@fuzzmanmatt You could get some ladders to climb back up to the upper floors to slide to the bottom again. You could even turn it into some kind of game, and call it Chutes & Ladders?
I am a bamboo sheet, blanket, and pillowcase evangelist, but 40% bamboo is not worth the $15-19. Save your money and buy 100% bamboo rayon. You’ll be glad you did.
@mr_crash_davis any particular brands to recommend or is 100% bamboo enough spec to go by? The item linked for price comp is 100% bamboo, for instance.
@djslack The 100% bamboo is the important part. I’ve bought from several different Amazon sellers and as long as it’s 100% I’ve been satisfied. (Zen Bamboo, RRG Int’l, Mandarin Home, EMME, and my personal favorite LinenSpa).
@djslack@mr_crash_davis My understanding is that there is no such thing as 100% real bamboo fabric. Bamboo is not a strong enough fiber on it’s own and must be mixed with other things, like rayon. Anyone who says something is all bamboo fabric is misleading you.
@djslack@mr_crash_davis@SnDMommy Um, you do know that Rayon us made from cellulose and when they say “bamboo” they mean the cellulose was extracted from bamboo, and not from recycled paper or old growth forest trees or some other sustainable source.
FYI - Guess where all that bamboo comes from? China. Get these before the tarrifs kick in.
@mr_crash_davis So if the bamboo is a base material for making plastic (rayon) does it make the least little difference to the finished product that it was once bamboo?
COME ON!!! There hasn’t been shit for weeks. The tie downs come and they freaking sell out immediately. Some decent sheets come and the only size adults actually use freaking sell out immediately.
MEH sucks sweaty balls!!!
It refers the frequency an organism reproduces, semelparity describes the reproductive life of salmon, squids, etc. these animals produce one brood and die. Iteroparity refers to reproduction in which there are multiple reproductive cycles, e.g., chickens, squirrels, humans, etc…
Considering the exhibited level of intelligence of most of the foul mouthed posts on this site; it is not surprising that a reasonably intelligent post causes confusion.
@ACustomer thanks for clearing that shit right the fuck up!
I think it would be more proper to state that bamboo is semelparous than that it is a semelparity. I do believe it would be an example of semelparity. I also find the analogy to OP’s condition a stretch, unless they can only reproduce while married, have already produced one offspring (or brood), have since terminated that marriage, and are therefore at risk of only reproducing once in a lifespan. But I barely know more than the /define command, so don’t take my word for it.
@JT954@Kidsandliz I’m sure they’re the same, they throw in two more pillowcases to make it 6 pieces. We have two sets. They’re very nice, smooth and comfy. Not very heavy, probably best for summer sheets. Seem to be holding up okay through a few washings. I’m not a big fan of the microfiber component and will not be buying more. But I do like the sustainability and lower impact of bamboo rayon so I’m going to try some of the 100% bamboo brands @mr_crash_davis mentions above. Sorry Meh.
@JT954@Kidsandliz@mr_crash_davis@stolicat I don’t know much about bamboo rayon and am too lazy to look it up but old school rayon manufacturing was an environmental shit-fest. And that was renewable too.
@sammydog01 - it is another way to make polyester I found out reading the url I posted in the post I made below (I didn’t know what it was either so went looking).
@sammydog01 But @mike808 say rayon is a polyester in his response to me in the post below. I don’t know all the finer differences between all these things. All I know is that cotton shrinks and is less likely to get “sweaty” than most other choices except those designed to “wick”. Oh and non 100% cotton fabric is harder to get oil based stains out of.
@Kidsandliz Rayon is a polyester. It is a particular thread made from fibers of polyester molecules. It is the source of those polyester molecules that is being advertised as being from bamboo. “Microfiber” is another kind of thread made from the same or different fibers.
