i have a set of these sheets. they were stiff and scratchy. called and overstock gladly replaced them. the new ones were no better. have wash many times and still haven't gotten softer. i am very disappointed. 1000 thread count should be very soft. i can get 700 thread count else where that are much better than these. i paid a good price since they weren't on sale at the time. maybe the ones that say they are soft came from a different batch of sheets made.