The best drying towel competition

[Ronkh]

Toooooooooo long.

I want my time back

[KBsToy]

Only drying towel I use now...

Uber Super Drying Microfiber Towel

[RaysWay]

... but there is only one place that makes these twist closed loop offerings.. so its the same towel...

I think there are a lot of places making those twist closed loop or terry towels nowadays. We`ve received a lot of samples from different sources in Korea, China and Thailand.

[JBM]

Can anybody in the freakin usa make anything anymore.

[delboy828]

I think there are a lot of places making those twist closed loop or terry towels nowadays. We`ve received a lot of samples from different sources in Korea, China and Thailand.

im not sure about that you could well be right... but i heard that they are coming from the same manufacturer... but there might be a few suppliers... could be wrong but thats what I heard... At least the twist fireball and the gyeon silkdryer are made in the same factory... I know nothing of the griot offering. wouldnt mind seeing that though.. double sided is interesting.

[RaysWay]

im not sure about that you could well be right... but i heard that they are coming from the same manufacturer... but there might be a few suppliers... could be wrong but thats what I heard... At least the twist fireball and the gyeon silkdryer are made in the same factory... I know nothing of the griot offering. wouldnt mind seeing that though.. double sided is interesting.

Ya to my knowledge they just recently started producing them. Likely after being "inspired" by the Griots Garage PFM I guess cloning is common nowadays after something is successful. So I wouldn`t be surprised to see more of those types of towels on the market in the near future.

[4u2nvinmtl]

So any silverbacks coming to North America? I can always send some Newfies in a row boat over.

[Jaddie]

The best drying towel, IMHO - is no towel.

Trying to wipe water off a car is a losing battle for me. I just rinse with DI water, let it drip dry, and go over it with a QD later.

Preach on, brother. Preach on!

Amen!

Microfiber Madness`s Dry Me Crazy is the most phenomenal drying towel I`ve ever seen, but even it won`t dry without contact.

Deionized water is magic water.

[cardaddy]

Yeah... if I used a towel, I`ve always said I like the 530 looped towels from that place out west (that I KNOW Nick would kick me off the forum for mentioning). OTOH, I`ve ALWAYS said to new members looking for a towel that the Cobra foam core Guzzler is a nice towel. I`m not a fan of waffle weaves in general though, ESPECIALLY standard ones. The Korean ones (again from that place out on the left coast) I like. Then of course we have the gigantic white waffle weave, (from that other place that`s sells rags) that everybody was raving about a while back. Heck, I even had an AGO member send me both a small one, and the monster one to try.... wasn`t impressed.

Of course this all goes back to I just don`t like to drag a towel across paint with nothing more than water as a lubricant. So for *me* I blow dry everything. Then I`ll use some sort of drying aide, say Aquawax, with a 530gsm towel and do what needs to be done.

Getting back to the videos, (and I mentioned this in my comment on You Tube), when looking at the "horsepower".... saying one towel of this thickness absorbs xxx kilos, and another towel of a totally different size, as well as different thickness absorbs yet a completely different xxx kilos really doesn`t tell us anything. The math that needs to be done there is how many kilos, or grams for that matter, does each CLOTH absorb PER square centimeter? That way it doesn`t matter that the surface area of one is 30% larger than another.

I`m with those though that say the videos were considerably too long. NICELY DONE... but too long.


I`m a big fan of microfiber though, big one to a fault truth be known.

Of course everyone that knows me, KNOWS I have more than just a couple microfibers.

As for my not specifying `specific` towel sellers, or towel names for that matter. Sorry about that folks, I do realize you tend to just spit that out `round these parts. (And if I can, then TELL ME THAT.)


Yet..... having very recently been booted from AGO for even MENTIONING that Gamma Seal Lids can be found pretty much anywhere (because someone actually ASKED), and NONE of the PBMG companies sell them, it seemed like a fair answer to a valid question.

Didn`t even consider putting up a link, price, or even a photo! (Didn`t MATTER though!!!)
Well.... that`ll tell ya` why I didn`t say exactly which towels I use, buy, and might even support.



Bring me back to my blower and I`ll dry 99.9% of all water, all day.

[ShawnF350]

this guy has some seriously long videos lol

Get him on Competition Ready

[512detail]

Can anybody in the freakin usa make anything anymore.

Lol
was gonna reply but bit my tongue instead

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[Angus]

Can anybody in the freakin usa make anything anymore.

Sure! But are you willing to pay a higher price for a locally made product? Most aren`t or can`t when they see the price difference between a product made in a overseas sweat shop vs right here in the USA.

For example: I just bought a new hoodie from American Giant for $89, but I could have also gone to Target and bought a comparable hoodie for $9.99. Guess which one was made in the USA? Buying American is important to me and I do it whenever I can afford it.

American Giant makes amazingly nice stuff. I HIGHLY recommend their products.

[delboy828]

"looking at the "horsepower".... saying one towel of this thickness absorbs xxx kilos, and another towel of a totally different size, as well as different thickness absorbs yet a completely different xxx kilos really doesn`t tell us anything. The math that needs to be done there is how many kilos, or grams for that matter, does each CLOTH absorb PER square centimeter? That way it doesn`t matter that the surface area of one is 30% larger than another. "

pound for pound rating gives you insight into "relative" absorption performance against mass.... I thought long and hard about putting this in.. had approximated all the values based on GSM (did comment on it a bit as well)

had this discussion a few times now.. As I was ultimately judging the "towels" performance not the relative mass performance... I choice to keep it simple... great observation though...

[cobrar97]

I`ve tried tons and tons of towels. To date, the MicroFiber Maddness Dry Me Crazy is the best by a long shot (and the most expensive by that same long shot). As mentioned in that video, they are kind of small...well they`ve recently released an XL version that takes care of that problem (at nearly $50). It could now be the best towel around. I`ve love to try one of the Silverback towels, but have no idea where to get one.
I was big into the waffle weave train for a while, but have come to find that the regular variety is now the better towel and cause a little less marring.

[JBM]

Sure! But are you willing to pay a higher price for a locally made product? Most aren`t or can`t when they see the price difference between a product made in a overseas sweat shop vs right here in the USA.

For example: I just bought a new hoodie from American Giant for $89, but I could have also gone to Target and bought a comparable hoodie for $9.99. Guess which one was made in the USA? Buying American is important to me and I do it whenever I can afford it.

American Giant makes amazingly nice stuff. I HIGHLY recommend their products.

If it was available sure!