I can say i used boxer shorts .. here is the story and its a funny one. my FIL was given 3 packs of boxers for xmas one year. they were size 5x. way to big for dad. so one day we took them with out him knowing and the next xmas he got a quilt with the boxers in it.. he loved that quilt and would not let anyone use it and when he passed last year the boxershort quilt came back to me.. so that is my story of reusing lol