How Often Do You Change Bath Towels?

Discussion in 'Skincare' started by apswartz, Nov 25, 2008.

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How often do you change your bath towel?

  1. I use a new towel for evey shower/bath

    17.4%
  2. I use a couple of towels each week

    39.9%
  3. I usually use a towel for a week

    37.0%
  4. change towels? Why?

    5.8%
  1. aberneth

    aberneth Member

    I'd like to change towels after every shower, but old lady aberneth starts swearing if the towel hamper fills up more than twice a month. So it's 3-4 showers per towel for me.
     
  2. hoglahoo

    hoglahoo Yesterday's News

    and when she goes on vacation you just let yourself go completely dont you? :D
     
  3. aberneth

    aberneth Member

    Oh yeah, showering twice a day, changing towels after every shower, practically bathing in EdT.
     
  4. lycidas

    lycidas Member

    I built a finnish sauna years ago in the basement bathroom so towels pile up like mad around here...
     
  5. OakCreekHitter

    OakCreekHitter New Member

    If your towel is hanging close to your toilet in the bathroom, I'd strongly recommend that you change towels at least twice a week!
     
  6. JAWilliams

    JAWilliams Member

    Depends on if I forget to hang it up it is one a shower. If I hang it up it is 2 to 3. Now that the hot weather is here it is three showers a day since my shop has no A/C. And hanging them up. They only get used twice.
     
  7. Moe

    Moe Active Member

    Me: Average 2 to 4 towels a week
    SWMBO: Average 2 to 4 towels a day :confused:
     
  8. hoglahoo

    hoglahoo Yesterday's News

    how are you using a negative number of towels? Your frugality knows no bounds!
     
  9. Moe

    Moe Active Member

    Edited. :D
     
  10. battle.munky

    battle.munky Has the menthol.munky on his back!

    Sometimes he uses the hair dryer?

    :happy102 :happy097

    Sorry :ashamed001
     
  11. Regan

    Regan Well-Known Member

    I like the warm air :D. Haha

    I actually need to wash my towel set.

    I find it matters if not too bad change it about once a week. If it end up shower lots because of weather/work i end up changing it more.
     
  12. fishcrow

    fishcrow Birdman of TSD

    I perfer a clean towel daily with my daily shower. I can not see after washing drying with a day old towel. just my thoughts.
     
  13. techjunkie

    techjunkie Member

    For me, it depends on which towel I'm using (I only use 2 towels)

    If I'm using my cotton towel, it goes to the wash after about a week of use, however if I'm using my hemp towel, I can use it 3 weeks without any funky smells developing... Hemp just doesn't allow any of the "funky smelling" bacteria to grow like cotton can. In practice, it gets washed after about 2 weeks.

    Not over-washing a towel keeps it nice longer... My hemp towel is about 12 years old now... and for about 10 of those 12 years it was my *only* towel I used... and it's got another 20 years of life left in it, at least! (It's a bit discolored now, because 4 or 5 years ago my (ex) wife threw it in with all the other towels and a pair of jeans when she did the laundry once...)
     
  14. Brian

    Brian Active Member

    I shower twice a day in the summer, so it doesn't give the towel a chance to dry. In the winter I cut back to once a day and tend to use the same towl for 2-3 days or as long as it smells fresh.
     

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