@thechinglish Egyptian cotton is just one particular breed of cotton plant that is grown in many countries. The plants grown in Egypt and Sudan are the only ones called Egyptian cotton. It is not a name indicating a higher quality cotton just where it is grown.
@blaineg totally agree. I’m a dude and don’t necessarily need a giant towel, but I can see a woman with longer hair looking at this and using half of the entire set each morning. Prefer the bath towel to be a good 72"
@blaineg When it comes to bath towels, it isn’t their length vs your height, it’s their length vs your circumference. And maybe their width vs your height.
I still haven’t figured out… what do normal people use washcloths for?
They’re either really poor hand towels, or they’re too-big infant-washing devices. Are they being abused as dish cloths? Or used to wipe up all the spills in the house?
I can’t think of any sane use for them, especially at the rate of 20 for a couple without children (even ignoring my opinion that those other numbers look to be about double what I would expect).
(and while I’m baffled at how other people live, why does somebody need 10 bath sheets and 10 bath towels? What are bath towels used for if you already have the apparently-superior bath sheet?)
Did some googling and it appears these towels have been discontinued and there will be no more firmware updates available moving forward. Better hope they work out of the box or you will be SOL. Call me crazy but I’d rather pay a little extra and buy my towel mittens from my local retailer where I can go in and troubleshoot my issues with a REAL human.
It’s posts like today that keep me coming back to Meh. I feel like Meh really listens to its customers! So rare these days. Now I just need to wait for that nano-twin bed to be offered to match these and I’ll be set.
@brochenzo@shampshire It’s part of the campaign to get people to buy separate woven-fiber appliances to properly meet the specific cleansing needs of each bodily surface area; surely you would not want to use the same kind of cloth to tend to your face as you would use on your knees; that’s just terribly absurd!
For a surprisingly high number of houseware items (including towels), I’ve found “the best available from Target” to be the sweet spot.
I’ve spent way more on towels from Nordstrom/Macy’s and tried to get value from Amazon/Woot/Home Depot, but I’m currently happy with my Target Threshold Signature set.
These are tempting because of the nice colors and also because the selvadges, or as someone online put it, “that strip of non-towelliness at the ends,” are nice and narrow. On most towels these days the selvage is wide and uncomfortably rough. But - I have a lot of towels.
Whose ass had to be kicked before a textile in rare and elusive cotton could be offered? Would they allow further ass-kicking so we could get some cotton sheets over here?
@theresa907 Yeah, that’s well past the expected arrival date. If you haven’t done so already, contact Support so they can look into why happened. https://meh.com/support
Specs
Product: Royal Comfort 8-Piece Egyptian Cotton Towel Set with Mat
Model: 8PCTOW
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$99.00 at Bed Bath Fashions)
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Mar 6 - Thursday, Mar 9
COTTON!!!
@Kyeh followed by a week of microfiber sheets
Ohhh, a hand glove.
@borisparsley They already did a love glove with that Valentine’s meh-a-thon.
Perfect for the Egyptian Lover in your life.
They ain’t know pillow guy’s GIZA (or is it geezer?) towels!
I’m sure it’s Egyptian cotton
Hahahahahahha yeah right
@thechinglish Egyptian cotton is just one particular breed of cotton plant that is grown in many countries. The plants grown in Egypt and Sudan are the only ones called Egyptian cotton. It is not a name indicating a higher quality cotton just where it is grown.
@thechinglish @yakkoTDI Kinda like Scotch has to come from Scotland. Unless it’s that blended trash.
Single malts are the only true Scotch whiskeys.
@tweezak “whisky”, not “whiskey”.
@thechinglish Wonder if it’s the Egyptian that self unravel’s after the first use
@spavlis tomato tomato
Yay cotton!
I’m thinking it might be more of a mitten.
I’m 74", don’t try to tell me that 54" is a bath towel. That’s just a large hand towel.
@blaineg
At first I didn’t catch the ".
I thought you were the old man yelling at the towels to get off his lawn.
@blaineg Right? I haven’t used anything smaller than a bath sheet in years. I just wish hotels had them!
@blaineg @kostia
Hah - same here, and I’m only 5’2"!
@blaineg totally agree. I’m a dude and don’t necessarily need a giant towel, but I can see a woman with longer hair looking at this and using half of the entire set each morning. Prefer the bath towel to be a good 72"
@justdrooit I got a couple of 40"x80" Turkish bath sheet from Amazon, and am completely spoiled now.
@blaineg same, once you try bath sheets you can’t go back to regular sized towels.
@blaineg When it comes to bath towels, it isn’t their length vs your height, it’s their length vs your circumference. And maybe their width vs your height.
@rockblossom For me it’s height. If it doesn’t reach from head to toe it’s a washcloth, not a towel.
/showme Meh’s copywriter trolling the customers
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/giphy curses!
