Enter your local Bed Bath & Beyond or scroll through your favorite e-commerce website looking for the best bedding and you’ll be deluged with sales copy that touts thread counts: 300, 800, 1000. Some ...

When shopping for a new set of sheets, you've likely seen the term "thread count" and questioned what number signifies good-quality linens. Bedding brands may advertise that their products boast a ...

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Numbers Are Meaningless: Well, sort of. Quality of cotton, not thread count, is key. According to Amanda Mettler, a textile buyer from Gracious Home, “long staple” cotton fibers like Egyptian cotton ...

Some bedsheets marketed as having cotton thread counts of 1000 or more have been tested and found to have vastly inferior counts of less than 300. Australian testing authorities say the marketing is ...

Aldi Australia is set to launch a luxurious bedding collection with remarkably affordable price tags that will sure make any bedroom feel like a five-star hotel. Shoppers can expect great value on a ...

We’ve all been to value stores and seen the promise of 1000-thread-count cotton and thought it too good to refuse, only to get the product on our beds and be underwhelmed. How can it be that 1000 ...

A mantra at Consumer Reports is that high-priced products aren't necessarily higher performing. The same can be said of sheets with high thread counts. Despite the notion that more is better, in our ...

Thread count — referring to the number of yarns in a square inch of sheeting — has long been considered an easy way to shop for luxurious sheets: The higher the thread count, the better the bedding.

When you're looking for the best sheets, it can be difficult to choose between the different options. And so manufacturers try to lure us to their products by stressing specific measurable qualities.