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Team cotton percale. I’m a hot sleeper even in winter so sateen is far too warm for me. I love the coolness of cotton percale and I’ve found that even though the sheets are “crisp” they feel soft and are so cool and comfortable to sleep in.
Same!! She hit the nail on the head with "a good quality men's crisp white dress shirt"!! I had a boyfriend at one time who let me sleep in his! I could buy my own, but even when laundered I could somehow still smell him in it. Even if it was psychological!! Hehe. Plus... I read an article in Cosmo once many years back that did a poll with men about lingerie vs no lingerie and which they found the sexiest. Across the board most men found his partner dressed in nothing but an oversized men's white dress shirt (preferably his) to be the sexiest thing a woman can wear to bed. Just as an FYI...TMI too probably but it reminded me of the article. Assuming you are female and didn't know this already I thought you'd enjoy my nostalgia and how we as women always put so much pressure on ourselves when men really do just want something classic and simple most of the time. P.S. I realize this pertains to heterosexual males with their heterosexual female partners. It could contain other sexual identities, however this article and the poll itself was only taken from and written about the above mentioned. I wasn't excluding anyone personally. Blame Cosmo in the 90s for that one! Heh Maybe it was after that Sharon Stone movie scene??? Hehe
Watched several comparison videos like this today and yours is the first that has demonstrated or mentioned that "rustling" sound that percale makes. I have a set of percale sheets from Brooklinen, very nice quality, have held up really well over the several years we've had them, but I'm over the loud "rustling" sound. Hasn't lessened with washing as I hoped. They are smooth and soft and no issues with quality, but yes, they are just as loud as my husband's crisp white cotton button-down work shirts, lol. Just my own annoyance, but it's something I notice every night as I typically toss and turn (mattress issue, not the sheets).
this was very educational, i have been on a mission: beds in movies and tv shows always look so so much more comfortable than real beds and i swear its the sheets material that does it. i think ive solved my problem
Prefer crisp and thick cotton percale BUT just bought Kirkland Signature NEW Pima cotton sateen...680 tc for $79.99 king at warehouse (89.99 online). They are the lightest sateen I’ve ever found. Still a tad warm in August but will be great winter cotton. Came with 4 pillowcases. Super high quality with 1” all around elastic on fitted sheet and generous size flat sheet. Laundered well and dried in 35 minutes on LOW! So great energy saver in the dryer for us frequent launderers. I do highly recommend. Liked them so much I bought some for our vacation rental as well. Gift worthy sheets in case you all need Christmas gift ideas.
Sateen here. Love the look and the smooth soft feel on my skin. Never had a problem with it feeling too warm, if that would be the case I'd just stick a leg or an arm out to cool off.
Team Sateen for me as well. I don't want sheets that are made of silk, but I do want a sheet set that is on the slick side. I'm so tired of microfiber sheets that may not wrinkle easily, but they have a slight rough feel. I miss the cotton blend sheets that didn't need ironing and felt smooth, cool, and crisp.
Thank you for a really useful video. I've often wondered what the difference is, and after all these years I now know that I have a set of each. I like them them both but prefer the percale. That crisp cool feeling....love it.
I like sheets that stay up over you, especially my legs. By that I mean they do not drop down between leg# etc and you can turn over under them and they do nor roll with you. Hope that makes sense. I have had high count supima cotton that I really liked. Percale I guess
Thank you for the explanation! I'm a back sleeper and I have been using standard cotton sheets for years. I've used sateen sheets before, and they are nice, but as you mentioned, it does feel warmer. I'm going to try Percale and see what happens!
