Thought I`d bump my own thread here, as I`ve had plenty of time to test these. Again, I`m not someone to jump up and down about towels but I`m pretty happy with how these are working.
Pros:
-No marring thus far. Much of this due to me being disciplined with my wash procedure, and pulling out the pressure washer for every wash. However with these towels you can dry with a very light touch, more so than with most other kinds of weaves I think. You could probably forego a drying aid if you`re bold enough.
-The light grey color makes it fairly easy to see if you accidentally pick up dirt. A yellow or white color would be even better. We`ve talked about this before on here. On a daily driver I`m occasionally gonna pick something up around the wiper blades, body seams, etc. This is my beef with the Twistress, why would you make that towel only in black?
-Two 16x16 towels is plenty to dry a small crossover. I don`t sheet rinse or anything so there`s always a lot of water to soak up after I pressure rinse.
-They`re washing up nicely. I don`t baby my towels, they get washed on hot and dried on low with the rest. To be honest, I`ve never had problems with washing microfiber.
-Zero lint
Cons:
-They`re a bear to wring out. You`re probably asking why I`m trying to wring one out when I said two was more than enough to dry a car. Well I`m still working my way through a gallon of H2O guard and gloss, and the application requires spreading with a damp towel and buffing with a dry one. So you need to wring out the damp towel as you go along. Easy fix is use any regular towel for the first pass and buff with the pfm. Just thought I`d try it, and not really a "con." Remember I`m using the 860 gsm version, I can only imagine what trying to wring the new 1120 gsm one is like.
-One of the little loops pulled out leaving a "string." Seriously not a big deal at all and I could clip it if I really cared. I feel like this is complaining that your wheel bucket got stained.
I`m satisfied, and I think the "twist-loop" construction is here to stay. Can you still dry a car using other types of microfiber? Sure, there was nothing wrong with my method of wiping with a damp, plush microfiber and buffing with a waffle weave. But for an idiot-proof drying towel that works in any situation, I wouldn`t hesitate to recommend these.
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