Microfiber Drying Towel Review - what would you like to see reviewed and how?

However you do it... it's important to have controls in place. It's not always easy coming up with perfect controls.

I've done comparative testing before and there's two general ways to do it...


1: Make it super complicated.

2: Keep it super simple​



I'd opt for the super simple method otherwise you can go so deep that you can never get out, by this I mean never finish the testing and publishing your findings. Just find a way to keep it simple, wash and rinse one of our cars and then take one brand of towel and dry it off. Have someone there to take notes. Notes are you monitoring what you're seeing and experiencing.

Summarize and publish.


The thing about doing this testing on cars sealed with wax or sealant is the more you wash and dry the cars the more you'll micro-abrade off the wax or sealant. With a ceramic coated car, the ceramic coating is a lot less likely to wear off from careful washing and drying and thus a coated car would be a better "control" to test the performance of removing water versus a waxed or sealed car.


Just my thoughts after spending about 3 minutes thinking about how I would do comparative testing.


But for sure... keeping it simple will probably work better than making it complicated. At the end of the day, all we all want to do is get the water off our cars without scratching the paint and wasting time.


Good luck!


:)
 
Eldorado2k said:
Certainly understandable... But I'd just like to state that the Griots PFM has an extra 7" of towel to drag behind if held horizontally, and and extra 10" if held vertically vs. the Big Blue as it stands... Just want to point that out before/just in case any PFM fanboys get their championship champagne celebration started. lol.

My money's on Big Blue baby! lol.
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I think you'll like how I break it out. I've got some plans that I not going to divulge until it's all complete. I can't give all my ideas away!

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Have you thought about using glass as part of your testing? Drying a freshly rinsed windshield or side window would certainly mitigate the microabrasion of wax and sealant that Mike alluded to.


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Mike Phillips said:
However you do it... it's important to have controls in place. It's not always easy coming up with perfect controls.

I've done comparative testing before and there's two general ways to do it...


1: Make it super complicated.

2: Keep it super simple​



I'd opt for the super simple method otherwise you can go so deep that you can never get out, by this I mean never finish the testing and publishing your findings. Just find a way to keep it simple, wash and rinse one of our cars and then take one brand of towel and dry it off. Have someone there to take notes. Notes are you monitoring what you're seeing and experiencing.

Summarize and publish.


The thing about doing this testing on cars sealed with wax or sealant is the more you wash and dry the cars the more you'll micro-abrade off the wax or sealant. With a ceramic coated car, the ceramic coating is a lot less likely to wear off from careful washing and drying and thus a coated car would be a better "control" to test the performance of removing water versus a waxed or sealed car.


Just my thoughts after spending about 3 minutes thinking about how I would do comparative testing.


But for sure... keeping it simple will probably work better than making it complicated. At the end of the day, all we all want to do is get the water off our cars without scratching the paint and wasting time.


Good luck!


:)
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I completely agree, my tenancy is to make things complicated and be extremely thorough. I've done countless write ups on off roading forums for project builds, they took weeks write and publish after multiple month-long builds.

My goal for this one is to make it simple yet informative without vendor bias. Sorry Autogeek!





Hopefully; if there are towels that come out better than those sold on AG, they can soon be sold on AG for mutual benefit.

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Route246 said:
Have you thought about using glass as part of your testing? Drying a freshly rinsed windshield or side window would certainly mitigate the microabrasion of wax and sealant that Mike alluded to.


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I have thought about it. But using a large towel on a windshield would only satisfy a small portion of the test as a smaller towel could dry the same size area without issue.

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Eldorado2k said:
Certainly understandable... But I'd just like to state that the Griots PFM has an extra 7" of towel to drag behind if held horizontally, and and extra 10" if held vertically vs. the Big Blue as it stands... Just want to point that out before/just in case any PFM fanboys get their championship champagne celebration started. lol.

My money's on Big Blue baby! lol.
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That's easy money and I'd gladly take it. LOL
 
fly07sti said:
That's easy money and I'd gladly take it. LOL
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Lol.

