Towel

A towel is a cloth for drying of hands, body or objects ( eg dishes). Most terry cloths are used for the most absorbency of cotton for the body.

Bath towel

For beach, sauna or swimming pool, the large bath towel ( beach towel, bath towel ) is preferred. The usual form of a beach towel is rectangular and the standard dimensions are 180 cm x 100 cm. However, there is now also offered by the round beach towels offer.

Frottierhandtuch

As a terry towel is generally a highly absorbent, woven mostly from cotton towel understood on its surface more or less dense soft loops or knobs are located. Frottieren The word derives from the French frotter, which means as much as rub. Terry differs from terry by production method and type of yarn.

Boxing

In boxing, each coach has always a towel ready to order the fight to end prematurely by throwing it into the boxing ring. The fighter itself is often no longer able to cancel by itself. To protect the health of his protégé, the towel throwing takes place as clearly visible sign of the task, which is also used as an idiomatic expression for giving up in general.

Dishcloth

A variant of the towel is the dish towel. It is similar in size to the towel but mostly made of a much thinner cotton or linen fabric and serves drying of freshly washed dishes along with utensils.

Towels as a breeding ground for pathogens

Wet wipes are an ideal breeding ground for germs of all kinds; on the toilet easy access coliform bacteria on the towel where they can multiply quickly in heat and moisture; their number will double every 20 minutes. What is usually harmless in private and in the family, can at work or at school quickly lead to an infection. Also, fungal spores and parasites (eg: lice) can thus change from person to person. In the workplace and wherever many people run, so the use of disposable towels of paper is recommended for hygienic reasons. Also towel rolls with automatic retractors are an alternative to the common towel.