BEST DRYING TOWELS !

Pan The Organizer
10 Dec 202225:50

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

00:00

😊 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.

05:01

😃 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.

10:02

😎 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.

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👍 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.

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🧼 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.

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💧 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

The main theme of the video is reviewing different microfiber drying towels for cars. A drying towel is used after washing a vehicle to absorb water and moisture from the car's surface. The video compares five popular brands to determine the best option based on price, quality, and drying performance.

💡microfiber

Microfiber refers to the material used to make the drying towels. It is a synthetic fabric designed to be very absorbent and soft so it can effectively soak up water without scratching paint or clear coats. The video focuses on different types of microfiber weaves and grams per square meter (GSM).

💡twist loop

One of the main microfiber weave styles for drying towels. The fibers are twisted together to form loops which makes them very absorbent. Several towels tested use a twist loop design and perform well at soaking up standing water.

💡GSM

GSM stands for grams per square meter and refers to the density or thickness of the microfiber towel. A higher GSM number generally indicates a thicker, plusher towel with more fiber density. But the video finds GSM does not always directly correlate to better real-world drying performance.

💡rag company

The Rag Company is a popular brand of microfiber towels tested in the video. Two of their towels - the Gauntlet v2.0 and the Liquidator - perform exceptionally well in absorbing water. The Liquidator is named the best value winner due to its low cost and high quality.

💡absorbency

A key test in the video is checking water absorbency of each towel on a wet panel. This mimics real-world drying performance. The top towels completely soak up standing water in one single pass, leaving the panel bone dry.

💡water sheeting

The car being tested has a ceramic coating which makes water bead and sheet off the surface. This helps demonstrate how a towel would perform on a protected, hydrophobic surface which is slicker and easier to dry.

💡edges

Many towels have soft, finished edges without thick seams or tags. This prevents the edges from scratching the vehicle's paintwork while drying. The video advises not to judge water streaking along curved edges.

💡lint-free

A sign of good microfiber quality is being lint-free out of the package, without shedding fibers onto the paint. None of the tested towels have any linting issues which could leave particles that get caught in the clear coat.

💡contactless drying

The video mentions contactless drying with a leaf blower as an alternative to towels. But the focus is comparing the performance of high quality drying towels for a traditional hands-on drying approach.

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

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you're about to find out what is the

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best drying towel for drying your car

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after you're done washing it so what's

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up guys welcome to another episode of

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pan the organizer a few years ago I did

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a video that was quite popular and we

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tried to discover what was the best

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drying towel now a lot of new models a

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lot of new brands came about and also

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you guys recommended that I include two

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more in a future test that you thought

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were super popular so I've been doing

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some testing and here behind me I have

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what I believe to be currently the five

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best microfiber drying towels so we have

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the rag company Gauntlet version two so

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they're a new iteration we have the rad

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company Liquidator towel we have the

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Chemical Guys woolly mammoth we have

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grios garage pfm and last but not least

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luxury microfiber sucker drying towel by

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the way don't worry I'll include the

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links to all of these bad boys in the

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description under the video for you guys

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to check them out so all you have to do

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is sit back relax and enjoy the show

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also quick disclaimer this is not a

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sponsored video I'm just giving you my

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thoughts and my experience using these

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towels also what we're going to be doing

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is talk about their fabrication their

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fabrication quality also the price or

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the value and we're going to be having a

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water test or water absorbency to see

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how they actually perform in a real life

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scenario as well so stay tuned for that

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in the video but also let me tell you

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right off the bat if you guys buy any

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one of these five towels you're in for

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quite a treat because they are all good

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what we're doing here is really

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nitpicking Chamois are a thing of the

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past as those synthetic or real leather

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Chamois what we prefer today is to use

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microfiber drying towels they're the

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softest for your paint also if your

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paint has paint protection a wax a

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sealant a ceramic coating or a graphene

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coating it of course accelerates the

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drying time speeds the whole process up

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and just makes it more enjoyable you can

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also use a leaf blower or car dryer if

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you want a hundred percent contactless

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drying experience I have info on on all

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of those in other videos but today we're

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focusing on the drying towels let me

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give you the three General types of

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microfiber drying towels or weaves that

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exist currently on the market so the

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first one the traditional one is more of

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the plush kind of microfiber weave so if

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we have a close-up here for example this

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is the woolly mammoth by The Chemical

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Guys so as you can tell thick GSM thick

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pile and very plush microfibers right

