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Anvil 980 vs. Gilden 64000 vs. Tultex

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#1 ·
I've purchased quantities of the lightweight ringspun shirts from Anvil, Gilden, and Tultex now. All have the same specs.

I have to say that the Anvil 980s are the nicest. I find them to be flawless. They are also slightly fitted. The problem with Anvil is there are no 3X and not very many different colors. Anvil has no matching women's ringspun line that I can find.

Gilden 64000 is nice, but not as nice as the Anvil 980 but a lot more colors. No 3X either. The most expensive of the three. Has line of womens ringspun shirts to with it that are very fitted, but there is no XS.

Tultex has some really good things about. They make matching Mens, Womens, and Children shirts in ringspun. The biggest selection of colors. Mens go to 3X and Womens go down to XS. The womens shirts are very fitted, girly style shirts. I like the way they are made a lot. Also, Tultex are the only ones with tear-away tags.

The problem with Tultex, is the fabric just isn't as nice. If I laid a bunch of 980s, 64000s, and Tultexs out with no tags, you'd be able to pick out the ones made by Tultex easy. The fabric just doesn't feel nearly as soft or look as good. You get a lot of what I would describe as "burrs" in the fabric. Little spots where it looks frizzy and the color is lighter.

Tultex is the cheapest overall, because the price increase for 2X and 3X is very low.

For the time being, I will probably use Anvil 980 as much as possible, Gilden 64000 for some of the colors Anvil doesn't make. Tultex for 3X and girls XS.

I would very much like to see Tultex improve their game!
 
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#15 · (Edited)
I'll have to look up Sanmar.

Oh, after my first order with TSC a guy called to ask me how much I liked the stuff. It was one of those, how much more stuff do you want to order calls. But the guy was actually extremely knowledgeable. I'm used to dealing with import companies that sell flags and even the owners don't have a clue about what most of what they sell even is.
 
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#16 ·
I've ordered more of the Tultex shirts now mainly for the girly shirts. I've decided that I don't like them at all. There is just too many defects in the shirts.

I with the Gildan and Anvil girls ringspun lines made XS. Why do so few t-shirts make XS in girls. Many of the girls I know where XS.
 
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#21 ·
I started with Anvil and at first I really liked them but I started wearing a few as and I had a few rip pretty quickly on me at the stitching - maybe just my impression.

I found Hanes has great quality the Silver Tab line for women is very nice - and the men's shirts as well made as well. But AA is the softest and customers can feel the difference.
 
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#22 ·
I haven't tried Hanes yet. I'll have to find a distributor that carries them. I've been wearing some of the Anvil 980 and they feel nicer and nicer with each wash.

I've had a lot of my ringspun shirts from Express for Men rip in the laundry or get little pinholes. I think the lightweight ringspun shirts in general do not last as long, but I still like them.
 
#23 ·
I just ordered my first bulk order, I went with the 64000s because I read they were most like the AA. Does anyone have these 64000? My order will be here in 2 days, so I will finally get to check them out myself. I ordered from bodek and rhodes. My target audience prefers slim fit light weight. Are the 64000s slim?

Any more feedback on Hanes 4980?

Thanks!
 
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#26 ·
I know this thread has been dead for a while but I have a similar question, and even though I consider myself a technologically savvy person, I can't for the life of me figure out how to post a thread for people to respond.

I am completely torn between the Hanes 4980 and the Anvil 980.

Both Have:

-Ring spun cotton
-tearaway label
-same price (10 cent difference)

however I have found that the Hanes 4980's tend to have multiple loose threads coming from the seems.

I am completely undecided as the people I have asked have been 50/50 for either one.

does anyone have experience with any of these!?

Thanks!
 
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#29 ·
I really preferred Hanes 4980 over the Anvil but, Hanes' new stock doesn't have the tearaway tag anymore. They iron on the Hanes tag in the neck, which looks cheap to me. I bought some Anvil 980 recently and was impressed. It seems as though they are not as incosistant w/ their sizing as they used to be... also they have the Youth 990B series, which I can use for Womens tees also. Hanes 4980 has no match in their Womens tees.
I'm gonna discharge some darker 980's this weekend w/ the new Matsui Brite White and hope the results are satisfactory because, if so, I'm jumping off the Hanes 4980 bandwagon.
 
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