Need serious help - bobbling sheets!

[FlaskMaster]

I'm like the princess and the pea and can't sleep comfortably because my bedsheets are bobbled. I have fibromyalgia so I'm really sensitive to pain and discomfort. I need some non bobbling sheets. I've only ever bought sheets on the basis of how cheap they are before, but I'm going to have to get new ones. But how do I make sure the new ones won't bobble? Is there a type that doesn't? Any advice appreciated, thank you.

[AJTracey]

Egypt cotton won’t bobble. I think only polyester ones do?

[JudgeRindersMinder]

100% cotton,Egyptian or any other nationality don’t bobble.
It’s the polyester that causes the bobbling. Once you’ve had 100% cotton you won’t go back to polycotton!

[Sloff]

Cotton, not polycotton, and not too cheap. I found this out by buying designs I liked that were poor quality because I liked the pattern (duvet covers). If you really want polycotton you need to pay more and check there is a lower % of polyester.

I only buy cotton sheets, and not those thin ones. They cost more but last a lot longer.

[Sparklfairy]

You can also buy 'de-bobblers' but it'd take a good while to do on sheets! Mines a Phillips and it's brilliant

[vjg13]

Generally the higher the thread count, the better a sheet will feel.

[Oldraver]

Yes buy the best you can cotton

I've got some 6 year old Christy sheets that get softer as they age

[TheRoqueforteFiles]

In the meantime after you have washed and dried them, you could spread them over your largest table and debobble with a blunt disposable razor.

[blackberrysoup]

The cheapest cotton ones from wilko and b and m don't bobble

[thecatneuterer]

As everyone else says - you need pure cotton. It's polycotton that bobbles. And yes, high thread count (400 plus) Egyptian cotton is the best. I believe high quality sheets also work out cheaper. I'm still regularly using sheets I bought 20 years ago and they are as good (and as luxurious and silky) as the day I bought them.

[OatMilkAddict]

I find the John Lewis Egyptian cotton range a good compromise of quality vs. price. Spend the extra for pure silky cotton. You won't regret it.

[PontiacBandit]

Aldi do Egyptian cotton sheets, not a high thread count 200 or 300 I think but they've never bobbled for me.

[Elieza]

Don’t get brushed cotton or flannelette.

[Molecule]

It’s the staple fibre length which is most important rather than thread count. Egyptian cotton has the longest length, so go for that. High thread count will feel more luxurious but is not essential.

[thecatneuterer]

Ah yes, Molecule is quite right. It's not the thread count that will stop bobbling. But if the way sheets feel is important to you then you will love those with a high thread count.

[WrongKindOfFace]

Tk Maxx are good for cheap sheets with a high thread count. Avoid ones that are their own brands as they tend to be poorer quality.

I also got some really nice ones in the M&S sale.

[ImNewHere123]

Oh if you find the solution please let me know. My bed is so beautiful and after a couple of washes my white sheets are bobbly (and covered in maybe sick and food)
I don't have a huge budget x

[MrsPelligrinoPetrichor]

Don’t get brushed cotton or flannelette why not,if they're cotton they won't bobble?

As PP said ,100% cotton and they won't bobble. It's making me since now they thought of sandpaper sheets!!

[Snog]

Brushed cotton and flannelette DO BOBBLE. Normal pure cotton doesn't.
Supima cotton is great but costs more.

[SomeHalfHumanCreatureThing]

The M&S cotton fitted sheets with bamboo are lovely and smooth, they feel wonderful, and zero bobbles. Would def recommend

[Molecule]

Cotton will bobble if it’s spun from short fibres. The fibres start to come out of the twist hence the bobbling. High quality poly cotton can be good (I have some children’s duvet covers that my aunt gave me that are poly cotton, and beautifully smooth, and must be 40 years old), but you have no way of telling if they are high quality.

Problem now is that spinning technology is so advanced that shorter and shorter fibres (Which previously would have been waste) can be used , and with sophisticated finishing sheets will look lovely to begin with. Sheets are particularly susceptible to bobbling because of the constant friction they are subjected to.

[BatInTheAttic]

I only buy egyptian cotton, usually from TK maxx, have fibro also and bobbled sheets will stop me sleeping. Husband also calls me a princess!

[User18492725204065241]

Cotton can bobble. I bought some suspiciously cheap 1000 thread count sheets years ago, and they bobbled almost immediately. Supposedly Egyptian cotton too, I'd buy from somewhere like John Lewis which is more reliable for quality (although it has gone down in the last few years) maybe the sateen texture sheets would suit you

[ShirleyPhallus]

I stayed in an American hotel and they had jersey sheets which were the most beautiful and softest thing ever

[Molecule]

American cotton is second only to Egyptian cotton in quality, so if your jersey cotton sheets had been spun from it, ShirleyPhallus , they will have been lovely.

From what I remember the term “Egyptian cotton” not only means cotton from Egypt but also a certain fibre length. However I’m quite sure some cotton does get “mislabelled”.