My personal cross to bear in the summer months is the agony of being a hot sleeper. I’ve tried it all: sleeping with just a top sheet, sleeping with no sheets, sleeping naked… I always wake with a dry throat and sticky skin between the hours of 2 and 4 am. All that changed this May, when I took a friend’s advice and finally ordered a set of Breeze Sheets from Buffy.
The name “Breeze Sheets” was promising, but I’m no fool—good marketing does not a good product make. At $189 for a Full Sheet Set, the price was slightly steep, but their 7-day free trial (more on this shortly) piqued my interest, so I decided to give them a go. What did I have to lose? Spoiler alert: Buffy made a serious believer out of me.
Brushing Up on Buffy
If you haven’t yet heard of Buffy, I’ll take this opportunity to fill you in. Founded in 2017, Buffy is a bedding company unlike any other, in that their products are both highly durable and eco-friendly. I don’t just mean they use “Organic Cotton” or recyclable packaging (although both are true). From start to finish, the sourcing, materials, and production processes are all established with the environment at the top of mind. That’s not to mention the fact that the sheets I fell in love with are designed to be cooling and temperature-regulating.
The Breeze Sheets are…
- Made with naturally cooling eucalyptus-based lyocell fibers
- Highly breathable and moisture-wicking
- Produced with 76% less water than typical cotton sheets
- Manufactured in a closed-loop facility (recycled materials are used whenever possible)
- Proven to last 255+ washes (7 years in the average home)
- Cruelty-free, without any animal by-products
Additionally, to reduce waste, Buffy offers all customers a trial period policy that is completely unparalleled in the industry. (This was how I evaluated my sheets). You can order any item and sleep with it for 7 nights free (!!) before you’re charged. If your expectations are not met, Buffy accepts the item as an (also free) return. There’s literally no reason not to test-run their silky soft sheets and ultra-squishy pillows… if nothing else, you get to switch things up for a week!
Back to Me (And My Breeze Sheets)
I had a lot of fun picking out which sheets to buy, which is something I never thought I’d say. But Buffy has an incredible range of color and pattern options, from the unexpected, pale green “Lichen” to soft pinky purple “Petal” and deep, rusty “Earth.” After much deliberation, I settled on “Powder Blue”… a few shades darker than Baby Blue, but still fresh enough to match the intended “breezy” experience.
Just 3 days later, they were on my doorstep. The first observation I drew about them was that despite being made with eucalyptus, they had a silky sheen to them. The sheets felt incredibly luxe and decidedly non-plant-based (even though I knew that wasn’t true). By that I mean they weren’t overly stiff or fibrous, which is my biggest concern when it comes to “natural” sheets.
Cooler Than the Flipside of My Pillow (That’s Right)
You know that old Uncle Kracker song “Smile”? There’s a reason why he compares the woman he loves to the underside of his pillow… because it’s lowkey euphoric down there. I used to flip my pillow at least 5x a night in an effort to cool myself down, but sleeping with the Breeze Sheets is like being surrounded by that cooling sensation full-time (no flip necessary).
Part of this is due to the fact that lyocell is a moisture-wicking, highly breathable fabric. Those may sound like buzzwords, but when you get under these sheets, no one can argue with the facts of the experience. Sweat and stuffiness are rendered obsolete. I felt like a born-again sleeper, a baby with a fresh slate void of sleepless nights spent tossing and turning. Lyocell is highly absorbent, too, so my sweat was instantly pulled into the fabric and away from my body.
Breeze Sheets Are My (Not So) Secret Summer Weapon
As I mentioned earlier, I’m a bit jaded when it comes to marketing schticks. Buffy’s Breeze Sheets are one of those rare cases in which the name lives up to the hype. I couldn’t believe my luck on that fateful first night, after smoothing the satiny blue sheets over my bed. My only regret was that I hadn’t thought to try Buffy sooner.
Plus, their customer service is off-the-charts impressive—I mean, a 7-day free trial?! When else will you be given the opportunity to “try on” bedsheets? I’m not a betting woman, but I wager you’ll never want to take these guys off… ever.
Easy, Breezy, Buffy
The coolest sheets you'll ever sleep with.