The cotton in these pillow is so soft against my face and neck. I feel like a get such a good nights sleep because of the high thread count. If you have always bought low thread count sheets and cheap sheets, you are wasting your money. Once you sleep in these pillow cases, you will never want anything else! ( I bought these to compliment my 800 thread count king size sheets for extra my pillows on my bed. Perfect match in color too!!! )