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Heavy Blend Hooded Sweatshirt
About Gildan’s hoodies: The blank hoodie most printed and bulk-bought sweatshirts are built on — Heavy Blend is the workhorse, with lighter and fleece-lined variants alongside.
Is the price honest?
Unbeatable on cost. Under $20 for a genuinely warm fleece hoodie is hard to argue with — reviewers treat it as exactly as disposable as the price implies.
Our take
Gildan's Heavy Blend is the hoodie the printing industry runs on, and bought blank it's about the cheapest wearable pullover you'll find. Owners describe a thick cotton/poly fleece that's warmer and more opaque than the price suggests, with a no-frills boxy cut. Nobody mistakes it for premium — the drawcords are basic, the fleece pills, and sizing runs large and shrinks. But as a warm, cheap, ruin-it-without-care hoodie, reviewers consistently say it does the job.
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- Material
- 50/50 cotton/polyester fleece, ~8oz.
- Fit
- Boxy and roomy, runs large; shrinks toward true after a hot wash.
- Quality
- Functional blank quality — warm and opaque, but the fleece pills and the cuffs lose stretch over time.
- Best for
- Layering, around-the-house warmth, printing on, and a hoodie you won't baby.
- Care
- Wash cold and tumble low to limit the shrink and pilling the blend is prone to.
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