@medz nope. No cats. I could make a crude euphemism and say yes, but im too much a gentleman to outright say that, so I’ll just plainly imply it instead, because that’s so much better.
@ConradHilton FYI: buy a 6 or 8 pack of white hankies (bought them for my husband and son) then you don’t have to worry about stains (or crusty sheets) and both sheets and hankies are washable.
@cinoclav grit, as in sandpaper. 800 thread count would be very different. Unfortunately fine thread counts feel good but don’t last long. Oh well, they’re all gone anyway
@craigcush Seemed obvious I knew you were talking about sandpaper. 800 grit sandpaper is very fine, often used for wet sanding. The higher the number, the finer it is. Hence my reply and reference to 80 grit as that one is rough.
I’m more confused with how they got samples of all the different colors to have EXACTLY the same folds and wrinkles for the photos. That must have taken some serious time to set up those photos.
/image photoshop fail
I really miss the days when meh took their own product photos. This is what happens when companies get too big, sell too many products, and have to rely on pictures and specs provided by the vendor.
@haydesigner umm organic farming is terrible for the environment. “The fact that organic farms require more land than conventional ones strongly suggests that, by this measure at least, organic farming is worse for the environment. Using more land to produce fewer crops is, by definition, inefficient and unsustainable.” Source: Hanna Treu, et al. “Carbon footprints and land use of conventional and organic diets in Germany.” J Clean Prod 161: 127-142. Published online: 2017
@haydesigner Hahahaha
"Organic" branding is nothing but a gimmick to get idiots and hipsters to pay more for backwards, inefficient, under-performing farming techniques that take up to twice as much land as conventional farming to produce the same amount of food, while also using more pesticides and adding more pollution to the environment. Oh, and don’t forget the awesome Organic E. coli and Salmonella breakouts that keep happening because Organic farmers put raw, unsterilized manure all over their fields, and dumbasses just keep going back for more.
That’s a very narrow focus, @Jasonf1984. Inefficient is hardly “terrible for the environment.” Unsustainable probably has a point, but you’re ignoring all the other issues which impact the environment much more directly (chemicals, nutrient depletion, etc).
@phatmass Consider percale. The thread count rarely goes about 350, but the way that it’s woven is stitch across stitch and it lasts forever (that’s why the thread count is so low, only so many thread you can get in that weave). It has kind of a crisp feel to it, not like sateen at all, but a clean feeling. I love it!
I came within one click of buying these. Then I thought about all the sheets I already own. What is better for the planet than buying organic cotton sheets? Not buying any sheets at all, but continuing to use the ones you have until they all fall apart. I’m not there yet.
@thumperchick Hi! Long time no see in chat. Hope all is well with you, @humper and @puppycat (I’m guessing about that last one). I called you out because I figure you can get this request to the buyers that be at meh.com…
I’d likely go for some of these in queen if they either came with four pillowcases, or if there was an option to buy additional pillowcases. A link to said option on some other site might be acceptable, if the price were reasonable and shipping were cheap enough.
Hey @baqui63! You were right about @puppycat.
I know our buyers are always on the lookout for those types of options - after hunting through some good results, I can tell you that I don’t see spare pillowcases for these. If I hear or see something different tomorrow, I’ll let you know.
In the meantime, you could totally get this set, then grab some coordinating color pillowcases or shams? Or buy 2 sets…
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I gotta know about the weave. No cheesy satine (sp?).
and the Lipscomb University issue. Sheez. and I what is inorganic cotton? …like polyester? confused.
Apropos of nothing, I once saw these sheets at a flea market and imagined this conversation taking place between rednecks:
“Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton–”
“D’ya mean Egypt?”
“Why hell no, I mean Dixie. If I meant Egypt I’d say I wish I was in the land of pyramids or some shit. And I don’t wish I was there. Where would you get an idea like that?”
Also, they are fucking hideous. That photo makes my eyes want to vomit.
Except, I already own sheets. So does everyone else. We really don’t NEED any more sheets. Thus, organic or not, any amount of farming and manufacturing that went into these organic sheets needlessly contributed to the “demise of the environment” right? Right. Organic sheets, lol.
I’ve had some super soft sheets that were 300 or 400 count, and I’ve had some 600 that felt more stiff. I don’t buy sheets unless I can feel them.