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the second type of microfibers for

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drying towels is a Twist Loop towel so

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if you have a look if we were to bring

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this up close to a microscope you would

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see that the fibers are actually Twisted

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so they're loops and they're twisted up

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or curled up if you want hence the name

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twist Loop and last but not least

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another traditional type of drying

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towels is the waffle weave these towels

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have little waffles or pockets on them

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so those are the three General Styles

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now the most absorbent style of towels

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is tip typically the Twisted Loop towel

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I spoke with experts over at the rag

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company and Levi Gates you guys probably

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know him you've seen me on YouTube so he

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says the twist Loop type towels are the

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most absorbent hence why you'll see the

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majority of the towels in today's test

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are actually twist Loop style so the

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first howl we're going to talk about

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guys is the rag company Gauntlet version

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2.0 so this is the latest iteration of

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it so the first version was a bit

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different and you're going to ask well

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what's the difference with version 2.0

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because version one was already very

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good was included in my previous test

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right so what they did here if we bring

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you in for a close-up so it's a Korean

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70 30 blend so super high quality yarn

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and what they did is if you look at this

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checkered system they have some twist

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Loops here and then they have the soft

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plush fibers on this side so it has a

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hybrid kind of pattern as you can tell

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with two different types of microfibers

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and this is according to them to reduced

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dry drag and make it more efficient or

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gliding a lot easier on the surface and

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of course you're going to see in a few

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minutes the water absorbency test we're

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going to test how well they perform on

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an actual wet panel to dry the panel

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right

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so this one here the size is a 20 by 30.

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they offer many many different sizes so

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the 20 by 30 by the way the current

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price is roughly 21 US dollars or 30

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Canadian dollars they have this in 12 by

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12 size 15 by 24 and also 30 by 36 what

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I noticed is that sizes like this I tend

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to prefer a bit smaller towels because

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they're more easy to manage and the

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bigger towels normally the classic 25 by

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36 they're usually good for bigger

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trucks or drying a bigger SUVs for

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example but if you have an average sized

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car or a small car I think once again

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they're easier to manage so they have

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dark gray charcoal on one side and they

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have this light color on the other side

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so that's the gauntlet version 2.0 if we

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look at the edges they have this butter

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suede soft Edge so it will not scratch

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the paint so the build quality is

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amazing it's also the second less

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expensive towel of the bunch so as usual

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the rag company coming in with a great

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performer at a great value right all so

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the majority of the towels in this in

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this video are 70 30 blend so polyester

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and polyamide so they're all good

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quality regardless which one you get

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Once Again by the way this one here is

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900 GSM the higher GSM number usually

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means a lot more fibers or a more dense

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thicker plusher kind of towel but the

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numbers don't necessarily always

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correlate to actual real world

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performance so more on that later in

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this test the rag company also released

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a new towel in their lineup and it's

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called the Liquidator so the Liquidator

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here is a 20 by 24 in size that's the

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one I have it's 17 US dollars at the

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moment of filming this video or 25

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Canadian dollars making it the less

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expensive towel of the test they also

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have it in 16 by 16 format 25 by 36

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again 70 30 blend twist Loop towel this

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one here comes in at 1100 GSM and if we

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look on one side it has this kind of

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turquoise or teal color and in the back

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this one here has this gray color they

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don't have any borders so again no risks

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of scratching the vehicle by the way

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always wash your microfiber towels

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before their first use that is key and

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none of these to my knowledge have had

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any linting issues which is also a good

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indicator that you have good microfiber

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towels again soft hemmed edgeless kind

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of design here on the border so no

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worries of scratching your paint and

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again the less expensive towel of the

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bunch at the moment of this recording in

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the last video there was two towels that

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you guys highly highly requested one of

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them was this one The Chemical Guys

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woolly mammoth they have it in Gray or

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in this blue color this one here is

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pretty pretty big so this is a 25 by 36

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look how big that is so let me bring you

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in closer this by the way uh the moment

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of this recording is 30 US dollars or

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roughly 39 Canadian dollars it's a 70 30

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blend once again it has 880 GSM so it's

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the towel with the least amount of GSM

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in this test it has these silk edges so

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once again they're very smart all the

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brands now and they want to make sure

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you have a good experience and you're

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not scratching your paint so it is very

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soft this one here is more of this plush

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weave from what I can tell so they don't

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give us much information on their

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website but it doesn't seem to be a

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Twist loop it's really this soft kind of

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microfiber weave if you want now it's

