1,000 Thread-Count Sheets: Be Careful What You Wish For

[ronhic]

Jersey...

...from what I recall is a knit fabric. Feels a little like light weight flannelette to the touch, but is a completely different beast...

Lovely to sleep in though....

 

[geoff]

OK, now I feel out-of place.

Am I the only on who uses satin sheets?? I absolutely cannot sleep on anything else. Once I bought them that was the end. I even bring them with me when I travel LOL. No wrinkles whatsoever and they are like sleeping on a cloud. The only thing that's sometimes unpleasant is they are COLD when you first get into bed, other than that, they are a dream..

 

[gansky1]

I haven't had any sheets with thread counts that high - usually around 400 or so. I hang all sheets to dry so they usually are a bit wrinkled but I generally iron most of the pillowcases.

Jersey is a knit, like a t-shirt, usually all cotton. I had some for a while but they stretched out terribly and were a struggle to keep on the bed properly.

My son likes flannel sheets but I find them too warm with a down comforter, quilts, etc. so I stick with cotton. There's nothing like a crisp, ironed cotton pillowcase.

 

[scott55405]

Frig, I have the exact same sheet set you have and have been overall fairly pleased. Previously, I had a 600 ct set I bought at Bed, Bath and Beyond, those were sateen and I liked those as well. Eventually, the bottom sheet wore out from being stretched and got a big ol rip. They were labeled "Sateen" and I think they were softer than what I have now.

We have Speed Queen toploaders here, and it definitely fills the machine up, although I don't wash sheets with anything else in any event. They do wrinkle, but I find they settle down once on the bed.

They are crisp, which I think they're supposed to be, but I don't find them scratchy or uncomfortable (I do use fabric softener).

I think a person can get carried away with the hype of a high thread count, in spite of my liking these. I remember when 200-250 was the gold standard, and they were certainly more than acceptably comfortable.

 

[jeffg]

Scott, try rinsing the sheets in warm water instead of cold. That should eliminate (or at least reduce) the wrinkling.

And please, if anyone is going to chime in with "cold water rinsing reduces wrinkles", I know better. Cotton and cold water don't mix.

 

[sudsman]

Jeff

Cold water rinsing reduces wrinkles ;

Somewhat true. While cold water will set stains it will also set wrinkles if it is too cold just as hot water will also.
The ideal temperature for rinising is actually no lower than 75F and no higher than 100F . A warm load extracts better and dries faster than a cold load does. Sometimes saving as much as 15 mins in a dryer. We even sometimes run a hot last rinse if in a pinch for time we can then go right to the ironer without any wasted time pre-conditioning the work. Warm loads will unload from the washer quicker that cold loads do . And a warm load will "pull" from the carts easier too. In colder water fabric softners will not penetrate the fabric as well as it does in warm water either.

 

[jetcone]

wow familiar

I bought a set of 100% TC 750 sheets at the Home Show. They were in a word "tinny"! Awful feel awful to sleep on (one night ONLY!!) and they shrunk like a dick in cold seawater!

Never again, I have a linen duvet that I just love, its thick, it fights me and I know it will wear forever in smooth comfort!

I didn't know natural cotton was 240 thread count thats interesting!

 

[frigilux]

Update: The sheets have been washed four times. I'm using a stiff dose of fabric softener, which seems to help. They feel less like a canvas dropcloth, at any rate. I'm getting used to their "heaviness", and am beginning to appreciate their relative bulk.

Have taken to drying them one at a time in the dryer. That makes THREE loads---two with a sheet each; one with the six pillowcases. The sheets are less wrinkled that way. I'll be glad when spring weather settles in and I can hang them all on the line.

We're having a freak spring snowstorm today/tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a good day to get taxes and baking done.