Soft yarn! The consumers love it. But is it the best yarn for the consumer.
First
off; how it's made. The fiber manufacturers have worked with the yarn
to get smaller and smaller deniers. The smaller the denier the softer
the yarn. But how does it perform?
Nylon yarn is
naturally a high wearing fiber. Very resilient. It will stand up to even
the toughest of wear patterns. The smaller deniered yarn is still nylon but because of the inherent softness it will start to mush (is that a technical term? LOL)
down and kind of pack together like snow. Because it can do this the
appearance can take a hit if the denier is too small (hence softer
yarn).
Also, there have been complaints industry wide
of vacuuming problems with the ultra soft yarns. The fiber manufacturers
and the carpet mills have gone to great lengths to educate the flooring
sales people and the consumer of the requirement that ultra soft yarns
require in a vacuum cleaner. Most vacuum cleaners just don't perform on
ultra soft yarns because the yarns are mushing down (not matting).
Matting down is quite different from mushing down. A matted carpet can
be pulled up and pileated with a good vacuum cleaner whereas the same vacuum cleaner will not pull up the ultra soft yarns.
So,
what about soft yarns. Overall they are a good product. Soft to the
touch, resilient and high wear. Where the jury is still out is in the
ultra soft yarns. They don't have the test of time on their side and
with the fact that you will probably have to buy a new vacuum cleaner
along with the high cost of the ultra soft carpet your initial outlay
will be pretty hefty. In our opinion the ultra soft yarns are probably
not worth the money you spend on them, the buying a new vacuum factor
and the fact that performance is still in question, we prefer to stick
with the mid deniered soft yarn systems that will give you higher performance and won't break the bank on a new high end vacuum.
Jeff Dean
Owner of Dover Floor Covering
http://www.doverfloorcovering.com
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