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the only one in the test that had a tag

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on it always remove tags I wish the

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brands took some notes and do not apply

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tags on the towels because if you forget

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to remove them you run the risk of

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potentially marring or scratching the

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paint so this one here it was relatively

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easy to remove but I mean why do that

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none of the other towels had a um add a

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tag on it so you can see 70 30 blend of

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polyester and polyamide made in China

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what they call their premium microfibers

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so yeah the next one in the test is

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another one that you guys highly

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recommended in the previous video and

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this is the grios garage pfm drying

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towel this seems to be their latest

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version because they said new and

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improved on the package because it's now

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11 uh 120 GSM so one one two zero this

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one here too is a Twist Loop type towel

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if we look at here and they have of

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course this soft uh edge here so it

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won't scratch the paint what are we

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talking about for pricing so this one

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here is a 25 by 35 in size we're looking

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at forty dollars U.S or 44 Canadian

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dollars at the moment of this filming uh

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it's 45 US dollars or 60 Canadian

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dollars for a 29 by 36 so the other size

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this is the most expensive towel in this

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test so as far as value is concerned uh

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look elsewhere if you're looking for a

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less expensive uh version so 1120 GSM

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it's an edgeless double apply design

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with satin edges once again a long

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looped microfiber type or that twist

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loop as we mentioned before

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and last but not least in this test this

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is another big one this one here is the

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luxury microfiber sucker drying towel

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they come in different colors in

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different sizes so you get the blue or

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you get the gray this one here is giant

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the one in this test is 34 by 28 they

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also and it costs 34 US dollars or 46

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Canadian dollars at the moment of this

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recording they also make a 24 by 16 for

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24 USD or 33 Canadian dollars it's a

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premium 70 30 blend once again Twisted

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Loop edgeless design so this is the

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Twisted Loop if you look at it up close

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and it doesn't have any edges so very

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smart in the design this is the highest

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GSM if that's important for you in this

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test so 1400 GSM

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and the build quality once again is very

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very good like all of these towels by

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the way like I said at the beginning

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you'd be hard-pressed really to find big

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big differences and all these towels

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regardless which one you buy you're

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going to be very happy but still there

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are a few subtle differences with maybe

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one of the towels or two of these towels

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so now let's go into the test and we'll

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come back after the water test or the

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absorbency test to give you my final

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thoughts and hopefully pick a winner

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alright guys now it's time for the water

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absorbency test so we'll be testing each

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one of the five different microfiber

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drying towels I remind you that this

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vehicle is ceramic coated and while you

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see all this nice water beading and

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water sheeting so having some protection

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on the paint like a wax a sealant or a

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coating will help with drying your

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vehicle much quicker because the water

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doesn't stick as much to the paint so

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the first towel we're going to be trying

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is the rag company Gauntlet version 2

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towel so what we're going to do going to

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lay this down always do a tap

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on it to start off and then do a quick

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drag

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to dry the entire hood and then we're

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going to have a look

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at a close-up shot so I'll bring you

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guys in

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so we can see what this has done

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so for all of these towels don't look at

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these curves here because that's a

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curved Edge you'd obviously have to go

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back with your hand but we're looking at

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the surfaces there and as we can tell

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with the rag company gauntlet

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there is

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no water left other than these very very

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faint light streaks but I mean

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this is

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pretty much

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bone dry

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so that one did Super well

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all right now for the second one this is

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the rag company Liquidator so same thing

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here

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we're going to

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tap it a bit blot it and then drag to

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dry

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and see the results

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with this one as well

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and let's bring you in for that close-up

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and here we are with the rag company

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liquidator

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very very good job

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once again

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this

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just don't

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take that into consideration because

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you'd have to go over it it's a curved

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Edge there with your hand when you're

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drying but we're looking at this

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part here and this is also

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completely dry

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did a great job at picking pretty much

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everything up

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maybe a few little droplets

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here and there but

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overall another one that picked pretty

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much everything up all right for the

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next one The Chemical Guys woolly

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mammoth this one here in a larger size

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obviously the bigger the towel they all

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have big sizes

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the quicker or more efficient you'll be

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doing it but it's less manageable

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compared to a smaller towel right so

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that's a question of personal preference

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so let's go ahead and test this one

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so if I bring you in now for The

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Chemical Guys woolly mammoth

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there is a I don't know if you can see

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that yeah just a little bit of water

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left on the surface

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nothing too crazy but definitely more