Plus, these colors are, well, meh. I already own grey and white, but with a tonal stripe, and royal purple with a crossed pattern. Much more interesting than solids.
@RiotDemon Interesting article. Of course they then offer a top sheet alone for $70 which, in my opinion, is trying to get us to equate price with quality - equally deceptive.
@Kidsandliz yeah, I wasn’t crazy that they are offering an expensive sheet. Their info was clear though, and I was tired, so I didn’t feel like searching for another article. Up above somewhere, someone replied to a post with a link to a consumer reports article.
Organic Sheets at this price!!! No more sleeping in toxic goo that’s been slowly seeping into my pores every night? The stuff that’s been making my liver work overtime? Count me in! My washer isn’t large, so the less thread count, the better. 300 would be tops for me. steadfast curly mummy
They were selling these out the back of a beat up van in a nearby parking lot. Almost got some, but $15 seemed like way too much. Though “organic” seems like a good idea for those times you start dreaming about breakfast and wake up eating your sheets.
No California King? What is this heightism? Some of us need long sheets for our long beds to fit our long bodies I see this for what it is. Genocide against tall people; you just want to slowly kill us with chemicals!
@Calantorntain are you 7’ tall? The last time I checked, a California king is only four inches longer, and four inches narrower, but usually more expensive even though it’s the same square footage of mattress.
The “similar” Amazon link is sateen, with a different looking label (visible if you click on ivory), and 300 TC. So far we have very little detail on these sheets.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Fitted sheet
1x Flat sheet
2x Pillowcases
Pictures
Options
Blue
Pillow
Bed
Grey
Pillow
Bed
Taupe
Pillow
Bed
White
Pillow
Bed
Ghosts
Price Comparison
$64.99 - $69.99 (for similar) at Amazon
Warranty
90 Day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Deep
Bath?
If you sheet in my bed I will have to kilo you.
@cengland0 Sheet the heck up jk
Do these colors look weird, or is it just me?
@raynich the blue and grey look like grey and brown to me
@chellemonkey Agreed and definitely drab.
@raynich Also… if you look at the full sized picture up above, “options”, at the labels, all four sets are tagged as “grey”.
@raynich Post your picture, then we can tell.
Pass…I have 18"
to cover, 15-16" is not deep enough for me.
@somf69
/image that’s what she said
@medz if she says she has 18", she is really well endowed.
@medz
@somf69 Yep. I added 4 inches on top.
Almost pulled the trigger until I saw your explanation of the cover depth.
Thread count?
@melliott I think these sheets are thread free as well.
@Hanky They’re cotton. Since they’re not just tufts of fluff, it’s cotton that’s been spun into threads. That’s how you make fabric from cotton.
@melliott no thread count stated so it can’t be good. Probably very low.
@melliott One. One really long thread that’s knit very close together.
@melliott According to amazon, 300 … ouch.
@melliott I am guessing 300 from the Amazon link. My skin demands an 800
thread count Egyptian cotton minimum.
I deserve it.
@Viper1 Your skin has been wasting your money.
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/09/higher-thread-count-doesn-t-guarantee-better-sheets/index.htm
300 is fine.
Anything higher than 400 is BS.
@vaticdart Fake sheet facts in your fake sheet site.
Only buy black sheets. Just think they look better. Plus, they let me make sure I cleaned all the ahem incriminating stains…
@ConradHilton no cat hair?
@ConradHilton Note to self: Never sign on for one of those wacky 60’s black light parties at your pad.
@medz nope. No cats. I could make a crude euphemism and say yes, but im too much a gentleman to outright say that, so I’ll just plainly imply it instead, because that’s so much better.
@revloki which is a shame, because I do so much painting with UV sensitive pigments.
@revloki
/youtube hope it’s urine
@ConradHilton FYI: buy a 6 or 8 pack of white hankies (bought them for my husband and son) then you don’t have to worry about stains (or crusty sheets) and both sheets and hankies are washable.
@medz Unfortunately not. I did the boring thing and used paint to paint. I DO love the office, though, so thanks for showering me in comedy gold.
@medz One of my (and my daughter’s) favorite office scenes. Funny on so many levels. Man, that was a good show.
Thread count?
@froppy Yes
No sheet.
100% Chemical free? What are they made of then?
@squishybrain
They are made of 99% Thoughts and Prayers, 1% antimatter.
