- Natural Rayon material soaks up 10 times its weight in water - even when wet
- Perfect for everything from campsite to kitchen and workshop use
- Becomes softer with hand or machine washing
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MSR's most absorbent camp towel, the versatile Original towel brings high performance to any wet task. Take this durable towel along on all your outdoor adventures, or use it in your kitchen, workshop, or garage in place of paper towels. It's extremely durable, soaks up to ten times its weight in water, and is made of wood fiber viscose from sustainably harvested forests.
Features:
- 10X Rapid-Cycle Absorbency
- Soaks up 10 times its weight in water; then wrings out almost completely dry
- The large towel can absorb a full liter of water
- Multipurpose; perfect for everything from campsite to kitchen and workshop use
- Softens with use; becomes softer and more absorbent with each washing
- Easy care; machine wash, then hang using the convenient snap loop, or tumble dry
- Made in USA
Specifications:
- Sizes: XL / L / M / SM
- Dimension: 27 by 50 / 20 by 36 / 12 by 30 / 9 by 20 inches (W x L)
- Weight: 4 ounces / 2.3 ounces / 1 ounce / 0.6 ounces
Product Description
Superabsorbent multipurpose camp towel
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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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This is NOT your typical travel towel. If your main purpose is for a towel to lay on the beach or use as a picnic spread, this towel is okay, but there are probably better. However, this towel is a sponge and wrings out about 95% dry. My main purpose in buying it was to use it for laundry when I travel. I have several generic "microfiber" towels. When you do travel laundry, the microfiber will help with exactly one load before they too are soaked. A Packtowl Original with help dry several items of clothing and can be wrung out to help dry more. After failing miserably in Spain with a microfiber towel for laundry, I used this towel in the Yucatan and it was a champ. Plus, because it wrings out so much water, it was always dry in the morning. As an aside, this towel does get softer when you wash it, but that is a relatively unimportant factor for me. We also used it after going to cenotes to swim and the superior absorbant capacity meant one towel was able to dry two adults several times in the course of a day. Again, don't confuse this with the average microfiber towel.
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this towel on the recommendation of [...] as a super-duper-lightweight towel with near magical properties. It contains more viscose than most ultralights.
I'm pretty happy with it. It weighs next to nothing, the X-Large is plenty big for me, and it dries really quickly.
Be aware that it doesn't feel like a normal towel. It is flat and smooth without the terrycloth weave of regular towels. Thus rather than the full, rubbing dry you get with regular towels, I find you have to kind of 'pat yourself down' with it. Though it absorbs fabulously it still feels damp much more than a regular towel. If you can imagine it, the sensation is similar to drying yourself with slightly damp paper towels. It will get you dry as can be, but it doesn't feel luxurious like a regular towel.
It's not everyone's cup of tea, but it has great advantages if you can live with the new sensation.
I'm pretty happy with it. It weighs next to nothing, the X-Large is plenty big for me, and it dries really quickly.
Be aware that it doesn't feel like a normal towel. It is flat and smooth without the terrycloth weave of regular towels. Thus rather than the full, rubbing dry you get with regular towels, I find you have to kind of 'pat yourself down' with it. Though it absorbs fabulously it still feels damp much more than a regular towel. If you can imagine it, the sensation is similar to drying yourself with slightly damp paper towels. It will get you dry as can be, but it doesn't feel luxurious like a regular towel.
It's not everyone's cup of tea, but it has great advantages if you can live with the new sensation.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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If you are looking for a light weight, water absorbing, and dependable towel this is the one. I bought my first one years ago and have used it on all my backpacking trips; so have some of my friends that have forgotten theirs. I recommend washing it a couple of times before the first use to soften it up a bit. Do not buy this product if you are looking for luxury, this does it's job, period.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Odd little towel, but light.
Towel is stiff and reminescent of a dry chamois used to clean the windows when detailing cars. I'm optimistic that it is as absorbent as claimed and that it will softn with use and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Aesop
No downside
Have used this for week-long backcountry backpacking trips and travel in Africa. Have several sizes. Find them to be great at drying off. Towel dries quickly for packing. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Lucy
Worked great even in humid and flooded Thailand!
Bought this before a trip to southeast Asia during the middle of the rainy season. It worked great at drying off everything from our feet to our soaked clothing after we had to... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Kris
Bought L Size, 64gr, i would recomend XL if you are big.
I would prefered chosing the XL one, but this one handles at the edge my drying needs, if you are taller than 5'10 i would recomend XL. Read more
Published 7 months ago by felipe
3.7 stars.
These towels need to be washed before their first use (according to the instruction) and seem to shrink after the first washing. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Scott Odle
Love the Packtowl
Just something I always want to have with me, as per Douglas Adams advice. It's small and effective, and works even as a bath towel in a pinch when traveling.
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Published 8 months ago by Austin M. Craig
Good, like expected from an MSR product
Perfect towel for bacpacking, light, dries fast, does not get smelly from mold. Packacking/folding it could be a little easier, but i won't complain.
Published 8 months ago by Anton
Meets expectations
I like to travel light, and had read how wonderful this is for drying hand laundry while traveling, so I finally tried one. It really is very helpful. Read more
Published 8 months ago by critical reader
Absorbent and Fast-Drying
I use this towel to absorb excess water from hand-washed garments. After I'm done, I wring out the excess water and hang up the towel by the attached loop. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Heather K3
Awesome
Very absorbent and perfect for traveling! I've taken it camping, to 3rd world countries, and hostelling in Europe. It's perfect for every trip - packs easily and small.
Published 11 months ago by tiffybear
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