Do you use a towel more than once?

Chuck Stone

Hi AH'ers. Just a quick question there to get y'alls opinion.

Do you guys use a towel more than once after a shower or do you throw it out for the wash?

Maybe a mod can add a poll because I don't know how to.

KeithM89_old

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Maybe a mod can add a poll because I don't know how to.

Done.

Only use it once then wash

Schism

No

Yeah. I'm clean when I get out of the shower, the towel is just drying me off so it can be used a couple of times.

NEXT!

Karona

No

I use it a couple of times, sure you're clean coming out of the shower.

Pj!

No

We need a 'How many times' poll.

newbee22

I dont wash so dont need towels

Use it once then throw it in the wash!

Schism

No

Karona wrote: »

I use it a couple of times, sure you're clean coming out of the shower.

Get out of my head :eek:

:P

MrStuffins

I tend to rotate them. I'll have 2 towels in the shower. One to step out on (even when there are mats) and another to dry myself.

the one i use to dry myself will be the one I use to stand on for my next shower.

Sky King

It depends how quick it dries. If it's been fermenting on the floor of my room for a couple of days then no, but if i use it and hang it up and it dies quickly then yes.

4Sheets

No

The poll is slightly misleading..of course I will use a hand/face towel more than once but after a shower ..no..thats gross....I should have read your comment b4 voting.

alchemist33

No

I use it once, then burn it (which can be difficult because, y'know, it's wet) and buy another.

I'm clean coming out of the shower so a few times

Hazys

No

alchemist33 wrote: »

I use it once, then burn it (which can be difficult because, y'know, it's wet) and buy another.

I'm the same.

I use a towel once, then burn the house down and then buy another towel.

B_Fanatic

I dont wash so dont need towels

Schism wrote: »

Yeah. I'm clean when I get out of the shower, the towel is just drying me off so it can be used a couple of times.

NEXT!

Wrong! Did you ever get paint or permanent marker stuck on your hands as a kid? You'd wash it but it wouldn't all come off then you'd dry it with a towel and a little bit more would come off. Pretty sure this is the same under normal circumstances due to the oils in your skin.

Chuck Stone

No

MrStuffins wrote: »

I tend to rotate them. I'll have 2 towels in the shower. One to step out on (even when there are mats) and another to dry myself.

the one i use to dry myself will be the one I use to stand on for my next shower.

This is what I do.

I think using a towel once is a horrible waste of water and energy (washing masheen).

I mean as long as you're not preforming key hole surgery on your bum with it the bloody thing is damn near spotless after only one use.

dogtoffee

No

MrStuffins wrote: »

I tend to rotate them. I'll have 2 towels in the shower. One to step out on (even when there are mats) and another to dry myself.

the one i use to dry myself will be the one I use to stand on for my next shower.

Same here m8.

VenomousFish

No

It all depends on whether or not I use it to dry my balls.

Chuck Stone

No

VenomousFish wrote: »

It all depends on whether or not I use it to dry my balls.

If your nut sack has been given a good scrub then what's the difference?

Arnold Layne

It all depends, if I see skid marks I use the other side. If skids on both sides, then a wash

epgc3fyqirnbsx

No

Jesus christ, I use it a load of times. Hang it up to dry when your done and give it the sniff test if you're not sure the next day.
I really dont see the need in washing it every time, or even nearly every time, it's fairly wasteful. And if you're worried about 'germs' then I used to know a guy like you named Howard Hughes

LETHAL LADY

Anybody just use a fan?

trebor28

No

got a towel bout 8 years ago in the states! best money i ever spent.

one side would dry the whole lot of me, i'd then hang it up and it'd be dry in about 30 mins.

use it about 3 or 4 times!

Chuck Stone

No

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Anybody just use a fan?

You have fans!?

I don't have any fans but if I did I'd use a female one.

trebor28

trebor28 wrote: »

got a towel bout 8 years ago in the states! best money i ever spent.

one side would dry the whole lot of me, i'd then hang it up and it'd be dry in about 30 mins.

use it about 3 or 4 times!

you never had a towel before that?

mydearwatson

I wash both of them - one for my body and one for my hair - after I use them. Every time.

If I knew I was going to have to reuse a towel, I'd hang it to dry in such a way that I'd know which side I'd used already, and then I'd use the other side the next time. It's not that I think I'd have gotten the first side "dirty", as obviously I'm squeaky clean coming out of the shower! It's coz if it's damp, it's going to attract bacteria ... or something ...

I never feel properly clean after a shower if I dry myself with an unwashed towel. I just end up having another shower, with a clean towel, as soon as possible!

If, for some reason, I had to reuse a towel, but hadn't hung it up to dry properly and had chucked it in the laundry basket or something, I just wouldn't use it. I'd dry myself with a clean tshirt or nightie or something instead.

I'm such a pansy. :rolleyes:

westendgirlie

Where's the options for sanitary towels ?

MrStuffins

Scarlet Gorgeous River wrote: »

Jesus christ, I use it a load of times. Hang it up to dry when your done and give it the sniff test if you're not sure the next day.
I really dont see the need in washing it every time, or even nearly every time, it's fairly wasteful. And if you're worried about 'germs' then I used to know a guy like you named Howard Hughes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCy8K968Alo

scotty_irish

No

mydearwatson wrote: »

I wash both of them - one for my body and one for my hair - after I use them. Every time.

