I hesitate to mention this, but ....

... I've just come back from 5 days in Snowdonia. When driving up I realised I'd forgotten my towel. I've been using one of those light blue, small thingies which absorbs quite a lot of water although they do feel a little weird.

So, I stopped in Betwys and went off to Stewart Cunninghams to buy a new camping towel. As a way of inciting all kinds of emotive responses here I decided to try one of the Paramo towels (I can sense the blood pressure rising already).

Well, this is an amazing piece of kit! Essentially what you have is a towel made of Mountain Vent material, fleecy on one side and sheer on the other. When you dry yourself with the fleecy side you can actually feel the water being sucked through to the sheer side, leaving you with a dry drying side! Drying your hair with one of these is something of a revelation.

This is not as light as the usual camping towels and probably not to be taken on a lightweight trek. But for other situations it is truly amazing!

(psst, don't tell everyone!)

Well - that's how it works!

And that's why Gore-tex don't do towels!

also a great beach towel.

Yep, use mine for everything but backpacking trips, including the gym. Have to say though, for backpacking the MSR Packtowl Ultralite is equally amazing.

Might try that cos at home I stick a dressing gown on for a bit then clothes when I am totaly dry. I have allways found it a bit uncomfortable having to put my clothes on straight away when using the campsite showers cos I find my skin is still just a little damp.


Also after years of nagging I think my Dad will be over the moon if i finaly buy a piece of Paramo kit :-)

Jules - and what a piece of kit to start with :-)

No Andy not Im not starting anything this is strictly a one off ;-)

That's what they all say. Before you know it, assimilation will be complete!

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssss!!!!

But maybe there is a way to keep it as "strictly a one off"....

....buy a Paramo top and just use it as a towel!
;-)

How much are they? And how heavy in comparison to a pack towel?

I may be tempted to join the dark side- i got a pack towel for xmas and it seems to kick arse though.