Your pillows may not last forever but lasting decades is not out of the question.
Folding them, putting them in a headlock, and using them for pillow fights will impact the longevity of your pillows. You don't have to baby them but if you can avoid abusing them your pillow will reward you with years of consistent support.
Feather pillows should not be washed. Feathers are designed by nature to help keep water off a birds back so please don't wash your feather pillows. Use a pillow protector or pillow case and wash that and send the actual pillow to a professional dry cleaner that has experience with cleaning down bedding.
Down pillows can be washed. But, you must make sure they are dried properly. Any moisture remaining on any of the down clusters will mold and mildew in less than 24 hours and your pillow will be ruined. So when you think it's done drying dry it some more. Think in terms of hours, like 4 hours on medium heat, and not in terms of 36 - 48 minutes which would be a dryers normal cycle time. No ... you don't need tennis balls.
If you bathe or shower at night before you go to bed make sure your hair is dry.
If you bathe or shower at night put on the moisturizing creams in the morning.
Buy a pillow protector or
Use a pillow case and wash it every weekend or whenever you strip the bed and wash the sheets.
Oils don't destroy a pillow in days, weeks or months but years. So anything you can do to prevent oils from getting to the down fill will prolong the life of your pillow.
Pillow protector and/or pillow case.
Moisture will destroy a pillow in days NOT weeks months or years. So anything you can do to prevent your pillow from trapping moisture will prolong the life of your pillow.
If you live in a humid climate DON'T hang it out outside on a clothes line to "air it out".
If you can smell it you already need a new pillow.
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