The Six Things You Believe About Bedding, But Shouldn’t

6. Down feathers can cause increased allergy symptoms. While feathers are connected to allergies, it may surprise you that it is actually the dust mites that are to blame for your symptoms. Dust mites feed on things like hair and dead skin cells we leave behind. This means that they also feed on the dander left behind in feathers too. When the mites are done eating they leave behind entrails with a protein in them that causes allergy symptoms when they are inhaled into our bodies.

If you suffer from allergies, you do not need to avoid down pillows and bedding entirely. Select down pillows and bedding constructed with leak proof materials and use bedding covers. These two steps will allow anyone to indulge in the comfort of down pillows.

5. A high price guarantees a high quality pillow. Yes, the truly exceptional pillows do cost a small fortune, but price is not the only way you should measure the quality of a pillow. The perfect pillow selection for you should be based on your sleeping position.

Your pillows primary job is aligning your spine and head while you are sleeping. Use your sleep position to guide you as you select pillow firmness. Side sleepers need a firm pillow while back sleepers will need a medium firmness pillow. Soft pillows are the way to go for stomach sleepers.

4. Sheets should always be washed with high heat. It is true that high temperatures get rid of unwanted bacteria and dander, but it can work too hard. High heat can cause fading and prematurely breaks down the cotton fibers. The worst part is that high heat can shrink 100% cotton sheets so much that they do not fit your bed anymore.

You will need to switch your laundry settings from the high heat setting to the medium heat setting to preserve your bedding. Switch your drier to the lowest setting possible as well. You can prevent possible shrinkage and fading by lowering the temperatures you wash and dry your bedding at. The medium heat setting on your washing machine still gets the water temperature high enough to get your sheets clean.

3. Sateen and Satin are exactly the same thing. They are not, and there is a reason why the two are not spelled the same way. Satin is a weave of nylon and silk and that is why it is shiny. Sateen, on the other hand, is a cotton fiber that has a soft texture due to the extra material on its top.

While both of these materials are fine for making sheets, consumers are misinformed if they believe they are the same thing. There is a bid difference in the cost to manufacture these two types of sheets.

2. Dual ply thread sheets are superior to singly ply. While it is commonly thought that more is better, this just is not the case when it comes to the ply of yarn for your sheets. Duel ply is yarn that has had its ends twisted together to make a longer thread which creates a noticeably rougher texture than the singly ply counterpart.

1. Sheets with the highest thread count are the very best. To some 400 thread count does not sound like much, but it is the best you can buy. Quality of sheets is determined by so much more than tread count; things like the ply, craftsmanship, length of the cotton and weave all determine how high quality the sheets really are. If you want the very best sheets you should look for 150 to 400 thread count.

Should you buy sheets with a higher thread count than 400?

Bedding manufacturers are feeding into the more is better mindset by using the two ply yarn to artificially inflate thread counts. Using the two ply threads allows the manufacturers to double the thread count per square inch, which actually multiplies the thread count by four. This turns a 250 thread count sheet into a 1000 thread count sheet. These sheets feel heavy, hold heat and do not provide proper insulation. The Federal Trade Commission is trying to remedy this problem by standardizing the term thread count. Two ply yarn will only be able to be counted as one thread.

400 thread count sheets made with single ply yarn are what you should look for when you want the very best sheets.

Pluto Graham is a bedding guru who knows where to get the finest down pillows, comforters and feather beds at the best prices.

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