For a drying towel the cobra guzzler is a very good towel but I find that IME and IMHO the Mothers WW is better.......and to be honest depending on what I'm doing I do not reach for a drying towel that often anymore
:iagree:with my friend Tony here on the most part........I will tell you that the best bang for the buck here at Autogeek for towels are the rolled edge ones(hemmed ones at MFT). Identically the same.......a great all around multi-use paint towel.
I will also agree about the Duragloss towels (polishing towel) it is simply the greatest towel that I reach for , for the final buff, yes they are VERY expensive but I love using them. (you just have to know where to buy them at half the price of DG & Autogeek sells them)
The price difference on 10 is over $12 (which is $1.24 per towel) and is quite a hit. But with a good sale going on and free shipping it can come out almost, (if not), equal. Sometimes to sweeten the deal however you can get free samples from MFT, which would more than offset shipping fees. 
Customer service of course is excellent at Autogeek, although I've had great service from MFT through the years. 
Just need to make EXTRA SURE that no mention of what, when, where, and from whom they would be buying. (Although I think the secrecy of it would be a deterrent to many members as there would be no 'ratings' or 'rankings' of members as to their overall trustworthiness.....) Which would/could lead to somebody either getting stuck with product(s), (been there) losing what could be a substantial amount of money, and/or someone running off with the bank. Take your pick there, humans being as they are and all. 
I'm with Tim here on the actual use of a dedicated "drying towel". Only if you're not using high pressure/high speed/high volume air to dry would you need a big supply of (what would be considered) "drying towels". When using a blower or Metro Vac etc. there really isn't much need for a drying towel per se. What little water is left, (or streaks/trails from having blown the vehicle dry) isn't a consequence. Why? Because you are always going to end up with some sort of spray LSP, be that called a 'wax', or 'sealant' it's still something that you're going to spray on, wipe off, buff dry.
For THAT you want a soft, plush towel. Using a waffle weave at that point is going to be trouble!
That "bang for the buck" thing gets tricky. Back a couple years ago the price differences between offerings from sites like Microfiber Tech and The Rag Company were HUGE compared to prices from 'detailing' sites. However... with the massive influx of detailing customers to MFT/TRC they've caught on and their prices are considerably higher than they were just 12 months ago. (FWIW they've also caught on and are offering a better selection of towels that 'detailers' want, so it's a win (although winning costs more than it did in the past).
Take the rolled edge/hemmed edge unit. (MFT calls it hemmed btw.)
Tim do you find that you like this towel better than the 'regular' 360? Honestly I didn't see a difference when they first came out. The truth however is... I just could not for the life of me justify the cost. Back then they were almost twice the cost of the 'regular' 360's, (by the case). They are still 74¢ more, or basically a 53% premium (just for rolled edges).
Now days they're only 53¢ more, (at least for 10). What's weird though is for 180 (which is the case size on the 'regular' units) they're a full 74¢ more. (On the retail side of the site) Which for me.... that's more than my cheap stubborn self will saunter up to the bar and shell out. :laughing:
What is confusing I reckon is why the price doesn't get drastically cheaper on the rolled edge units as the numbers go up. You would think they would cost less, being as it is actually LESS time consuming,(IE less labor) to roll the edges versus putting contrasting color piping around the edges. :dunno:
The cheapest price does start at only 150 units on the rolled edge though (versus 180 on the other ones). One thing that is very interesting is that the 'regular' 360's drop by 50% when you hit case size... yet the 'rolled' units only go down a maximum of 38%. (All pricing from the retail side of course.) It is worth noting that when buying only 30 units there isn't but 47¢ between them.
Whew.... getting into trouble here looking at towel prices. CarMomma just said "You ARE NOT SERIOUSLY thinking about buying more towels!" (That wasn't a question as much as an ultimatum.) :laughing:
Who ME?
I'm not a "pro" either.
And that's not all of my microfiber collection!
(Had a dirty box full, a load in the washer, another bin, and a trunk half full when I shot this pic.) Added more since then as well.
I agree, you can do pretty much anything you need with the MFT 360gsm towels. They'll remove compound, polish, even LSP. I would say though to get some of the 530's. They are the baby blue ones in that bin on the right, and on the far left on the bottom shelf next to the gray Korean edgeless. Between those and the 360's you're covered for most everything. They'll even make good drying towels!
I would say however that everyone needs at least a 'few' Korean 500 edgeless (the gray ones on the shelf and in the bin on the floor). They're always good for QD duties, and light dusting. Also work with final wipe of any LSP before delivery. I do have some of the dual-plush 700's (on the right side of the Korean gray's) and they are GREAT for removing dust, but they'll lint when you least want it.
One that I like a lot lately is the "White Whale" (850gsm) as well as both the towels from Duragloss. They are both exactly the same, just different sizes. Not cheap at all, but a really nice towel. Their construction is similar to the "Blue Whale" (1100gsm) sewn around the edge, and across on the X & Y axis. They are softer, have deeper (and looser nap) and easier to work with than the "blue whale". (FYI there are 2 of the blue whale's on the top shelf, left side, dark blue with silver border.)
