What is 1200 thread count?

it just means that there are 200 more threads in a given area and it is supposedly better but i can't tell the difference. in my opinion, anything 800 or over is exceptional.

Answer two:

It depends on what they are using for a count. Sometime the thread count refers to the number of threads woven per inch, and sometime it refers to the number of threads that are in each bundle. When you take three or four plies of thread, which means three or four threads wrapped together, you can increase the number of threads per inch with out actually making a better, softer product.