A question about your use of towels

[Starfleet Engineer]

Your Towels

Do you use a different towel each time you bathe? Use one a day? One a week? How often do you go to a different towel?

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Re: Your Towels

Do you use a different towel each time you bathe? Use one a day? One a week? How often do you go to a different towel?

I use a different towel every time I bathe. It's the civilized thing to do.

 

[thestrangequark]

One a week. More would mean a lot of wasteful, unnecessary laundry.

 

[fek'lhr1]

For my body I use a different towel everyday.
I have a designated "floor towel" the I use for about a week but it is just to step on comming out of the bath/shower.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

A towelled dressing gown for the body, a separate towel for my face and hair, one for my hands when washing them, another one for the, um, naughty bits, and I also have a floor towel for the bathroom and a separate floor towel for the kitchen.

For sure, I know where my towels are.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

What's the big deal? You're *clean* when you get out of the shower/bath, so why go out of your way to use different towels each time? I wash mine every few days, but I don't think it's an issue, really. Then again, I live alone, I don't share with anyone...

 

[Tim]

What's the big deal? You're *clean* when you get out of the shower/bath, so why go out of your way to use different towels each time? I wash mine every few days, but I don't think it's an issue, really. Then again, I live alone, I don't share with anyone...

I have to agree with you there. If you've done a competent job bathing, then the towel is not going to get that dirty, unless you use it to rub off dead skin or some such.

 

[fek'lhr1]

What's the big deal? You're *clean* when you get out of the shower/bath, so why go out of your way to use different towels each time? I wash mine every few days, but I don't think it's an issue, really. Then again, I live alone, I don't share with anyone...

I have to agree with you there. If you've done a competent job bathing, then the towel is not going to get that dirty, unless you use it to rub off dead skin or some such.

What I worry about is the actual moisture on the towel attracting bacteria, not about anything I'm rubbing onto it.
Even when hung to dry a towel is wet for quite a while, especially if you bathe twice a day or even just everyday.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

What I worry about is the actual moisture on the towel attracting bacteria, not about anything I'm rubbing onto it.
Even when hung to dry a towel is wet for quite a while, especially if you bathe twice a day or even just everyday.

When I hang a towel up, it's dry a few hours later. In my house, anyway. Not enough time for any serious amount of bacteria to accumulate. And my house, in general, is clean.

 

[Shazam!]

What I worry about is the actual moisture on the towel attracting bacteria, not about anything I'm rubbing onto it.
Even when hung to dry a towel is wet for quite a while, especially if you bathe twice a day or even just everyday.

lol@you worrying

 

[Rii]

When it starts crawling across the floor.

 

[RoJoHen]

Um...I use the same towel for about a month at a time. I just forget to wash them.

 

[Joshua Howard]

As long as it smells, looks, and feels like a clean towel, I don't particularly worry about the situation.

 

[Kelthaz]

I probably change towels twice a week.

 

[AstroSmurf]

My OCD prohibits me from using a towel more than once. Basically I do a lot of laundry and own a lot of towels. (18 total.)

 

[Chris3123]

Different one each time.

 

[Starbreaker]

I don't think I wash them often enough... they will occasionally smell funny.

 

[RoJoHen]

My roommate in college never even used to hang up his towels. He would just leave them in a wet ball on the floor and use them for months at a time. He was gross.

 

[Mr. B]

I use a new one every day. I don't understand why people with regular access to a washer/dryer would reuse a towel. I live in a first world country. I'm not drying my face with the same towel I rubbed all over my crotch yesterday, no matter how clean all my parts are.

 

[RoJoHen]

I use a new one every day. I don't understand why people with regular access to a washer/dryer would reuse a towel. I live in a first world country. I'm not drying my face with the same towel I rubbed all over my crotch yesterday, no matter how clean all my parts are.

Maybe some of us don't see the need to do a whole load of laundry for a single towel.

Oh, and I always use the end of the towel for my crotch and the middle of the towel for my face...so there's no crossover.