John Lewis flannelette sheets - not impressed

Boogiecat

I use Northern Nights bedding from QVC. Bought my brushed cotton ones at least 4 years ago - I only have two actual sheets of that kind and change them every other week, and there is no sign of wear. As summer was a bit sparse last year they were used all year. And QVC let you try them and return them if you're not happy. :T

suki1964

Boogiecat wrote: »

I use Northern Nights bedding from QVC. Bought my brushed cotton ones at least 4 years ago - I only have two actual sheets of that kind and change them every other week, and there is no sign of wear. As summer was a bit sparse last year they were used all year. And QVC let you try them and return them if you're not happy. :T

I'm in mixed mind over Qvc's northern nights bedding

I bought flannel bedding from them about 6 years ago. Thick and heavy and so warm

But the fluff seemed to be never ending

Even now I get pink fluff from them

However they aren't showing any signs of wear.

[Deleted User]

marliepanda wrote: »

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

£5 a year seems pretty good.

Assuming the OP is part of a couple, it's just £2.50 per person annually.

It could be even less, depending on your lifestyle choices.

Pollycat

hollydays wrote: »

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

Egyptian cotton is really good.

Most good quality 100% cotton bedding that I've seen in the shops is defined by 'thread count' - the higher the number the better quality.

I think 'gsm' is more to do with paper quality (as in printing paper).

hollydays

Pollycat wrote: »

Egyptian cotton is really good.

Most good quality 100% cotton bedding that I've seen in the shops is defined by 'thread count' - the higher the number the better quality.

I think 'gsm' is more to do with paper quality (as in printing paper).

I agree about Egyptian cotton , it what I go for, but I assumed you couldn't get it in Flanelette .
I took the info though about GSM from this link
http://linencupboard.co.uk/collections/bed-linen-thread-count
I don't think what they sell is the highest quality though,

d70cw6

Deleted_User wrote: »

Assuming the OP is part of a couple, it's just £2.50 per person annually.

It could be even less, depending on your lifestyle choices.

your moneysaving tip is to go swinging?

Pollycat

hollydays wrote: »

I agree about Egyptian cotton , it what I go for, but I assumed you couldn't get it in Flanelette .
I took the info though about GSM from this link
http://linencupboard.co.uk/collections/bed-linen-thread-count
I don't think what they sell is the highest quality though,

Ah. OK.
I thought you were talking about what I think of as 'proper' cotton i.e. that stuff that takes ages to iron and is cool when you get in bed instead of flanelette which I hated as a child and is indeed classed by 'gsm'.

hollydays wrote: »

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

jfdi

suki1964 wrote: »

I'm in mixed mind over Qvc's northern nights bedding

I bought flannel bedding from them about 6 years ago. Thick and heavy and so warm

But the fluff seemed to be never ending

Even now I get pink fluff from them

However they aren't showing any signs of wear.

Another vote here for the QVC ones, they seem to last forever!

Exile_geordie

Of course wear and tear also depends on how often you wash them too.

No-name_2

And how you dry them - my mother always dried her sheets on a washing line, however I dry mine in a tumble drier which knocks the hell out of them! (all the fluff in the drier filter is basically the sheet being worn through!)