BEST DRYING TOWELS !
Summary
TLDRThe video compares five popular microfiber drying towels for cars to determine the best one. It analyzes their fabric quality, price, water absorbency, and overall performance. After demonstrating their ability to dry a wet car panel, the presenter ranks them from fifth to first place. The winner is The Rag Company Liquidator towel for its top performance, great value as the least expensive towel, versatility with multiple size options, soft twist loop fabrication, and excellent user experience. The presenter encourages viewers to share their own top choice in the comments.
Takeaways
- 😀 The video compares 5 popular microfiber drying towels for drying cars
- 🚗 The towels tested are: Rag Company Gauntlet v2, Rag Company Liquidator, Chemical Guys Woolly Mammoth, Griot's Garage PFM, and Luxury Microfiber Sucker
- 🔬 The towels are compared on price, performance, absorbency, quality, and value
- 👍 All towels perform well, but there are differences in the woven styles and effectiveness
- 💧 Twist loop towels are typically the most absorbent style
- 🏆 The Rag Company Liquidator is chosen as the best value and performance
- 📏 The Griot's Garage PFM is the most expensive option
- 🧺 The Chemical Guys Woolly Mammoth is ranked 5th due to lower absorbency
- 😊 Any of the 5 towels would make most car owners happy
- ⏩ The presenter is open to testing more drying towels in future videos
Q & A
What is the video about?
-The video compares 5 different microfiber drying towels to determine which one is the best for drying a car after washing it.
What are the three general types of microfiber drying towels?
-The three general types are: plush microfiber, twist loop, and waffle weave.
Which type of microfiber towel is typically the most absorbent?
-Twist loop towels are typically the most absorbent.
What is GSM and what does a higher number indicate?
-GSM stands for grams per square meter and measures the density of the microfiber towel. A higher GSM number usually indicates a thicker, plusher towel with more fiber density.
What special feature do some towels have to prevent scratching paint?
-Some towels have a soft, smooth edge or border to prevent scratching or marring paint.
Which towel does the host rank as #1 and why?
-The host ranks the Rag Company Liquidator as #1 because it has great performance, build quality and value. It's affordable, versatile in sizes, absorbs water extremely well and dries panels almost completely in one swipe.
What does the host recommend you do before first use with microfiber towels?
-The host recommends washing microfiber towels before first use to remove any linting issues.
What type of paint protection does the host recommend?
-The host recommends using wax, sealant, ceramic coating or graphene coating which helps water bead and sheet off the paint, speeding up drying time.
What water does the host use for testing?
-The host uses deionized or DI water which has no minerals, for a spot-free and mineral-free wash.
What does the host recommend if you want a 100% contactless drying experience?
-The host recommends using a leaf blower or car dryer for 100% contactless drying.
Outlines
😊 Introducing popular car drying towels
The host introduces the video about testing and comparing popular microfiber drying towels for cars. Five top towels will be reviewed: The Rag Company Gauntlet v2, The Rag Company Liquidator, Chemical Guys Woolly Mammoth, Griot's Garage PFM, and Luxury Microfiber Sucker.
😃 Explaining types of microfiber drying towels
The host explains the 3 main types of microfiber drying towels: plush, twisted loop, and waffle weave. Twisted loop towels are typically the most absorbent which is why most towels tested today have the twisted loop style.
😎 Reviewing Rag Company Gauntlet v2 towel
The Rag Company Gauntlet v2 towel is introduced. It has a hybrid woven pattern to reduce drag, comes in multiple sizes, costs $21 USD, and has 900 GSM thickness. It has a butter suede soft edge to prevent scratches.
👍 Reviewing Rag Company Liquidator towel
The Rag Company Liquidator towel is introduced. It is the least expensive towel tested, costs $17 USD, comes in multiple sizes, has 1100 GSM thickness, a soft edgeless design, turquoise and grey colors.
🧼 Reviewing Chemical Guys Woolly Mammoth
The Chemical Guys Woolly Mammoth towel is a 25x36 inch plush microfiber towel costing $30 USD. It has 880 GSM thickness and a tag which the host recommends removing to prevent scratches.
