Has anyone ever tried Turkish style towels?

[Wills]

If so what are your thoughts? They're sold as the quickest drying thin easy to store lovely solution - but are they?

Why? Not soft. I have four kids and one of my biggest bugbears is that by the time i come to have a shower bath most of the towels have either disappeared altogether or have been left sopping wet on the floor. In my experience fluffy towels don't dry well on hooks, but do the Turkish ones?

I have been gradually replacing mine with the hammam ones.

I don't like terry towels or fluffy ones really. I get dried quick and get into nice jammies and don't need to hang about in a towel.

They're thinner, they wash better, they stack better in the cupboard.

I had never heard of Turkish towels.

Do they actually dry you well after a shower? They are more like a tea-towel fabric?

Interested to find out - as our fluffy towels do take up so much bloody space - and during the summer drying them is fine, but we have no tumble dryer - so they take ages to dry.

Following with interest. Turkish towels do look lovely, but seem expensive for what they are, eg White Company, Toast. Are there cheaper ones out there?

They are a slightly thicker cotton than a tea towel with a denser weave so do dry you well.

I've had 1 hand towel in the sale for £3 from the white company, one bath sheet from Toast in the sale for £7 and I've bought a couple from EBay which were £14 each.

When I can afford more I will get them from eBay, they were authentic and good quality - all have lasted well.

Does any one understand the different varieties? There's PESHTEMAL then theres Fouta or honeycomb etc

Could one of you give a link, please?

I was looking at this site

towels

But it is in dollars.

They are hamman towels. Originally for for when you get out of saunas etc..

Can't see why not, but I like fluffy towels to wrap around after bath.

Perfect for beach though

We have a whole load of them which we bought in Tunisia. They are great. We use them as bath towels, beach towels, picnic rugs, tablecloths (not the same ones obviously!).

They dry quickly, are absorbent, fold up small, look great, wash well, are soft and quite cosy for something made of relatively thin material - what more do you want?

Don't know how much they cost but it might be worth looking online for a North African retailer as we really didn't pay a lot for ours in Tunisia.

We have a couple for beach towels/sarongs. Having them in the beach hut (rented ) and they are dry for the next day.

They are okay for the summertime - although I'm not a fan of the tassles they all seem to have, but I don't they'd work so well in the European winter. They're too much of a beach towel/sarong kind of thing.

Why don't you buy some IKEA towels - they're not too thick but they are towelling. They dry quickly, look nice and are inexpensive.

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