I used to be all about sateen, for thirty years or so. But now I've become a percale fan. In fact I gave all my sateen sheets away. Sateen is great. The softness is amazing but I need to sleep cool. I can no longer handle the heat that sateen sheets hold. I like the soft yet crisp feel of percale. I'm not a fan of the super crisp but just a little crispness. I like how they don't slide around so much and the really like that they DON'T have a sheen to them. They gave me the more homey feeling. The idea that they are somehow old fashioned and speak of a different time. It's silly but I really enjoy the feeling that they are clean and fresh. Sateen gives me a different psychological feeling. Sateen is a different psychological experience for me. At a time when I had more feminine tastes, I preferred sateen. The softness of them. I find them more sophisticated (psychological). The bad thing is that Percale sheets are so hard to find now! Most stores, online in brick and mortar don't even carry them. Most only come in 200 thread count where I prefer 400 and finding them made with supima, pima and egyptian cotton is near impossible. I finally found them at two online stores and bought 8 sets because I know I won't be able to find them again, should the stores stop carrying them. Basically it's about sleeping cool and hot, Sheen or no sheen and the psychological feeling they give me. Percale
Question!!! How does supima compare to Egyptian cotton? I have a couple 100% Egyptian cotton sheet sets (not sateen just Egyptian) and I wish I had bought more because I can't find my brand anymore! They are SO soft and have held up amazingly well. (I've tried 600 thread count sets that can't even touch the softness of mine.) But my question is.... have you ever tried the Casaluna supima percale sheets? Is supima anywhere close to being as soft or as durable to Egyptian cotton?
@@goodiegoodygumdrops Pima cotton is a supposed to be some of the finest cotton in the world. . Supima is the name of an association that promotes pima. Supima is from licensed mills. It's quality It has excellent durability and softness. Personally I would choose pima or supima over Egyptian cotton. Percale and sateen are just different weaves. Percale is one thread under and one thread over. Also known as a plain weave. where sateen is three threads over and one thread over which gives it that silky feeling. I understand why you can't find your brand anymore. The good long stapled Eqyptian cotton is now incredibly expensive and now they can label any kind of cotton that is grown in Egypt as Egyptian cotton (even stuff that was never grown in Egypt is often labeled as Egyptian). And often it isn't that good of quality. If you want the good stuff it will cost about $1000 or more. You probably got your sheets when it was still a quality product. You should also know that a good percale weave should be from 200tc to 400tc because what makes percale cool is the air flow. Anything above 400 and it's not going to be that cool. 250tc is supposed to be ideal. With Sateen weave you want to go higher but 400tc is supposed to be the ideal. From 800tc to 1000tc is a gimmick. They use thinner strands and twist them together because that many threads cannot fit on a loom. You may find you like Supima better. I do. I find it much better. Especially these days. I do know that 100% cotton percale sheets are very hard to find and 100% pima or supima cotton percale sheets are nearly impossible to find. Target and The Company Store were the only stores that I could find that sells them. Even 100% cotton ANYTHING is getting much harder to find. Try looking for cotton socks. It can't be done (almost).
Sateen, I have fibromyalgia so I have sensory issues. Crisp for me is scratchy which will make my skin itch. I need super soft, silky. However sometimes jeans left itchy one day and the same pair feel fine the day after. Thank you for explaining the difference.
@@Ohkeh640 Thanks. I also suffer from FM and often have times where it is too painful to have sheets touch my body. Points of contact are more like stabbing pain than prickly itchy or scratchy for me. When I said "Yes," I was empathizing with latcaligirl1. I'm sorry that I did not take the time to explain that in my earlier comment. I hope she finds comfort.
This was very helpful information - especially when you are shopping online (as I am right now) and are unable to feel the difference first hand. And I have to be team Sateen! Give me the buttery softness!
Thanks for explaining the differences. I'm percale all the way. I just layer up in winter. My bed is made sheet, blanket, sheet. Love the weight of the layers with the crispness of percale.
You actually make the mattress fitted sheet, blanket, then top sheet? So you're laying on sheet, but covering with blanket to skin and topsheet on the outside?? Maybe I'm confused... I'm honestly curious. Not trying to come off like anything I just honestly wonder what you mean and how it makes a difference to you. Thanks.
@@NotWokebutAwake. I was at that writing, then my percale broke in. Now it's sheet sheet blanket. RU-vid taught me how to make hospital corners. I'll NEVER use a fitted sheet again. So flat sheet tucked, flat sheet over, topped with a blanket. I sleep between the two sheets. I add an extra sheet over the top if I get cold.
