@ladyhawke001@werehatrack@yakkoTDI, I don’t use towels to clean my mind, but iffen I did I already have plenty. Anyway, I only relayed what She said, so don’t shoot the messenger!
@bugger Nice. We bought some at Costco fairly recently. 20 ct. Set (4 bath, 8 hand & wash clothes). They are very good, were on sale before (~$50/set iirc) and very hefty, super nice.
Sky Blue? Sea Spray? Birch? Lilac? Only marketing snobs understand marketing colors, and my wife has to have each one. What happened to simple green? Oh yeah, it all went to the marketing snobs’ products!
@Kyeh I don’t like, for example, the ringspun t-shirts. The fabric wears too thin, too quickly, and if always feels thin, plus, it’s too soft. I LIKE the feeling of clothing on me. lol
Just my preference.
@Kyeh@Tadlem43 You’ve never had a 6oz ringspun shirt, like the old Fruit of the Loom Loftees, or a Port & Co PC150. They wear like iron, but they’re amazingly sweaty in hot weather because the knit is very dense. (I sell T-shirts, and there’s a happy medium between the extremes; the Anvil 780 and 880 are pretty good choices.)
@Kyeh@werehatrack Yes, I have. Well, not the Port & Co. I’m not familiar with it.
I used to do screen printing and promo items. I just don’t care for it, but that’s just me. I certainly would offer ringspun to my customers.
I usually use/wear Anvil, Alstyle, or Gildan. Alstyle is my fav.
@Kyeh@werehatrack Yes, but you can still buy alstyle shirts…or you could a few months ago. I bought a case of mixed colors.
I hope they don’t merge the manufacturing. I think alstyle is a better made shirt. They’re great for screen printing and sublimation. I’ve never had one bleed or bleed through, and I live their double stitching.
I kinda miss doing that sometimes, but not enough to get back into it. lol
@Kyeh@Tadlem43 I very much doubt that Alstyle’s manufacturing is entirely separate, or contains all of the styles that it once did. Look at what Gildan did to Anvil; most of their product line simply evaporated. And with competition reduced, Gildan’s responsiveness and reliability went to shit as well. Even before the plague, TSC Apparel had seen so many core Gildan styles and colors go into backorder status across sizes below 2X that they had to abandon their in-stock guarantee. Now, of course, it’s even worse. I recently had to source some Heritage Cotton just to have 2X in black at all. Back in November, some base size/color combos (like black, navy, and red in L/XL/2X) just could not be had at times. And after S&S ate TSC, I don’t even have a warehouse closer than Dallas. Fourth largest city in the nation, and we can’t get T-shirts same-day.
@lisagd@rpstrong@sassymango I hate huge bath sheets! just a nice medium-size towel is fine with me. easier to handle, wipe off droplets of water. smaller to wash and dry. of course I swap into my normal work attire quickly which is sweat pants or shorts and tee-shirt (long or-short sleeved depending on season). Now on the other hand if I would want to use it as a makeshift robe, then yes, a bath sheet might be good.
I really dislike the stiff scratchy nap-less decorative band on towels like these. I have some similar ones and it’s not comfortable against your skin.
@Kyeh Agreed, I’ve never understood the purpose except it’s less towel where they have to put the fluffy stuff. And if they have to use it, why not put it out at the end?
I go out of my way to buy towels without those.
Too often, yeah. We still have a couple of half-towels that were made from ones that had those bands at both ends. All they were good for was making a cat hammock, and the cats didn’t want one.
I’ve actually never commented before, but just came here to say the people who complain that microfiber is the absolute WORST are 100% right. I made the microfiber sheets mistake once… NEVER AGAIN.
@txlseries5 It’s like the days when the endangered Naugas were hunted to extinction to make Naugahyde for cheap fake leather furniture. And to the end, cheap bargain furniture stores continued to sell the stuff.
@txlseries5 Microfiber constantly sheds little plastic, um, microfibers! It gets into everything through the water table, is not filtered out by muni water systems, consolidates in the waterways and oceans, concentrates in fish and aquatic life, and you probably just had some for dinner.
Received the towels the other day and they are about as thin and threadbare as any towels I have ever seen. They are for our camp and not home, but I will stay clear of this brand going forward. Got what I paid for, I suppose.
I should have listened to Jonas4321! These are the worst towels I’ve ever owned. Thin & lightweight. A complete waste of money. That Meh would allow something this pathetic to go out under their name was the final straw for me. I’ll be closing my account and halting further notifications. I no longer trust the quality of the products they ship.
Specs
Product: Heidi & Oak 100% Cotton Ringspun Towel Set
Condition: New
Dimensions
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$34.80 for similar at Belk
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Jun 6 - Friday, Jun 10
Testing! Testing! 1, 2, 3! Is this thing on?
