How many days do you use a towel for?

Post by **Trant** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:01 am

As in, how many days will you use the same bath towel before you wash it?

Everyone I talk to says one week.

I can't be the only one that only uses the same towel for 2 days max.

No, this thread doesn't make sense.

Post by **hadi** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:32 am

Post by **Libaax** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:30 pm

I use several not cause i dont like using one twice cause i just take the one i find.

Post by **Arresty** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:49 pm

Someone is bored.

I use a towel anywhere from once to a week. Normally only 2 to 3 days, but when I start runnning low on towels I start to stretch them out a little longer to avoid doing laundry.

Post by **Libaax** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:53 pm

Hehe to avoid laundry so i im not the only one that is lazy that way:P

Post by **Arresty** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:56 pm

I try to stretch doing laundry as long as I can. There is a point where I normally run out of shirts, socks and underwear, and decide maybe its time.

Edit: sooks is not a word, but socks is. Also added a comma.

Post by **Libaax** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:07 pm

Hehe yeah that a sign that you need to do laundry.

Post by **calvin** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:42 pm

damn, the way i figure it... since you're clean after you use the towel it doesn't really ever get dirty. unless of course you're using it for other purposes than it goes straight into the dirty pile. i've been on the current towel for about 3 weeks now... i think

Post by **Trant** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:07 pm

calvin wrote:damn, the way i figure it... since you're clean after you use the towel it doesn't really ever get dirty. unless of course you're using it for other purposes than it goes straight into the dirty pile. i've been on the current towel for about 3 weeks now... i think

Eww man. It's like a piece of cardboard after 3 weeks I'm sure.

I hate to see what your bath towels look like.

You're probably one of those guys that turns his underwear inside out so he can say that they are still clean.

I'm going to stop this "use a towel for a week" business. The time is now, comrades. We must make a stand. And I must start by getting a job at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

Viva!

Post by **Buzkashi** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:55 am

Im starting to think that you started this whole thread just to post that pic..

I use my towels for around a week. My normal rule is untill they get kinda smelly. And thats about a week for me.

Post by **mrJotaan** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:22 am

I only use a towel once and I wash it, of course I have a lot of towels so that explains why I can do it.

Post by **Malvado** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:34 am

2 days

Post by **psi29a** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:47 am

Hmm, let us see here... we have a towel, who's purpose is to soak up water. If you actually wash your body, and "clean" it, then all you are doing is getting the towel wet. Also, provided that the towel is air dried... on a rack, it shouldn't go all cardboard on you. Matter of fact, it never happened to any of my towels. You must have some shitty towels. One week usage, but only I use the towel, and it takes half a day for the towel to air dry. You do the math.

To wash it after 2 days is a waste of money, time, water, and cleaning solution. After all, the point of a bath or shower... is to clean yourself, not to wipe it all off with towel after the fact. Of course you could just be OCD or germophobic. Remember, those germs... they are everwhere, even now... they are on you, christ look at your keyboard... they are calling out to you and smiling with every key press...

Post by **Buzkashi** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:10 am

I take 2 showers a day. So after 14 showers i get a new one. Because my towels start to smell funky.

Post by **Malvado** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:26 am

air dried=my floor

Post by **psi29a** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:34 am

ewww, need a rack man. Perhaps a vent to pump out the moisture in the air.

Post by **Trant** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:43 am

Don't you know that indoor air pollution is the worst? And that's the same air drying your towels. Not to mention the fact that mold will usually end up settling on your damp towels. Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.

PS: The pic came after the thread, I assure you. The idea came to me as I was discussing this topic with a friend of mine. I already had the picture made (sans towel) for a school presentation I did a year or so ago.

I'm sure that eventually you will all see the error of your ways. At least...one can hope.

Post by **psi29a** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:53 am

The moister/mold issue is a problem with houses that are too air-tight or in envirornments (say, tropicial rain forest) that are naturually moist. You bathroom should not be one of those. The air circulartory system in the house should hopefully have a humidifier and dehumidifier and a HEPA filter to carry away the pollutants. It also helps if you open the window.

It happens that my vent is right below the towel rack, thus all the moister is removed before any marginal amounts of mold/mildew and the like have a chance to take hold.

Granted, your living conditions will dictate how often to 'clean' your house, clothes, and self. A construction worker is bound to wash twice a day, while College Professor probably only baths once a day. It just so happens that my towel is fresh for use till I decide to do laundry, it may not need it, but I do it anyway.

Oh, side note. I throw away towels at a rate of one per 6 months, as most towels at that point get worn out and are relegated to being car wash rags.

Post by **Gaiseric** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:11 pm

I shower every other day and use the same towel three or four times.

Post by **Shade** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:03 am

I used the same for 2 days and it gets washed whenever I can be bothered to pick it up and do laundry...
You'd never guess I have a sert. 2 in hygiene XD

Website · Post by **Damien** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:56 pm

Until it looks dirty OR starts to smell.

Post by **Arresty** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:40 am

Climate is a huge thing, In the summer i generally want to wash my towel more frequently because they don't dry as well since it is more humid. My towel sometimes doesn't dry by the next day in which case I would not want to use it for more than a few days but generally I use a towel a minimum of 2 days and a max of a week or more, though I used to be one of those one use and wash people. But realized there is not point to do towels that frequently, just a waste of time and money like psi said. And those who leave it on the floor, that is sick. It doesn't dry that way, and that is how mildew or mold starts to grow. If you leave it hung up it will minimize the growth of such things.

Post by **calvin** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:58 am

it really is amazing how paranoid people are of a little mold on a towel. even if mold does start to grow because the towel didn't dry quickly, it will die very soon after the towel is actually dry. dead and dried mold has very little toxin in it and would actually only act as a drying agent. unless your allergic to the mold (trust me, you'll know if you are,) a little bit of mold will not hurt you.

Post by **Buzkashi** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:05 am

Gaiseric wrote:I shower every other day and use the same towel three or four times.

you disgust me...

Post by **Gaiseric** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:22 am

Whats disgusting about it?