I'll keep it short. And honest. The one draw back I find with these towels is how easily they attract dirt. If you've a light coloured towel and have come out of a pool across the floor... usually concrete. The towel will pick it up.. then it needs washing because it's really obvious it's dirty. And hand washing it is reeeeally difficult.. it does indeed dry out very quickly! Bravo on that..but for holiday use it can be limiting I feel. A stunner of a towel and I have got compliments and questions on it. Also will attract any mud that is in sand on the beach! That won't roll off like sand does.