I second that.
Though I was almost too lazy to post

-t

I "air dry".

if its still wet after its been drying for a day its time to get a new one.

If you grab the towel off the hook, holding it in the middle, and it retains its form � then you've got yerself one nasty towel that ought to be replaced.

That's my test.

Maury

more votes needed to obtain a good statistical survey.

408 views, but only 49 votes?

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Please.....

Iv'e been known to grab one that's still wet from someone elses shower in the house. When it gets that funny smell I toss it in the hamper though.

Men's Health magazine recommends once a week as ok, as far as bacterial build-up goes...

$150-200 a year sounds a little different, don't it?

Not to mention the environmental aspect - I know, I know, that's only of concern to us socialist eco-terrorists.

Interestingly, hotels over here have started asking their customers to re-use their towels unless they're dirty. Dump them on the floor if you want them replaced, else just hang them up and re-use.

-s*

A few hotels are starting to do this here too. Makes a lot of sense.

I would have voted on two things but you can't I would have voted on once a month and every time I shower

Different people have different body chemistries, and varying degrees of funk. So while using a single towel per week works for me most of the time, i can fully understand and support those who really have to do so more often.

In the summer months over here, I regularly use more than 1 towel/week, because as I start to tan, work up a sweat more often, and am out and about in polluted city air, i can literally feel that my skin has more crud on it. It therefore just feels more comfortable to change towels more often in that kind of situation.

So given that, I guess climate has a lot to do with it too. If I were to live in any more of a warmer climate, my 1 twl/wk rule just wouldn't cut it.

To each his/her own i guess. Just don't bring the funk when I'm around.

Once, then replace.

Usually change them every two weeks.

Only if you use a proxy, and then not even.

Never. Kristin does it for me.

- Rob

True.

The "Funk Factor" that you hint at should be taken into account. Clearly someone working in the heat of the south will perhaps get more funky than a Canadian sitting on his couch watching Second City Reruns all day in the sub-zero weather.

But it was a quick survey just to get a rough feel and settle a long running debate with an old friend.

I generally go once a week or once every two weeks. Sometimes once in like four days. All deppends on when I loose it haha...

At College it's generally once a week deppending on how much crap I have to throw in the washer.

My towel is always fine before I wash it, I leave it to dry generally on the back of a chair out of the wash room so it won't get all humid, then I put it back in all dry and moisture free.

I hate damp towels, but yah... there's nothing wrong with using a towel for a few days in a row. I mean how often do you wash your shoes?

It's strictly cultural.

I go about a week, give or take a few days.

Yes, but you have to hang your towel EXACTLY like they do, on the rack. I've had towels hang over the shower curtain pole to dry out, but they replaced it nonetheless.


-t