@squishybrain Antimatter
@squishybrain these are apparently the emperor’s new sheets.
@squishybrain Forum threads
@squishybrain They’re made of organic
It’s not that I don’t want the sheets.
It’s that I can’t justify spending any money on a product whose label is in Papyrus.
@afullbeard amen
@afullbeard hey, fonts are expensive
@awk i know a squirrel that says otherwise
Some ideas to help this product label “pop”:
@awk Or slight name change, “Orgasmic Essentials”
But more importantly, what is the thread count? Last sheets I got that were 100% cotton were abrasive as 800 grit paper. Soft?
@craigcush 800 grit is pretty damn soft actually. Now if you had gone with 80 we might be more sympathetic.
@cinoclav grit, as in sandpaper. 800 thread count would be very different. Unfortunately fine thread counts feel good but don’t last long. Oh well, they’re all gone anyway
@craigcush Seemed obvious I knew you were talking about sandpaper. 800 grit sandpaper is very fine, often used for wet sanding. The higher the number, the finer it is. Hence my reply and reference to 80 grit as that one is rough.
On what planet is this grey?
@cengland0 - I wondered if it was my monitor.
@cengland0 I switched from my tablet to my color-calibrated laptop & when they still didn’t look grey, I figured my eyes must be broken.
There are countless shades of grey. This looks to me like a light warm grey.
@haydesigner
So many shades? Would you say 50 of them?
I’m a newly divorced guy, @kwrina, so that’s a dangerous question to ask me
@cengland0
Uranus?
@haydesigner i agree - a warm gray. some purplish undertones? i’m curious what others are seeing to warrant asking ‘on what planet…’
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@cengland0 Taupe-ish
I’m more confused with how they got samples of all the different colors to have EXACTLY the same folds and wrinkles for the photos. That must have taken some serious time to set up those photos.
/image photoshop fail
I really miss the days when meh took their own product photos. This is what happens when companies get too big, sell too many products, and have to rely on pictures and specs provided by the vendor.
@KDemo @rrichmon @ThomasF
Received the grey sheets today and noticed they are really closer to the grey I know than the grey as depicted by meh’s photographers.
Here are my photos taken with a simple smartphone.
Without Flash
With Flash
@cengland0 - Much better! How soft are they, are you happy with your purchase?
@KDemo nothing spectacular, just okay. Not as soft as Jersey material but a little stiffer than some other cotton sheets that I have.
Need to wash them before the first use because there is a slight chemical smell to them. Might be the smell of the dye but not 100% certain.
They came with a “case” made of sheet material that closes with two buttons. Pretty neat.
All in all, I would buy again if I need more sheets.
Thread Count? Percale?
Uhhh, King: Cal or standard?
Makes a difference.
Ya know, even some measurements would help…
@rjquillin in my experience, if it doesn’t say California King, it’s standard king.
@cengland0 Thanks, but unwilling to chance it without explicit confirmation.
Standard King and I’m all over this.
@rjquillin If it doesn’t say Cal King, it’s Standard King.
I’ll sleep better knowing I didn’t buy sheets branded with papyrus. amiright?
@tonylegrone shonuff u right!
Chemical free? So it doesn’t exist?
Why are you MockingUs? That’s just plain rude.
lol at “”"""“organic”""""" farming being better or “less harmful”
If you don’t actually know what you’re talking about, @Dweezle, you should probably refrain from mocking it.
@haydesigner umm organic farming is terrible for the environment. “The fact that organic farms require more land than conventional ones strongly suggests that, by this measure at least, organic farming is worse for the environment. Using more land to produce fewer crops is, by definition, inefficient and unsustainable.” Source: Hanna Treu, et al. “Carbon footprints and land use of conventional and organic diets in Germany.” J Clean Prod 161: 127-142. Published online: 2017
@haydesigner Hahahaha
"Organic" branding is nothing but a gimmick to get idiots and hipsters to pay more for backwards, inefficient, under-performing farming techniques that take up to twice as much land as conventional farming to produce the same amount of food, while also using more pesticides and adding more pollution to the environment. Oh, and don’t forget the awesome Organic E. coli and Salmonella breakouts that keep happening because Organic farmers put raw, unsterilized manure all over their fields, and dumbasses just keep going back for more.
@Jasonf1984 You’re clearly shilling for Monsanto and Big Agriculture, using facts and reasoning like that.
