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Frequently Asked Questions
For hiking, a light microfibre towel like the Sea to Summit Airlite or Pocket Towel, because weight and packed size matter most. For car camping and the beach, the softer Drylite or the plush Tek Towel feels more like home. All four dry far faster than cotton.
A Medium, 100 x 50 cm, dries most people after a swim or shower if you pat dry. Choose Large (120 x 60 cm) or XL (150 x 75 cm in the Pocket, Drylite and Tek) if you want to wrap up at the beach. A Small, 80 x 40 cm, is a face, hands or sweat towel.
Microfibre is made from very fine polyester and nylon fibres that hold water on their surface rather than deep in a thick cotton loop. You can wring most of the water out, and air moving across the fabric dries it quickly, even hung off a pack while you walk.
Yes. Most have a stow-away hook that hangs over a door, shower rail or branch, and the Wash Bag Tour II and III use a clip loop instead. The Wash Center I and II and the Wash Bag II also include a removable mirror.
How to choose a camping towel
• Lightest: the Airlite Towel is the lightest and fastest-drying towel Sea to Summit make, 30 g in Small (80 x 40 cm), and it soaks up more than three times its weight.
• Pocket-sized case: the Pocket Towel is silky 100% recycled polyester in a zippered case; the Small fits a jacket pocket.
• Soft and quick: the Drylite Towel has an ultra-suede finish, from 70 g (Small) to 230 g (XL, 150 x 75 cm).
• Most like home: the Tek Towel has a deep terry pile that feels like a bathroom towel, at a weight cost: 120 g for the Small.
• Size by job: Small (80 x 40 cm) is a face and sweat towel; Medium (100 x 50 cm) dries you after a swim if you travel light; Large and XL wrap around you at the beach or campground.
Toiletry bags for camping and travel
A hanging wash bag hooks over a door or branch and opens out, so everything is in sight and nothing sits on a wet bench. Deuter's range runs from the 45 g Wash Bag Tour II (1 L) and 65 g Wash Center Lite I (1.5 L) for walkers, to the Wash Center II (5 L, 200 g) with a removable mirror for car camping and travel. The Wash Bag Kids is 1 L with a bunny or panda face.
Australian conditions
In Queensland humidity, a towel that stays damp turns sour fast. Microfibre wrings out almost dry and hangs off a guy line or pack while you walk. On the Bibbulmun or a Tassie hut walk, a Medium Airlite or Pocket Towel is plenty; at the beach or a caravan park, size up to a Large or XL. Pack them in dry bags, and see travel bags for the trip itself.
Why buy from Oz Backcountry
Free shipping Australia-wide over $150 (T&Cs apply). Sea to Summit towels go out from our Helensvale warehouse on the Gold Coast; Deuter wash bags ship direct from the supplier, so allow a little longer.
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