SHP Posted June 26 Posted June 26 I need towels. I have zero desire to go to a physical store. Anyone have any suggestions for Amazon? I want them to absorb. Quote
Clarita Posted June 26 Posted June 26 Not for Amazon but I've been really happy with Lands End towels. I recently (within the last year) bought their Turkish Quick-Dry Bath Sheet I think it's very soft and enjoyable. 3 Quote
dirty ethel rackham Posted June 26 Posted June 26 Don't know if you can order them, but we have been very happy with our towels from Costco. 4 Quote
Ottakee Posted June 26 Posted June 26 Not Amazon but Kohls Big One towels have held up well. Just make sure to buy on sale and a coupon😀 Quote
PeterPan Posted June 27 Posted June 27 For myself, I use Vera Wang towels from Kohls, mainly because I like the unique color. They're fine, they work. However I recently used Frontgate towels at an airbnb, and I will say they are MIND-BLOWING. If your budget goes that high, they're worth it. The NYT recommends them too I think. Quote
PeterPan Posted June 27 Posted June 27 If you go up to their nicest towels, JCPenney has nice stuff too. If you're worried about it, buy a washcloth or hand towel to try. Quote
MEmama Posted June 27 Posted June 27 20 minutes ago, dirty ethel rackham said: Don't know if you can order them, but we have been very happy with our towels from Costco. Same! Quote
Spryte Posted June 27 Posted June 27 (edited) We like the Costco towels, but I’m sure there are all kinds of options out there. Our Costco towels have held up beautifully for 9 years, still going strong. Edited June 27 by Spryte I can’t type Quote
Ali in OR Posted June 27 Posted June 27 We have Costco in the kids' bathroom--they don't compare to our Lands End towels in our bathroom. Soooo fluffy! I think they're about 2.5 years old now and they're still awesome. Quote
prairiewindmomma Posted June 27 Posted June 27 (edited) Costco’s “Grandeur Hospitality” towels. 6 towels = $35. They last for years, bleach nicely when stained, havent gone dingy, are absorbent. Re: amazon—-Cacala turkish towels. Super thin but absorbant, dry quickly even in humid climates. Edited June 27 by prairiewindmomma 1 Quote
EKS Posted June 27 Posted June 27 We have Company Store towels that are nice, though you have to wash them a million times to get them to actually absorb water. But maybe all towels are like that. Quote
gardenmom5 Posted June 27 Posted June 27 I've been happy with the Charisma towels from Costco. Pretty sure Amazon has them too (higher price, but bigger selection.) Quote
Carol in Cal. Posted June 27 Posted June 27 I love my Costco towels. Also, I love having bath sheet sized towels. Lux! Quote
J-rap Posted June 27 Posted June 27 We've been very happy with our Lands End towels. They often have 40% off sales so you can wait for one of those! Quote
Halftime Hope Posted June 27 Posted June 27 And for a different opinion -- although at the 20+ year mark we finally retired our Lands' End towels that were on our registry, so we loved our LE towels --if you have an odd lots discounter like Home Goods or Tuesday Morning near you, I've gotten amazing, high end white towels (think spa/hotel) at both the stores mentioned. I think it's that people don't spring for the super expensive towels in all white, so there is an abundance available. At one point I succeeded in stocking my entire new-to-us house, for hubby and I and for guest towel usage, in two complementary white towel styles. The teens each got a full towel set (3 bath, 2 hand towels, and 6 washcloths) in a color they picked, because I was so over their bickering about having a clean or dry towel. 😄 1 Quote
PeterPan Posted June 27 Posted June 27 (edited) 7 hours ago, Halftime Hope said: Home Goods or Tuesday Morning Aka TJMaxx and yes, they can have crazy deals on good towels! Edited June 27 by PeterPan Quote
Kanin Posted June 27 Posted June 27 Expensive but dry so fast! https://www.geometry.house/collections/waffle-bath-collection 1 Quote
scbusf Posted June 27 Posted June 27 (edited) A year or so ago, we decided to retire our Fieldcrest towels that were close to 30 years old. We tried some from Kohl’s - I think the nicer Sonoma one. A year later and they look terrible. I'm going to look into the suggestions mentioned here. Edited June 27 by scbusf 1 Quote
gstharr Posted June 27 Posted June 27 I am a big fan of Four Seasons, Marriot, Hilton and Radisson towels. Some seem to follow me home. Much less frequently now that I am flying Sprit with its one free small personal item. 5 Quote
stephanier.1765 Posted June 27 Posted June 27 An opposing opinion on TJMaxx, Ross, HomeGoods towels is that the ones I've purchased have fallen apart quickly. They fray at the edges and, if they have an embroidered design on a border, the stitching will start to pull out. From now on, I'm buying towels from any where but there. Even my cheap Ikea towels that I bought for rough jobs have held up better. 1 Quote
kbutton Posted June 27 Posted June 27 17 hours ago, PeterPan said: For myself, I use Vera Wang towels from Kohls, mainly because I like the unique color. They're fine, they work. I have a few Vera Wang, and they’ve been great! 16 hours ago, EKS said: We have Company Store towels that are nice, though you have to wash them a million times to get them to actually absorb water. But maybe all towels are like that. I think sometimes it can be sizing that is applied to lots of textiles. It might also be a cotton thing—you have to wash cloth diapers on really hot water and dry them to get them to fluff up and absorb. Quote