That’s a very narrow focus, @Jasonf1984. Inefficient is hardly “terrible for the environment.” Unsustainable probably has a point, but you’re ignoring all the other issues which impact the environment much more directly (chemicals, nutrient depletion, etc).
If these are the same sheets at Amazon, the thread count is 300:
https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Cotton-Sheets-Essentials-Luxury/dp/B01IBZO8QM/ref=sr_1_1?s=bedbath&srs=2597883011&ie=UTF8&qid=1505966926&sr=1-1
@heartny I don’t let my body touch anything less than 800 thread count.
@heartny That label is very different. I don’t believe they’re the exact same. (That’s likely why we said our comp was “similar” this time.)
@phatmass Consider percale. The thread count rarely goes about 350, but the way that it’s woven is stitch across stitch and it lasts forever (that’s why the thread count is so low, only so many thread you can get in that weave). It has kind of a crisp feel to it, not like sateen at all, but a clean feeling. I love it!
@heartny
Thread count is even more a gimmick than organic labels.
You really need to touch them to know how sorry they are
@Tadlem43 Definitely - percale -vs- sateen weave is really what matters.
Of the 40,000 “sheet sales” I’ve seen I can count the number of them that were percale on one hand.
@Tadlem43 I’ll try it! Thanks!
is king california king, or just king?
@Yoda_Daenerys If it doesn’t say Cal King, it’s Standard King.
I don’t know how to feel about sheets that don’t list thread count. Isn’t that like… a fundamental aspect of sheets?
I just cover myself with 100% organic dirt at night.
@awk is it… native soil? oh wait you said night… nevermind.
/me puts the wooden stakes back in their holder
Nooooooope.
Now find some magical warehouse full of Cariloha bamboo sheets and I’ll buy, buy, buy.
organic cotton:
@alacrity exactly. Your body gets to exfoliate every night.
Formaldehyde helps you relax and get a deep sleep.
The luxury sheet set has a 300 thread count no one lists what the thread count on this set is
@kcface 7
I’m afraid I’ll get short sheeted buying my mattress underwear!
Thread count?
I came within one click of buying these. Then I thought about all the sheets I already own. What is better for the planet than buying organic cotton sheets? Not buying any sheets at all, but continuing to use the ones you have until they all fall apart. I’m not there yet.
Man, you just convinced me to not buy, @alisonacase
@haydesigner , my life is now complete!
Weave?
Please be percale.
Thread count?
Please don’t be gauze.
@mamawoot 300 thread count. Don’t know about the weave. It’s a crap-shoot.
@mamawoot The link on Amazon says that it’s sateen. I love percale! If you find any at a decent price, please…please let me know!!
Oh, when them cotton bolls get rotten
You can’t pick very much cotton,
In them old cotton fields back home.
Ghost costumes for Halloween. Are you ready for the Great Pumpkin to come to town?
@thumperchick Hi! Long time no see in chat. Hope all is well with you, @humper and @puppycat (I’m guessing about that last one). I called you out because I figure you can get this request to the buyers that be at meh.com…
I’d likely go for some of these in queen if they either came with four pillowcases, or if there was an option to buy additional pillowcases. A link to said option on some other site might be acceptable, if the price were reasonable and shipping were cheap enough.
@thumperchick, I see I guessed correctly about @puppycat. lololol.
Hey @baqui63! You were right about @puppycat.
I know our buyers are always on the lookout for those types of options - after hunting through some good results, I can tell you that I don’t see spare pillowcases for these. If I hear or see something different tomorrow, I’ll let you know.
In the meantime, you could totally get this set, then grab some coordinating color pillowcases or shams? Or buy 2 sets…
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I wish this deal was around a week ago when I bought new sheets
I gotta know about the weave. No cheesy satine (sp?).
and the Lipscomb University issue. Sheez. and I what is inorganic cotton? …like polyester? confused.
Apropos of nothing, I once saw these sheets at a flea market and imagined this conversation taking place between rednecks:
“Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton–”
“D’ya mean Egypt?”
“Why hell no, I mean Dixie. If I meant Egypt I’d say I wish I was in the land of pyramids or some shit. And I don’t wish I was there. Where would you get an idea like that?”
Also, they are fucking hideous. That photo makes my eyes want to vomit.
