Gildan 5400 Heavy Cotton Long Sleeve T-Shirt

The material is great, and works perfectly if you're dressing up as Waluigi.

The material is great, and works perfectly if you're dressing up as Waluigi.

Comfortable

Comfortable

This is more of a medium weight shirt and not as heavy the Haynes Beefy T's I've recently purchased. This is my personal opinion from 5 decades of wearing the aforementioned Haynes shirts in spite of what the chronic complainers and serial 1 star reviewers say. Yes this shirt does indeed have collar tags, and there are 2 of them. They are the sort tags that were a bit scratchy and irritating. But unlike those who lack the motor skills necessary to remove them my #1 girl dispatched the offending tags without me even mentioning it. This would have been a 5 star review but for an issue with uneven stitching at the ends of both cuffs. Therefore, rather than posting a 1 star review and crying about how unfair the world is to me I simply asked for a replacement. Less than 16 hours later the seller contacted me saying they had already refunded my purchase price in full.

This is more of a medium weight shirt and not as heavy the Haynes Beefy T's I've recently purchased. This is my personal opinion from 5 decades of wearing the aforementioned Haynes shirts in spite of what the chronic complainers and serial 1 star reviewers say. Yes this shirt does indeed have collar tags, and there are 2 of them. They are the sort tags that were a bit scratchy and irritating. But unlike those who lack the motor skills necessary to remove them my #1 girl dispatched the offending tags without me even mentioning it. This would have been a 5 star review but for an issue with uneven stitching at the ends of both cuffs. Therefore, rather than posting a 1 star review and crying about how unfair the world is to me I simply asked for a replacement. Less than 16 hours later the seller contacted me saying they had already refunded my purchase price in full.

Anyone who likes tees knows that once upon a year (prior to the Internet when we all shopped locally) perfect tees were simple to buy anywhere and it was taken for granted they would be nicely made, box cut (loose fitting), not too long or short, and were of 7oz + cotton. Never see through. Anyone who made crap see-through tees would have gone out of business. Mervyn's sold Cheetah branded tagless tees in every color that were cheap, didn't wrinkle, didn't shrink hardly at all, and held up. I know because I still have 3 or 4 that are 30yrs old and look new. No fraying at the collar, no little holes from the cotton deteriorating, no failed seams, and the collar still sits nice and flat and high against my throat.. perfection. Unfortunately Mervyn's closed their doors many years ago now.Still, for awhile Fruit of the Loom, Hanes and even Sears sold quality tees. If they still do, I haven't found the right one. So called "Beefy tees" are no longer beefy, and neither are "heavy tees." Everything today is see-through, advertised as "heavy." I must have bought 10 tees over the last several years looking for a quality shirt similar to what used to be the average shirt.Today's standard is thin, low-quality, 5 - 5.4oz cotton. And the tees that aren't pre-shunk shrink to high heaven so that you end up with a cotton wetsuit, or like this particular long-sleeved Gildan which is pre-shrunk, ends up fitting around the chest and waist but the length of the shirt and its sleeves are too long... the sleeves on this shirt are so long they "accordion" at the cuffs. And it is see-through, but not as bad as most. (I think it's 5.4oz cotton vs 5oz.)If I had the means I would start my own tee shirt business as anyone who did would make a mint if they just took an old Cheetah shirt to a manufacturer and said, "Replicate this for me - the cotton, the hems, the cut, everything..." and it could sell for a fair but premium price (as I'm sure that cotton has gone up) and would be a winner with so many people looking for a simple, good tee. So much in society have gotten better over the years - we even have probes leaving our solar system, still transmitting data back - but for some reason the simple tee is a forgotten, impossible art.By the old standard this Gildan would get 1 or 2 stars. By today's subpar standard it rates 3 in that there are many tees that are much worse. But that's not saying much and the hunt goes on. If anyone knows of a nice 7oz cotton tee, box cut, long or short sleeve, please leave a comment. Would be much appreciated.

Anyone who likes tees knows that once upon a year (prior to the Internet when we all shopped locally) perfect tees were simple to buy anywhere and it was taken for granted they would be nicely made, box cut (loose fitting), not too long or short, and were of 7oz + cotton. Never see through. Anyone who made crap see-through tees would have gone out of business. Mervyn's sold Cheetah branded tagless tees in every color that were cheap, didn't wrinkle, didn't shrink hardly at all, and held up. I know because I still have 3 or 4 that are 30yrs old and look new. No fraying at the collar, no little holes from the cotton deteriorating, no failed seams, and the collar still sits nice and flat and high against my throat.. perfection. Unfortunately Mervyn's closed their doors many years ago now.Still, for awhile Fruit of the Loom, Hanes and even Sears sold quality tees. If they still do, I haven't found the right one. So called "Beefy tees" are no longer beefy, and neither are "heavy tees." Everything today is see-through, advertised as "heavy." I must have bought 10 tees over the last several years looking for a quality shirt similar to what used to be the average shirt.Today's standard is thin, low-quality, 5 - 5.4oz cotton. And the tees that aren't pre-shunk shrink to high heaven so that you end up with a cotton wetsuit, or like this particular long-sleeved Gildan which is pre-shrunk, ends up fitting around the chest and waist but the length of the shirt and its sleeves are too long... the sleeves on this shirt are so long they "accordion" at the cuffs. And it is see-through, but not as bad as most. (I think it's 5.4oz cotton vs 5oz.)If I had the means I would start my own tee shirt business as anyone who did would make a mint if they just took an old Cheetah shirt to a manufacturer and said, "Replicate this for me - the cotton, the hems, the cut, everything..." and it could sell for a fair but premium price (as I'm sure that cotton has gone up) and would be a winner with so many people looking for a simple, good tee. So much in society have gotten better over the years - we even have probes leaving our solar system, still transmitting data back - but for some reason the simple tee is a forgotten, impossible art.By the old standard this Gildan would get 1 or 2 stars. By today's subpar standard it rates 3 in that there are many tees that are much worse. But that's not saying much and the hunt goes on. If anyone knows of a nice 7oz cotton tee, box cut, long or short sleeve, please leave a comment. Would be much appreciated.

Good shirt. The XXL shrunk to a close to XL size after one hot wash and dry. I buy XXL because of the long arms and loose fit, so it shrinks to a perfect fit. I am 6-1 225LBS

Good shirt. The XXL shrunk to a close to XL size after one hot wash and dry. I buy XXL because of the long arms and loose fit, so it shrinks to a perfect fit. I am 6-1 225LBS