Bed Sheets and their Origins

The term Egyptian cotton has been on the role for quite some time and it is best known for it’s softness, durability and lushness it provides in the bed. Egyptian cotton has crossed popularity of all forms of cotton, and has become second name for comfort. Whether you are at home or in the luxury of a rated star hotel you will find these Egyptian cotton sheets wrapped on your bed, and you cant deny the fact that you actually love sleeping on them and like the feel of these sheets wrapped around your body.

When you go in the store to buy them, you find variety of Egyptian cotton sheets, towels, pillow covers with different labels on them. The labels would normally state things like “long stapled Egyptian cotton – 300 Thread count” or “Egyptian cotton bed sheets – 600 Thread count””, and so on.  All of these labels,  many of the times create confusions as to which one to buy and which one to go for? The term thread count plays very significant role to the softness and durability of these type of linen items. Generously saying the higher the thread count will be more softer, more durable and more luxurious your linen item will be. 

But as mentioned above, always make sure to get the correct thread count suiting your budget. The thread count is a vital key and should always be taken into consideration before making any purchase for these type of cotton. When we talk about thread count, some people wonder as what actually this thread count is?  To answer this, thread count is a term used to count number of threads per square inch in your linen.

Following are some of the example products from different type of Egyptian cotton sheets having different thread counts.

1200 TC Egyptian Cotton Sheets

1000 Thread Count Egyptian Cotton Sheets

600 Thread Count Egyptian Cotton Sheets

310 Thread Count Egyptian Cotton Sheets

300 Thread Count Egyptian Cotton Sheets

These are just example products. There are quite a more other products with different specifications and thread counts available in the market as well. In order to experience the actual difference thread count makes to your linen in terms of durability you have to try them yourself.  Generally linen products made from long stapled Egyptian cotton are much better as compared to sateen or any other form of cotton made materials.