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I use the Platinum Pluffle Towels from TRC, and like them a lot. But I would like to see what others think about them as well, and what their reviews of them would be like.
 
Update:

I secured a few more towels and updated the list on the first post.

KL!N Drying Towel Duo - Large and medium
I Hate Detailing - 001 Drying Towel

Still trying to get a large towel From Gyeon Quartz, a drying towel from Adams, and The Uber Super Drying Towel.


I will say; the response from vendors has been 99% positive, I've only had one or two say no. Pretty impressive!
 
That's pretty good. I mean they all try to say there's is the best. Sometimes companies need to put there money where there mouth is not everyone can or wants to afford a microfiber madness towel at 50 bucks

Maybe some are looking for bang for the buck


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As I'm not based in the US I don't know if Liquid Elements can be found in the US. But there Silver Back XL drying towel would be a real contender in this test. Try to get hold of one.
I looking forward to your review :)
 
SWETM said:
As I'm not based in the US I don't know if Liquid Elements can be found in the US. But there Silver Back XL drying towel would be a real contender in this test. Try to get hold of one.
I looking forward to your review :)
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Ill try to get one. I think this will cap me out. I'm at 39 towels right now.

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wgasa84 said:
Ill try to get one. I think this will cap me out. I'm at 39 towels right now.

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Haha yes you have some drying to do lol
I admire you for your effort.
If you want some ideas how to perform the testing take a look at The Forensic detailing chanel on Youtube. I think he is a great reviewer to look at. Then of course do your own thing. But some times it can be good to get some inspiration and then do it your own twist.
I came in from doing my car with gyeon wet coat and used the silver back to dry the car. It gets heavy afterwards and was able to dry the whole car with it without wringing it out :)

https://youtu.be/bMgN9bleu1Y

https://youtu.be/Xz9K8D0EmRQ
 
SWETM said:
Haha yes you have some drying to do lol
I admire you for your effort.
If you want some ideas how to perform the testing take a look at The Forensic detailing chanel on Youtube. I think he is a great reviewer to look at. Then of course do your own thing. But some times it can be good to get some inspiration and then do it your own twist.
I came in from doing my car with gyeon wet coat and used the silver back to dry the car. It gets heavy afterwards and was able to dry the whole car with it without wringing it out :)

https://youtu.be/bMgN9bleu1Y

https://youtu.be/Xz9K8D0EmRQ
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No luck finding one in the US with my searches. Thanks for the suggestion!
 
I have the rag company's towels, definitely interested to see this review.
 
wgasa84 said:
No luck finding one in the US with my searches. Thanks for the suggestion!
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It's like the chemical guys woolly mammoth but smaller in size and double sided. I like the plush drying towels and when you only need one towel to dry the car. Then I use another for the wheels and last a towel for when it dripping from various places. For this I use the ones that didnt got the job done before I got the silver back xl.

This review and testing is intresting to follow. I looking forward to what you think about the drying towels you're reviewing.
Hope all goes well and good luck.
 
BSoares said:
Let me save you some time. Griot’s PFM > any other towel. LOL.
On a serious note, thanks for doing this. I don’t have any suggestions but I look forward to your review.
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BAAAAAAAAAAAM!

I use what I like to call "The Dynamic Duo", the medium Big Blue and 16 x 16 Griot's PFM and then its game, set, match! I would put this combo up against anything. Honestly, a larger sized PFM could go solo and I'm pretty sure there's a larger size available, maybe Robin's going solo!
 
Depends how you like to dry because pfm and silk dryer are not really pat dry towels more made to drag IMO

Long plush like big blue are opposite. Yes they can drag too but not as effective as a twisted loop like pfm or silk dryer

There is even a Gyeon article out there showing how to use the silk dryer


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I continue to be impressed by the Griot's PFM! WELL worth the money. Pretty sure my wife bought me one or two after I suggested them for my upcoming birthday. She saw mine in action yesterday,and she was much impressed. Still gonna pick up one of the TRC towels in the future though.
 
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