Rayon thread comes from cellulose, which is harvested from wood pulp. That makes it predominately a natural product. Its main source is renewable since trees are grown on plantations specifically for producing Rayon/Viscose fibers. The process from greenhouse, to plantation, to harvest takes seven years. Bamboo grows faster than trees, so the cycle is even shorter for bamboo-sourced cellulose. Polyester is a completely man-made fiber that comes from oil, a non-renewable resource.
The difference in a fabric sense is the way these strands of long-chain hydrocarbons are spun into thread used in the fabrics, which also varies in the weave used as well. Just as fixed, but variable lengths of animal hair fibers are spun into thread, these are non-animal “hair fibers”.
Polyester can be a never-ending strand chemically produced, cellulose is nature’s OG analogue, but isn’t never-ending and has different lengths.
Those cellulose molecules (from wood or bamboo pulp) are (chemically) chopped up to form the “fibers” of the threads. The cellulose molecules come in different lengths and have natural variations that cause them to “break” in different places, so the “hairs” used in the thread aren’t identical, like they would be in chemically-produced Polyester spun thread.
How the fibers are spun and treated into thread makes them “microfiber” or not, like the difference between thread and yarn.
Bamboo leaves and the soft, inner pith from the hard bamboo trunk are extracted using a steaming process and then mechanically crushed to extract the cellulose. Typically cellulose is purified, treated with lye, dissolved (in carbon disulfide), and re-formed to make rayon.
Workers are seriously harmed by the carbon disulfide used to make bamboo viscose. Effects include psychosis, heart attacks, liver damage, and blindness. The CS2 is volatile; rayon workers inhale it, but it is not found in the finished product. Rayon factories rarely give information on their occupational exposure limits and compliance, and legal limits even in developed countries are too lax to avoid harm
@blaineg@Kidsandliz Equally as nasty as producing raw materials for textiles using slave labor. There is no free lunch.
We have much to learn about economic and societal systems and institutions that are not founded upon principles of hidden, deferred, and transferred costs.
@blaineg@Kidsandliz@mike808 I was a chemist at a manufacturing plant that made rayon back in the day. They had a big carbon disulfide remediation program going on. The Avtex plant in Front Royal was a giant environmental disaster. I don’t even know if rayon is produced in the US anymore.
It’s naive at best to say that “natural” fibers are better- cotton uses a shit-ton of chemicals for processing and produces a shit-ton of waste water. You need to take a look at the big picture for each fiber and I’m not sure if anyone is unbiased enough these days to do that.
Cherry-picking bits of information from Wikipedia does not make you qualified to come to conclusions about whether bamboo rayon is a good thing especially if your source doesn’t know the fucking difference between cellulose and polyester and how synthetics are processed into yarn.
Bamboo is a great material. “Microfiber” is polyester. It tends to pill and doesn’t breathe that well. I used to use microfiber sheets in college cause they were cheap, but I’d have to throw them away after 6 months. I’m not sure how the blend will do, just relaying my experience with 100% microfiber.
You ever have a post filled with hilarious puns all written out, and then right before you post it, you re-read it, and say “sheet, this isn’t that funny after all”, and then delete it?
I just put some Bamboo/polyester sheets on my bed and so far I really like them. I think Target or one of our local chains had them for a good deal so we picked up a set of fulls to try. Very smooth, not too hot, very comfy. I have no clue how long they’ll last but I like them a LOT better then the all micro fiber set I tried as they were very overly hot during the summer and thin.
They did feel nice though as well, much better during the winter to keep warm if you have a set of the old microfiber ones.
Looks like the FTC says (to the tune of $1.3 million in fines) that you can’t call rayon made from bamboo “bamboo”, since there’s nothing “bamboo” in the finished product. You can say “rayon (or viscose) made from bamboo.”
@Paigehodges Depending on where you saw this posted the deal started at 11:00 PM Central or 11:00 AM Eastern. The “Daybreak” deal posted at Morningsave is frequently offered at meh.com the night before. Not always, but frequently it is the same deal.