Bambam Posted June 27 Posted June 27 We've had good luck with the towels from Costco. But I had trouble with the ones from JC Penney and Kohl's. They started unraveling pretty quickly. Penney's took them back and gave me my money back. I didn't even waste my time at Kohl's because after the JC Penney experience, I just bought one and used it and washed it and determined it was not worth what I paid for it. It was one of the cheaper ones though. So now I buy one or two towels and use them for several months to make sure they will last. If they do, then I will buy more. 3 Quote
TechWife Posted June 28 Posted June 28 (edited) On 6/26/2024 at 8:04 PM, PeterPan said: For myself, I use Vera Wang towels from Kohls, mainly because I like the unique color. They're fine, they work. However I recently used Frontgate towels at an airbnb, and I will say they are MIND-BLOWING. If your budget goes that high, they're worth it. The NYT recommends them too I think. I’m interested in this post because my Vera Wang towels from Kohl’s are becoming see-through in spots. I’ve had them for four years. Also, they’ve never been soft. Did I get a bad run? Also, mind blowing in what way? I’d love to have some soft towels. Edited June 28 by TechWife Quote
PeterPan Posted June 28 Posted June 28 36 minutes ago, TechWife said: I’m interested in this post because my Vera Wang towels from Kohl’s are becoming see-through in spots. I’ve had them for four years. Also, they’ve never been soft. Did I get a bad run? Also, mind blowing in what way? I’d love to have some soft towels. Yeah, I started a followup post because Kohls got mentioned so much. I'm trying to remember the chronology, but my ds is 15 which means I've probably been using this bathroom 13 years. I'm on my 2nd set of Vera Wang towels, so I would say they last 6-8 years. To me they were fine, neither astonishing nor reprehensible. Yes, a few of them developed odd holes. I'll tell you though since I got my frontloader (also about that time, 16 years ago), lots of things get holes. So I'm not sure why your towels are not soft. I use a really basic detergent (Charlie's Soap) plus a booster for my slightly hard water plus vinegar in the rinse. I always run an extra rinse. I thought I had taken a picture of the tag on the towels at that airbnb because they really were that good. It was a tiny airbnb in DC, only space for 2 people, so it was like this funny balance of Ikea and luxury. They had clearly invested in their towels to take a simple experience to the next level. It worked. I do think it's sound advice to buy a hand towel or wash cloth in your proposed set before investing. These were the towels and they were in grey. https://www.frontgate.com/frontgate-resort-collection-26trade-3b-bath-towels/bed-bath/bath/bath-towels/18414?listIndex=0&uniqueId=18414&isNewProduct=false&newItemBadge=true They were THICK, solidly thick, and they dried like a Swedish hug. I'm just saying if you thought of the most ultimate perfect thick dry, they were. Now would I want to wash them? I mean, nuts they were THICK. If you keep 4-6 of them they're going to take a lot of space. I bought my dad an upper brand bath sheet size from JCP a few years ago and it's the same deal, taking up tons of space in his meager assisted living bathroom because they're BIG. Thick plus big = space. But yeah, these were stinking impressive, uncommon. The color was carbon and a hand towel is $27, bath towel $40, bath sheet $66. I have no clue if they run sales. Maybe just buy one set or a couple pieces and see what you think. I have a guest bath with Kate Spade towels I got at TJMaxx that are pretty nice. At $6 or $8 a piece, I don't really care how long they stay that nice, lol. My guests seem to like them. We go through a lot of towels in that guest bath so you start to see the wear. TJMaxx will carry Tommy Bahama and some other nicer brands. They're not just pretty but sometimes they wear better too. I've been trying different things there to see how things wear. In my master bath I've been mixing it up too. For me, and this is just me, I don't like how the Vera Wang hand towels wear. How often do people change hand towels? I don't like when hand towels look worn or get grungy, so I've been buying complementary colors/patterns in the cheaper quick dry tech fabric hand towels Kohls sells. They're stupid cheap, but then I can have a pile of them and change them out frequently. For me, the thicker hand towels are not a plus for that. Well I say that and the Frontgate were the bomb. But that's not my budget, haha. It may be those towels last like a dream. It may be that washing with Tide Hygienic clean (which I switched to for my dad's laundry) would solve my gripe with hand towels. I think I'm saying the Vera Wang hand towels wore out WAY faster than the bath and were not satisfactory to me. But I'm finicky. I don't remember what those cheap, tolerable towels from Kohls were called. They change the name and I've bought a couple rounds of them now. Maybe they have aquadry in the description? They come in various paisley gray prints that coordinate nicely with my purple bath. That's why I went with the Vera Wang in the first place, for the delish purple. Fashion trumping common sense, lol. I think if I ever actually sprang for the Frontgate towels, I wouldn't cry if I did just the bath towel from them and still my cheapie hand towels from Kohls. It could balance the pricepoint a bit. But like I said, I'm finicky. My dh uses the toilet and dries his hands, then I come in to brush my teeth and use the same towel, kwim? So I go through those towels more frequently. 1 Quote
