Cozytown Linens

[DADoES]

 
Washman recommended CozytownLinens.com in a discussion last year. I've been looking for a good quality mattress pad that doesn't pucker all to hell and tear-through at the side panels.  Last set of sheets I bought was via a Sunshine-ladies donation-linen sale at the local hospital (new items, not used from the hospital, LOL), which turned out to be poor-quality microfiber with two of the pockets on the fitted sheet sewn with a hole at the top.

So I took the plunge several days ago and spent $256 for a mattress pad and set of sheets from Cozytown.

The mattress pad includes no care instructions, references only "machine washable" on the web site.

The sheet set includes instructions for "cold wash."  Seriously? A set of sheets that costs $132 (+$27.50 for extra pillow cases) is not to be washed in at least warm water? It also says "To minimize fabric wear [and wrinkling], remove from dryer immediately after cycle ends [and avoid using fabric softener].  Seriously?  Sitting stationary in a dryer will cause fabric wear?

I wash bed linens at no less than 112°F to 115°F, sometimes up to 125°F.  Cold water is not adequate to remove skin sebum and sweat.

To others here who have bought from Cozytown, what's your washing procedure for their products?

 

[ea56]

I've noticed that just about all new towels and sheets now recommend using cold water to wash. I don't care what they say, I still use hot and don't notice that they are any worse for the wear. There is no way I would wash bed linens or towels in cold water. Common sense just needs to rule when there is any question like this.
Eddie

 

[stan]

Just ain't fit.

Wonder if the person the writes these care instruction sleeps on sheets that are pure nastiness ?

 

[washman]

I have a queen set that I wash in warm using A&H liquid detergent, and I tumble dry low.  I use A&H dryer sheets with no problem, I stopped using liquid softener in the rinse years ago.

Nary a problem or pucker, I cannot recall the TC I got but I find them smooth, comfortable and USA made is a major plus.

 

[washman]

The care tag reads:

 

"for best results, avoid high heat when washing and drying.  Machine wash in cool or warm water, never use chlorine bleach.

Tumble dry on low to moderate heat. remove from washer and dryer immediately to avoid wrinkling"

 

sounds like the person who put the care tag on your set must have spent some time in the spin cycle himself!

 

And the tag reads everest linens with a 800 # on there.

 

[DADoES]

 
Correction:  There are care tags on the sheets/pillowcases that say cool or warm but "avoid high temperatures."

I e-mailed Cozytown Linens with my concerns about cold-water washing for bed linens.  They answered that cold water is recommended for fabric longevity but that I can use whatever temperature I wish.  I immediately had the same thought that Stan expressed regards to how much longevity can be expected from sheets that are gnasty/yellowed from body soils.

Anyway, thus far I've washed the mattress pad in reasonably warm water.  Will do the same with the sheets.  Remains to be seen if this purchase ends as a bad investment when the items disintegrate prematurely.

 

[stan]

Glenn

Let us know what you think of the Cozytown sheets after you wash them, and sleep on them.
It's difficult to buy sheets these days.. You feel them in the store and the feel nice, then after you wash out the all the sizing..there like burlap

 

[michaelman2]

Stan, you are right.   I have found that the variable that used to matter was "thread count".  Really now the length of the fiber matters.

 

 Extra long staple cotton fiber is the most durable and comfortable. I have seen the term Egyptian Cotton and Sea Island Cotton, both typically denote a longer fiber.

 

Thread count still matters however I agree with you, I have had some sheets that felt fantastic until laundered.  Even after the sheet is pressed, a short fiber sheet can feel like burlap.

 

[stan]

Hi Mike

Thanks for that info.
Do you recommend a brand?

 

[michaelman2]

Hi Stan,

 

Vivendi 600 thread count, LL Bean 280 thread count Prima, ...look for the Sateen weave as opposed to the percale.    When these are run through an ironer they are fantastic.   I cannot afford Fretta (sp?) however, I have slept on these and they are like silk .

 

[stan]

Much obliged Mike!

