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We just bought towels from Brook Linen.
They are heavyweight and 100% Turkish cotton.
The first set was defective with many missing loops. It went back.
The second set is good, but not very absorbent yet. I think it will take at least 10 washings for them to equal our 15-year-old Restoration Hardware towels.
I originally joined CD because I couldn't find decent towels. I still can't find decent towels.
But someone did explain to me that the American cotton producers went out of business. American cotton was the best. Cannon towels were good and Martex were better, I think. There were a few other really good brands. They used Egyptian pima cotton grown here.
Now the towels are made in other countries and I've heard that even if it's Egyptian cotton, it probably isn't as good as American grown Egyptian cotton. (It gets complicated.)
Another thing I couldn't/can't find are regular sized bath towels; they are all huge bath sheets.
Anyway, I have never found towels that compare to my old Martex pima cotton towels bought twenty years ago. The ones from the guest bathroom are still going strong after all these years!
If I had to buy towels today I would probably go with Ralph Lauren to get decent quality. Another brand I investigated was The Company Store--they seemed good too.
These are the ones that aren't very good? Maybe because they're not pima cotton or the loops aren't long enough or packed densely enough. The loops need to be long to be absorbent and loosely twisted instead of tightly twisted to be softer. Pima cotton has extra long fibers that can be woven into longer and softer textiles.
When I bought those good towels twenty eight (OMG, I thought it was "only" twenty) years ago, I had to spend a lot more money than I wanted to. Even back then a decent bath towel was really expensive. I went to a good department store and bought the second highest tier of towels they had. It was a case of you got what you paid for. I couldn't justify paying for their very top level though.
When I went to replace a few towels in about 2007, there was nothing available that even compared.
Martex, Stevens, those were the better brands. Cannon was lower but still good. Maybe if some American companies start taking pride in their cotton products again, we'll be able to find decent towels. I've looked but have given up. Good to know that at least you can get the standard size bath towels now--not all bath sheets.
...someone did explain to me that the American cotton producers went out of business. American cotton was the best. Cannon towels were good and Martex were better, I think. There were a few other really good brands.
I have never found towels that compare to my old Martex pima cotton towels bought twenty years ago. The ones from the guest bathroom are still going strong after all these years!
Yes. And Fieldcrest Royal Velvet, 100% combed cotton. I wonder if they even make these anymore. We still have a few hand towels that aren't used often, and the quality is so much better than half of what you find today.
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Another thing I couldn't/can't find are regular sized bath towels; they are all huge bath sheets.
I looked at the catalog for Lands End towels--what I usually buy--and they're all those huge bath sheets. They don't even fit on a regular sized towel rack to dry after a shower. Why do people like these? They're as big as beach towels.
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