Hanes 5180 - Beefy-T® Short Sleeve Tee - Smoke Gray

The Hanes 5180 is the Beefy-T, a 6.1 oz 100% US ring-spun cotton blank spun at 20 singles, and the blank that earned its name as one of the heaviest cotton tees in the trade. What sets it apart from the other 6.1 oz heavyweights is the yarn: the value heavy cottons at this weight run open-end or soft-spun, while the Beefy-T is ring-spun, so it pairs the durability and opacity of a heavyweight with the smoother print face and finer detail of a ring-spun tee. That makes it the blank a shop reaches for when a job wants a substantial, long-wearing hand and still needs a clean print, which is the default for durable retail and merch lines, heavy-use work and uniform tees, screen-print runs that want a heavy hand without losing detail, and any program that specifies USA-grown cotton.

The 5180 prints like a heavyweight but reads finer than an open-end tee because of the ring-spun yarn, with one trap to plan for: the blend changes by colour. Solid colours are 100% ring-spun cotton, Ash is 99/1, Light Steel is 90/10, and the heathers, Charcoal Heather and Oxford Gray, jump to 60/40 cotton/polyester, so one design can land on different substrates by colour. For screen printing, the 20-singles ring-spun yarn holds tighter halftones and small text than an open-end heavy cotton and the dense 6.1 oz knit gives a solid platen and strong opacity; on the 60/40 heathers lay a grey poly-blocking underbase and cure at the lowest effective temperature to stop dye migration. For DTF, the transfer bonds to the cotton at standard heat-press settings; on the 60/40 heathers use a low-bleed film and a controlled press temperature. For DTG, the 100% cotton solids pre-treat and print with good cotton-ink vibrancy and the ring-spun face takes fine detail well, so favour the solids over the 60/40 heathers, which migrate and print muted. For water-based and discharge, the 100% cotton solids discharge cleanly for a soft hand into the heavy knit while the polyester in the heathers limits discharge to a faded tonal result. For embroidery, the dense 6.1 oz body is one of the most stable bases in the value class for a left-chest design with a cut-away backing. One stock note: Hanes is moving the 5180 from a tag-free printed neck label to a tear-away label, so a single order may arrive with a mix of both.

• Brand: Hanes
• Style: 5180 (Hanes Beefy-T Adult Short Sleeve T-Shirt)
• Fabric: 100% US ring-spun cotton, 20 singles; Ash 99/1; Light Steel 90/10; Charcoal Heather and Oxford Gray 60/40 cotton/polyester
• Weight: 6.1 oz/yd2
• Construction: Heavyweight ring-spun cotton, preshrunk. Set-in ribbed collar. Shoulder-to-shoulder taping. Double-needle sleeve and bottom hems. Tag-free neck label transitioning to tear-away label.
• Fit: Unisex classic fit
• Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL
• Colors available: 50+ colours across solids and heathers (check current availability on the product page)
• Ordering: available by the piece or by the case; confirm current packing per case for your colour and size before a large order
• Care: Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.

The reorder note specific to this style: confirm whether your colour is a 100% ring-spun cotton solid, a 99/1 Ash, a 90/10 Light Steel, or a 60/40 heather before a repeat run, because the substrate changes your underbase and cure, and expect a mix of tag-free and tear-away labels during the label transition. Pair the 5180 with the Gildan G500 Heavy Cotton when a program cross-shops heavyweight tees on the lowest unit cost, and compare it to the soft-spun Port & Company PC61 when a job weighs the same 6.1 oz weight on a finer ring-spun yarn against a value soft-spun one. TheClothingSpace stocks the 5180 at wholesale pricing with bulk discounts that increase as case and unit quantities rise, among the lowest prices online for this style, with fast US shipping on stocked colours.

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