When selecting sheets, consider personal factors like sleep temperature, allergies, and skin sensitivity. Saatva offers a range of sheets: percale for hot sleepers, flannel for cold sleepers, sateen for sensitive skin, and linen for allergy sufferers. All Saatva sheets are made from high-quality materials, ensuring comfort and durability.
When choosing a new sheet set, it’s not enough to look at things like the material, weave, and thread count. You should also take your unique sleep needs into account.
Do you sleep hot? Do you have allergies? Do you hate scratchy bedding? At Saatva, we have a wide selection of sheets suitable for any sleep style, body type, lifestyle needs, and health issues. Here’s how to choose the best Saatva sheets for you.
Best Saatva sheets for hot sleepers
Being too hot is one of the most common obstacles to getting a good night’s sleep. If you’re a hot sleeper or if you live in a hot climate, you’ll want to select sheets that help you sleep cooler.
Cotton is a naturally breathable fabric. Long-staple cotton is best because longer fiber length creates a more breathable sheet that’s better at absorbing moisture.
Another factor that can influence breathability is the type of weave. Of the two most popular weave types—sateen and percale—percale is the better option for hot sleepers.
That’s because the percale weave uses a one-yarn-over, one-yarn-under pattern, producing a fabric that allows better airflow between the threads.
Sateen, on the other hand, uses a one-yarn-over, three-yarn-under pattern. It’s a tighter weave that produces a sheet with a shinier finish and silkier feel—but the trade-off is that it is a bit less breathable than percale.
If you sleep hot, choose our Percale Sheet Set or Banded Percale Sheet Set. Both are made with high-quality OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certified long-staple cotton.
The main difference between the two is that the latter includes a hand-finished contrasting band making it the perfect set for hot sleepers who like their sheets to be both breathable and stylish.
Best Saatva sheets for cold sleepers
Sleeping cold is a problem that’s much less talked about than sleeping hot—but it’s a real problem for some people nonetheless. If you’re too cold, then obviously you’re not going to be able to sleep well. In this case, opt for cozy flannel sheets.
Flannel gets its fuzzy feel because it undergoes a process called napping. That’s when a woven sheet of fabric is passed over heavy cylinders covered with thousands of fine metal teeth that brush the fabric, pulling tiny, fine fibers from it. This process creates millions of little insulating air pockets that trap heat and keep you warm.
Our Luxury Flannel Sheet Set is made with 100% long-staple cotton, is free of harmful chemicals, and has a soft, velvety feel.
Best Saatva sheets for sensitive skin
If you have sensitive skin or hate to have anything even remotely scratchy against your body, your best bet is smooth and silky sateen sheets. Because the sateen weave (see above) exposes more thread surface than percale, it produces a sheet that’s extremely smooth and silky.
Our Signature Sateen Sheet Set is made with 300 thread count long-staple cotton, for a perfect balance between smoothness and breathability, while our Organic Sateen Sheet Set offers all of the same benefits but is made with 100% GOTS-certified organic cotton.
Best Saatva sheets for allergy sufferers
Allergy sufferers have to be super careful about what materials they touch. That of course applies to sheets, which most of us (hopefully) spend about eight hours every night in close contact with.
One of the best sheet materials for allergy sufferers is linen. That’s because linen has unique filtering properties that help repel most types of allergens commonly found in your bed, including dust mites, pet dander, mold, and mildew.
Our Linen Sheet Set is handcrafted from the highest quality European flax, is free of harmful chemicals, and gets softer with every wash.
Best Saatva sheets for a 5-star hotel look
Maybe you don’t have any health and body issues. Maybe the only thing you truly want is for your sheets to have that elegant look and silky feel of sheets in a 5-star hotel. What’s their secret?
For that smooth and silky feel, choose sateen sheets. Our Embroidered Sateen Sheet Set is made with 300 thread count long-staple cotton and features a hand-finish embroidered trim. The only thing you’ll be missing is room service.
Best Saatva sheets for smaller budgets
If you’re on a tighter budget, you can still benefit from quality sheets. Our Essential Sheet Set is made with a blend of 55% long-staple cotton in percale weave and 45% viscose and lets you enjoy a cooler sleep at a great price.
These sheets are OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certified and free of harmful chemicals. Plus, the 180 thread count is all you need for a perfect balance of durability and breathability.
Best Saatva sheets for thicker mattresses
There’s nothing more frustrating than bringing home an expensive sheet set and realizing they don’t fit your mattress. Standard mattresses run between 10 and 12 inches thick, and it’s easy enough to find sheets that fit this thickness.
But if your mattress is thicker than that, finding sheets that fit might prove more difficult. The great news is that when you buy sheets at Saatva, you don’t need to worry about that. All of our sheets fit mattresses up to 16 inches high. Here’s how to find the best sheets for special mattress sizes.
Our best sheets for every sleep style
Percale Sheet Set
Pamper yourself in deluxe comfort with our breathable percale sheets. They’re made from the world’s best long-staple cotton that gets softer and better with every wash.
Banded Percale Sheet Set
Indulge in five-star hotel luxury right in your own bedroom with our banded percale sheets. They’re made from breathable long-staple cotton that gets softer and better with every wash.
Luxury Flannel Sheet Set
Envelop yourself in the soft, breathable warmth of our luxurious flannel sheets. They’re woven from the world’s best long staple cotton and yarn dyed for a unique heathered finish.
Signature Sateen Sheet Set
Wrap yourself in the five-star luxury of our signature cotton sheets in a silky-soft sateen weave that gets softer with every wash.
Organic Sateen Sheet Set
It’s easy to see why our flagship organic cotton sheet is a bestseller. Its silky-soft, 300 thread count sateen weave is made with 100% certified organic cotton. It’s better for the planet and feels indulgently luxurious on you.
Linen Sheet Set
Sleep in effortless style with our deluxe linen sheets made with responsibly-sourced, all-natural European linen. Stays cool in the summer, warm in the winter, and gets softer with every wash.
Embroidered Sateen Sheet Set
Wrap yourself in the five-star luxury of our elegantly trimmed organic cotton sheets in a silky-soft, 300 thread count sateen weave that gets softer with every wash.
Essential Sheet Set
This upgraded staple is woven from percale cotton and viscose to create an extremely soft, lightweight, and breathable sheet that gets softer with every wash.
FAQs
Which bed sheets are best?
There are many options for excellent sheets out there. The best bed sheets for you will depend on your sleep preferences and any existing issues (such as allergies, skin sensitivities, or sleeping hot). To find the best sheets, look for high-quality materials like European linen and long-staple cotton and third-party certifications that ensure there’s no harmful chemicals.
What sheets do 5-star hotels use?
Most 5-star hotels use cotton sheets made with high-quality cotton in a sateen weave to give you that smooth and silky feel.
What are the most luxurious bed sheets made of?
The best and most luxurious bed sheets are made from high-quality materials such as long-staple cotton and high-quality linen. That smooth and silky feel is achieved with a sateen weave, which is a tight weave that exposes more thread surface than the other popular weave, percale.
Find the best sheets for your sleep style at Saatva
Whatever your needs and preferences, Saatva offers sheets to suit every sleep style, from percale sheets to sateen sheets to linen sheets. All of our sheets are made with high-quality fabrics and are free of harmful chemicals. Check out our selection of sheets and start experiencing better sleep.
Tanya Slavin
Tanya Slavin is a freelance writer with a PhD in Linguistics. When she has had enough sleep, she learns languages and writes about it in her newsletter Friends with Words which documents her journey to learn 12 languages in 12 months.
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