PeterPan Posted June 28 Posted June 28 (edited) 1 hour ago, TechWife said: I’m interested in this post because my Vera Wang towels from Kohl’s are becoming see-through in spots. I’ve had them for four years. Also, they’ve never been soft. Did I get a bad run? Also, mind blowing in what way? I’d love to have some soft towels. Hygro. https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-4569317/sonoma-goods-for-life-ultimate-bath-towel-bath-sheet-hand-towel-or-washcloth-with-hygro-technology.jsp?color=Linen Tile&prdPV=4 I would never ever ever use this towel on my body because it's an abomination. But for hand towels, when you just want a pile of them not too expensively and you want them to dry and look cute, they're fine. I agree, the Vera Wang for hand towels don't wear well because they get harder use, more frequent washing, etc. I keep a pile of maybe 10-12 hand towels where I only keep maybe 4 bath towels in my master. The 2nd pile of 4 is old ones I take to the gym. My dh's bath (old bath downstairs) I got him new towels for. No particular brand, just an old department store now defunct. They're fine. It was a good department store and he's not picky. It's all just what matters to you, lol. For my bath, that purple color, as ridiculous as it sounds, trumps a lot. So if I have to replace them more often, oh well. But I don't know why yours are toast after 4. Maybe you wash more often or have city water? My mother has city water and I swear the chlorine in the water is murder on her towels. She has an old school top loader and with that plus the water every towel I buy her gets destroyed. Her towels look like RAGS no matter what towel it is, sigh. Edited June 28 by PeterPan 1 Quote
Sunshine State Sue Posted June 28 Posted June 28 23 hours ago, gardenmom5 said: I've been happy with the Charisma towels from Costco. I heard this several times on this board and bought Charisma towels from Costco. Meh. Maybe if you wash them each time you use them (I don't), they would be softer. They feel like sandpaper to me. Ds had some turkish towels from Costco. That is what sent me on the quest. So soft. But, alas, no turkish towels when I bought. Quote
PeterPan Posted June 28 Posted June 28 8 minutes ago, Sunshine State Sue said: turkish towels Complete and total aside, but I wonder if they actually have the mythical turkish towels in Turkey? I'm slated to go there this fall and have a day in Istanbul. I have no clue what we're going to do, as the harem/palace is closed that day. I guess we could towel shop. 🤣 2 5 Quote
prairiewindmomma Posted June 28 Posted June 28 3 hours ago, PeterPan said: Complete and total aside, but I wonder if they actually have the mythical turkish towels in Turkey? I'm slated to go there this fall and have a day in Istanbul. I have no clue what we're going to do, as the harem/palace is closed that day. I guess we could towel shop. 🤣 Yep, lots of good places to shop. I see them called pestemal or peshtemal. Persian word, turkish weaving technique like that used in carpets= turkish towel. 1 Quote
PeterPan Posted June 28 Posted June 28 6 hours ago, prairiewindmomma said: Yep, lots of good places to shop. I see them called pestemal or peshtemal. Persian word, turkish weaving technique like that used in carpets= turkish towel. Ooo I googled and found just the shop ! 1 Quote
TechWife Posted June 28 Posted June 28 7 minutes ago, PeterPan said: Ooo I googled and found just the shop ! Careful, you might get shopping lists from all of us! 3 Quote
PeterPan Posted June 28 Posted June 28 3 minutes ago, TechWife said: Careful, you might get shopping lists from all of us! I don’t mind but I’d have to ship it all back. I have a connection flight and am carryon only. I’m sitting here thinking about how I leave room for one special thing. I love the robe idea I saw in the Google reviews for the shop 1 Quote
PeterPan Posted June 28 Posted June 28 6 minutes ago, TechWife said: Careful, you might get shopping lists from all of us! If you see pics of a woman wearing a Turkish bathrobe in the airport you’ll know what happened . 😂 2 4 Quote
SHP Posted August 25 Author Posted August 25 Update: I ordered a 2 pack to test and we really like them. I will be ordering more. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07D4P7FM5?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title 1 Quote
fairfarmhand Posted August 25 Posted August 25 On 6/27/2024 at 8:45 PM, PeterPan said: Complete and total aside, but I wonder if they actually have the mythical turkish towels in Turkey? I'm slated to go there this fall and have a day in Istanbul. I have no clue what we're going to do, as the harem/palace is closed that day. I guess we could towel shop. 🤣 Yes they do! My brother lives there and he brought me authentic Turkish towels. 1 Quote
Hilltopmom Posted August 27 Posted August 27 On 8/25/2024 at 12:20 PM, SHP said: Update: I ordered a 2 pack to test and we really like them. I will be ordering more. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07D4P7FM5?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title Did you get bath towel or bath sheet size? Quote
SHP Posted August 28 Author Posted August 28 23 hours ago, Hilltopmom said: Did you get bath towel or bath sheet size? Bathtowel 1 Quote
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