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Best sheets for a bed with an adjustable base?

4 years ago

Mattress is thick also. I have deep pockets sheets on it, and they feel great - silky, soft (microfiber I believe) and cool. But, if we raise the bed, the sheets go all to h#!!, pardon my french!

Just wondered if anyone has and suggestions. TYIA!!

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OutsidePlaying

4 years ago

How thick are your mattresses? I have twin XL sheets from Red Land Cotton, my new favorite sheets. Elastic all around and they stay on and fit well on the split king adjustable mattresses.

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natebear zone 10B
4 years ago
The only luck I had were the Wamsutta Pimacott (525 thread count) sheets available in store at Bed Bath and Beyond. Each piece is sold individually, which is what I needed since I have a split king adjustable bed. They have a very wide band of elastic and I haven't had any instances of slippage.
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Part of the problem is that people assume that their mattress is the standard, advertised size. Like an standard King is supposed to be 76x80 but MANY manufacturers cut their mattresses short, believe it or not. Tempurpedic is notorious for cutting their mattresses short (Saves them money? Who knows.) The point is - the pocket depth being wrong is not the only problem you will have with getting a tight fit and avoiding swimming in bunched-up sheets on your bed. We have a Tempurpedic King mattress that is actually 74.5 inches wide by 79 inches long and 11.5 inches high. The thing to do is to order from custom sheet companies. These sheets are not that much more expensive than many premade sheets and often are higher quality. We ordered fitted sheets to match our existing sheet sets (similar colors) and the prices were quite reasonable. Good companies we found include CozyTown (https://cozytownlinens.com/ Call or read instructions on how to order custom sheets - they want you to choose the general size in the dropdown list then in the comments section tell them the actual mattress measurements). They use only long staple cotton. Their Italian and 300 thread count sheets are really nice and ship fast, while their 500 TC takes a bit longer to order. CustomMattressFactory.com is another company with 600 TC organic cotton that is even less expensive than the former company. But there are a lot of companies doing this sort of customization. We gave up searching for premade sheets to fit the beds and have finally gotten sheets that fit.
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Like I said you can buy just the fitted sheets from Company Store. Just buy neutral colored fitted sheets and keep using everything else you have. I just wait until they have a sale and buy a couple in a color that coordinates with my upper bedding. Once the bed is made no one can see the fitted sheets anyway. Currently my fitted sheets are grey, the flat sheet is green, the quilt is grey and the patterned pillows are a grey, green and yellow pattern. Sometimes my fitted sheets are yellow and sometimes white, it all works fine. As you can see from their site they have a wide color pallet to choose from. These are the jersey sheets but they also have cotton, sateen, flannel, percale, linen to choose from. For me to buy 2 twin xl fitted sheets is pricey but I don't have to buy any thing else and I can go cheaper with regular cotton or plain white.
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Here’s the resolution, albeit maybe temporary. DH and I took each of the 4 mattresses and made pairs until we found a pair that was acceptable (if these weren’t twins, we would never have been able to manhandle them). We are going to sleep on them for a while and see how it goes. If it weren’t for Costco’s excellent return policy, I would not even consider giving it a try. Quite frankly, with the corona cooties making a new surge, I‘m tired of having people in my house which would happen if they were to send more new mattresses. Tina, as I was putting the coverlet on, I remembered I had not put the Gorilla Grips between the mattresses and the base. I’m so worn out from wrestling mattresses, the Gorilla Grips will have to wait until I change the sheets...that is unless the mattresses start falling off the bed. 😆
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tinam61
Original Author
4 years ago
Thank you both! Natebear, those sound like what I need. We like a queen bed and there is only one mattress, which is 16.5 inches deep. The adjustable base takes place of a boxspring. I'm going to check both of these out. The base is non-returnable but we have 60 days I believe on the mattress. The store manager suggested trying 2 weeks. I am liking it more, but we were used to a totally spring mattress, not a hybrid. We both like a firm mattress, but I do get pain in my hips (tight muscles) so the hybrid was suggested. We'll see. There were two other mattresses we considered, so at least we have two more options. LOL Thanks again for the info!
OutsidePlaying
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
That would make sense for a queen. We were going from a queen with both box spring and mattress to the split king, so it was both an education in different mattress types and an adventure in mattress buying. We have had ours almost a year and like it. It’s nice to have that trial period.

I think those Wamsutta sheets are the ones I looked at, but I had been happy with my Red Land Cotton queen sheets and went with those. Good luck!
terezosa / terriks
3 years ago
Is the problem with the bottom sheet not staying in place? Perhaps some of these sheet holder straps would help.
Tina Marie
3 years ago
I'm surprised to see this topic again! Thanks for all the suggestions. I bought several of the Wamsutta Pimacott sheets, even a couple of extra fitted sheets to use with top sheets/pillowcases from sets I had previously. I do not understand the newer mattresses being so deep! Even with a bed that is not adjustable, many mattresses now sit on an upholstered base. Another thing we started noticing is the mattress wants to slip a bit on the base. I seemed to be forever pushing one corner over a bit. I ordered a mattress thing that is like a rug pad. It lays between the mattress and the base. And Terri, I also got some of those straps too as even though the wamsutta sheets fit good, sometimes after we've had the head up and then lower, the sheet wants to slip. The strap holders do work. Thank you all and I hope these tidbits help any others looking at mattresses/beds.

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