This one appears to have had limited quantities and was posted to meh.com the night before so savvy hoards of shoppers bought out a lot before morningsave “opened” it.
@SharonOser Hi. This deal is over, deader than yesterday’s news, but they probably wear like $20 sheets. In the specs it says they fit “extra thick mattresses” up to 16” but some posters said that still wasn’t deep enough for them. Giggity.
@blakdrgn Mine came with a dried blood colored stain that didn’t wash out. At least it is soft and comfortable as well a being more than deep enough to cover the pillow top mattress.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Flat Sheet
1x Fitted Sheet
2x Pillowcases (Twin set includes 1x Pillowcase)
Price Comparison
$34.97 - $50.99 (for similar) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
These sheets will grow like weeds and you’ll never be able to get rid of them.
Cal King!!!
@n8mack33 This would definitely be nice to see.
Rayon Bamboo?
@t0nyc0tt4m I would have said “rayon from bamboo” or " bamboo rayon", but “40% rayon bamboo” makes a lot more sense than “60% nasty plastic”.
@t0nyc0tt4m I know… bamboo/microfiber. Never seen them. I like bamboo cloth… don’t like microfiber.
Bought them last time and love them. Deep pockets, soft without tugging on whatever you wear to bed and the price is great.
@jewelshound actual deep pockets? I have a 17" mattress.
@jewelshound @lkichler Nope… 'tis why I looked no further. 16" pocket it says. Not deep enough.
If you used these as a slide for materiel between floors of your house, would they become bamboo chutes?
@fuzzmanmatt You could get some ladders to climb back up to the upper floors to slide to the bottom again. You could even turn it into some kind of game, and call it Chutes & Ladders?
19 bucks isn’t too bad for a spare set of sheets. My usual is Cariloha, but these will do in a pinch when I’m behind on laundry.
/giphy feared-fearful-rye
No Cal King. Just not fair.
It amazes me how many people on a bargain site rock cal king mattresses. My estimate is it must be about 37% of the Meh audience.
@djslack no, just a very vocal minority
@djslack Tall husband is expensive. Gotta economize where I can.
@whogots Fold husband. Tell him he will be a side sleeper from here on out. Problem solved. You are welcome.
@djslack @hchavers @deathbynoodlez Start a daily post campaign.
The pop sockets are awesome.
PoP sOcKeTs
I am disappointed with the Mehed picture. Who doesn’t sleep with the dog under the covers and an imaginary friend? Maybe the sock on said friend?
Eh… you lost me at ‘micro-fiber’, but thanks anyway.
@Tadlem43 Yes, I agree. I love my bamboo/cotton blend sheets. I am not sure the polyester is the best blending material.
King went fast. Glad I learned the lesson to jump on them first and then think about it.
I am a bamboo sheet, blanket, and pillowcase evangelist, but 40% bamboo is not worth the $15-19. Save your money and buy 100% bamboo rayon. You’ll be glad you did.
@mr_crash_davis any particular brands to recommend or is 100% bamboo enough spec to go by? The item linked for price comp is 100% bamboo, for instance.
@djslack The 100% bamboo is the important part. I’ve bought from several different Amazon sellers and as long as it’s 100% I’ve been satisfied. (Zen Bamboo, RRG Int’l, Mandarin Home, EMME, and my personal favorite LinenSpa).
@djslack @mr_crash_davis My understanding is that there is no such thing as 100% real bamboo fabric. Bamboo is not a strong enough fiber on it’s own and must be mixed with other things, like rayon. Anyone who says something is all bamboo fabric is misleading you.
@djslack @mr_crash_davis @SnDMommy Um, you do know that Rayon us made from cellulose and when they say “bamboo” they mean the cellulose was extracted from bamboo, and not from recycled paper or old growth forest trees or some other sustainable source.
FYI - Guess where all that bamboo comes from? China. Get these before the tarrifs kick in.
@djslack @mike808 @mr_crash_davis @SnDMommy Bamboo is often mixed with cotton, and I can attest my bamboo/cotton sheets are super soft and comfortable.