💧 Water absorbency test results
Water absorbency tests are conducted on each towel to see how well they dry a wet panel. The Rag Company Gauntlet v2, Liquidator, Griot's, and Luxury Microfiber towels perform the best, almost completely drying the panel. The Chemical Guys towel left more residual water behind.
🏆 Rag Company Liquidator is top pick
After considering performance, value, and versatility, the winning towel is the Rag Company Liquidator for being the least expensive high performing towel available in multiple sizes.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡drying towel
💡microfiber
💡twist loop
💡GSM
💡rag company
💡absorbency
💡water sheeting
💡edges
💡lint-free
💡contactless drying
Highlights
We're reviewing 5 top microfiber drying towels for drying cars
The 3 types of microfiber drying towels are plush, twist loop, and waffle weave
Twist loop towels are typically the most absorbent style
The Rag Company Gauntlet v2 has a hybrid checkered pattern for efficiency
The Rag Company Liquidator is the least expensive towel tested
The Chemical Guys Woolly Mammoth is plush weave with 880 GSM
Griot's Garage PFM is the most expensive towel tested at $40-$45
Luxury Microfiber Sucker is 1400 GSM with twisted loop weave
All 5 microfiber drying towels performed very well overall
The Chemical Guys Woolly Mammoth ranks 5th due to performance and price
Griot's Garage PFM ranks 4th due to high price despite good performance
Luxury Microfiber Sucker ranks 3rd with great performance at a mid price
Rag Company Gauntlet v2 ranks 2nd with stellar performance and value
Rag Company Liquidator ranks 1st as the top value performer
Suggest trying Rag Company Liquidator for best bang for your buck
Transcripts
[Music]
you're about to find out what is the
best drying towel for drying your car
after you're done washing it so what's
up guys welcome to another episode of
pan the organizer a few years ago I did
a video that was quite popular and we
tried to discover what was the best
drying towel now a lot of new models a
lot of new brands came about and also
you guys recommended that I include two
more in a future test that you thought
were super popular so I've been doing
some testing and here behind me I have
what I believe to be currently the five
best microfiber drying towels so we have
the rag company Gauntlet version two so
they're a new iteration we have the rad
company Liquidator towel we have the
Chemical Guys woolly mammoth we have
grios garage pfm and last but not least
luxury microfiber sucker drying towel by
the way don't worry I'll include the
links to all of these bad boys in the
description under the video for you guys
to check them out so all you have to do
is sit back relax and enjoy the show
also quick disclaimer this is not a
sponsored video I'm just giving you my
thoughts and my experience using these
towels also what we're going to be doing
is talk about their fabrication their
fabrication quality also the price or
the value and we're going to be having a
water test or water absorbency to see
how they actually perform in a real life
scenario as well so stay tuned for that
in the video but also let me tell you
right off the bat if you guys buy any
one of these five towels you're in for
quite a treat because they are all good
what we're doing here is really
nitpicking Chamois are a thing of the
past as those synthetic or real leather
Chamois what we prefer today is to use
microfiber drying towels they're the
softest for your paint also if your
paint has paint protection a wax a
sealant a ceramic coating or a graphene
coating it of course accelerates the
drying time speeds the whole process up
and just makes it more enjoyable you can
also use a leaf blower or car dryer if
you want a hundred percent contactless
drying experience I have info on on all
of those in other videos but today we're
focusing on the drying towels let me
give you the three General types of
microfiber drying towels or weaves that
exist currently on the market so the
first one the traditional one is more of
the plush kind of microfiber weave so if
we have a close-up here for example this
is the woolly mammoth by The Chemical
Guys so as you can tell thick GSM thick
pile and very plush microfibers right
the second type of microfibers for
drying towels is a Twist Loop towel so
if you have a look if we were to bring
this up close to a microscope you would
see that the fibers are actually Twisted
so they're loops and they're twisted up
or curled up if you want hence the name
twist Loop and last but not least
another traditional type of drying
towels is the waffle weave these towels
have little waffles or pockets on them
so those are the three General Styles
now the most absorbent style of towels
is tip typically the Twisted Loop towel
I spoke with experts over at the rag
company and Levi Gates you guys probably
know him you've seen me on YouTube so he
says the twist Loop type towels are the
most absorbent hence why you'll see the
majority of the towels in today's test
are actually twist Loop style so the
first howl we're going to talk about
guys is the rag company Gauntlet version
2.0 so this is the latest iteration of
it so the first version was a bit
different and you're going to ask well
what's the difference with version 2.0
because version one was already very
good was included in my previous test
right so what they did here if we bring
you in for a close-up so it's a Korean
70 30 blend so super high quality yarn
and what they did is if you look at this
checkered system they have some twist
Loops here and then they have the soft
plush fibers on this side so it has a
hybrid kind of pattern as you can tell
with two different types of microfibers
and this is according to them to reduced
dry drag and make it more efficient or
gliding a lot easier on the surface and
of course you're going to see in a few
minutes the water absorbency test we're
going to test how well they perform on
an actual wet panel to dry the panel
right
so this one here the size is a 20 by 30.
