Stupid bachelor question: Can someone explain thread count to me? I'm going to BB&B after work in about a half hour for sheets.
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'Serenity'
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Tom Scola - Jan 14, 2009 11:50:24 am PST #1290 of 30000
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Dana - Jan 14, 2009 11:51:48 am PST #1291 of 30000
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There's a point at which it doesn't make sense to keep going higher for thread count, because they achieve the thread count by actually splitting threads. At least, that's what I've been told.
I think you should just fondle the sheet samples they have and get what feels best to you.
aurelia - Jan 14, 2009 11:52:00 am PST #1292 of 30000
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I believe that the simple answer is more threads per inch means smoother and softer... and more expensive.
Hil R. - Jan 14, 2009 11:52:54 am PST #1293 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Can someone explain thread count to me? I'm going to BB&B after work in about a half hour for sheets.
Thread count is the number of threads per inch. In general, higher thread count = smoother sheets. But there are other things, like what kind of thread is being used, that also matter. So get the highest thread count within your price range, generally, but also feel the sheets and see which feels best to you.
Jesse - Jan 14, 2009 11:53:28 am PST #1294 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think you should just fondle the sheet samples they have and get what feels best to you.
Or, what feels reasonable. I think sheets get softer over time anyway.
meara - Jan 14, 2009 11:53:40 am PST #1295 of 30000
Supposedly anything more than about 400 is actually bullshit, Tom. I think you should avoid polyester. That's about all I know...
Ooh, and bamboo is cool, these days.
Sparky1 - Jan 14, 2009 11:55:23 am PST #1296 of 30000
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Don't rely too much on thread count, because they can fudge the numbers (eg, you want the thread count to refer to single ply, because one of the ways things get fudged is with double ply, etc.). Quality of the cotton is going to actually matter more, and you'll know if you like the feel of it.
sumi - Jan 14, 2009 11:56:05 am PST #1297 of 30000
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Oh, I have a regional dialect question. I just saw Nikki Giovanni speaking and she talked about having grown up in Cincinatti but she pronounces it Cincinattah (uh?) is that a generational thing
Hil R. - Jan 14, 2009 11:57:18 am PST #1298 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
100% cotton sheets usually feel nice and breath well, but they get wrinkled easily. 50/50 poly/cotton don't get wrinkled, but they tend to feel kind of clammy in the summer. The bamboo that meara mentioned is pretty cool -- feels almost like silk, and supposedly it's a good option, environmentally, because bamboo can grow back really quickly, but I don't know all the details of how true that claim is.
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2009 12:04:16 pm PST #1299 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Beech (modal) feels nice too. It's my fabric of choice for pillowcases.