Customer Reviews L.L.Bean Pima Percale 280TC Sheet Set King

These are nice sheets, but not really crispy cotton percale. The weave is tighter than a crispy percale. Not as airy and breathable as they should be. Almost on the spectrum of a high thread-count or sateen cotton. Which means someone will like them, but not someone who thinks she is buying lightweight, breathable cotton.

I have ordered these sheets in the past and assumed my trouble was due to "stretching". But unfortunately the sheets are simply too big for my standard size Queen bed. I LOVE the smooth texture and the color choices are great. My mattress is only 4 years old so I don't understand why it is so much smaller than the sheets.

I purchased a queen set. The problem was with the flat sheet, it was too wide and hung almost to the floor. I checked the tag to be certain it wasn't for a king mattress. The tag said it was queen size. I cut 10 inches off one side and then hemmed the edge. It now fits perfectly.

These are nice, durable sheets but not as soft as I'd like.

I bought these sheets last October. They fit the bed well but I wish that I had someone to iron them when they come out of the dryer. They look worse than most sheets I have owned over the last fifty years. The wide hems at the top of the sheets and the pillow case openings are always folded over and creased and the field is not smooth.

I was disappointed that these sheets are not the softest, smoothest sheets I've ever slept on, as was exclaimed in an online review from a reputable newspaper article. Perhaps with continued use they will soften as I know that LLBean products are superb.

It's a reasonable quality bedsheet. Nothing to rave about or trash

I bought these sheets based on a review in the New York Times. They are nice but not as soft as I'd like. They fit very nice on the bed and seems to be of very high quality. I've washed them about 5 times and hope as they are washed more they will become softer. In retrospect I think $150 is a steep price for sheets.

Comfortable but don't seem like a great value. Developed a massive rip down one side from regular wear.

I purchased the queen size Pima Cotton Percale Sheet Set. I do not have the ultra thick pillowtop mattress that many people have difficulty finding sheets for, however, my mattress is one year old and is considered plush. I find the corners of the fitted sheet to be much too large and the elastic loose enough that the sheet is bunched and fits as though there is not any elastic. As a result, the bed has to be completely remade each morning. Also the top flat sheet is extra wide and hangs several inches below the blanket - which was also purchased from LL Bean in queen size. Just a very messy looking bed and I am planning to return the sheets for a refund.

I bought these with the high hopes from so many sites raving about them. It was until i got deeper into the reviews that i found the quality has plummeted. Its only been a few weeks with a couple washes but these sheets are far from soft to the point where i rolled one night and it felt like it was scraping my skin. Ill still hold out for a bit longer but these are probably getting replaced its quite unfortunate.

Fit and color are good. Fabric is stiff and wrinkly!

Good quality, though these are a little noisy for me as a light sleeper; just turning over sometimes wakes me. Also the fitted sheet gets wrinkled and loose which didn't happen with my old cotton/poly percale bedsheets.

I just received these sheets and they seem to be fine but I am so disappointed that there is no pocket on the pillow case. It's not worth going to the trouble of returning them but I thought LL Bean would be better than that.

5 star rating re the quality of the cotton and the color. Disappointed in the fit of the fitted sheet and pillow case. Way too big, as a result wrinkly and sloppy.

I hope they get softer after 10 washes. Color is great. Fit is perfect

We got these sheets from our wedding registry less than four years ago and loved them, looked great, washed well, and felt so nice and crisp. However when putting them on our bed this week, I found a tear in the fitted sheet. Disappointed that they didn't last very long and probably won't re-purchase.

Very comfortable but not good with larger depth mattress. Corners do not stay on mattress after sleeping on them.

Nice sheets, but the pink clay is more orange. just an fyi to those looking for real pink sheets.

I recently ordered my 4th set of LL Bean percale sheets. Something has changed with them - they feel slipperier now and seem lighter weight compared to the same sheets I have ordered over the past several years. Not sure if this is a bad thing, but they are not the same fabric as before, and when I washed them for the first time there seemed to be much more lint in my dryer lint filter than before.

I bought these sheets, my third set, and this new set came with a sateen finish, definitely not percale. I washed them four times in a row to get rid of that finish, somewhat. The previous sets were soft and cotton-y right from the start. Not sure what changed but please go back to the old style.

Fitted sheet does not fit securely to mattress and becomes detached at the corners.

I bought these just over a year ago. They showed signs of wear very quickly. I had to throw them out when they ripped. For the price, I would have thought they'd hold up better and last longer.

Fabric is great. The sheets are VERY large. They're too big for my bed, so they're constantly slipping off and bunching up. My mattress is an average depth but still not deep enough.

These sheets seemed great when I first put them on the bed but after a couple of nights using them they get saggy baggy. I prefer tight fitting sheets.