Pheesh]

Once I can no longer ignore the smell.

[Rantz]

A lot of people say with great conviction that you should never wash jeans and will refer you to the CEO of Levi's who's famous for this claim, but his main reason for that is water conservation and has little to do with hygiene or durability. Water conservation is a fair reason not to wash them every week for the most part, I think, but never is quite a long time. I say trust your nose. I'll wash mine once they start smelling like they need a wash, basically. That tends to be every 2-3 months or so for me, at an estimate.

[Iceglow]

I wash my jeans when they need it. To be honest, you should avoid washing them because it actually ruins the fibres quicker and good jeans are expensive. I've often got a pair of cheap jeans (say hello Primark's best) which I'll wear more often and have a wash every 3 - 4 weeks or so unless marked by spilt food etc.

If I have good jeans like a decent pair of Wrangler's or other brand name, then they'll rarely see the machine. Literally will get washed if they seem to have a stain or something really made them smell. If I feel that they need more than a good airing/freezing then I may drop them off at the dry cleaners.