Priya NairWe ordered four colourways of this $8.36 Rhude tee run in M, L and XL, weighed them, washed two at 30°C and measured every hem. The chest fits boxy; the bottom hem is the number that decides your size.
| Editor verdict | A mid-weight combed-cotton tee with a genuinely boxy body and wide shoulders, held back by a hem that runs tight in the smaller sizes and by sizing advice that contradicts itself. Measure before you buy. |
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Buyers who want a loose, mid-sleeve summer graphic tee under $10 and will measure hem and shoulder against a shirt they already own before picking a size.
Anyone after a trim or true-to-size body, or who would rather order their usual label size without measuring a boxy cut first.
This Rhude listing is less one T-shirt than a shelf of them. SKU 7718845670 carries five sizes (S–XXL) and roughly 45 colourways — black, white, apricot and combination prints, each tagged with an RH code — all built on the same short-sleeve, crew-neck, mid-sleeve pullover in combed cotton. The price is $8.36 against a $9.20 list, and it is marked in stock. We ordered four variants, two black and two apricot, in sizes M, L and XL, then ran them through our usual desk checks.
What we checked, and in what order
Parcels are opened against the QC photographs we approved before dispatch, and anything that shifts between the photo and the box gets logged. From there the routine is the same for every tee we test: flat measurements on the measuring table, a scale reading, two wash cycles, and wear time.
- Flat measurements at chest, shoulder seam, body length and hem opening, in all three sizes
- Scale weight against the listing's stated 180–250g band
- Two 30°C washes, inside out, air dried, with print edges examined at 30x before and after
- Wear testing on separate days, including one full four-hour stretch in the L
The measurements: wide shoulders, slow hem
The listing states a 1–3 cm tolerance, and our flat readings stayed inside it for chest and length. Shoulders, though, came in noticeably broader than the chest would suggest — that is the brand's house cut, not a defect. Rhude's own published tee chart shows the same pattern, with roughly 53–58 cm shoulders sitting on a 56–61 cm pit-to-pit body, and buyers discussing the fit describe a boxy, slightly longer body.
| Size | Our pit-to-pit | Our shoulder | Our body length | Our hem opening | Our weight |
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| M | 55 cm | 52 cm | 71 cm | 51 cm | 188 g |
| L | 58 cm | 54 cm | 73 cm | 54 cm | 196 g |
| XL | 61 cm | 56 cm | 75 cm | 57 cm | 203 g |
The hem column is the one worth staring at. From M to XL, the chest opens up by 6 cm while the hem opens by the same 6 cm from a much tighter starting point. On a body that is wider at the hips than at the chest, the M can read tight across the bottom even though the shoulders feel roomy. That matches the buyer report we found describing a habitual medium wearer who needed an XL because the medium was "too small on the bottom" — a complaint about the hem, not the fit overall.
Fit advice in the wild contradicts itself, and both sides are right
Community sizing talk on Rhude tees splits down the middle. One reviewer of a Rhude haul calls the fabric "super heavy and great for any season," then adds that the body runs "a tad longer than I usually like so maybe size down once." Another thread flatly says Rhude "fits really big in t shirts." Meanwhile retailers selling mainline Rhude tees routinely print "fits true to size" alongside "designed for a boxy fit."
Can I wear from the rhude tees a XL size, because it's a boxy fit. Normally I wear medium, but that size was too small on the bottom.
Read together, the picture is consistent: the chest is generous, the length sits long, and the hem is the limiting dimension. If you are deciding between two sizes, compare the listing's hem and length against a shirt you already like rather than against your usual label size.
Weight, hand and print
Our scale readings — 188 g to 203 g depending on size — land in the lower half of the stated 180–250g band. That is a solid mid-weight cotton jersey with a dry, slightly textured hand, but we would not call it heavyweight, and we would caution against assuming the "super heavy" description from mainline Rhude applies here. Mainline Rhude tees are finished closer to the top of that band.
After two 30°C washes the prints on our two washed samples held: edges stayed crisp under the loupe, no lifting or cracking visible, and the M lost about 1 cm of length with no measurable change in width. Print durability past two cycles is exactly what our twelve-month retest exists to catch, so treat that as provisional.
One practical note on the colour codes: the RH numbers do not map one-to-one onto body colours. RH204 appears in both black and white, and RH203 shows up as black, apricot-green and apricot-red. The option text tells you the body colour; the code alone does not. "Apricot" in particular photographs lighter than it wears.
The mid-sleeve cut
The listing specifies a mid-sleeve length rather than a standard short sleeve, and that is accurate in hand — the sleeve hem lands between mid-bicep and the elbow. On a heavier upper arm that reads closer to a cap sleeve than the product images suggest, so check your bicep circumference before ordering if you prefer an arm-hugging short sleeve.
What we could not confirm
- Whether print colour and placement stay consistent across all roughly 45 variants — we saw four
- Long-term print and hem durability beyond two wash cycles
- Whether the size run holds between restocks, since the listing carries a 1–3 cm tolerance
- Price and stock, which change without notice on this kind of listing
If you order, do it the way we did: pull the QC photos, compare chest, shoulder, length and hem against a tee you own, then confirm the option you are actually buying before dispatch.