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than the other two I think you can can

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see that here

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so this is probably 90 percent dry you

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can see a bit of more of that

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standing water here

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still is doing a very good job

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and picking up water

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but I can't say that this is fully dried

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see more more water here

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that's left

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I think we can clearly

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see that yeah you see all that streaking

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there

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we didn't have that with the previous

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two towels but yeah overall great job

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and again on the sides it's to be

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expected because that's a curved Edge

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so you go over that with your your hand

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obviously when you're drawing that

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portion where we're looking at this

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flatter section here

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so overall decent job all right the next

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one guys grios garage pfm microfiber

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drying towel by the way if you're

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curious I'm using di water or deionized

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water so there are no minerals in the

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water for a mineral free or a spot-free

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car wash experience so I really like

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using high quality water when I detail

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so now the grios garage

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lay that down

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there we go

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and let's have a look at the results

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close up

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all right now for the grios garage pfm

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again don't look at those edges

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but let's have a look here

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it seems to be pretty perfect

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pretty much bone dry very consistent

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with what Twisted Loop

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microfiber trying towels do

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so I don't see

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any streaking left

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or any residual water really

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so great job

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for the girls garage again

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don't count those edges

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but this entire section here

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very good job

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I would say that's pretty much bone dry

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all right guys last but not least we

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have the sucker drying towel from luxury

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microfiber

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on there

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let's go ahead

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so all of these were done with a single

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wipe

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so you can see what the results look

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like with just minimal effort

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and let's have a look at this one close

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up

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all right so here's a close-up of the

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luxury microfiber sucker drying towel so

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like all of them

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don't take this into consideration the

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sides there we're looking at the flat

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portion

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and that seems

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pretty much bone dry too

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single swipe

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I don't see

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any residual water or streaking on there

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yep it did

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super well

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there we go

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so pretty much dry what we see here

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is a bit of

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water spotting but I mean this is still

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dry to the touch so that has nothing to

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do with the drying towel but this

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vehicle sits outside sometimes and not

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always in optimal conditions

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so we're going to have to address that

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in a future wash

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but uh yeah so it did a great job at

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drying the towel so guys I presented all

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the technical aspects of each towel and

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you guys also saw them in a real world

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test so how well they dried the panel uh

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that was wet the vehicle was ceramic

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coated so this reflects or mimics kind

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of the real world scenario where you

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guys as well if you watch my videos

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obviously there's some form of pain

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protection on your paintwork so a wax a

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sealant or a ceramic coating which

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greatly helps increase the efficiency

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when you're drying your vehicle so now

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we're going to try and rank these towels

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from fifth place all the way to first

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place to try and figure out a winner how

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do we do this right it's very subjective

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but also you have to add a bit of data

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in there so we're going to be looking

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basically at the price or the value

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which is key the build quality or the

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fabrication quality their performance of

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course to dry the vehicle because that's

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what they're designed to do and

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basically have any points or the user

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experience on there too so let me give

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you my thoughts by the way I want you to

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give me which one was your winner that's

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also important I'd like to have your

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feedback if you've had one of these

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towels or all of these towels let me

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know what your favorite one is drop a

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comment in the comment section under the

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video so in fifth place I would have to

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put the Chemical Guys woolly mammoth

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because although it did well overall uh

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it's not one of the less expensive ones

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it's actually one of the more expensive

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towels and it is limited in sizes right

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so they're to my knowledge it's only

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available in one size the 25 by 36 you

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get in either gray or blue but in the

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performance this is the one that didn't

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do quite as well as the others it still

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did Stellar like I said at the beginning

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of the video any one of these five

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towels you'll be super happy to own

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because they all do a great job but in

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my testing in my conditions we still saw

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a bit of streaking or a bit of water

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left behind by this so you'd probably

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have to do a second pass on your vehicle

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to make sure you get everything off so

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for that reason this one is in fifth

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place in fourth place the grios garage

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pfm drying towel why is it in fourth

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place because it performed super well

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right so to absorb water or to dry the

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panel this did perfectly well like the

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other ones that also did well in the

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test as we'll talk about now the build

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quality is fantastic so it's a great

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performer the issue with this one is

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that it is the most expensive towel in

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the bunch so the value isn't quite there

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again the moment of filming this video

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uh this one here the 25 by 35 in size

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was 40 US dollars or roughly 44 Canadian

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dollars and it's also only available to

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my knowledge in two sizes so 25 by 35 or

