I bought the towels that are roughly hand towel size. I wanted them for drying/wrapping my hair in rather than for drying my body or hands though. For the purpose I bought them they are great. I really don't like the feel of them on my hands or body for drying at all though so if I had intended to use them for this I would not have been happy. When I did try drying my arms on them once all they did was spread the water around rather than lift it off - and this was after they had been washed and no fabric conditioner used (I don't own any fabric conditioner). They do fine for my hair though as I'm not keen on the shaped hair turbans.