Griot's Garage 55517 Terry Weave Drying Towel Large

I purchased this towel back in March when I picked up a classic Porsche. It was expensive ($20+) which I didn't mind spending as Griot's has a good reputation. I've meant to write a review of this towel each time I wash one of my Porsches and I forget about it, till I use it the next time - that was yesterday. Before I ordered this towel, I was at my local Walmart and I picked up some items and they had a waffle-type drying towel for $5 bucks or so and I grabbed one on a whim. The car was delivered and I set out the next day to do a complete wash, clay bar treatment, some paint restoration and a good wax. I washed the car and began "drying" with the Griot's... it didn't work all that well - it was useless after just the hood. I grabbed the cheap Walmart towel and it did the rest of the car. I'm not recommending getting a cheap, no name, Walmart towel... I just bring it up as an example to show that a poor quality towel out performed the Griot's. I have since picked up some Meguiar's waffle-type microfiber towels and they work phenomenally. As of yesterday, I have retired the Griot's to drying my rims as it's basically garbage. It's almost as if water is repelled from the towel! By the way, I clean all of my towels after I use them and they all perform just fine after a "proper" wash. Will this one product from Griot's effect how I view their other products? I think so. I haven't purchased anything else from them, but I have purchased plenty of other outstanding products from other top companies so I see no reason to take the risk of finding another under performing product.

I used my Griot's Garage 11117 Micro Fiber Drying Towel yesterday for the first time and I could not have been more pleased! Just one Griot's 11117 towel was enough for me to thoroughly dry my 2017 Subaru Impreza Sport, and without even having to wring it out once. This drying towel is well made, super soft, decently thick, large and super absorbent. The pockets at each end did actually help in the handling of the towel when moving it over the car's surface, so kudos for this design element! I'd seen people say you should wet the towel down first for it to properly absorb, but I forgot to do so and I can say that it didn't hamper the absorbency of the towel at all, and better still, I avoided having to wring that initial water out. Bonus!I looked closely at the surface of the car after drying, and not even a hint of swirls. This may be helped by the fact that within a couple weeks of buying the car I had it cream waxed and that was only about 6 weeks ago. I can't recommend enough getting an initial coat of quality wax on a new car, as well as waxing it no less than 2-3 times a year. As for this drying towel, I consider it money well spent, and expect to use it for years to come. with proper care of course.

I'm comparing this product to the Chemical Guys MIC_702_01 Waffle Weave Huge SUV Microfiber Drying Towel (26 in. x 35 in.), available here on Amazon for $14.99 as I'm writing this review.Despite being 25 square inches smaller, the Griot's drying towel holds more water. Washing my 5th gen Camaro, the Griot's product doesn't leave water streaks behind towards the end of drying the car without ever wringing it out. However, the Chemical Guys towel was sopping by the same point, and I ended up going back to the Griots towel at the end.| The Chemical Guys towel is much coarser feeling than the Griot's towel as well.Yes, it's significantly more expensive, but I feel the it's worth the cost increase. I would have been much happier with a second one of these than the Chemical Guys towel, but I figure it was still worth trying both.

I was skeptical about a single towel's ability to sufficiently dry my car after washing without streaks, spots or scratches, but this towel did just that. One pass around the car laying the towel flat on each exterior surface area was all it took. Quick and effortless with amazing results.

This towel is stupid expensive but it is without a doubt the best drying towel I have found. Someone has to have the same towel without the Griot gouge price! Does anyone know about an equivalent towel? Towels look alike but I'm hoping someone knows for sure. Thanks

It holds a decent amount of water. Unlike the real deal, you can't give it a good twist, get the water out, and expect it to be as good as when it is when it's dry. Instead, it'll just smear that water around. This is a good product if you have a 2 door soft top. Anything more than that and you'd want to have 2-3 total. I once washed my father's Camry and it went through 2 in a heartbeat. Luckily, I always like to have double the amount of products I typically need for a single detail.

Ok I have been detailing cars for twenty years. Unless Griot's can share something with me, this towel is exactly the same material as I bought at Bed Bath and Beyond with a dishcloth! It has two pocket which most honestly I don't find useful.

Maybe I don't understand how to use this towel or what "drying" means but my experience has been awful. It seems to hate water and it does not hold much water when it does absorb. My old terry towels work much better.

Nice towel works like a dream