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Bath towels or bath sheets?

(81 Posts)
Atqui Mon 01-Nov-21 08:33:09

Which do you use? I take my own bath sheet to self catering holiday accommodation in case only a bath towel is provided.

tanith Mon 01-Nov-21 09:16:46

Same as Juliet27

PamelaJ1 Mon 01-Nov-21 09:15:38

My DH has the biggest bath sheet possible, I have a towel. I like the really thin ones, they may be called Turkish(?) they dry really wel.

Juliet27 Mon 01-Nov-21 09:10:22

Bath sheets and bath towels for drying hair.

lemsip Mon 01-Nov-21 09:10:14

bath towels....bath sheets far to big for me..... when I get out of the shower I dry myself and dress......why wrap a towel round yourself?

Josianne Mon 01-Nov-21 09:10:06

Towel, and even that as quickly as possible. I find bath sheets cumbersome.

travelsafar Mon 01-Nov-21 09:07:19

Bath sheet every time and hand towels. Bath towels are never long enough to go round and tuck in. I get what peolle say about loading the washing machine and the drying of bath sheets though.

Maggiemaybe Mon 01-Nov-21 09:07:06

I think I need to get more hobbies - I’ve just spent five minutes measuring my towels. smile

We always have two hanging up for each of us - a bigger one and a smaller one. It seems that one’s a bath towel and one’s a bath sheet (which I’d never heard of either). I can rest easy now.

ElaineI Mon 01-Nov-21 09:05:50

Towel as I find the sheets too big.

abby0950 Mon 01-Nov-21 09:02:24

I use a bath towel as I am petite and it takes up less space and drying in the winter. My partner uses a bath sheet.

Riverwalk Mon 01-Nov-21 09:02:12

Bath towel for me - bath sheets far too big and unwieldly!

MaizieD Mon 01-Nov-21 09:02:10

What Terribull said ?

We only have bath sheets and hand towels in our house.

Mollygo Mon 01-Nov-21 09:00:36

Bath sheets-harder for our dog to pull off. Having used them when they stayed with us, DD asked for a bath sheet for her birthday so that’s another convert!

eazybee Mon 01-Nov-21 08:58:23

Bath sheet; wraps you comfortably when you are dripping wet!

TerriBull Mon 01-Nov-21 08:55:22

Bath sheets, bath towels are no use, too small!

H1954 Mon 01-Nov-21 08:49:08

Bath sheets for us too. We do have a few bath towels but even they vary in size to one another , it seems as though manufacturers will save on raw materials to maximise profit , hence some bath towels are little more than oversized hand towels and next to useless.

Atqui Mon 01-Nov-21 08:48:39

Bluebelle Bath sheet is the term given by any retailer who supplies towels, to a large bath towel. Perhaps you haven’t bought any recently .

Granniesunite Mon 01-Nov-21 08:48:28

Bath sheet for me too. Love a nice fluffy one to cover up all my bits.. grin

mokryna Mon 01-Nov-21 08:47:15

Bath sheet always, I prefer them to a bath robe because it is easier to wash, less room in the washing machine.
I am not a big person but when visiting I ask, if it possible, for a second bath towel.

maytime2 Mon 01-Nov-21 08:45:40

A bath sheet to wrap around my body, a bath towel to dry myself and if I've washed my hair, I also need a hand towel. Does seem rather a lot I know, but that is what I'm comfortable with.

DanniRae Mon 01-Nov-21 08:43:52

Always a bath sheet - a bath towel for my hair.

DillytheGardener Mon 01-Nov-21 08:42:04

Bath sheet, I use normal sized towels to dry my hair and a bath sheet to dry my body/dash from the bathroom to my bedroom.

Shinamae Mon 01-Nov-21 08:41:51

Bathsheets always

Trisha57 Mon 01-Nov-21 08:40:53

I've got a full length towelling bath robe - no draughty gaps!!!

Nannytopsy Mon 01-Nov-21 08:40:27

Bath sheets every time!

kittylester Mon 01-Nov-21 08:40:09

Bath sheet. I wander round for ages wrapped in my towel and a bath towel would not be anywhere near big enough.