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 ...

When shopping for sheets, one of the first things that comes up is thread count. Whether it’s front-and-center on the packaging or at the front of your mind, it’s always the stitched elephant in the ...

Walk down any bedding aisle (or scroll through enough product pages) and you’ll see sheet sets labeled with thread counts from 200 all the way up to 1,800. It's easy to come to the conclusion that a ...

March 22, 2006 — -- When it comes to buying bedding, the conventional wisdom goes like this: The higher a sheet's thread count, the higher the quality, and, of course, the higher the price. But ...

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.

Along with specifications like material, size, and weave, most cotton bedding comes with a thread count, which is the number of threads in one square inch of fabric. It’s determined by counting the ...

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 ...

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At some point during the ’90s, the trend of marketing high-thread-count bedsheets as a higher-quality option took off. It's easy to see why you could fall for it: Higher-thread-count sheets often feel ...

These bedding experts say there’s so much more to picking the perfect bed sheets than thread count alone. When shopping for a ...