Comfort Colors 1566 vs 1466: Prices by Supplier

Where both blanks are sold, the Comfort Colors 1466 is the cheaper sweatshirt at most suppliers that carry both: Printful, Gelato and Gooten. Printify is the exception, where the Comfort Colors 1566 costs less. The trade-off is supplier choice: CustomCat and Fourthwall carry the 1566 but not the 1466, and the lowest 1566 price listed is at CustomCat.

The 1566 also has a reported fabric and fit description. The 1466 has very little detail available, so you’d be listing it with less to tell your customers.

Quick verdict

If you…	Pick
Order from Printful, Gelato or Gooten and want the lower blank cost	1466
Order from Printify	1566
Want the cheapest 1566 order delivered to a US customer	1566 through CustomCat
Want a backup supplier if one raises prices or runs out of stock	1566 (more suppliers carry it)
Ship to the UK	Printful is the cheapest UK route we have rates for, for both blanks, and the 1466 is the cheaper blank there
Need a written fabric and fit description for your listing	1566

Spec comparison

	Comfort Colors 1566	Comfort Colors 1466
Product type	Sweatshirt	Sweatshirt
Weight	spec not listed	spec not listed
Fabric	Reported as a ring-spun cotton/polyester blend	spec not listed
Fit	Reported as relaxed	spec not listed
Construction	Reported as a crewneck	spec not listed
Price range across suppliers	$21.00–$31.29	$25.40–$38.70
Suppliers carrying it	6	4
Cheapest supplier	CustomCat	Gooten

The fabric, fit and construction entries for the 1566 come from retailer descriptions, not from supplier price data. Check Comfort Colors’ own spec sheet for both styles before you commit to one, especially the 1466.

Price at the same supplier

The table below lists every supplier that carries either blank, with a dash where a supplier doesn’t carry one. All prices are size L.

Supplier	Comfort Colors 1566	Comfort Colors 1466
CustomCat	$21.00	—
Gelato	$29.86	$27.49
Fourthwall	$30.44	—
Printful	$30.59	$28.51
Gooten	$30.90	$25.40
Printify	$31.29	$38.70

4 suppliers carry both, so those rows are the fair comparison. The 1466 is cheaper at Printful, Gelato and Gooten. The 1566 is cheaper at Printify.

• Printful: the 1466 is cheaper by $2.08. This is the smallest gap among the suppliers that carry both.
• Gelato: the 1466 is cheaper by $2.37.
• Gooten: the 1466 is cheaper by $5.50.
• Printify: the 1566 is cheaper by $7.41. This is the largest gap among the suppliers that carry both, and Printify’s 1466 price is the top of the 1466 range, $38.70.

Don’t read the cheapest-listing comparison as a product comparison. The lowest 1566 price sits $4.40 below the lowest 1466 price, but those are CustomCat and Gooten, two different suppliers. CustomCat doesn’t carry the 1466, so that gap tells you about supplier choice, not about the blanks.

What it costs delivered

Blank price is only part of the bill. Here is the cheapest one-supplier order for each blank.

Delivered to	Comfort Colors 1566	Comfort Colors 1466
US	$28.99 via CustomCat	$34.88 via Gelato
UK	$37.88 via Printful	$35.80 via Printful

The delivered ranking differs from the blank ranking. Gooten has the lowest 1466 blank price, but it isn’t the cheapest 1466 route to a US customer. Its US shipping and extra-item charges are higher than Gelato’s, so Gelato wins on delivered cost.

For the 1566, the US winner is CustomCat, which doesn’t carry the 1466. If you can use CustomCat, compare the two US cells above directly: that’s the real floor for each blank.

For UK customers, both blanks route through Printful, so this is a same-supplier comparison. The 1466 is the cheaper blank at Printful, as shown above. For a closer look at how shipping is priced, see shipping costs by supplier.

2XL and 3XL upcharges

Size steps change the picture if you sell extended sizes. This table shows how much more each size costs than L at the 4 suppliers that carry both.

Supplier	1566 at 2XL	1566 at 3XL	1466 at 2XL	1466 at 3XL
Printful	+$2.00	+$4.00	+$2.00	+$4.00
Gelato	+$5.31	+$8.01	+$2.35	+$4.70
Gooten	+$3.00	+$7.50	+$2.00	+$9.50
Printify	+$4.93	+$11.54	no extra	+$5.87

Step sizes vary by supplier, so the L-price gap isn’t the whole story for plus sizes. Printify’s 1466 2XL costs no extra over L, which narrows its disadvantage there. At Gelato, check the 1566 columns before you set one price for all sizes. If you charge a flat price across sizes, price off the largest size you offer, not L.

When each one is the better pick

Pick the 1466 when:

• You’re on Printful, Gelato or Gooten and want the lower blank cost. The saving per unit at L is $2.08 at Printful, $2.37 at Gelato and $5.50 at Gooten.
• You sell to the UK and use Printful.
• You’re comfortable listing a blank that has little detail available, having confirmed the specs yourself.

Pick the 1566 when:

• You use Printify, where it’s the cheaper blank.
• You want CustomCat, which carries the 1566 at $21.00 and not the 1466. Fourthwall also carries the 1566, at $30.44.
• You want options: 6 suppliers carry the 1566, against 4 for the 1466. That helps if a supplier changes pricing or you want to split orders.
• You need to say what the sweatshirt is made of in your listing and want a style with a reported description.

Whichever you choose, run the numbers at your retail price in the profit calculator. If you’re weighing a plainer blank as well, see Gildan 18000 vs Comfort Colors 1566.

Verdict

If you stay with Printful, Gelato or Gooten, the 1466 is the cheaper blank. If you use Printify, or you can move to CustomCat, the 1566 is the better buy.

The 1466’s savings depend on where you order. The 1566’s cheapest US route runs through CustomCat, which doesn’t carry the 1466, and more suppliers stock it. Before you switch a live listing to the 1466, get its fabric and fit confirmed, because supplier listings say little about it.