Microfibre Towel?
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Microfibre Towel?
Postby Runjikol » Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:32 pm
Does any of the commuter-people here use such a thing?
How does it perform?
What I'm keen for is a towel that is worth having (ie. it doesn't just move the water around on my skin) and carry without it needing its own backpack/pannier.
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby Loneranger » Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:43 pm
If you need to watch your weight or volume then I'd use it but if you have a choice stick with a normal towel.
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby Biffidus » Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:57 pm
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby rhancock » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:07 pm
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby banjo » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:59 pm
They are available at Anaconda, amongst other places.
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby simonn » Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:23 pm
For commuting I just use hand towels.
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby provoked » Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:27 pm
My huge bathroom towels are a pain to carry around.
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby Max » Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:49 am
+1. I got one of the full sized Tek Towels for CQ09. Because it's sized like a regular towel, I don't have to change the way I dry myself. Plus, it folds up pretty small into the carry bag. There was a time I used it as my regular towel at home (dang, hadn't done the laundry in a while! ) and it did a fine job. It dries fast too.banjo wrote:They are available at Anaconda, amongst other places.
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby Strawburger » Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:53 am
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby Runjikol » Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:25 am
http://www.this link is broken/p/cycle/7/Lifev ... 360028543/
Then I found out Anaconda have 20% off everything... may mean I need a second one.
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby m@ » Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:20 pm
I've actually found that the best one for using as a towel is a microfiber cleaning cloth from a vacuum cleaner shop though - the more 'towelly' for want of a better word ones with a deeper pile aren't very absorbent at all, but the cloth soaks up heaps of water and wrings dry easily. Given the choice, I'd always use a cotton towel though - I just keep a good supply of old ones from home at work, and bring them home in the car every so often for a wash.
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby Runjikol » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:49 pm
Have to recommend them as a great portable choice for commuters as well as hikers/backpackers, etc.
The one I bought was: http://www.this link is broken/p/cycle/7/Lifev ... 360028543/
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby kiso » Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:42 pm
That's exactly what I've been using for the last year, and it's great.kukamunga wrote:I have only been disappointed with 'microfibre' type towels in the past. I purchased a Speedo Chamois Sports Towel nearly ten years ago, and have never looked back. I can fit it into a zip-lock sandwich bag, and it absorbs water like a peat bog.....
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby A_P » Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:26 pm
5 years+ for mine, wouldn't hesitate if i had to buy another one.Bob_TAS wrote:+1 for the Sea to Summit 'Tek Towel'. I've been using the same one for three years. Even after all of the washes it's still in great condition. Couldn't recommend them more highly.
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby Nevene » Fri Jul 27, 2018 4:59 pm
I use recycled bath towels from the house that are cut in thirds. It's really all you need. All cotton towels because a camp shower or sponge bath does not get you as squeaky clean as you make like. A good scrub down with a dry towel seems to finish the job the best. Hand or kitchen towels don't seem the same thickness and is why I cut down a bulky bath towel. Synthetic just don't grab and scrub Your skin dry. The best soap is fragrance free dish washing liquid. It cuts the grime and grease in one pass. It rinses fast and if some is left on you the cotton towel takes it right off. It sure is nice not dying for a shower or dreading taking one. When it's cold I do my head first and separate with a hand shower then jump in the warm van to sponge bath the rest. Forget first thing in the morning or at night. Mid warmest part of the day is hard to plan around but later you will be glad you did. And I also agree with peoples that colors for the Innova towels...not the best. They did make a more dark baby blue at one point, but the last few tourneys I haven't seen that color, just the newer ones. The DGA towel I do like, but I play a lot on the weekends sometimes as early as 8 am I/We are teeing off. When there is a lot of dew on the ground I tuck the DGA towel into my waistline on my shorts and use that to dry off my hands before I tee. I keep the microfiber attached to my bag to use only to keep my discs dry. But I don't use the DGA towel on my bag at all....it is too long for that.
The only reason I do have a LOT of the Innova towels is that when you cash out at tourneys, and the disc selection SUCKS at some you have to use the $ somewhere, so towels it is. I usually just change out every round.
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby mikesbytes » Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:13 pm
BTW the advantage isn't just in the carry size, they also dry much quicker providing your have material single, ie not folded over like throwing the towel over a line so use pegs or some other method to keep it open
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
Postby zebee » Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:00 pm
The ones I have been using which are the smooth ones like massive great lens cleaning cloths rather than the ones like usual towels do a good job of removing the water from my skin but don't have the scrape feel on the skin so don't liven me up as much.
If I couldn't keep a towel at work or didn't have a suitable place to dry a standard towel (we have hanging lines and a drying cabinet) then I'd use one because it does the job and dries quickly.
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Re: Microfibre Towel?
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