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Well I love 'em but hubby kept asking me why I expected him to get dry on a bit of material, (another bloke who only wants REAL towels!).

Mind you, I put me foot down with a firm hand in the tin tent last year and made him use the Gelert large ones for the w-h-o-l-e two weeks, never letting on that I had chucked in two 'normal' ones if he protested to-o-o-o-o much, but once he thought that was all he had, he resigned himself to it, just re-inforcing his dislike of them when we got back home.

For some reason, men just seem to be wetter than us women folk, don't have a scooby doo why, but defo wetter! It's almost as if their skin soaks up the water whereas it sort of...drips of us lot! Weird eh?

I do also use a liccle turbie towel as this does stop my long hair dripping all over me body while I'm trying to get dry. At home, for swimming, I have even managed to dry my entire body, (no mean feat let me tell ya), with one liccle bitty turbie towel, when dipstick that I am, I'd forgotten to put my large towel in me swimming bag that morning! Mind you, didn't have a hope in hell of wrapping it around me body to walk from the shower to the cubicle!

Oooooh, one more thing! About these microfibre towels! NEVER USE FABRIC SOFTENER ON THEM OR THEY LOSE THEIR ABSORBENCY! Forget who told me, but thankfully it had been before my internet order of them had arrived.

Ah, wait a mo....lightbulb moment! I KNOW where I heard that.........on here!!! Best tips in the wolrd on here

Well I love 'em but hubby kept asking me why I expected him to get dry on a bit of material, (another bloke who only wants REAL towels!).

Mind you, I put me foot down with a firm hand in the tin tent last year and made him use the Gelert large ones for the w-h-o-l-e two weeks, never letting on that I had chucked in two 'normal' ones if he protested to-o-o-o-o much, but once he thought that was all he had, he resigned himself to it, just re-inforcing his dislike of them when we got back home.

For some reason, men just seem to be wetter than us women folk, don't have a scooby doo why, but defo wetter! It's almost as if their skin soaks up the water whereas it sort of...drips of us lot! Weird eh?

I do also use a liccle turbie towel as this does stop my long hair dripping all over me body while I'm trying to get dry. At home, for swimming, I have even managed to dry my entire body, (no mean feat let me tell ya), with one liccle bitty turbie towel, when dipstick that I am, I'd forgotten to put my large towel in me swimming bag that morning! Mind you, didn't have a hope in hell of wrapping it around me body to walk from the shower to the cubicle!

Oooooh, one more thing! About these microfibre towels! NEVER USE FABRIC SOFTENER ON THEM OR THEY LOSE THEIR ABSORBENCY! Forget who told me, but thankfully it had been before my internet order of them had arrived.

Ah, wait a mo....lightbulb moment! I KNOW where I heard that.........on here!!! Best tips in the wolrd on here

We use the Lidl's micro fibre towels, and they are great,as they dry so quickly, OH also has a turbie towel. the only down side to them is they catch on things, like rings etc.

Mat

The pactowels are pretty indestructable.  I was on holiday in Costa Rica a couple of years ago and a racoon 'stole' mine out of my rucksack.  It abandonned it when it realised it wasn't very tasty and I managed to retrieve it.  It's still going strong.....apart from looking a bit chewed 

hi all,

thank's for the reply's i think we will give them a try,  As you all know space is the final frontier  NO THANK'S FOR YOUR HELP . 

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