Well I was very surprised at the fantastic quality of these sheets. They arrived well packaged in a zipper plastic you would find in other higher quality sheets sets. After washing they became SUPER soft. There was no evidence of shrinking of piling in the dryer. We have a deep memory foam mattress, and these sheets fit fine. The top sheet was big enough too for deep mattresses which was really nice. All in all they seemed a great value for money and thread count seems high enough to tolerate my frequent washings.