I waited until I had slept on the new sheets for a while, and laundered them before I reviewed this product.  I have had instances where sheets that felt great fresh from the packaging but were just soso after laundering.  These sheets did not disappoint.  The deep pockets are deep, they are great to sleep on (when the day came for sheet-changing, my husband said "I think it's too early to change the new blue sheets.", and they came out of the dryer still lovely and soft.  I will most likely buy them in another color.