No fluff

We’re not here to reignite the great microfiber debate with this deal (some of you have very strong opinions on this), but we’ll just say this—beach towels are a place where microfiber absolutely shines, especially if you need more than one or two of them.

This is partly because they’re thin and partly because they’re really, really absorbent. Being thin almost feels like a drawback, until you realize that thin towels are going to take up way less space in your beach bag or whatever, both coming and going. So if you actually need four of these at once, you’ll have them rolled up under one arm instead of spilling out everywhere in the parking lot as your giant fluffy stack undoes itself.

And now for the absorbent part. When you genuinely want to get dry, this is exactly what you need. They will do the job so much more effectively than thick traditional towels do. So less toweling off, and more being dry when you’re read to be dry.

We’re less convinced on the yoga utility, but maybe! (They’re pretty big.)