My boyfriend went into a Dillard's department store a few years ago, and just happened upon some sheet sets that were on discount. There was only five left, so he bought them, and they were the most insane, thick, crisp comfortable sheets we've ever slept on. I wish I could remember the brand. Then, last year, my boss's mother bought me (I work as an assistant for the family) bought me some sheets for Christmas from a company called Pizuna. Again, these sheets are thick, heavy when you take them out of the washing machine, crisp as ever and soooo comfortable. The tag says, "long staple cotton" but I don't know if they're percale or sateen. There is no sheen at all to them. I'm not a big fan or sateen, but I don't know if they're percale either, because they're so crisp, but very thick. Also, they are 1 ply, which is very important. I wish someone could help me identify what sort of sheets these are, because I need another set. One other sheet I remember from way back in the 90s, was some my mom bought me from Martha Stewart called "T-shirt" or "Jersey" cotton sheets. They felt like you were sleeping on a giant t-shirt! I would give anything to find some of those again, but Martha isn't making them anymore and I don't want to buy just any, because they'll start pilling, which I detest. So, my # 1 sheet kind is the crisp, matte kind that is heavy & thick. 2nd would be the jersey or t-shirt kind and lastly, sateen.
Percale for breathability. Neither of use like the sheets with sheen. Can't seem to find the perfect sheets. We keep buying and returning Costco sets as they always turn out to be the Sateen type. We bought some "Pure Earth" sheets last year but they seem to have shrank a bit over time so now they are hard to put on. So the search continues...
I do come at this from an admittedly ridiculous perspective. I have always been fascinated by jacquard looms, which you use to make sateen; not just because of their fundamental importance to the Industrial Revolution but also because their punch card system formed the basis of modern computing. So, when I look at a sateen sheet, I always think about the profound impact their manufacture had on the world.
I want to try linen, I have jersey material sheets like a t shirt. Not a fan of loud crisp sheets. Not trying to feel like I’m sleeping in a notebook. 😂 not sure why sheets gotta be so expensive
I always purchased sateen sheets but I had an 800tc that my husband shredded I kid you not. So after we got married I figured I better look into something more durable. I’m sleeping on percale for the first time and they’re only 300tc but feel buff and sturdy. I am praying they hold up better than the sateen ones I had.
Thanks for sharing!! I am looking for good quality bed sheets and came across Sateen and Percale terms that were new to my knowledge, this has helped me figure out which one I like better. TEAM SATEEN! Greetings from Costa Rica :)
@@Ohkeh640 I like them, they are exactly how she described them, crisp, shinny, gorgeous sheets, they don't wrinkle so much. I got Vera Wang 60% cotton 40% polyester (maybe this is the reason I feel them to be warm) I'm in FL and I loved using them during our cold fronts season lol, but I'll try not to use them in the Summer.
I’m a percale lover and in need of a new duvet cover to pop over my percales. I have hand disability that prevents me ironing sheets (oh Lord!) but so I wonder about putting a sateen cover on the duvet for less wrinkling as even with percale, I tend to kick off the sheets at night. Thankful for the product Granmas Wrinkle Remover which is a wonder worker though seems to have made a bit of crunchy buildup on this Tercel duvet cover that I’m so tired off (some fool edged it with linen! Awful mess!) Thanks for any help. Loved your vid and love crispy clean percale!
I can’t find what I like. I had a Martha Stewart King size, but since I downsized, I can’t find this sheet anywhere. What I like about it was that it was so cold that you had to go to bed fully dressed before you could get comfortable. It was fantastic for summer. I’ve ordered Percale and it is rough. The sateen, pills and is too hot. I’m desperate!
Percale tends to wrinkle.....I prefer heavier and more silky soft sheets. Usually Percale pound for pound is less expensive than the same company's sateen set. Ahh...buttery. Good concise but, detailed explanation. As we should know, sheets are manipulated by thread count, fiber quality and manufacturing. I'm not joining a sheet team. ;) I do give a "sheet" though. The best Sateen sheets to me are the more expensive, softer and almost cold to touch/shiny due to very high thread count and materials - very expensive.
I never understood why everyone is obsessed with "hotel sheets/beds". I've always hated the stuff in most hotels and assumed it's because they just buy either whatever they can get the cheapest wholesale deal on, or that they buy whatever lasts the longest regardless of comfort.
Depends on the hotel. After staying at the Ritz Carlton I was researching the mattress, sheets, pillows…it was like sleeping on a cloud..truly an experience.