If I knew I was going to have to reuse a towel, I'd hang it to dry in such a way that I'd know which side I'd used already, and then I'd use the other side the next time. It's not that I think I'd have gotten the first side "dirty", as obviously I'm squeaky clean coming out of the shower! It's coz if it's damp, it's going to attract bacteria ... or something ...

you hang wet clothes to dry and then wear them - do they attract bacteria or do you buy new clothes everytime?

mydearwatson

scotty_irish wrote: »

you hang wet clothes to dry and then wear them - do they attract bacteria or do you buy new clothes everytime?

Nope ... I always use the tumble dryer.

anndub

B_Fanatic wrote: »

Wrong! Did you ever get paint or permanent marker stuck on your hands as a kid? You'd wash it but it wouldn't all come off then you'd dry it with a towel and a little bit more would come off. Pretty sure this is the same under normal circumstances due to the oils in your skin.

What?

Novella

I only use a towel once.

trebor28

No

bluewolf wrote: »

you never had a towel before that?

no...... i used a flamethrower!!!!

Irish Guitarist

No

I wash my towel every three or four days or until it has a horrible wet smell off of it, whichever comes first.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

No

I wonder how people coped for millions of years without a freshly washed towel every day

Chuck Stone

No

mydearwatson wrote: »

I wash both of them - one for my body and one for my hair - after I use them. Every time.

If I knew I was going to have to reuse a towel, I'd hang it to dry in such a way that I'd know which side I'd used already, and then I'd use the other side the next time. It's not that I think I'd have gotten the first side "dirty", as obviously I'm squeaky clean coming out of the shower! It's coz if it's damp, it's going to attract bacteria ... or something ...

I never feel properly clean after a shower if I dry myself with an unwashed towel. I just end up having another shower, with a clean towel, as soon as possible!

If, for some reason, I had to reuse a towel, but hadn't hung it up to dry properly and had chucked it in the laundry basket or something, I just wouldn't use it. I'd dry myself with a clean tshirt or nightie or something instead.

I'm such a pansy. :rolleyes:

You can wash and wash and wash but you'll never be able to wash away that feeling of shame.. I get ya.

Chuck Stone

No

Scarlet Gorgeous River wrote: »

I wonder how people coped for millions of years without a freshly washed towel every day

They didn't wash back in them days.

More like a dip in the river I reckon.

Sofa King Great

No

What is with all these people only using a towel once?? So assuming you have a shower a day you wash 7 towels a week?

Also, poll doesnt reflect the amount of people claiming to only use the towel once

Oscars Well.

I dont wash so dont need towels

Just once and then wash it.

biko

No

I use it a week maybe.

I'm never as clean as when I use it (post shower) so I don't see a reason to wash it after just one use. Waste of water imo.

Oh, and I never leave it on the floor. If you hang properly it it'll dry quickly and not smell.

Chuck Stone

No

Sofa King Great wrote: »

Also, poll doesnt reflect the amount of people claiming to only use the towel once

I ask 'do you use a towel more than once' and there is a yes and no option.

Those who choose no are saying that they only use their towels once.

Sofa King Great

No

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I ask 'do you use a towel more than once' and there is a yes and no option.

Those who choose no are saying that they only use their towels once.

Sorry, i should have said the poll results.

There are quite a few saying they only use it once but the results say otherwise

alwaysadub

No

I use a towel a couple of times before washing it. Hang it straight out to dry after use and its grand.

I don't have that many towels to be throwing them in the wash every time I use them! I'd be forever having the washing machine on too sure.

Sky King

Do any of you use a sanitary towel more than once?

epgc3fyqirnbsx

No

Sky King wrote: »

Do any of you use a sanitary towel more than once?

My mooncup is reusable

looksee

No

How many of the people who say they throw it in the wash actually take responsibility for washing it...and drying and putting it back in the bathroom? If you don't then it doesn't count.

Teyla Emmagan

No

Wash the towels I dry myself with once a week (one for the hair, one for the body - interchangeable).

They go on the radiator after they are used, they have never smelled!

The bedsheets, every fortnight, I hate changing the bedclothes.

Teyla Emmagan

No

Sky King wrote: »

Do any of you use a sanitary towel more than once?

Am pretty sure that no woman, no matter how organically/recycling minded, has done this since the middle ages.

Eroticfishcake

looksee wrote: »

How many of the people who say they throw it in the wash actually take responsibility for washing it...and drying and putting it back in the bathroom? If you don't then it doesn't count.

Yeh because putting it in the machine is a right nightmare :pac:

No

Well I use a towel for my hair and a towel for my body and a separate dry facecloth for drying my face (which I do at least twice a day).

So if I washed all my towels every time I used them, I'd be washing 28 towels a week.

Therefore as a practically minded human being I use towels well more than once. Anyone who thinks it's gross to use a towel more than once mustn't be washing themselves properly.

msg11

I dont wash so dont need towels

No. Because I can't stop thinking when you wipe around the arse that the next time you could be using that bit on your face.

Sky King

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Am pretty sure that no woman, no matter how organically/recycling minded, has done this since the middle ages.

And why do middle aged women do it, are they cheapskates or what?