Percale vs Sateen Sheets – What's the Difference?
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0:38 What is the difference between percale and sateen?
2:20 Is sateen softer than percale?
3:15 Is percale cooler than sateen?
4:04 Do hotels use percale or sateen?
4:56 Is percale better than Egyptian cotton?
5:45 Does percale get softer?
6:16 Does percale wrinkle?
6:44 Do sateen sheets lose their shine?
7:44 How long to sateen sheets last?
8:25 How often should you wash your sheets?
Today we’re going to learn all about the differences between percale and sateen sheets. Now, if you’ve done any sheet shopping at all, you’ve probably encountered these terms a lot, so I’m here to show you what percale and sateen are all about, and hopefully point you in the direction of the one that’s best for you.
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I love a cool, crisp percale sheet because I am a very hot sleeper.
I've never tried Persale before. It sounds like it would actually be good for me. 🙂
Parachute sheets for me. Married to a Paratrooper so it's got to be parachutes for sheets. Like all the options Sarah discusses here though. Percale and sateen both seem awesome!
is brooklinen a good brand for sheets? Thank you.
percale is a weave style and Egyptian cotton is a form of cotton I prefer the crisp cool sleep of percale rather than the slickness of sateen , sateen has a shine that can fade a bit with washings.
Thank you for this video. I'm moving into our first home at the end of this month and I've looked into beds and pillows. Now you've given me something else to do my research on. lol. Sounds like I would go percale from the info you provided.
I love sateen sheets. They're definitely my favorite.
Thanks for the info. I had no idea what the differences were between percale and sateen. I think I prefer percale, but I'd have to check if that's what I actually own. I think I pay more attention to what cotton goes into my sheets–I always look for ELS cotton.
I grew up using sateen sheets, but then I slept on percale at a friend's house, fell in love with the crisp coolness, and never looked back.
Love my percale sheets from Brooklinen, I bought them after one of your videos.
Is one more benzoyl peroxide resistant than the other?
I've spent most my life sleeping on cotton sheets. However, given this video's distinctions, I would be good trying either the percale or sateen sheets. If there is somethingg better, I am all for it!
awesome & thank you for all…
I prefer cotton percale sheets, especially after they get softer over time.
Percale sheets seem like the way to go for me, cool and crisp sounds perfect
Percale seems better because it sleeps cooler. I tend to sleep hot.
Omg! Now I can obsess about sheets And mattresses
Wow I had no idea that percale is better for hot sleepers. Definitely need to check those out next time I go sheet shopping. thank you very much!
sleeping cool during hot nights is a must have here, so percale might be better for me. thank you 🙂
Great information 🌻
I'm a hot sleeper, so I just ordered some percale sheets.
Once I’ve tried Percale sheets, I’ll never go back to Walmart’s microfiber sheets. It doesn’t retain as much heat, especially if you live in Arizona. 🥵
seems percale cotton-poly blend is the best choice. problem is, where the hell can one FIND percale sheets blend with a nice pattern? none of the online retailers seem to have anything interesting.
Please do a review on silk bed sheets, duvets and comforters.
300 t c percale COTTON. IS THE BEST.
BY THE WAY.most hitels in USA use galf cotton half polyester sheets.not percale.
GET ALL COTTON
I love sateen because I have dry skin. It’s so soft and silky, you never feel dry skin rubbing against the sheets creating that raspy feel with percale
i perfer percale
Hello Sarah,
I have been looking in to purchasing bamboo sheets as my partner and I live in Florida, where it is warm and humid year-round. The combination of cooling and anti-microbial properties seem like a definite win-win for us.
In my search I keep coming across the brand Cariloha, and I was wondering if you have had any experience with their products? Specifically, I’m looking at their sateen “Resort” sheets (as I do prefer the feel of sateen to percale). If you have any advice it would be greatly appreciated!
All the best,
– Connor
I have Brooklinen sateen and percale. Feel similar. But my bamboo cozy earths are best 😉
Human: Talks about sheets
Cat: Help me, I'm stuck~
If not a cat then your furniture is becoming sentient.
Hey, dirty people! Take a shower before you go to bed so your sheets don't stink! Nasty!
I feel like you ripped off the other video
Wow.. very great review. Thank you.
Hi Sarah,I just Purchased, a set of Sferra sheets 600TC in sateen. extra long Staple cotton. They are fantastic! I have other brands but nothing compares to this set from Sferra.
I love crisp, cool sheets, but hate wrinkles. Anybody else here miss the prevalence of poly-cotton blends from the 70s & 80s? The were perfect! Cool, crisp, comfortable, and wrinkle-free. And they wore like iron. I still have sets that are over forty years old! I can't stand this trend of Egyptian cotton! They're the scratchiest, hottest, most uncomfortable sheets I've ever owned.
Is Sateen DIFFERENT from Satin??
I bought myself some 40 year old NOS Montgomery Ward 50/50 pillowcases. FINALLY I can have the pillowcases of my childhood. And they are WRINKLE FREE, no iron percale! Thank God for polyester, too bad nobody uses it anymore.
Any black percale fitted sheet recommendations? Not shiny
Percale lovely super
When she could have mentioned more details quick and easy, she kept to script of an ad for sleepopolis even for her own opinion which is posted on said site. 👎
wait where did she say i can get more information???
Tanx for information and your time,what was the thread count? Tanx