Anyone Tried The Rag Company`s New "The Gauntlet" Microfiber Drying Towel??

Lonnie

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Leave it to The Rag Company to offer a new type of microfiber drying towel. Add this to their "Dry Me a River " and more recent "Pluffle" drying towels. I see it is offered in four different sizes: 12x12"; 15x24"; 20x30"; and 30x36" to accommodate detailer`s drying tasks and preferences. I am just curious if anyone has tried them out and what you thoughts are. I read a few reviews from customers who bought them at Detailed Image and some like it, one did not and said not to waste your money.

I currently use Griot`s Garage PFM Terry Weave Drying Towels that I bought as a 16x16" 2-pack (I bought 2 2-packs) rather than the large (and cumbersome) 25x35" towel, after much debate and input from you Autopians. They are the "Gold Standard" for microfiber drying towels, in my opinion. Yes, they are more expensive, BUT they perform as advertised and I understand why so many of you, both professional and hobbyists alike, use them. Remember, this is coming from an old-school detailer who refused to give up his chamois (yes, that goat leather drying cloth used for millennia by detailers) Hey, even Captain Obvious knows that sometimes you can teach an old dog a new trick! (OR a even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then).
 
I’d be totally amazed if another towel can surpass the drying ability of the PFM. It’s one of the best detailing products I ever bought. Now if another towel can come along with equal performance at a much lesser price, that would be interesting.
 
I almost ordered some of The Gauntlet when they sent out the email announcement. The microfiber business is a "what have you done for me lately" business, there is always something new, whether we need it or not. Which I guess could be said broadly of the whole detailing industry or the whole consumer economy we live in.
 
I just finished my drying towel test a few months ago and now they release this..... microfiber madness also released another drying towel.

PFM drying towel still holds the crown for me.. but mckee37 drying towel came in close behind it. McKee37 towel is half the price though.. (mckee towel and autofiber dreadnaught towel seem to be the same towel)
 
Wait...what? Autofiber Dreadnaught, you say? Oh, I see. I keep forgetting Ian resurrected the Autofiber website and puts stuff on there he doesn`t sell at Microfiber Tech.
 
I’d be totally amazed if another towel can surpass the drying ability of the PFM. It’s one of the best detailing products I ever bought. Now if another towel can come along with equal performance at a much lesser price, that would be interesting.


The Luxury Microfiber edged Sucker out performs the competing size PFM, every day of the week, even when the PFM is *newer* than the LMF Sucker. Of course I like the lightness of the PFM, but if I am going for pure drying power, it is the LMF Sucker. All. Day. Long. Of course these two towels are competitively priced.
 
Im sure Scott’s sucker and the the Gauntlet are great towels. Id be hard pressed to say they would be better or worse than each other. I’d buy which ever is cheapest (prolly griots with 25% off at AG).

Their all 1000+ GSM twisted loop micro fiber. Everyone wants to find something better than PFM. Its like a sports car everyone will tell you why a certain ones better when In reality they all perform great.

I was ready to pick up a dreadnought and a Sucker till AG had that awesome MF sale. Won’t need another drying towel for years.

Try the guantlet.... TRC makes great products.

I personally am done with Scott as i watched his video’s early in and he kept on telling us how his/our industry is gouging us... over charging us... then comes out with products priced like any other boutique brand.

He’s on the consumer’s side till he wants are money. Hypocrisy!


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I just read a nefarious account about his coating. Makes me wonder about the other products in his store. Right now I’m just glad I have the PFM.
 
I have the 15x24 and its way to bulky. Im a fan of 1 or two smaller towels. My go to towel now is Mckees Glacier 16x16 or TRC FTW 16x16.
I did buy the 12x12’s and they are too small. Plus being dark i cant see dirt which bothers me.

Microfiber Madness has their version called the Chipmunk... and they have a 16x16. Plus its a lighter gray color win win.