@mr_crash_davis So if the bamboo is a base material for making plastic (rayon) does it make the least little difference to the finished product that it was once bamboo?
Convince me.
Soooooo… how is the King sold out not 5 minutes into the sale??
I think they never had the king in stock , that’s why it shows sold out to begin with
@bluetide they had king in at least aqua and silver several minutes into the sale.
COME ON!!! There hasn’t been shit for weeks. The tie downs come and they freaking sell out immediately. Some decent sheets come and the only size adults actually use freaking sell out immediately.
MEH sucks sweaty balls!!!
/giphy calm your tits
@k9mckaig
@k9mckaig I bought tiedowns at 11:10am after becoming available at 11am. They weren’t THAT difficult to get.
Here’s another comp… Not the same sheets but the same blend of microfiber and bamboo, a few sets of King available, $20 or less depending on color:
https://www.amazon.com/Bed-Bath-Outlet-Eco-Friendly-Hypoallergenic/dp/B074JG2GCD
Show a little respect. Bamboo is a semelparity. If I don’t get married soon I’ll end up that way too.
/define semelparity
No exact matches found for the specified word.
It refers the frequency an organism reproduces, semelparity describes the reproductive life of salmon, squids, etc. these animals produce one brood and die. Iteroparity refers to reproduction in which there are multiple reproductive cycles, e.g., chickens, squirrels, humans, etc…
Considering the exhibited level of intelligence of most of the foul mouthed posts on this site; it is not surprising that a reasonably intelligent post causes confusion.
Best wishes.
@ACustomer Foul mouth does equate stupid. Crude or rude maybe, but not part of the definition of stupid.
@ACustomer Dafuq you talkin’ 'bout?
@ACustomer thanks for clearing that shit right the fuck up!
I think it would be more proper to state that bamboo is semelparous than that it is a semelparity. I do believe it would be an example of semelparity. I also find the analogy to OP’s condition a stretch, unless they can only reproduce while married, have already produced one offspring (or brood), have since terminated that marriage, and are therefore at risk of only reproducing once in a lifespan. But I barely know more than the /define command, so don’t take my word for it.
@ACustomer @djslack maybe monocarpic makes more sense since we’re talking bamboo?
But what do I know? I’m just another fucking moron posting to a deal-a-day site’s forum.
/giphy just another fucking moron
@ACustomer @djslack
/giphy reasonably intelligent
Were there any king available to begin with? Making me rethink the 5 bucks a month.
@gator3853 I saw at least 3 colors available in King.
@gator3853 well, you can always buy wine from the related site (shipping included with your 5 bucks a month).
Why not. No question mark.
/giphy damaging-sweltering-tortellini
How are these compared to what Woot is offering?
https://home.woot.com/offers/bamboo-6-piece-luxury-sheet-set?ref=w_cnt_wp_7_34
@JT954 They look to be the same. Still no reviews though.
@JT954 @Kidsandliz I’m sure they’re the same, they throw in two more pillowcases to make it 6 pieces. We have two sets. They’re very nice, smooth and comfy. Not very heavy, probably best for summer sheets. Seem to be holding up okay through a few washings. I’m not a big fan of the microfiber component and will not be buying more. But I do like the sustainability and lower impact of bamboo rayon so I’m going to try some of the 100% bamboo brands @mr_crash_davis mentions above. Sorry Meh.
@JT954 @Kidsandliz @mr_crash_davis @stolicat I don’t know much about bamboo rayon and am too lazy to look it up but old school rayon manufacturing was an environmental shit-fest. And that was renewable too.
@sammydog01 - it is another way to make polyester I found out reading the url I posted in the post I made below (I didn’t know what it was either so went looking).
@Kidsandliz Microfiber is polyester but rayon is not. Your link is talking about microfiber.