@djslack Then I would strongly encourage you to not look at it!
@djslack It’s a tough life but somebody’s got to do it.
Except, I already own sheets. So does everyone else. We really don’t NEED any more sheets. Thus, organic or not, any amount of farming and manufacturing that went into these organic sheets needlessly contributed to the “demise of the environment” right? Right. Organic sheets, lol.
Why I’m wary of thread count:
https://blog.parachutehome.com/33-the-truth-about-thread-count-its-not-important/
I’ve had some super soft sheets that were 300 or 400 count, and I’ve had some 600 that felt more stiff. I don’t buy sheets unless I can feel them.
Plus, these colors are, well, meh. I already own grey and white, but with a tonal stripe, and royal purple with a crossed pattern. Much more interesting than solids.
@RiotDemon Interesting article. Of course they then offer a top sheet alone for $70 which, in my opinion, is trying to get us to equate price with quality - equally deceptive.
@Kidsandliz yeah, I wasn’t crazy that they are offering an expensive sheet. Their info was clear though, and I was tired, so I didn’t feel like searching for another article. Up above somewhere, someone replied to a post with a link to a consumer reports article.
You know, most of these forum replies are 30% helpful and 65% smartassed comments or jokes.
Thanks everyone.
It’s a nice way to start my morning.
@meh427 And 5% little plastic bags of Texas air.
Contents may have settled during shipment.
Organic Sheets at this price!!! No more sleeping in toxic goo that’s been slowly seeping into my pores every night? The stuff that’s been making my liver work overtime? Count me in! My washer isn’t large, so the less thread count, the better. 300 would be tops for me. steadfast curly mummy
@Felyne Chemical withdraw might keep you up
Seeing the last picture and how the sheets almost appear see-through (which I guess makes for a good ghost costume!), I think I’ll pass!
No Twin size… <frowny face>
@Jasong222 Just buy 2?
@frd1963 Lol… You mean buy one and cut it in half?
@Jasong222 Now you’re using the old noggin
@frd1963 @Jasong222 You’d have to buy a king to cut in half though…
@Kidsandliz Doth mine ears hear speak of treason against His Majesty?
They were selling these out the back of a beat up van in a nearby parking lot. Almost got some, but $15 seemed like way too much. Though “organic” seems like a good idea for those times you start dreaming about breakfast and wake up eating your sheets.
@MrNews Now, if they would just sell mattresses that are actually made of shredded wheat
meh - i only need the fitted sheet. easier for me to buy what i need at ikea. (never thought i would say that.)
wish sheets weren’t almost always sold in sets.
Would’ve bought multiple twin size sets if you had them.
@jeimaru343 Ummm, that would be quadruplets or sextuplets.
@frd1963 Very funny. I do appreciate the wit
No California King? What is this heightism? Some of us need long sheets for our long beds to fit our long bodies
I see this for what it is. Genocide against tall people; you just want to slowly kill us with chemicals!
@Calantorntain Cotton that long doesn’t occur naturally in this world. Sorry. Synthetic for your tall ass.
@Calantorntain are you 7’ tall? The last time I checked, a California king is only four inches longer, and four inches narrower, but usually more expensive even though it’s the same square footage of mattress.
@RiotDemon cal kings are 80” which is only 6’8”. When will the injustice against the Talls stop?
@canuk had to double check. This website says a king is 80, and a California is 84.
https://www.us-mattress.com/what-is-the-difference-between-a-king-size-and-a-california-king-size-mattress-video.html
The “similar” Amazon link is sateen, with a different looking label (visible if you click on ivory), and 300 TC. So far we have very little detail on these sheets.
Anyone know if these are sateen? or something like percale? I extra hate sateen sheets.
Do they come in Cal King size?
Wow, really? 18 hours later and still no thread count?
What’s happening, meh?
don’t you care about us anymore? sob
@HELLOALICE Apparently, all of us who believe in thread counts are just pawns for big corporations.
@HELLOALICE @phatmass
It’s meh, assume they are 50 threadcount and avoid them.
wait a couple weeks then check the thread when people start to moan or be surprised.
if more are surprised than are moaning, and you need some sheets, go buy them at meh encore.
/giphy full-cocky-macaroni
Got mine and they’re so rough
Any advice for softening these?
@platojello mine feel like I am sleeping on sandpaper…
@platojello fabric softener?