@mediocrebot
@haydesigner Try again without the apostrophe
@haydesigner @heartny /showme again without the apostrophe
@haydesigner @heartny @thechilipepper0 But /showme won’t work on a reply, only a comment.
/showme Egyptian cotton
/showme what these towels are REALLY made of
@mediocrebot they’re made of towels, wow
@awk @mediocrebot They’re made of meat.
@blaineg Excellent!
@blaineg I was expecting Soylent Green.
Instead, I’m left wondering what kind of life form those aliens are.
/showme what the towels the towels are made of are made of
@awk It’s towels all the way down!
@awk That’s like inbreeding. Gross.
@awk they’re fractowels! The mandelbrotowel set!
/showme the mandelbrotowel set
@mediocrebot the towels the towels appear to be made of to be made of … cotton
Never forget the worst towel take I’ve ever read. Unless you are a very, very moist couple.
@j37hr0 Add pets into the mix though
@j37hr0 “I just realized my favorite towel is a bath sheet. Wth!”
@j37hr0 (or anyone else)
I still haven’t figured out… what do normal people use washcloths for?
They’re either really poor hand towels, or they’re too-big infant-washing devices. Are they being abused as dish cloths? Or used to wipe up all the spills in the house?
I can’t think of any sane use for them, especially at the rate of 20 for a couple without children (even ignoring my opinion that those other numbers look to be about double what I would expect).
(and while I’m baffled at how other people live, why does somebody need 10 bath sheets and 10 bath towels? What are bath towels used for if you already have the apparently-superior bath sheet?)
I’m on the fence. Could you give me a little more detail on the hand glove?
Cotton SHEETS! But you are getting close.
@craigcush well, they go on your bed if you’re hoping to get lucky… just sayin’
Gotta justify the VIP some way.
/giphy national-glorified-top
“100 percent Egyptian cotton, which is SUPER important to some of you guys.”
I feel called out.
@weatherseed I mean…sorry dudes mom
Nice Simpsons reference
Did some googling and it appears these towels have been discontinued and there will be no more firmware updates available moving forward. Better hope they work out of the box or you will be SOL. Call me crazy but I’d rather pay a little extra and buy my towel mittens from my local retailer where I can go in and troubleshoot my issues with a REAL human.
@brochenzo Although realize that real human may need to share the shower with you to trouble shoot.
@brochenzo @Kidsandliz Have you tried turning it off and back on again?
Do these have user-replaceable batteries? Or when the battery wears out, do we just have to throw the whole set out?
@khearn - Opportunity. Missed.
“… or do we just have to throw in the towel?”
Can these clean up spilled margaritas?
@somf69 That is what dogs are for.
/giphy caring-fatty-invention
Oh come on. Microfiber towels are so much better!
https://www.thebrokebackpacker.com/best-microfibre-travel-towel/
/showme awful-caring-sidewalk
/giphy awful-caring-sidewalk
@aperfecttool72
It’s posts like today that keep me coming back to Meh. I feel like Meh really listens to its customers! So rare these days. Now I just need to wait for that nano-twin bed to be offered to match these and I’ll be set.
@natefarious r u w8ting 4 rayon sheets? Coming soon just 4 u.
Face towels? When did we stop calling them washcloths?
@shampshire I think the big towel lobbyists got their way and had them recategorized
@brochenzo @shampshire It’s part of the campaign to get people to buy separate woven-fiber appliances to properly meet the specific cleansing needs of each bodily surface area; surely you would not want to use the same kind of cloth to tend to your face as you would use on your knees; that’s just terribly absurd!
+1 for the Curley reference
For a surprisingly high number of houseware items (including towels), I’ve found “the best available from Target” to be the sweet spot.
I’ve spent way more on towels from Nordstrom/Macy’s and tried to get value from Amazon/Woot/Home Depot, but I’m currently happy with my Target Threshold Signature set.
/giphy ambiguous-pure-gecko
/showme meat towels
/showme extreme softness, color luster, absorption, and durability
These are tempting because of the nice colors and also because the selvadges, or as someone online put it, “that strip of non-towelliness at the ends,” are nice and narrow. On most towels these days the selvage is wide and uncomfortably rough. But - I have a lot of towels.
Whose ass had to be kicked before a textile in rare and elusive cotton could be offered? Would they allow further ass-kicking so we could get some cotton sheets over here?
Coincidence?
I don’t think so.
https://home.woot.com/offers/100-egyptian-cotton-6-piece-towel-sets-5
My in-laws just left and completely destroyed our white towels. Getting the granite ones for next time.
/showme Mehs copywriter trolling the customers
I was super disappointed in these. They were so thin and didn’t even have that new towel softness. Would not recommend.
@Sbaum676 they are however very absorbent. So there’s that.
I ordered these towels on March 3rd. I have yet to receive them. What do I do?
@theresa907 Yeah, that’s well past the expected arrival date. If you haven’t done so already, contact Support so they can look into why happened.
https://meh.com/support