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Rogerlathbury

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Hi everyone, some advice and opinions please.
What do members use to dry clothes? For example away towels after showering, wet smalls, other clothes after washing them. Do you use a free standing rack, rack hung outside from an open window etc etc. Secondly does anyone use/recommend microfiber towels?
 
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Microfibre dries quickly but doesn't slide around on the skin like a proper towel. Any wet ones get hung in the shower (lucky to have separate shower) with pop up window open above it.
 
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Two Aussie guys went on Dragon’s Den a couple of years ago . They had developed a better light weight towel. My daughter bought me one . It feels so slim and shiny but it dries so well I couldn't believe it .
ideal for the van much better than the microfibre one’s I had been using .
Dock Bay was the name I think .
 
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Freestanding whirlygig👍👍 incidentally we wash smalls etc by the bucket method👍 Works a treat👍👍 undecided whether to upgrade to a twin tub for Mrs Westy, but tbh we’re not away for that long, so might not be worth it🤔🤔

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Twin tub for washing and very surprisingly an excellent spin. Can get a double duvet cover in just and really cuts down drying time from handwashing and wringing.... well so the wife says. And saves a fortune on site machines at at least 4 euros a throw. Got bath sheet sized microfiber towels from Decathlon in France. Not like the shiny tech sports towels here really quite fluffy. Fantastic for drying on and quick to dry once used or washed.
 
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We stay at somewhere with laundry Facilities once a week or so. I have a window hanging dryer, and hang anything larger off the back of a chair. I have dock and bay towels, and some from decathlon also. We also have micro fibre bath robes, which are brilliant. I don’t use body towels for showers, we put the robes on, shove shampoo and shower gel in the pockets, wander over to the shower. Then I usually sit in my robe outside with a coffee until I’m dry and get dressed in the van, and just hang the robes in the bathroom after. We only go away to Europe in August, though, so things dry really quickly.

My only reservation is after a while microfibre towels can get a bit stinky. A soak in white vinegar is the only think I’ve found to freshen them up, so I no longer use them at home where quick drying isn’t so key. I’ve never had this problem with cotton towels, so I do think it’s a microfibre thing.
 
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We use microfibre towels plus a small terry towel to feel dried off. Once I’ve patted down with the microfibre and got as much as possible from my hair, i put it on the floor to stand on whilst getting dressed. I then completely wash put the microfibre towel in a sink and hang it to dry on the roll out awning if it’s out otherwise some on a temporary line made from bungee cord with hooks on end. You can use a tree to the wing mirrors.
The terry towel doesn’t get very wet and can just be hung in washroom.
In the washroom I use plastic hook pegs over the shower curtain rail.
This sort of thing very useful but I have made mine a quite bit longer,
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This morning I noticed someone using their empty bike rack for drying towels. There Was also one of clothes drying racks that you normally use from the window, but this attached to the bike rack.
 
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Microfibre towels are great for drying out the shower and polishing the van, hate them on skin. We like our Egyptian cotton towels.
We carry a twin tub washing machine and have a fold out lightweight airer we bought at a German dealers for drying. Did have a mini rotary line but you can't use them on many Aires where as the airer you can stand along side the van.

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We have a proper pullout washing line over the shower tray because it's one of the standard items in the van. We would now both miss it like stink if it went AWOL.
 
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I have used "Turkish" or Hammam towels for the last few years. Lightweight, really compact and cotton so no slimy feeling that you can get with microfibre. They dry the skin with one or two touches so no sawing away at your back as with Terry towels. Wash easily and dry in an hour or two. Also useful as beach mats and of course as a tablecloth for the alfresco style. I take three away with me as they take up no room. The best ones IMHO are the thinest and cheapest. About £12 on Amazon. I tried a luxury one but it was too thick and there are some that have terry on one side and you get the worst of both worlds. I keep thinking I will see others using them on site but I have never seen anyone else with them. I use them at home all the time.
 
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We have a mini rotary dryer which does us most of the time. We use laundry facilities on sites or shopping centre carparks to wash, or a few smalls by hand. We hate the feel of microfibre towels, I got some for the dogs but cannot bear the touch of them so they have ordinary cotton towels too.
 