they offer many many different sizes so
the 20 by 30 by the way the current
price is roughly 21 US dollars or 30
Canadian dollars they have this in 12 by
12 size 15 by 24 and also 30 by 36 what
I noticed is that sizes like this I tend
to prefer a bit smaller towels because
they're more easy to manage and the
bigger towels normally the classic 25 by
36 they're usually good for bigger
trucks or drying a bigger SUVs for
example but if you have an average sized
car or a small car I think once again
they're easier to manage so they have
dark gray charcoal on one side and they
have this light color on the other side
so that's the gauntlet version 2.0 if we
look at the edges they have this butter
suede soft Edge so it will not scratch
the paint so the build quality is
amazing it's also the second less
expensive towel of the bunch so as usual
the rag company coming in with a great
performer at a great value right all so
the majority of the towels in this in
this video are 70 30 blend so polyester
and polyamide so they're all good
quality regardless which one you get
Once Again by the way this one here is
900 GSM the higher GSM number usually
means a lot more fibers or a more dense
thicker plusher kind of towel but the
numbers don't necessarily always
correlate to actual real world
performance so more on that later in
this test the rag company also released
a new towel in their lineup and it's
called the Liquidator so the Liquidator
here is a 20 by 24 in size that's the
one I have it's 17 US dollars at the
moment of filming this video or 25
Canadian dollars making it the less
expensive towel of the test they also
have it in 16 by 16 format 25 by 36
again 70 30 blend twist Loop towel this
one here comes in at 1100 GSM and if we
look on one side it has this kind of
turquoise or teal color and in the back
this one here has this gray color they
don't have any borders so again no risks
of scratching the vehicle by the way
always wash your microfiber towels
before their first use that is key and
none of these to my knowledge have had
any linting issues which is also a good
indicator that you have good microfiber
towels again soft hemmed edgeless kind
of design here on the border so no
worries of scratching your paint and
again the less expensive towel of the
bunch at the moment of this recording in
the last video there was two towels that
you guys highly highly requested one of
them was this one The Chemical Guys
woolly mammoth they have it in Gray or
in this blue color this one here is
pretty pretty big so this is a 25 by 36
look how big that is so let me bring you
in closer this by the way uh the moment
of this recording is 30 US dollars or
roughly 39 Canadian dollars it's a 70 30
blend once again it has 880 GSM so it's
the towel with the least amount of GSM
in this test it has these silk edges so
once again they're very smart all the
brands now and they want to make sure
you have a good experience and you're
not scratching your paint so it is very
soft this one here is more of this plush
weave from what I can tell so they don't
give us much information on their
website but it doesn't seem to be a
Twist loop it's really this soft kind of
microfiber weave if you want now it's
the only one in the test that had a tag
on it always remove tags I wish the
brands took some notes and do not apply
tags on the towels because if you forget
to remove them you run the risk of
potentially marring or scratching the
paint so this one here it was relatively
easy to remove but I mean why do that
none of the other towels had a um add a
tag on it so you can see 70 30 blend of
polyester and polyamide made in China
what they call their premium microfibers
so yeah the next one in the test is
another one that you guys highly
recommended in the previous video and
this is the grios garage pfm drying
towel this seems to be their latest
version because they said new and
improved on the package because it's now
11 uh 120 GSM so one one two zero this
one here too is a Twist Loop type towel
if we look at here and they have of
course this soft uh edge here so it
won't scratch the paint what are we
talking about for pricing so this one
here is a 25 by 35 in size we're looking
at forty dollars U.S or 44 Canadian
dollars at the moment of this filming uh
it's 45 US dollars or 60 Canadian
dollars for a 29 by 36 so the other size
this is the most expensive towel in this
test so as far as value is concerned uh
look elsewhere if you're looking for a
less expensive uh version so 1120 GSM
it's an edgeless double apply design
with satin edges once again a long