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29 by 36 so not quite quite as versatile

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as some others in this test however it

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did perform extremely well build quality

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is Top Notch and it dried the panel

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almost to 100 like the rest of the top

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three that's coming up but what knocked

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it down is purely the price and not as

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much sizes available because a lot of

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people like to have different sizes

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right depending on what size of vehicle

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you want or just which size towel you

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prefer using this is very subjective in

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third place the luxury microfiber

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sucker drying towel so this one here can

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be had in either gray or or blue and

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different sizes 24 by 16 or 34 by 28 so

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this is the one we had for the test 34

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by 28 so it is relatively expensive at

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34 USD or 46 dollars Canadian for the

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test so it is not the most expensive but

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it's not the less expensive one either

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it's kind of mid-pack if you want but it

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did perform extremely well almost 100

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drawing the panel no problem there build

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quality Top Notch so if you're only

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looking at performance and big qual and

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build quality this is just as good if

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not better compared to the grios garage

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pfm and a little less expensive hence

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why it is getting third place in this

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test once again guys all these top holes

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are great even the fifth place if you

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gave that to me and I had to use it for

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the rest of my life to drive cars I'd be

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very happy and I'm sure the ones who are

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using it are also super happy in second

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place now we have the rag company

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Gauntlet version 2.0 Stellar performer

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Stellar build quality it is the second

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less expensive towel of the bunch so

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tremendous tremendous value just the

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feel of it is probably one of the

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softest ones in this test if we're

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looking for the feel in hand it Glides

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perfectly well on the surface once again

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performs Super well what really helps it

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is not only is it the second less

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expensive it also performed Top Notch

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almost 100 percent uh dried panel when

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we used it in the test but it's very

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versatile because you can have it in a

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12 by 12 15 by 24 in size this one here

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is 20 by 30 and costs 21 USD or roughly

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30 bucks Canadian you can have it in a

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30 by 36 so very versatile in its sizes

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so then you guys kind of understand what

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makes the first place or the winner of

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this test well it's the rag company

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Liquidator drying towel and let us

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explain why first of all while the color

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looks cool it has this kind of teal or

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turquoise in the front and Gray in the

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back but we don't pick towels for colors

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although that can be important for

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certain the overall build quality so

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although the rag company built this to

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be at a lower price point compared to

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the gauntlet this one here is like if

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you're looking just for plushness and

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overall quality this is still their

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number one right this is their premium

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drying towel but the Liquidator was

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designed to be a strong performer where

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it really shined was for Value this one

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here is the less expensive towel in this

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test so a 20 by 24 in size like this one

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I have here is 17 US dollars or 25

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Canadian dollars it's very versatile

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because it can be had or purchased in

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different sizes you can have it in a 16

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by 16 for only eight US Dollars eight

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bucks that's not expensive you can have

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it in a 25 by 36 for only 23 USD it's a

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70 30 blend 1100 GSM it has a soft

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headless design border has this twit

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twist Loop which I love so it performed

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top top rank like the other three in the

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top three or top four I should say call

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all the twist Loops did Super well so

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almost 100 percent dried panel in this

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test so it performed in the top

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top-notch build quality the bang for

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buck you're getting is the less

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expensive towel out there uh and yeah an

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overall great experience of using this

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and once again even with this smaller

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size towel that is a 20 by 24 I can dry

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an entire average sized car or a small

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vehicle without having to wring it out

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so one towel does it all and it's just

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fantastic so yeah the winner of this

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test guys let me know do you agree for

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me the rag company Liquidator

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uh once again quick disclaimer this is

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not a sponsored video nobody paid to be

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included in this video so I ordered all

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of these towels myself except the luxury

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microfiber which was sent to me in a

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previous video where I fully reviewed

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this if you guys want to check that out

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once again this video here nobody paid

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for this video I'm just giving you my

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thoughts my experience with these towels

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if your experience differs let me know

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what would have been your top pick drop

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a comment in the comment section I

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remind you that I'll leave links to all

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of these towels in the description under

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the video for you guys to check them out

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and yeah if you want me to include more

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towels are there any towels that I

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absolutely need to check out because I'm

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always looking for your input you guys

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wanted me to include the chemical guys

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and the grios garage in this video and I

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did and I was happily surprised to have

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discovered these these towels and so let

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me know if there's any other ones that

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you want me to try in a future video

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Drop that comment right there and guys

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in the meantime don't forget keep it

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tight keep it clean and I'll see you on

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the next one