# Would you buy a True Clean© towel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429 "2010-12-08T16:45:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/21 "2010-12-09T09:51:18Z")
Oh for god’s sake, this is ridiculous. Watch the movie “Babies” - the African mom cleans ber baby’s shit off herself with a corn cob. We really need to get a grip. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/22 "2010-12-09T10:40:54Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > But how do you keep track of where it’s _been?_ mainly because all it dries is my face. I believe I mentioned that I wrap up in a robe and let it absorb the water on my body? Is that really that hard to comprehend? To recap - I use a turby towel to wrap my hair to absorb the water off my hair, I use a fluffy terry cloth robe to absorb the water off my body, and I use a hand towel to dry my face, and feet - then it gets tossed into the laundry bin. The robe and turby get washed afer every other bath. Not rocket science. I dont briskly rub down anything because I do not want any possibility of random scratches anywhere that might pick up an infection, I am diabetic. The reason I towel dry my feet is to examine them for any damage so I dont lose body parts. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/23 "2010-12-09T11:46:52Z")
[It’s been done.](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wow-Stuff-PD-1001-Arse-towel/dp/B00080XPUY) Speaking as someone who, at a pinch, will dry his face and hands using yesterday’s boxer shorts, I think they’re a waste of time. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/24 "2010-12-09T15:13:32Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > mainly because all it dries is my face. :rolleyes: Sorry, to be clear I was just having fun with the sort of hysterical frame of mind necessary to conceive of this product, and thought that the wink would have been enough to put that across. (I have a strict no-two-smilies-in-a-row rule, and hoped the manic Charleton Heston italics and sheer absurdity of the question would be clear enough, even sans smilie.) As I said in the OP (although I do make an effort to keep the bits of the towel I dry my genitals with off my face) I don’t see any rational reason people ought to be concerned with this, since we are generally nice and clean when we step out of the shower. (Because we _just stepped out of the shower_.) These are bits we generally don’t mind kissing after they’ve been carried around in pants for sixteen hours. Who is so uncomfortable with their own genitals that they honestly believe they soil everything they touch straight out of the shower? If the business model exclusively depends on this demographic, I think it’s safe to sleep through their IPO. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/25 "2010-12-09T17:11:42Z")
If you’re really that worried about it just use a smaller hand towel for your face. Seems like they’re selling an idea more than a product. ---
**Author:** ![adamr415](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@adamr415](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adamr415)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/26 "2010-12-09T20:48:22Z")
First let me thank you for even taking the time to discuss my product. I think that many of your comments are correct, that the True Clean Towel is not something everyone will understand or appreciate. I created the towel as a shot at the American Dream. I thought the idea was funny and practical at the same time. I am a person who has definitely had the thought run through my head that, maybe it is time to wash this towel, and then did not. I understand that you are ‘clean’ when you get out of the shower, but I am sure we can all admit that there has been a shower or two where you have not been completely thorough. So if you are going to use a towel to dry off, why not use one with the added benefit of knowing which side is up. I have really worked hard to make a quality product. Leaving aside the novelty factor of the towel, it is a HUGE towel and is of a really high quality. I didn’t want to create something that would get a laugh and then not be used again. I wanted it to be something that the user could appreciate and enjoy. Also, I worked hard to keep the price down. I can assure you that I am not making much money on these. Now I am sure someone will say, I can go get a towel for $10 at target and I know that you can. But, you can not find one of this quality and size for that price. I have done my research, and I know that my pricing is honest. So, that’s my 2¢. Thanks again for the comments. And please feel free to rip me apart for the post 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/27 "2010-12-09T20:55:53Z")
I wish you success and hope you can make a good living with these towels. 🙂 As a novelty or for someone with OCD (which I have a bit of) I could see the value in a towel like that. Interesting idea either way. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/28 "2010-12-09T22:32:19Z")
> [@adamr415](#): > > …Thanks again for the comments. And please feel free to rip me apart for the post 🙂 Appreciate hearing your point of view, and that this product is part of your livelihood, but I don’t think it’s a good thing that you’re feeding and encouraging people’s germophobia. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/29 "2010-12-09T22:36:40Z")
Aw, now I feel like a jerk for pooh-poohing your towel. Since you’ve dropped by, may I ask where the scrotum loofah ad actually ran? Was it strictly for web marketing? ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/30 "2010-12-10T01:32:11Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > scrotum loofah Band name ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/31 "2010-12-10T02:27:24Z")
People re-use towels? Huh. I’m nowhere near a germaphobe, but I don’t use a bath towel twice. They never feel the same the second time around. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/32 "2010-12-10T03:21:00Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > People re-use towels? Huh. I’m nowhere near a germaphobe, but I don’t use a bath towel twice. They never feel the same the second time around. That must get expensive. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/33 "2010-12-11T00:56:12Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Aw, now I feel like a jerk for pooh-poohing your towel. Why? I don’t think yours or anyone else’s criticisms of this product or its marketing are in any way diminished by a visit from the vendor. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/34 "2010-12-11T01:01:59Z")
Can I buy the towel used by the woman in the promotional video? (you didn’t wash it, did you?) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/35 "2010-12-11T04:33:18Z")
I’ve always dried my buttcrack with TP after a shower. First of all, I can’t imagine trying to squeeze a decent-quality bath towel between my cheeks, and second, if my butt’s not optimally clean at that point, it’s no big deal: the TP’s gonna go in the toilet bowl when I’m done with it anyway. Anywhere else the towel may have gotten while drying my body is gonna be clean enough that, once it dries out on the rack, I’m not going to worry much about what part of the towel touches my face the next time I use it. ---
**Author:** ![adamr415](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@adamr415](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adamr415)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/36 "2010-12-16T22:29:14Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Aw, now I feel like a jerk for pooh-poohing your towel. > > Since you’ve dropped by, may I ask where the scrotum loofah ad actually ran? Was it strictly for web marketing? That ad was created for very little money and just put out there as a viral video. I had no idea it would get 500,000 hits on youtube. It was an amazing success viral video wise, but didn’t do a tone for sales. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429/37 "2010-12-17T00:31:03Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Why? I don’t think yours or anyone else’s criticisms of this product or its marketing are in any way diminished by a visit from the vendor. I should probably admit that I just wanted an excuse to use “pooh-pooh” and “towel” in the same sentence. It’s an affliction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-true-clean-towel/563429.md?page=1)