John Lewis flannelette sheets - not impressed

Flymouse

Bought a couple of these at a cost of £20 each - not cheap but I had seen good reviews on their website. These seem to be from customers who have just bought them and yes, they were great at first, nice and thick. However, 4 years of normal use later and they are wearing extremely thin and one is virtually unusable as it has actually worn through to holes in places. Customer services told me it's 'normal wear & tear' so can do nothing about it. Their response was no more than I expected and maybe my expectations are unrealistic but given the price and the fact they were from John Lewis I would have expected them to last much longer than this.

I thought I was buying quality bedding that would last a good many years when clearly this is not the case. Just wanted to let others know who may be considering buying them that in my opinion they are not worth the money.

powerful_Rogue

4 years of use seems pretty reasonable to me.

AJXX

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

4 years of use seems pretty reasonable to me.

Have to say I agree with this; 4 years of use out of a 20 quid bedsheet seems reasonable to me.

LadyDee

I have genuine flannelette sheets that were my grandmother's! They have been in regular use for decades and are still thick, warm and lovely. They call brushed cotton flannelette nowadays - not the same thing at all.

I just don't believe you can buy proper flannelette now. I love mine, but others shudder!

I so sympathise with you OP. Genuine flannelette should last 40 years not 4.

Flymouse

Thank you all for the replies - I don't know, maybe I was expecting too much.

Lady Dee you are right - I remember growing up as a child with soft candy striped sheets that I think were flannelette that never seemed to wear out. I guess many things just aren't made to last these days.

hollydays

Bedding is one of the few things I'll buy the best I can afford, so I shop in the sales.
Perhaps the mistake was assuming it was going to be good because it was John Lewis.
I have pure cotton but the company I buy from don't sell Flanelette .
America makes very good cotton, aparently you should buy by weight eg Grams per square metre etc -gsm

marliepanda

£20 isn't that expensive for bed linen nowadays. Not even close.

£5 a year seems pretty good.

paddyrg

I've been very impressed with Shaws bedding ranges for the prices, might be worth a try.

pollypenny

We always had flannelette sheets when I was growing up. No central heating.

I remember they did wear out and the MSE thing was to 'side to middle', I've cut down the middle and resew so that thin bits were at the sides.

Kaye1

I agree with LadyDee- I don't think your sheets were proper flannelette. I have some recently bought ones and we had some given us recently by my grandmother.
The difference is amazing- she said the ones she gave us were about 40 years old- yes they are bobbled but soooo thick and soft.

The ones I had bought- not a patch on these old ones. I think the thick ones are now called brushed cotton- perhaps?

That said, I don't think 4 years is too bad for a £20 sheet.

Gigervamp

I would certainly expect sheets, whether they're flannelette or plain cotton to last longer than 4 years.

Most of my sheets are donkey's years old and still going strong, and they're all just cheap ones.