With that said i tested the towel on a panel and it left some streaks where the softer stripes contacted the paint.
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SO, the Dallas Paint Correction is former Autopian All-Star (my designation) Scott Wax`s company??
Sounds like he has lost some of his "luster" (AKA credibility) with some of you Autopian forum members.

Did not know there was even such a thing as LFM Sucker or Autofiber Dreadnaught microfiber drying towels.

Keep your comments coming about TRC`s "The Gauntlet".
 
just looked at the LFM sucker towel. looks similiar to autofiber dreadnaught/mckee glacier. mckee seemed to have best pricing when they have a sale going on. i think i bought a 20x30 3 pack for $35? tough to beat that price...
 
I`m 100% satisfied with my Dry Me Crazy MFs, but I`m still curious about what makes that twin-weave "feature" desirable?

Is the Dry Me Crazy like the Rag Company`s Everest towel?



Side Note Everyone: Regarding Scott with DPC/LMF, his Sucker/Jr. and Jack towels are great, the Jack`s are nicer and more plush that the equivalent TRC Eagle Edgeless. Revive is a fantastic rinseless wash, currently going through my year old bottle of it, performs nicely great slickness. Armor V.1 is okay, not very resilient to TDS levels, my current tap water renders Armor V.1 almost completely hydrophilic, just trying to finish the bottle because I don`t want to throw it away; Turtle Wax HSC is much easier to work with and is more resilient to high TDS levels, stays pretty hydrophobic. For the other DPC/LMF products, I cannot speak because I do not have experience with them. However, as long as Scott is selling the Marolex sprayers and Sucker drying towels, he will have my business until he stops selling them or until I die; I am 26 yrs old so that could be a long time.

I am curious to see how people like The Gauntlet. It is certainly on the inexpensive side, however it doesn`t appear to be much similar in GSM to the PFM or Sucker. If I remember correctly the towel is based on the Twistress, a towel that does impress me very much. Try as I might, clean as I can get the towel, the 20"x24" Twistress does not dry my car, leaving zero residue, after my spotless rinse at the coin-op. I`d like to see more reviews covering The Gauntlet before I`d buy.
 
I don`t get the hate for Scott, yes he has videos selling his products, and yes they aren`t cheap. But they`re also not OOOOMG expensive like people make them out to be. And to this day he still makes videos showing us good products that are cheap as hell. I`d use his Rinseless if it came in a gallon jug. And his towels are FANTASTIC, well I only own one but I love it.

I know a lot of people are furious at how much he`s charging for the Marolex sprayers he sells now. All I can say is a few years ago I paid A LOT more on Ebay than he charges to have one shipped from Poland lol.
 
I haven’t seen him make a video in a while. Almost forgot about him. Hopefully he’ll post one soon.
 
I don`t get the hate for Scott, yes he has videos selling his products, and yes they aren`t cheap. But they`re also not OOOOMG expensive like people make them out to be. And to this day he still makes videos showing us good products that are cheap as hell. I`d use his Rinseless if it came in a gallon jug. And his towels are FANTASTIC, well I only own one but I love it.

I know a lot of people are furious at how much he`s charging for the Marolex sprayers he sells now. All I can say is a few years ago I paid A LOT more on Ebay than he charges to have one shipped from Poland lol.
I`ve only been detailing for a few years and I did get some good info from his videos. However the unnecessary sh** stirring that he does and trying to force controversy where none is needed was enough for me to tap out. As @Coatings-crack said, to constantly complain that "my industry just wants to rip you off" then start selling his own line in a market that is already saturated with too many great products doesn`t compute. I know someone who bought his coating and had it harden up in the bottle after a short period of time and Scott`s responses to him were pretty foul.

As for the topic, I`m very much a fan of the PFM, particularly the 16x16 ones. I picked up the large PFM back when AG had that huge microfiber sale several months back. It`s just too much towel in both mass and size, seems like the Gauntlet would be similar. Love the rest of TRCs towels though.
 
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