@yakkoTDI The better question is “What is this thing on?”
@werehatrack @yakkoTDI, That’s what she said!!
@1DisabledWarVet @werehatrack @yakkoTDI Dirty mind?.. you may need these towels
@ladyhawke001 @werehatrack @yakkoTDI, I don’t use towels to clean my mind, but iffen I did I already have plenty. Anyway, I only relayed what She said, so don’t shoot the messenger!
@1DisabledWarVet @werehatrack @yakkoTDI saw an opening, was nothing more*. Towels have been thrown at me many times.
*That’s what he said.
How very Meh-ta of you guys.
Funny write up, but if the people want cotton bedding, this ain’t exactly the answer. That said, I’d be tempted if I were in the market.
I buy all my towels At Costco. They’re $6 and thick as hell. So…. Pass
@bugger Nice. We bought some at Costco fairly recently. 20 ct. Set (4 bath, 8 hand & wash clothes). They are very good, were on sale before (~$50/set iirc) and very hefty, super nice.
@bugger Wife says I forgot the best part, they are 600 gsm. I’m told that means grams per square meter.
$50 on Azn but not much more at Belk w.free shipping?
Sky Blue? Sea Spray? Birch? Lilac? Only marketing snobs understand marketing colors, and my wife has to have each one. What happened to simple green? Oh yeah, it all went to the marketing snobs’ products!
It’s almost like colors have shades or something.
@hchavers I like to refer to these as “rich people colors.” Rich people don’t want to use normal color words. Those words are for the poors.
/buy --color “Sky Blue”
@Euniceandrich It worked! Your order number is: aback-cruel-pollution
/image aback cruel pollution
/giphy aback-cruel-pollution
/giphy color “Sky Blue”
@Euniceandrich holy shit that gif is incredibly upsetting
@Euniceandrich … it sure is!
BAD TRASH! 
No sheet, they’re cotton.
These should have been listed on May 25th.
@werehatrack Guess they forgot.
@werehatrack
- But my second thought: Do they know something we don’t? Should I get my towel ready!?
My first thought. For $25 on towel day
Do they have patterns? If I come home with plain towels my wife will beat me.
@mexicantacos
Promises, promises…
I don’t know which is worse, microfiber or ringspun cotton.
Yeah… I do. Microfiber. But ringspun is a very close 2nd!
@Tadlem43 What’s bad about ringspun?
@Kyeh @Tadlem43
I was wondering that same thing.
@Kyeh I don’t like, for example, the ringspun t-shirts. The fabric wears too thin, too quickly, and if always feels thin, plus, it’s too soft. I LIKE the feeling of clothing on me. lol
Just my preference.
@Kyeh @Tadlem43 You’ve never had a 6oz ringspun shirt, like the old Fruit of the Loom Loftees, or a Port & Co PC150. They wear like iron, but they’re amazingly sweaty in hot weather because the knit is very dense. (I sell T-shirts, and there’s a happy medium between the extremes; the Anvil 780 and 880 are pretty good choices.)
@Kyeh @werehatrack Yes, I have. Well, not the Port & Co. I’m not familiar with it.
I used to do screen printing and promo items. I just don’t care for it, but that’s just me. I certainly would offer ringspun to my customers.
I usually use/wear Anvil, Alstyle, or Gildan. Alstyle is my fav.
@Kyeh @Tadlem43 Alstyle got Borged by the Gildan. Sadness.
@Kyeh @werehatrack Yes, but you can still buy alstyle shirts…or you could a few months ago. I bought a case of mixed colors.
I hope they don’t merge the manufacturing. I think alstyle is a better made shirt. They’re great for screen printing and sublimation. I’ve never had one bleed or bleed through, and I live their double stitching.
I kinda miss doing that sometimes, but not enough to get back into it. lol
@Kyeh @Tadlem43 I very much doubt that Alstyle’s manufacturing is entirely separate, or contains all of the styles that it once did. Look at what Gildan did to Anvil; most of their product line simply evaporated. And with competition reduced, Gildan’s responsiveness and reliability went to shit as well. Even before the plague, TSC Apparel had seen so many core Gildan styles and colors go into backorder status across sizes below 2X that they had to abandon their in-stock guarantee. Now, of course, it’s even worse. I recently had to source some Heritage Cotton just to have 2X in black at all. Back in November, some base size/color combos (like black, navy, and red in L/XL/2X) just could not be had at times. And after S&S ate TSC, I don’t even have a warehouse closer than Dallas. Fourth largest city in the nation, and we can’t get T-shirts same-day.