@sammydog01 But @mike808 say rayon is a polyester in his response to me in the post below. I don’t know all the finer differences between all these things. All I know is that cotton shrinks and is less likely to get “sweaty” than most other choices except those designed to “wick”. Oh and non 100% cotton fabric is harder to get oil based stains out of.
Well here is something interesting talking about what a 40% rayon bamboo 60% microfiber sheet actually is - polyester apparently.
https://www.bestbambooguide.com/sheets
@Kidsandliz Rayon is a polyester. It is a particular thread made from fibers of polyester molecules. It is the source of those polyester molecules that is being advertised as being from bamboo. “Microfiber” is another kind of thread made from the same or different fibers.
Rayon thread comes from cellulose, which is harvested from wood pulp. That makes it predominately a natural product. Its main source is renewable since trees are grown on plantations specifically for producing Rayon/Viscose fibers. The process from greenhouse, to plantation, to harvest takes seven years. Bamboo grows faster than trees, so the cycle is even shorter for bamboo-sourced cellulose. Polyester is a completely man-made fiber that comes from oil, a non-renewable resource.
The difference in a fabric sense is the way these strands of long-chain hydrocarbons are spun into thread used in the fabrics, which also varies in the weave used as well. Just as fixed, but variable lengths of animal hair fibers are spun into thread, these are non-animal “hair fibers”.
Polyester can be a never-ending strand chemically produced, cellulose is nature’s OG analogue, but isn’t never-ending and has different lengths.
Those cellulose molecules (from wood or bamboo pulp) are (chemically) chopped up to form the “fibers” of the threads. The cellulose molecules come in different lengths and have natural variations that cause them to “break” in different places, so the “hairs” used in the thread aren’t identical, like they would be in chemically-produced Polyester spun thread.
How the fibers are spun and treated into thread makes them “microfiber” or not, like the difference between thread and yarn.
@mike808 +1 to your great microfiber lesson!
@Kidsandliz @mike808 Looks like a polyether to me. Not a polyester.
And the problem with rayon was the processing chemicals. Look up superfund sites.
@Kidsandliz @sammydog01
That’s 'cuz Rayon told Polyester to kiss its ‘S’ goodbye and left for Barthelona.
@Kidsandliz @mike808 Sounds like nasty stuff. From Wikipedia:
Bamboo leaves and the soft, inner pith from the hard bamboo trunk are extracted using a steaming process and then mechanically crushed to extract the cellulose. Typically cellulose is purified, treated with lye, dissolved (in carbon disulfide), and re-formed to make rayon.
Workers are seriously harmed by the carbon disulfide used to make bamboo viscose. Effects include psychosis, heart attacks, liver damage, and blindness. The CS2 is volatile; rayon workers inhale it, but it is not found in the finished product. Rayon factories rarely give information on their occupational exposure limits and compliance, and legal limits even in developed countries are too lax to avoid harm
@blaineg @Kidsandliz Equally as nasty as producing raw materials for textiles using slave labor. There is no free lunch.
We have much to learn about economic and societal systems and institutions that are not founded upon principles of hidden, deferred, and transferred costs.
@blaineg @Kidsandliz @mike808 I was a chemist at a manufacturing plant that made rayon back in the day. They had a big carbon disulfide remediation program going on. The Avtex plant in Front Royal was a giant environmental disaster. I don’t even know if rayon is produced in the US anymore.
It’s naive at best to say that “natural” fibers are better- cotton uses a shit-ton of chemicals for processing and produces a shit-ton of waste water. You need to take a look at the big picture for each fiber and I’m not sure if anyone is unbiased enough these days to do that.
Cherry-picking bits of information from Wikipedia does not make you qualified to come to conclusions about whether bamboo rayon is a good thing especially if your source doesn’t know the fucking difference between cellulose and polyester and how synthetics are processed into yarn.
@sammydog01 Learn something new everyday. Thanks. I knew very little about any of this.
