Qwertee Review - God Of Cosmic Horror

Qwertee

I have been following Qwertee for about a year now yet this is the first tee I have bought from them. Now that I have it, I am a little annoyed. I am annoyed that I waited this long and that the pictures here just don't do it justice. The print is fantastic, picking up tiny details included by the artist creepyseb. You can't really see it but the linework is black with a silver shading, which gives it an amazing hand drawn look. Even the preview pics on the site didn't really do it justice. The green of the shirt is also more vibrant than the pics show.

The shirt itself is a Gildan Softstyle, which I haven't come across before. It is a nice weight and really feels super soft. The print is perfectly centered which seems like a small thing, but I have received tees from large, well known companies where the print has been off center. It arrived in a black plastic envelope with the Qwertee bot happily grinning on the label. The real surprise though was when a little packet of lollies fell out of the tee when I held it up for the first time. Turns out this is something they do with all orders. It is always the little things that make our day and thinking about an employee folding that in the middle of my shirt blew me away.

Qwertee has a new shirt every 24 hours. Check them out for yourself.

Threadless Tees After Multiple Washes

Threadless Tshirts

A lot of people I talk to tell me that they won't buy tees online because they just don't know what type of quality they will receive. That is understandable. You don't want to go throwing away your hard earned on junk and we have all heard horror stories.

I thought it would be interesting to show people some shirts that have been washed multiple times so I went and dragged a couple of clean ones out under the camera for you. These are both from Threadless and I purchased them last year. Not too sure of the exact dates but they have both been around for a while.

My tees don't exactly get pampered. They are washed in the machine then either chucked in the drier or hung up. I don't have an outside washing line so they are hung up inside. This means mine will not be as faded as those that are hung out in the sun. I am not sure how many times these have been washed (I wasn't keeping count) but it is at least 30 times each. (conservative estimate)

As you can see these are both a bit faded but I like that. It gives them a nice vintage look. You can see the things that people worry about like cracking, peeling etc just have not happened.

The best piece of advice I can give you if you are thinking of purchasing tees online for the first time is to stick to big well known stores. Many independent brands use well known printers for their apparel so you are safe there as well. You can easily do some research. You are likely to run into trouble on sites like Ebay and similar. As a general rule of thumb if the brand does not have its own website you need to be a little careful. The exception to this are the large competition sites like Threadless, Teefury, Designs By Humans etc. or the POD (print on demand) sites like zazzle, redbubble etc. Many designers / artists use these type of sites when starting out. These are large sites with good reputations that stand by their products.

I hope this has helped you. Now all you have to do is choose which shirts you want out of the millions available.

Fresh Prints Tshirt Review

Tshirts from Fresh Prints Clothing

You can tell a lot about a company by seeing how they handle problems and customers. I won a tee from Fresh Prints back in December but didn't receive it. Now I know from experience just how badly some companies out there can treat situations like this but luckily that was not the case here. An email apology from owner/designer Tim explained that it had been forgotten in the Christmas rush, which is understandable. To make up for the oversight he sent out not one but four tees, along with some stickers and a xmas card with a hand written apology inside. That is actually quite a big thing considering they were shipped to the other side of the world.

There are two different types of shirts, both 100% cotton. The prints of the graphics are spot on, perfectly centered and lined up. They are also nice and soft without that plasticy feel that a lot have. If you are looking for some fun tees to freshen up your wardrobe you really should check these guys out.