Almost every college lists twin XL sheets as a
requirement for incoming college freshman. If you are anything like I
was my freshman year, you’ve looked high and low trying to find twin XL
sheets in the right color but haven’t had any luck so far. So, you’re
probably asking yourself, are twin XL sheets really necessary or can I
get away with twin regulars? From my experience as a recent college
graduate, my answer to that question is as follows: twin XL sheets
aren’t necessary.
Here’s why:
Twin regular sheets fit most
any twin XL mattress you will find. During my freshman year, I played
it safe and found a pair of twin XL sheets that sort of worked with the
color scheme I was going for. As I could only find them in the bedding
section of Macy’s, they were extremely expensive, or at least from a
college student’s standpoint. The second pair of sheets I brought I had
purchased at Target for under a third of the price of my twin XL’s.
Truth be told, both pairs of sheets fit the bed fine, and I preferred
the color of my target sheets better than the ones I had purchased at
Macy’s.
By purchasing stretchy twin regular sheets, you can be
sure that your sheets will fit almost any twin XL mattress. This is a
good way to play it safe if you can’t find any twin XL’s you have to
own. Jersey knit sheets are a good stretchy sheet option. They are
extremely versatile and fit almost any mattress size you could image.
Plus, they’re the most comfortable sheets I’ve ever felt.
If
jersey knit is not your thing, almost all regular length twin sheets
will do the trick. But if you want to be sure that they will fit, make
sure that the fitted sheet is roughly as long as the twin XL mattress
you will be sleeping on. In general, twin fitted sheets run 175 to 178
inches in length, and twin XL mattresses are about 180 inches.
However, if you can’t find any twin XL’s to fit your mattress, take my word that twin regulars should fit just fine.
