Thread count is the most widely used indicator for quality of luxury linens. That’s for a good reason. It is a concise, straightforward figure that give you a reliable quality grade.
Thread Count is still pretty good to give you a rough idea of quality yet it is not enough in itself to determine a purchasing decision.
Many other factors should be taken into account such as raw cotton origin, gauge of spun yarns, weaving techniques and quality of all the necessary finishing processes to get fabrics ready for manufacturing. Learn more about luxury linens quality.
In general higher thread counts are achieved spinning premium long staple raw cotton fibers into the finest cotton yarns then woven in outstanding quality fabrics. Sounds good right?
Still very often a high thread count is achieved weaving thick yarns made out of impure raw cotton fibers resulting in a heavyweight, rough, pilling likely fabric. Definitely a poor quality.
For an easy reference when it comes to choose your luxury bedding:
Below 180TC is poor quality > It can be even uncomfortable – I suggest to avoid this.
- 180TC to 300TC is good quality > Best choice for value bedding.
- 300TC to 500TC is luxury quality > Verify cotton quality. It should be only Long staple Egyptian or Pima cotton.
- 500TC to 700TC is superior luxury quality > Verify cotton quality as it can only be made out of Extra Long staple Egyptian cotton yarns. Verify country of production as only premium manufacturing countries such as Italy, France and Germany have developed state of the art technology to weave such fine fabrics.
- More than 700TC > It’s a waste of money as price grow exponentially for such a high thread count and quality performance is not really improving. This is the range of thread count where we see the highest scam density. Be very careful before purchasing bed linens in this thread count range especially when it goes over 1000TC. You should only purchase this linens from reputable, well known vendors that give you full guarantees or risk to get hurt.
Those are the only real information you can gather from thread count figures. We assume of course that thread count listed in the product features is true and honest. It might not always be the case but that’s just another story. it’s consumer fraud!
Thread Count is still pretty good to give you a rough idea of quality yet it is not enough in itself to determine a purchasing decision.
Many other factors should be taken into account such as raw cotton origin, gauge of spun yarns, weaving techniques and quality of all the necessary finishing processes to get fabrics ready for manufacturing. Learn more about luxury linens quality.
In general higher thread counts are achieved spinning premium long staple raw cotton fibers into the finest cotton yarns then woven in outstanding quality fabrics. Sounds good right?
Still very often a high thread count is achieved weaving thick yarns made out of impure raw cotton fibers resulting in a heavyweight, rough, pilling likely fabric. Definitely a poor quality.
For an easy reference when it comes to choose your luxury bedding:
Below 180TC is poor quality > It can be even uncomfortable – I suggest to avoid this.
- 180TC to 300TC is good quality > Best choice for value bedding.
- 300TC to 500TC is luxury quality > Verify cotton quality. It should be only Long staple Egyptian or Pima cotton.
- 500TC to 700TC is superior luxury quality > Verify cotton quality as it can only be made out of Extra Long staple Egyptian cotton yarns. Verify country of production as only premium manufacturing countries such as Italy, France and Germany have developed state of the art technology to weave such fine fabrics.
- More than 700TC > It’s a waste of money as price grow exponentially for such a high thread count and quality performance is not really improving. This is the range of thread count where we see the highest scam density. Be very careful before purchasing bed linens in this thread count range especially when it goes over 1000TC. You should only purchase this linens from reputable, well known vendors that give you full guarantees or risk to get hurt.
Those are the only real information you can gather from thread count figures. We assume of course that thread count listed in the product features is true and honest. It might not always be the case but that’s just another story. it’s consumer fraud!