looped microfiber type or that twist
loop as we mentioned before
and last but not least in this test this
is another big one this one here is the
luxury microfiber sucker drying towel
they come in different colors in
different sizes so you get the blue or
you get the gray this one here is giant
the one in this test is 34 by 28 they
also and it costs 34 US dollars or 46
Canadian dollars at the moment of this
recording they also make a 24 by 16 for
24 USD or 33 Canadian dollars it's a
premium 70 30 blend once again Twisted
Loop edgeless design so this is the
Twisted Loop if you look at it up close
and it doesn't have any edges so very
smart in the design this is the highest
GSM if that's important for you in this
test so 1400 GSM
and the build quality once again is very
very good like all of these towels by
the way like I said at the beginning
you'd be hard-pressed really to find big
big differences and all these towels
regardless which one you buy you're
going to be very happy but still there
are a few subtle differences with maybe
one of the towels or two of these towels
so now let's go into the test and we'll
come back after the water test or the
absorbency test to give you my final
thoughts and hopefully pick a winner
alright guys now it's time for the water
absorbency test so we'll be testing each
one of the five different microfiber
drying towels I remind you that this
vehicle is ceramic coated and while you
see all this nice water beading and
water sheeting so having some protection
on the paint like a wax a sealant or a
coating will help with drying your
vehicle much quicker because the water
doesn't stick as much to the paint so
the first towel we're going to be trying
is the rag company Gauntlet version 2
towel so what we're going to do going to
lay this down always do a tap
on it to start off and then do a quick
drag
to dry the entire hood and then we're
going to have a look
at a close-up shot so I'll bring you
guys in
so we can see what this has done
so for all of these towels don't look at
these curves here because that's a
curved Edge you'd obviously have to go
back with your hand but we're looking at
the surfaces there and as we can tell
with the rag company gauntlet
there is
no water left other than these very very
faint light streaks but I mean
this is
pretty much
bone dry
so that one did Super well
all right now for the second one this is
the rag company Liquidator so same thing
here
we're going to
tap it a bit blot it and then drag to
dry
and see the results
with this one as well
and let's bring you in for that close-up
and here we are with the rag company
liquidator
very very good job
once again
this
just don't
take that into consideration because
you'd have to go over it it's a curved
Edge there with your hand when you're
drying but we're looking at this
part here and this is also
completely dry
did a great job at picking pretty much
everything up
maybe a few little droplets
here and there but
overall another one that picked pretty
much everything up all right for the
next one The Chemical Guys woolly
mammoth this one here in a larger size
obviously the bigger the towel they all
have big sizes
the quicker or more efficient you'll be
doing it but it's less manageable
compared to a smaller towel right so
that's a question of personal preference
so let's go ahead and test this one
so if I bring you in now for The
Chemical Guys woolly mammoth
there is a I don't know if you can see
that yeah just a little bit of water
left on the surface
nothing too crazy but definitely more
than the other two I think you can can
see that here
so this is probably 90 percent dry you
can see a bit of more of that
standing water here
still is doing a very good job
and picking up water
but I can't say that this is fully dried
see more more water here
that's left
I think we can clearly
see that yeah you see all that streaking
there
we didn't have that with the previous
two towels but yeah overall great job
and again on the sides it's to be
expected because that's a curved Edge
so you go over that with your your hand
obviously when you're drawing that
portion where we're looking at this
flatter section here
so overall decent job all right the next
one guys grios garage pfm microfiber
drying towel by the way if you're
curious I'm using di water or deionized
water so there are no minerals in the
water for a mineral free or a spot-free
car wash experience so I really like
using high quality water when I detail
so now the grios garage
lay that down
there we go
and let's have a look at the results
close up