“cool in summer”
Ok, you convinced me. The question is which color should I get [for queen]? Would the Slate-Grey sheet look weird against a brown headboard?
@JT954 How is anything with microfiber cool in the summer?
Bamboo is a great material. “Microfiber” is polyester. It tends to pill and doesn’t breathe that well. I used to use microfiber sheets in college cause they were cheap, but I’d have to throw them away after 6 months. I’m not sure how the blend will do, just relaying my experience with 100% microfiber.
I appreciate the Bowie reference in the model number.
@jdnew18
You ever have a post filled with hilarious puns all written out, and then right before you post it, you re-read it, and say “sheet, this isn’t that funny after all”, and then delete it?
@beachhead Psst. All the other replies to this post were deleted.
@mike808 Well sheet, I guess I’ll just pull the sheets over my head and go back to sleep.
90 GSM … these are going to be some really thin sheets. It’s about 40% thinner than the AA and Next Level t-shirts I’m used to.
What da hell. Deal opened at 11AM EST and immediately the king size shows as sold out. Doesnt make sense. Is it opened up to other timezones early?
@leo12_chndu The daily deal “opens up” at 11:00 PM Central. There were apparently some kings last night as evidenced by the posts already made here.
You only set aside twin size for the VMP sale?
/giphy bastards!
I decided to buy ivory or gray in Queen and I see they are both sold out. In fact, none of the Queen sizes are available.
That’s not cool.
I just put some Bamboo/polyester sheets on my bed and so far I really like them. I think Target or one of our local chains had them for a good deal so we picked up a set of fulls to try. Very smooth, not too hot, very comfy. I have no clue how long they’ll last but I like them a LOT better then the all micro fiber set I tried as they were very overly hot during the summer and thin.
They did feel nice though as well, much better during the winter to keep warm if you have a set of the old microfiber ones.
Looks like the FTC says (to the tune of $1.3 million in fines) that you can’t call rayon made from bamboo “bamboo”, since there’s nothing “bamboo” in the finished product. You can say “rayon (or viscose) made from bamboo.”
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/12/nordstrom-bed-bath-beyond-backcountrycom-jc-penney-pay-penalties
https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/how-avoid-bamboozling-your-customers
And that’s way more than I ever cared to know about rayon from bamboo.
I feel bamboozled.
It looks like zero units were sold in the vmp holdover period.
How was it that at 11:03 am there were no sizes in full sheets left?
@Paigehodges Depending on where you saw this posted the deal started at 11:00 PM Central or 11:00 AM Eastern. The “Daybreak” deal posted at Morningsave is frequently offered at meh.com the night before. Not always, but frequently it is the same deal.
This one appears to have had limited quantities and was posted to meh.com the night before so savvy hoards of shoppers bought out a lot before morningsave “opened” it.
@Paigehodges @therealjrn In other words join us at Meh.com at midnight Eastern time.
/giphy join us
Can anyone tell me how well these wear? Also do they stay put? I have a very deep Tempur-Pedic mattress do you think they’ll work?
@SharonOser Hi. This deal is over, deader than yesterday’s news, but they probably wear like $20 sheets. In the specs it says they fit “extra thick mattresses” up to 16” but some posters said that still wasn’t deep enough for them. Giggity.
We have washed them 3 times and the fabric is disintegrating. I washed them in cold water. Very disappointed, they were so soft.
@lemyers57 Same here.
There are a ton of companies that mis-label their bamboo sheets, mostly from China. This article here https://bamboo-comfort.com/reviews/best-bamboo-sheets-guide-and-review/ clears up all the misconceptions you may have.
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@MollyE We all know what we are getting when we buy from Meh.
Just washed em and threw them on the bed. Not as soft as my other sheets but definately not them crap “jersey knit” ones.
@blakdrgn Mine came with a dried blood colored stain that didn’t wash out. At least it is soft and comfortable as well a being more than deep enough to cover the pillow top mattress.
KuoH
I bought 2 sets. I love them soft and comfortable