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We use a concertina fold up airer. Works well and takes up very little space and weight. We use the textured micro-fibre towels. They glide over skin just like a normal towel, but dry in a very short space of time.
When touring, we will call in to an ACSI discounted campsite once every ten days or so to get washing done, clean out the inside of the van and generally spread out. :cool:
 
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We also use concertina fold
up airer, think it was from Aldi,:unsure: small enough to fit in the wardrobe, handy :clap:

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We carry a small dehumidifier which we use when on hookup. just hang the wet stuff in the shower. the dehumidifier dries it in no time. It also keeps the van dry when the weather is wet and windy.
 
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We use microfibre towels and a small rotary drier when not raining.......but I've also installed an electric heated towel rail in the ‘van for when it’s too cold/wet outside to dry them (obviously only used on EHU, and rated at 60W)
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Rogerlathbury said:
Hi everyone, some advice and opinions please.
What do members use to dry clothes? For example away towels after showering, wet smalls, other clothes after washing them. Do you use a free standing rack, rack hung outside from an open window etc etc. Secondly does anyone use/recommend microfiber towels?
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Two questions to your post, the first is about drying clothes, use man made fibre's they dry quicker and do not need ironing use tech T shirts etc something like this or <Broken link removed> Cotton in the outdoors is known as killer cotton as it holds water and you will get cold

Have used Micro fibre towels for years and can only recommend them get a large one, small ones are good too and yes they dry faster than normal towels
 
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I like microfibre, Martin doesn't. Damp traditional towels are hung over the steering wheel.

We also have a fold down drying rack like this one:

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which takes loads of washing and folds flat when not in use. It lives in a wardrobe as it is just the right size to tuck behind the bit where the door hinges go. Some have an additional shelf between the legs (ooow eeerrrrr ) It's too big to use inside the van so it goes outside or in the awning. Out son has an electrically heated dryer but I don't think that folds as flat and you would need EHU to use it.

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I don't like to dry things inside the van so generally when we are away we have at least one day on a fully serviced campsite each week so we can do "domestics" - change sheets, do laundry, full clean and stocktake and then shopping if required.

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We usually book a few pitches especially for our holiday washing. Wife likes to go through wardrobe at home and also ask neighbours if they’ve got any washing and then we like to take it with us, even though we don’t need it (duffle coat to South of France for the Just in case) we sponsor the local Gypsy camp as we buy every peg going and then she spends all day every day pegging out. It must really make her holiday.
 
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The fluffy towels from Decathlon are called microfiber but not as we know it.. unpronouncable item name (see picture for name and texture).. sorry cut off the product label with codes o it20200714_175023.jpg as it scratched the wife

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Eurocookie said:
The fluffy towels from Decathlon are called microfiber but not as we know it.. unpronouncable item name (see picture for name and texture).. sorry cut off the product label with codes o itView attachment 407129 as it scratched the wife
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FURTHER TO THE ABOVD SEEMS THE PRODUCT WITH THAT NAME NOW IS A TRADITIONAL MICROFIBRE SQUEAKY, SLIMEY, SOON TO BECOME SMELLY SO NOT SURE WHAT PRODUCT I HAVE IS CALLED. GOOD JOB WE BOUGHT 4 THEN...
 
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dotsontour said:
Two Aussie guys went on Dragon’s Den a couple of years ago . They had developed a better light weight towel. My daughter bought me one . It feels so slim and shiny but it dries so well I couldn't believe it .
ideal for the van much better than the microfibre one’s I had been using .
Dock Bay was the name I think .
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I second that, brilliant towel.
 
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I second that, brilliant towel.
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3rd we have them, decathlon do something similar. We also use a swimming poncho, you and they dry quickly.

We have a clothes airer freestanding, an airer octopus which takes smaller items and a simple clothes line, if it is warm used outside if not then use front seats or lounge seats or a dryer
 
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Lifeventure microfibre towels are not squeaky and they do not go smelly - excellent quality, dry very quickly and very absorbent
 
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