all right now for the grios garage pfm
again don't look at those edges
but let's have a look here
it seems to be pretty perfect
pretty much bone dry very consistent
with what Twisted Loop
microfiber trying towels do
so I don't see
any streaking left
or any residual water really
so great job
for the girls garage again
don't count those edges
but this entire section here
very good job
I would say that's pretty much bone dry
all right guys last but not least we
have the sucker drying towel from luxury
microfiber
on there
let's go ahead
so all of these were done with a single
wipe
so you can see what the results look
like with just minimal effort
and let's have a look at this one close
up
all right so here's a close-up of the
luxury microfiber sucker drying towel so
like all of them
don't take this into consideration the
sides there we're looking at the flat
portion
and that seems
pretty much bone dry too
single swipe
I don't see
any residual water or streaking on there
yep it did
super well
there we go
so pretty much dry what we see here
is a bit of
water spotting but I mean this is still
dry to the touch so that has nothing to
do with the drying towel but this
vehicle sits outside sometimes and not
always in optimal conditions
so we're going to have to address that
in a future wash
but uh yeah so it did a great job at
drying the towel so guys I presented all
the technical aspects of each towel and
you guys also saw them in a real world
test so how well they dried the panel uh
that was wet the vehicle was ceramic
coated so this reflects or mimics kind
of the real world scenario where you
guys as well if you watch my videos
obviously there's some form of pain
protection on your paintwork so a wax a
sealant or a ceramic coating which
greatly helps increase the efficiency
when you're drying your vehicle so now
we're going to try and rank these towels
from fifth place all the way to first
place to try and figure out a winner how
do we do this right it's very subjective
but also you have to add a bit of data
in there so we're going to be looking
basically at the price or the value
which is key the build quality or the
fabrication quality their performance of
course to dry the vehicle because that's
what they're designed to do and
basically have any points or the user
experience on there too so let me give
you my thoughts by the way I want you to
give me which one was your winner that's
also important I'd like to have your
feedback if you've had one of these
towels or all of these towels let me
know what your favorite one is drop a
comment in the comment section under the
video so in fifth place I would have to
put the Chemical Guys woolly mammoth
because although it did well overall uh
it's not one of the less expensive ones
it's actually one of the more expensive
towels and it is limited in sizes right
so they're to my knowledge it's only
available in one size the 25 by 36 you
get in either gray or blue but in the
performance this is the one that didn't
do quite as well as the others it still
did Stellar like I said at the beginning
of the video any one of these five
towels you'll be super happy to own
because they all do a great job but in
my testing in my conditions we still saw
a bit of streaking or a bit of water
left behind by this so you'd probably
have to do a second pass on your vehicle
to make sure you get everything off so
for that reason this one is in fifth
place in fourth place the grios garage
pfm drying towel why is it in fourth
place because it performed super well
right so to absorb water or to dry the
panel this did perfectly well like the
other ones that also did well in the
test as we'll talk about now the build
quality is fantastic so it's a great
performer the issue with this one is
that it is the most expensive towel in
the bunch so the value isn't quite there
again the moment of filming this video
uh this one here the 25 by 35 in size
was 40 US dollars or roughly 44 Canadian
dollars and it's also only available to
my knowledge in two sizes so 25 by 35 or
29 by 36 so not quite quite as versatile
as some others in this test however it
did perform extremely well build quality
is Top Notch and it dried the panel
almost to 100 like the rest of the top
three that's coming up but what knocked
it down is purely the price and not as
much sizes available because a lot of
people like to have different sizes
right depending on what size of vehicle
you want or just which size towel you
prefer using this is very subjective in
third place the luxury microfiber
sucker drying towel so this one here can
be had in either gray or or blue and
