Hanes makes other, pricier briefs with thicker, higher-quality fabric than this particular model (I have several), but the selling points for these are that they're inexpensive, they're not white, the fit is very comfortable, and they're Hanes. I assume they'll hold up like my other Hanes, which means after several years of repeated washings, they'll eventually develop some thread failure (everything put together sooner or later falls apart), but you'll want to buy more Hanes because you like them. I notice these are made in Vietnam. We used to drop napalm on them, and now they're making our underwear. Insert your own joke here.