@Kyeh @werehatrack That’s absurd! What supply company do you use or do you buy direct? Gildan has a place here in Dallas.
so close -
pro - cotton
con - towels, not bath sheets
@sassymango or just, like, actual cotton sheets. Would that have been “throwing in the towel?”
@sassymango Uh…bath sheets? For sleeping in the tub?
@sassymango
Agreed. I’m not a small person, so I need a little more yardage here! Otherwise, nice effort this time, Meh
@rpstrong @sassymango Nothing that exciting. They’re just really big bath towels.
@sassymango Hear hear. Bath sheets are the greatest.
@lisagd @rpstrong @sassymango I hate huge bath sheets! just a nice medium-size towel is fine with me. easier to handle, wipe off droplets of water. smaller to wash and dry. of course I swap into my normal work attire quickly which is sweat pants or shorts and tee-shirt (long or-short sleeved depending on season). Now on the other hand if I would want to use it as a makeshift robe, then yes, a bath sheet might be good.
@pmarin @rpstrong @sassymango I’ve got enough real estate that I like the coverage a bath sheet gives me.
I really dislike the stiff scratchy nap-less decorative band on towels like these. I have some similar ones and it’s not comfortable against your skin.
@Kyeh Agreed, I’ve never understood the purpose except it’s less towel where they have to put the fluffy stuff. And if they have to use it, why not put it out at the end?
I go out of my way to buy towels without those.
@stolicat Me too, ever since I got the few that I have.
@Kyeh they finally give us cotton and we still find something to bitch about …
@stolicat Too true - I’m sure they expected that.
@Kyeh That’s the shrink zone…and the corners will never meet up properly again when folding them.
@hutchnow @Kyeh
Too often, yeah. We still have a couple of half-towels that were made from ones that had those bands at both ends. All they were good for was making a cat hammock, and the cats didn’t want one.
Maybe we can unravel these and weave them into sheets?
Itsy, bitsy towels.
Shouldn’t it be viscose? Since it’s Heidi & OAK?
erratic-loathsome-warrior
@j37hr0 10 sheets AND towels? If you’re using a sheet, it replaces a towel. You don’t need 20.
@dam091 @j37hr0 Unless you’re someone with long hair, you’ll need the sheet to wrap around you & the towel to wrap around your head.
“Our kids read this stuff.”
“That shit ain’t right.”
Literally the next paragraph.
Tell your kids I’m coming for them tonight.
Those all are wider than I’d want. Heck, my towel rack is less than 24" wide.
@Citymars
“You could fold it though.”
“Well, no, then it’s half the size…”
“Not the bread. You could fold the meat.”
Nigel tears the sandwich in half.
“Yeah, but then it, then it…breaks apart like this.”
Ian tries to demonstrate his method.
“No, you put it on the bread like this…”
“But then, if you keep folding it, it keeps breaking…”
“Why do you keep folding it?”
Nigel stares down at the crumbled remnants of the sandwich, then tries folding it again.
“And then you…everything has to be folded, and then it’s…”
He keeps folding.
“This. And I don’t want this.”
Disgusted, he hurls the sandwich to the floor.
“I want large bread!”
I’ve actually never commented before, but just came here to say the people who complain that microfiber is the absolute WORST are 100% right. I made the microfiber sheets mistake once… NEVER AGAIN.
@gaelen I think jersey sheets are the best!
@gaelen So you are saying: “I’ll take no more of that sheet, Meh!” Right?
Do I need to use microfiber to dry microphallus…asking for a friend?
Here’s there problem. Microfiber is actually decent for towels. It’s way more absorbent than cotton. It’s terrible for sheets though… Swing and a miss
The war against microfiber is completely warranted, Meh. Stop acting like it’s just a phase and we’re being drama queens.
@txlseries5 It’s like the days when the endangered Naugas were hunted to extinction to make Naugahyde for cheap fake leather furniture. And to the end, cheap bargain furniture stores continued to sell the stuff.
@txlseries5 Microfiber constantly sheds little plastic, um, microfibers! It gets into everything through the water table, is not filtered out by muni water systems, consolidates in the waterways and oceans, concentrates in fish and aquatic life, and you probably just had some for dinner.
@pmarin @txlseries5 They’re using the hides of vegans now.
@stolicat @txlseries5 On the plus side, we are always being told to get more fiber in our diet.
Received the towels the other day and they are about as thin and threadbare as any towels I have ever seen. They are for our camp and not home, but I will stay clear of this brand going forward. Got what I paid for, I suppose.
I should have listened to Jonas4321! These are the worst towels I’ve ever owned. Thin & lightweight. A complete waste of money. That Meh would allow something this pathetic to go out under their name was the final straw for me. I’ll be closing my account and halting further notifications. I no longer trust the quality of the products they ship.
These towels don’t suck up enough water. They still suck, indeed.