different sizes 24 by 16 or 34 by 28 so
this is the one we had for the test 34
by 28 so it is relatively expensive at
34 USD or 46 dollars Canadian for the
test so it is not the most expensive but
it's not the less expensive one either
it's kind of mid-pack if you want but it
did perform extremely well almost 100
drawing the panel no problem there build
quality Top Notch so if you're only
looking at performance and big qual and
build quality this is just as good if
not better compared to the grios garage
pfm and a little less expensive hence
why it is getting third place in this
test once again guys all these top holes
are great even the fifth place if you
gave that to me and I had to use it for
the rest of my life to drive cars I'd be
very happy and I'm sure the ones who are
using it are also super happy in second
place now we have the rag company
Gauntlet version 2.0 Stellar performer
Stellar build quality it is the second
less expensive towel of the bunch so
tremendous tremendous value just the
feel of it is probably one of the
softest ones in this test if we're
looking for the feel in hand it Glides
perfectly well on the surface once again
performs Super well what really helps it
is not only is it the second less
expensive it also performed Top Notch
almost 100 percent uh dried panel when
we used it in the test but it's very
versatile because you can have it in a
12 by 12 15 by 24 in size this one here
is 20 by 30 and costs 21 USD or roughly
30 bucks Canadian you can have it in a
30 by 36 so very versatile in its sizes
so then you guys kind of understand what
makes the first place or the winner of
this test well it's the rag company
Liquidator drying towel and let us
explain why first of all while the color
looks cool it has this kind of teal or
turquoise in the front and Gray in the
back but we don't pick towels for colors
although that can be important for
certain the overall build quality so
although the rag company built this to
be at a lower price point compared to
the gauntlet this one here is like if
you're looking just for plushness and
overall quality this is still their
number one right this is their premium
drying towel but the Liquidator was
designed to be a strong performer where
it really shined was for Value this one
here is the less expensive towel in this
test so a 20 by 24 in size like this one
I have here is 17 US dollars or 25
Canadian dollars it's very versatile
because it can be had or purchased in
different sizes you can have it in a 16
by 16 for only eight US Dollars eight
bucks that's not expensive you can have
it in a 25 by 36 for only 23 USD it's a
70 30 blend 1100 GSM it has a soft
headless design border has this twit
twist Loop which I love so it performed
top top rank like the other three in the
top three or top four I should say call
all the twist Loops did Super well so
almost 100 percent dried panel in this
test so it performed in the top
top-notch build quality the bang for
buck you're getting is the less
expensive towel out there uh and yeah an
overall great experience of using this
and once again even with this smaller
size towel that is a 20 by 24 I can dry
an entire average sized car or a small
vehicle without having to wring it out
so one towel does it all and it's just
fantastic so yeah the winner of this
test guys let me know do you agree for
me the rag company Liquidator
uh once again quick disclaimer this is
not a sponsored video nobody paid to be
included in this video so I ordered all
of these towels myself except the luxury
microfiber which was sent to me in a
previous video where I fully reviewed
this if you guys want to check that out
once again this video here nobody paid
for this video I'm just giving you my
thoughts my experience with these towels
if your experience differs let me know
what would have been your top pick drop
a comment in the comment section I
remind you that I'll leave links to all
of these towels in the description under
the video for you guys to check them out
and yeah if you want me to include more
towels are there any towels that I
absolutely need to check out because I'm
always looking for your input you guys
wanted me to include the chemical guys
and the grios garage in this video and I
did and I was happily surprised to have
discovered these these towels and so let
me know if there's any other ones that
you want me to try in a future video
Drop that comment right there and guys
in the meantime don't forget keep it
tight keep it clean and I'll see you on
the next one
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