Bath Towel Recommendations Please

Hi. I am looking for a good bath towel that I can buy on Amazon or a site that takes PayPal.

I went the cheap route this time and ended up with towels that fail at the number one function of a towel: absorbing water.

So, if you know of a good towel, lay it on me. Thanks!

I used to always buy Walmart towels, use them for a while, then use them for car washing.

I decided to buy nicer towels and began looking on Amazon only to find it was a difficult task. I ended up buying these and I’m very happy with them.

I got a set of those green, organic, hippy towels on a discount from TJ Max. They’re a little rougher in feel, but the nice part about them is that they actually soak up water. I don’t know what waxy chemicals or dyes they use in those super soft towels but they don’t work as towels.

I like really big towels that I can wrap all the way around my rather large body. I have found that extra-large towels are sometimes sold as “bath sheets”.

Pinzon, it’s Amazon’s own brand. I own 2 sets.

Mine are Lands End Supima cotton towels. Not cheap; the list price is $24 each. But they have a 50% off sale today. And they take Paypal.

I bought a bunch of seconds at a Ralph Lauren factory outlet 25 years ago, and they still look nearly new.

Quick question- do you use fabric softener when you wash your towels? If so, that will reduce absorbency significantly (varies depending on brand/material of towel).

As far as brand, I’m not sure if Kohl’s takes Paypal, but I LOVE their ‘Sonoma’ brand towels.

I’ll second the Land’s End brand. I bought half a dozen of their bath towels about 7 or 8 years ago and they still appear as a brand new, fluffy stack of towels. Soft, extra large, absorbent. Worth the investment.

Thirded.

They work nicely. They also last forever; my parents have some that are 10 years old and they still look fine.

I’ve bought some huge bath sheets from Sears that are also very nice; 100% Supima cotton.

Seconded Beelzebubba’s remark about fabric softener. You can try using laundry balls instead (I have wool ones), or use **much **less fabric softener (I use half a sheet of Bounce free and clear).

Thanks again for the recommendations!

Beelzebubba, I do not use fabric softener.

That’s still my practice. Cheap, cheap, cheap. Use 'em till they start to unravel along the edges, and then replace 'em. (Did I mention cheap?)

I doubt if they’re available via PayPal, but I really, really like “The Big One” brand from Kohl’s.

Towels and pillows are things to buy once and be done with it.

I paid the price of real feather and down pillows in 1982. They went into zippered pillow cases.
Still nice and comfy.

The towels have aged, but I still have one of the bath towels from 1983 (Macy’s, when they still did the upscale thing - you pay, but you get quality. Don’t think that still applies.

They have to be 100% cotton and heavy and if they last less than ten years, you got ripped off. I have towels (and some pillow cases) older than my marriage; they’re Fieldcrest. But I have no idea what the brand is like now.

Oh, and bamboo does not last and linen does not absorb.

If you like fluffy soft towels, use a dryer; me, I’ve come to like a rough line-dried lowell.

See usetobe’s post; that’s real frugality