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4.5
I love good sheets. I need a good weight, breathability and durability, and while softness might generally take a back seat to the more crisp, cool feel for me, smoothness is by no means unimportant. These sheets are all right. I’d say they average about a B minus, for those factors. I had a cotton sateen set which I was hoping to swap these out for, because the sateen has me sleeping a little warm in the FL summer. I knew I’d be sticking within cotton (I absolutely detest microfiber), and had heard percale helps with sleeping cooler. Figured I’d try these out. They have a good snap to them, nice and crisp like hotel sheets, but the comments on how wrinkly they get after washing are true. I just ironed the top sheet to appease my inner neat freak. They shrunk a little in the wash—even though I followed instructions—so I didn’t have to iron the fitted sheet; it was stretched so tight you could hardly see the wrinkles, but it still (barely) fits. I have a pillow topper on the mattress, which adds maybe an inch or two to my standard queen (not deep). The pillow cases, on the other hand, are now a mite too small for my huge squishy pillows. Not too big a deal. The washing didn’t soften the sheets up any, either, which was a bit of a bummer—and I use fabric softener as well as dryer sheets. They are still pretty smooth, though; no sticking to me when I slide across the sheets. As far as cotton percale sleeping cooler, I don’t think I’ve really noticed any difference between these and the sateen. In the end, after sleeping on them about two weeks, I think I’ll be going back to cotton sateen. They don’t wrinkle nearly as badly, and are much softer. The crispness and smoothness of these sheets is still very nice, though, and I’ll be keeping these as a backup set.