I'll look for those,

 

[launderess]

"To minimize fabric wear [and wrinkling], remove from dryer immediately after cycle ends [and avoid using fabric softener]. Seriously? Sitting stationary in a dryer will cause fabric wear? "

Removing things promptly from dryer has been standard care information for some time now. It has less to do with wear than preventing deep creases from settling in if fabrics are still hot or warm when the dryer stops. This of course would depend upon how long the "cool down" portion of cycle is; or even if the dryer has such a setting.

Dryers at local laundromat only have a one or two minute cool down period, and am here to tell you if using "high" or even "medium" setting laundry is still hot to warm when taken right out of the dryer. Am sure if things sat there long enough creases would set in.

The other two worries are over drying (which is hard on fabrics), and that linen manufacturers today largely assume no one irons anymore. If you take bed linen out of dryer while still slightly damp, smooth and allow to finish air drying most things will be free enough from creases. For one that irons *everything* that wouldn't do, but that is just Moi.

Care tag instructions for most if not all things sold today are written from a liability point of view. That is they give the most simple or "idiot proof" instructions to keep complaints or whatever down. It is like "dry clean only" that is slapped on so many things now, this when they could easily be hand or machine laundered (gently) without issue.

 

[volvoguy87]

Sheet Care.

I have my water heater cranked up to 155 degrees, with a thermostatic mixing valve on the output. The tempered water at 120 degrees goes to all the sinks and showers throughout the house. I have one branch of 155 degree liquid fire, however, going to my laundry room.

Why do I have this setup? It's not a big water heater and its feeding 4 different apartments! This setup allows more showers to be taken before the tank goes cold. Also, I can wash clothes with liquid fire, but not get burned to death at my kitchen sink.

I am curious to note the temperature of the water in which laundry is washed in different machines. In a classic top-loader, there is a lot of hot water. In a front loader, there is a lot less, and longer cycle times. How much heat is lost over the course of the wash cycle? Is it wise to use hotter water in a high-efficiency machine than in an old top-loader in order to have clothes actually washing in "hot" water for the duration of the cycle? My new Speed Queen front loader has a durable stainless steel outer tub, which is not insulated. I imagine the water suffers a severe temperature drop as soon as it starts filling the machine and a slower drop until the drain pump turns on. I ought to measure the temperature drop from fill to drain.

I like 100% cotton percale sheets, washed in HOT water, and starched. There is nothing like the feeling of a cool, crisp, pillowcase against your face at night in the summertime. Ironing my sheets isn't realistic until I get my Ironrite up and running, but I can at least starch my pillowcases.

Dave

 

[DADoES]

 
The mattress pad is very nice, with full-around elastic, not just at the corners.  100% cotton with a moistureproof film between the upper/lower layers.  The top is nicely smooth, the backside is shaggy like a towel.

The 300TC sheets are a tad rough compared to the (supposedly) 1200TC microfiber but body hair largely insulates from direct contact so that's surely not an issue.  The info card advises they're cut large to allow for shrinkage and there hasn't yet been much shrinkage but that's of no concern.  Long-term durability will determine whether the set is worth $132.

 

[launderess]

@Volvoguy

Best one could find in response to your query:

"The first bath will be significantly affected by the temperature of the load. Each subsequent bath will be affected a few degrees by the previous bath if a different temperature is selected or affected very little if the same temperature is used. Over the bath time, the water will also move a few degrees toward ambient room temperature."

Washer and Dryer Maintenance and Safety Tips from Huebsch

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www.huebsch.com

 

[michaelman2]

What Dave mentions abouve about a pressed ( and preferably starched) pillowcase and sheets, is spot on. The fiber will remain flattened due to the ironing process. While the sheet may "wrinkle" the finish on the fabric remains smooth. Dave is right, nothing like that smooth finish on the pillowcases and the sheets especially in warmer weather.

 

[chachp]

Cozytown Sheets

 

About 3 years ago I bought a set of sheets for our adjustable bed.  I wanted those with the wings, etc.

 

I like them so well I wanted to get another set for our daybed and I couldn’t remember where I got them.  I knew I had bought them on a recommendation of someone from our site, so I searched and Yeah, I found the post.

 

I wanted to post that three years later I still love these Cozytown sheets branded as Everest Linens.  They are very high quality, very well made and very comfortable.  I wash them in warm (sorry I can’t wash sheets in cold water) and dry them on medium heat.  No complaints at all we love them.

 

I’m going back for more.