Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Ok, they're only dishtowels. They are for drying dishes, mopping up spills and drying hands--or whatever else you need a towel for in the kitchen. I've used bar towels for years and was never *really* happy with their size, quality or performance. These towels hit the mark in every way. When I received them, I tossed them in the washer (on cold--I wash just about everything on cold) and then in the dryer (normal setting) and there *might* have been some shrinkage, but with the size of these towels--they are HUGE--who cares about that!? It would still take two or more of my old towels to make up one of these "shrunken" towels. And really, would you run a special laundry load just for your kitchen towels--I wouldn't. So I treated them like I'll be treating them! They are thick.. almost canvas like, but they aren't stiff. All four edges are finished. The weave is very tight and if I was going to embroider a towel, this would be the towel I'd want to use. The colors are nice and compliment just about any kitchen color. But for me, the most important part... they DRY. After washing my hands, I picked one up and dried my hands--and they were actually dry when I was done. If you've had poor quality towels in the past, you know how important this is. They dry dishes just as well... even mopped up water off the counter.... slurped it all up. I do have one small issue with these towels, the hanging loop is on the corner. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but if I was to hang this huge towel from a hook inside my cabinet door, using the loop, they would hang down past the door and onto the floor. I really wish they had put the loop on the middle of a side instead--but even with that in mind, I still think I'm giving these for Christmas gifts this year--who couldn't use a set of fabulous dish towels. It's one of those simple, every day things you just don't give much thought--until you do. Definitely a +5 star product!!