Cotton Bath Towels – Advantages & Disadvantages
You might be aware of the fact that till date cotton bath towels remain the first choice of people all around the globe.
But have you ever wondered why cotton bath towels are the most widely acclaimed?
Following points enlist the key benefits of using cotton fiber for your bath towels:
• Cotton fibers have generally longer staple lengths. Owing to the long staple lengths of cotton fibers, the resultant cotton threads are finer. Hence bath towels manufactured from these cotton fibers are very soft and plush.
• Another advantage of the longer lengths of cotton fiber is that there are fewer joins in the spinning yarn. Lesser the joins stronger the thread. Hence cotton bath towels have higher durability. Longevity of cotton bath towels is one of the most important factors why people prefer using cotton bath towels.
• Cotton bath towels have high absorbency. As absorbency is one of the prime criteria of determining the quality of the bath towel most people prefer to buy cotton bath towels.
• Since cotton is extensively grown in many parts of the world. Cotton fiber is easily available. Therefore, they are not very expensive.
• Cotton bath towels can be machine washed and dried.
• Cotton bath towels have high breath ability.
• Cotton fiber is extremely susceptible to dyes. Hence cotton bath towels are available in variety of colors.
• Cotton bath towels don’t cause any itching and irritation even to people having sensitive skin.
Despite of having so many advantages it is always better to buy bath towels which have cotton blended with some other fabric such as bamboo. It is not advisable to buy 100% cotton towels because of the following reasons:
• Cotton bath towels shrink if exposed to higher temperatures when wet. That is when you dry your bath towel in a conventional dryer after washing it, its dimensions may vary.
• Cotton bath towels have a tendency to lock moisture hence they lack the ability to dry up quickly.
• Due to their inability to loose moisture quickly cotton bath towels remain damp for a long time and hence tend to harbor mildew.