Tips to help you distinguish the hotel towels quality

Jul 11, 2025

Nowadays, there are various types and styles of hotel towels available in the market, but the quality varies greatly. Twenty Years Manufacturing Factory Teaches You How to Distinguish the Quality of Hotel Towels.

  • Observe: Lay the towel flat on the table, or stretch it to observe whether the terry of the towel are neatly arranged and whether there are any frayed edges at the edges.High-quality hotel towels should be of uniform length and have soft and bright colors. Whether they are printed or plain towels, as long as the materials are of good quality, they will definitely be very bright, with clear patterns. At a glance, they will give you a sense of freshness. Avoid purchasing towels that look old and limp, because such towels usually have simple craftsmanship and poor materials, which is not good for your health.
  • smell: High-quality towels should not have any unpleasant odors. If you smell a scent similar to that of a candle or ammonia, it indicates that the softener has been used in excess. If there is an acidic smell, the pH value may be out of range. If there is a pungent odor, it suggests that a formaldehyde-containing fixative was used, with free formaldehyde being released.
  • Touch : A good towel has a fluffy texture and a soft feel. When you hold it in your hand, it has elasticity. It feels soft and comfortable against your face without being slippery. The slippiness is caused by excessive addition of softeners. A small amount of softeners helps with the feel, but too much softener not only affects the water absorption but is also not good for our health.
  • Hydroscopicity: Place the towel in water that is deeper than its thickness and observe the time it takes for the towel to be fully submerged. This needs to be done twice, once for the dry towel's water immersion test, and the second time after the soaked towel is wrung out as much as possible and immediately placed back in the water. Generally speaking, for a 180g cotton towel, the optimal time for complete immersion in water is around 10-15 seconds.
  • Test: Under normal circumstances, newly arrived towels are bound to have some loose fibers falling off, which is an inevitable phenomenon during the manufacturing process by the manufacturer. However, after being washed once or twice, products with appropriate quality will no longer have a large amount of fiber loss. Therefore, to test the degree of fiber loss in towels, it is necessary to conduct the test on the products after they have been washed.
  • There are many methods for testing, such as rubbing and observing, wiping the clothes to observe, and the most direct method is to stick a piece of tape on it and then peel it off to count the amount of hair fibers that are stuck.
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FAQ

Q: How much cotton is contained in towels?

A: Besides checking the quality inspection certificate provided by the supplier, there is another simple method: burning. "Smell": During the burning process, if there is a pungent smell similar to plastic burning, it indicates that chemical fibers have been mixed in the product. "Look": After thorough burning, if the burned part shows a normal blackened state, it means the product quality is satisfactory.

 

 

 

 

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