They never say what the elastic on the fitted sheet looks like, or how securely it will hold that sheet in place on the mattress. A set we got from The Great Northwestern Menace has the absolute best elastic ever.
It stretches a lot, but it also holds really well because the fitted sheet is designed to handle mattress-plus-topper combos up to sixteen inches thick without getting slack or baggy on one that’s half that height. By contrast, the pointless-pocket Kathy Ireland sheets have such thin and wimpy elastic that they are never tight on the mattress, which kind of makes the pockets extra useless.
More hard info, less fluff; that’s what we really want.
Did someone honestly think that a worn-in appearance in sheets would be a selling point?
Or was it that the same company once sold those “Egyptian 2000 TC” sheets which were neither Egyptian cotton nor 2000 thread count, but they fooled enough people who proceeded to use the whites cycle on their washing machine and totally f***'d these up and returned them?
@pmarin That’s one way to look at it? I believe kilts are made of itchy wool. I was paraphrasing a very young Brooke Shield’s ad campaign with Calvin Klein.
Much prefer macrofiber. Macrofibers provide all the benefits of microfibers, in addition to increased durability, flexural toughness, and resistance to impact and abrasion.
These are crap. We are throwing them away after washing them one time. they are flimsy, wont stay on the mattress and are already starting to pill. if this was a retail store I would be returning them.
More microfiber…
@radi0j0hn
…less want.
@radi0j0hn @werehatrack No Mo Meh-cro-fiber!
@radi0j0hn And just like that… this deal is dead to me.
/giphy sex-in-the-city reference
Not a fan of microfiber. Want cotton or a blend.
@heartny I’m drinking a blend right now.
Clearly you need to try drinking cotton, @phendrick
Your mother’s a blend, LOL@heartny @phendrick
@heartny Right on— gotta be cotton or NO.
They never say what the elastic on the fitted sheet looks like, or how securely it will hold that sheet in place on the mattress. A set we got from The Great Northwestern Menace has the absolute best elastic ever.
It stretches a lot, but it also holds really well because the fitted sheet is designed to handle mattress-plus-topper combos up to sixteen inches thick without getting slack or baggy on one that’s half that height. By contrast, the pointless-pocket Kathy Ireland sheets have such thin and wimpy elastic that they are never tight on the mattress, which kind of makes the pockets extra useless.
More hard info, less fluff; that’s what we really want.
@werehatrack
“The Great Northwestern Menace”?
@Kyeh @werehatrack think “the world’s biggest online retailer based in seattle . . . owned by the world’s richest person”.
@docflash @werehatrack Ohhhhh.
I was hoping to find out where to get those wonder sheets. But searching that site is such a headache nowadays.
@werehatrack Maybe less “jumping” on the bed would help.
I guess my sheets are old enough to be vintage.
@phendrick I’ve heard on Antiques Roadshow that if you clean vintage collectibles it ruins their value.
@tweezak Thanks, I needed an excuse!
Goes great with shiplap and those interior barn doors on slide tracks
@thechinglish
If a wall won’t give ya splinters, it’s not rustic enough, eh?
Me neither.
@thechinglish I have both of those in my basement and I feel personally attacked. Also I just bought cotton sheets two days ago.
I’m not a disheveled slob, this is just a shabby chic aesthetic.
Travelers are accustomed to used sheets in hotels, not at home. Besides, the hotels that use microfiber sheets rent by the hour.
@hchavers are you by chance the same person who reviews hotels that rent by the hour on Yelp?
@hchavers do you put brand new sheets on every single day at home?
@TheMan876 when other have used them, of course.
@LameCooter you are making an assumption you know you who are travelers
@hchavers but they’re still used. You have to buy 365 new sets of sheets every year to not have used sheets.
@TheMan876 when I get up, the sheets are newer than when I laid down
Looks like Irk is waiting hopefully to be tucked.
@phendrick I think Irk always has that just-tucked look…
microfiber sheets are awful
If you want “Vintage”, leave it at my house for a few days and between the four dogs and two teenagers I guarantee it’ll lose that nice brand new look
You’re soft, looking used and all washed up.
Did someone honestly think that a worn-in appearance in sheets would be a selling point?
Or was it that the same company once sold those “Egyptian 2000 TC” sheets which were neither Egyptian cotton nor 2000 thread count, but they fooled enough people who proceeded to use the whites cycle on their washing machine and totally f***'d these up and returned them?
@ciabelle I think the stains really add to the worn-in look.
More California King erasure, I see
Do you know what comes between me and my cotton? Nothing!!
@growyoungagain Is that like what’s worn under a Scotsman’s kilt?
Answer: nothing is worn. it’s all in perfect working order.
@growyoungagain @pmarin
@pmarin That’s one way to look at it? I believe kilts are made of itchy wool. I was paraphrasing a very young Brooke Shield’s ad campaign with Calvin Klein.
@growyoungagain @pmarin
@growyoungagain @pmarin
That is actually a very weird ad.
No to microfiber, especially MF that has the life washed out of it! Have to get those stains out!
No. Not microfiber, AKA polyester.
Much prefer macrofiber. Macrofibers provide all the benefits of microfibers, in addition to increased durability, flexural toughness, and resistance to impact and abrasion.
@walarney Meta-fibers transform your reality into something more profitable for the, um, Metas.
Specs
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$89 to $99 for similar Sheets at Bed Bath Fashions
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Aug 8 - Wednesday, Aug 10
Shiiiit
@phelmurh If you aren’t Muslim, you ain’t Shiite.
@phelmurh @tweezak If you aren’t Muslin, you ain’t Sheet?
@phelmurh @phendrick It would stand to reason that you can be a sheet without being muslin (i.e. cotton flannel).
However, if you aren’t Muslim you aren’t Shiite or Sunni or any other sect yet if you are Shiite then you must be Muslim.
“Tumbled” is how you get polished rocks.
Holy shit these are terrible sheets. I have 2 ply in my bathroom that is thicker than these sheets.
Made the mistake of buying these, less than 2 weeks use and they are full of pills. Into the garbage they go
@daytripper4265 Same thing for us. Meh should refund our money.
These are crap. We are throwing them away after washing them one time. they are flimsy, wont stay on the mattress and are already starting to pill. if this was a retail store I would be returning them.