{"id":1,"date":"2009-06-16T11:43:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T16:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hunttextiles.masterlinkdesign.com\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2009-09-15T12:27:22","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T17:27:22","slug":"bath-towels-is-bigger-really-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hunttextiles.com\/index.php\/bath-towels-is-bigger-really-better","title":{"rendered":"Bath Towels \u2013 Is Bigger Really Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hunttextiles.com\/products.htm?cat=19\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"Wholesale Bath Towels\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hunttextiles.com\/collateral\/Premier_Detail.jpg\" alt=\"Wholesale Bath Towels\" width=\"231\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a>What are the thickest, most plush <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hunttextiles.com\/products.htm?cat=1\">bath towels<\/a> that you offer?\u00a0 This is a common question that I receive from a number of our current and potential customers.\u00a0 Over the last several years there has been a trend towards heavier and thicker towels.\u00a0 Weights up to 22 pounds per dozen are now a common offering from many suppliers in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hunttextiles.com\/\">wholesale linen<\/a> industry.\u00a0 These heavier towels range from 30&#215;60 to 40&#215;70 in size.<\/p>\n<p>Just because a towel is bigger and heavier may not make it the best selection for customers and guests.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Just as important as the weight is the construction of the yarns used in the towel.\u00a0 Towels made with longer staple yarns made on shuttle-less looms absorb better and last longer than towels made with shorter staple yarns that have more impurities.<\/li>\n<li>The drying time and cost of energy is more with these heavier towels.\u00a0 Many laundries can attest to this point. Have you ever stayed in a hotel and the towel felt damp?\u00a0 When this is the case it is usually one of the oversized towels.<\/li>\n<li>Thinner towels often ABSORB BETTER than the heavier towels.\u00a0 I test and evaluate many of the products we offer and find that the thinner towels absorb better.<\/li>\n<li>Cost!\u00a0 Generally a towel that is lighter in weight will cost less.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There will always be a demand and in some cases a legitimate need for the heaviest towel available but all too often the next step down will satisfy the needs of the user just fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the thickest, most plush bath towels that you offer?\u00a0 This is a common question that I receive from a number of our current and potential customers.\u00a0 Over the last several years there has been a trend towards heavier and thicker towels.\u00a0 Weights up to 22 pounds per dozen are now a common offering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hunttextiles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hunttextiles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hunttextiles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hunttextiles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hunttextiles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hunttextiles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hunttextiles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hunttextiles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hunttextiles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hunttextiles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}