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Originally posted by jbcummings:
He’s currently hawking “Percal” sheets. That used to indicate a higher thread count.

“Percale” doesn’t have anything to do (directly) with thread count. It is a type of weave used to make fabric - specifically, the very simple over-one-under-one flat weave that is what virtually everyone thinks of when they think of weaving fabric.

“Sateen” is another weave, in which the individual threads pass over the under several threads at a time, instead of one as in percale. For the same quality raw threads, this makes a softer (the threads don’t bend back and forth as sharply and feel smoother), higher thread count (fewer crossings mean the threads pack in more tightly) sheet than in a percale weave, but also a significantly less durable one (because the longer stretches of thread are much easier to wear and snag).

Really cheap sateen sheets often skip a LOT of threads in the weave, and sometimes use multi-ply threads (smaller threads twisted together) and count the plies as threads, with the result that you can have some junk sateen sheets labeled “1000 thread count” where a percale sheet made of the same threads would be honestly labeled maybe 100-150 thread count, and the sateen sheets will start looking worn in a few months while the percale sheets will last years. The sateen sheets will still feel a lot softer, though.

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Originally posted by SIGnified:

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Originally posted by Poacher:
Bamboo. Incredible sheets summer and winter.

I hope people realize that the bamboo is simply an input used to make a Lycra like polyester. They are plastic sheets folks. Doesn’t mean you can’t like them. But you should at least know what it is.

Yes, you SHOULD know what it is.

Bamboo fabric is not polyester. It is rayon/viscose. It is cellulose that has been dissolved and reconstituted into fibers. It is still chemically identical to raw cellulose.

It’s literally wood that has been melted, and then been un-melted into really thin strings.

Cellulose IS a polymer… but that doesn’t make it “plastic.” Are your cotton shirt or the wood framing in your house (both primarily cellulose) plastic?

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Originally posted by bald1:
Anyone have any experience with Feather & Stitch 500 thread count Cotton Sheet Sets?

https://www.featherstitchny.com/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/f...nen/?sh=5672df555b95

Well I bought a set plus extra pillowcases and am very pleased.
A couple of design pluses besides the quality of the cotton:
--the fitted sheet has elastic around the entire perimeter
--the pillow cases have a flap that snugs over the normally exposed end of the pillow sealing it inside the case

I bought off their website and got the new customer $5 discount. The extra pillowcases (standard = queen) were cheaper there than on Amazon as well. The package was shipped from Amazon ironically. The bedding is made in India.