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Lightload Towels Beach Towel - 60" x 36"
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Lightload Towels Beach Towel - 60" x 36"

Item # 733411

$7.50

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The Lightload Towels beach towel features unique packaging that compresses it to the size of a hockey puck! Keep a spare towel in your glove box or backpack.

  • Once removed from its packaging, towel expands to a full-size (60 in. x 36 in.) beach towel
  • Super absorbent viscose fiber absorbs up to 10 times its weight
  • Fast-drying material is biodegradable and reusable; once open, the towel will not fit back into original packaging
  • Available in assorted colors (purple, green and orange); sorry, we can't handpick a color for you
  • Machine washable

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Item 733411

Lightload Towels Beach Towel - 60" x 36" Specs

Specification

Description

Weight5 ounces
Dimensions60 x 36 inches
MaterialViscose

Lightload Towels Beach Towel - 60" x 36" Customer Reviews

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Liberty Mountain Lightload Beach Towels
 
4.5

(based on 4 reviews)

100%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Absorbent (4)
  • Dries quickly (4)

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Pool (4)
    • Beach (3)
    • Gym (3)
    • Hand/face (3)
    • Shower (3)
    • Reviewer Profile:
    • Budget shopper (3), Practical (3)

    Reviewed by 4 customers

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    Apr

    23

    2008

    (6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

     
    5.0

    Wonderful Invention!

    By NE Kayaker

    from New England

    About Me Practical

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Absorbent
    • Convenient
    • Dries Quickly
    • Easy to pack
    • Gets Softer with Washings
    • Inexpensive
    • Weighs Practially Nothing

    Cons

    • Rough on First Use

    Best Uses

    • Backpacking
    • Gym
    • Hand/Face
    • Kayaking
    • Pool
    • Shower

    Comments about Liberty Mountain Lightload Beach Towels:

    These towels (and the smaller version) are the best. I'm constantly going back and forth to the gym and don't have a locker, but this towel packs up so small that I can take all my workout gear in my regular messenger bag along with books, water, laptop, and whatever else I need to carry that day. I don't have to take a special gym bag as I would with a cotton towel. They're much cheaper than my other pack towels, too.

    They are of course much larger after you take them out of the packaging, but they still fold up small and add no weight to my bag. They're also very absorbent, and I don't have to worry about chlorine ruining a more expensive towel.

    For backpacking, kayaking, and other adventures, I toss one of these unopened into my gear, just in case.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

    (6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

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    Jun

    17

    2008

    (4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

     
    5.0

    Wonderful towel

    By Sailing gal

    from Macomb, Michigan

    About Me Bargain Hunter, Practical

    Pros

    • Absorbent
    • Compact
    • Dries Quickly
    • Soft

    Cons

    • Rough

    Best Uses

    • Beach
    • Gym
    • Hand/Face
    • Pool
    • Shower

    Comments about Liberty Mountain Lightload Beach Towels:

    Stumbled across this a over a year and a half ago when I was looking for compact towel for my sail bag. This towel is great. Yes, rough when first used, but softens up and stays absorbent. Have purchased many of these for other sailing friends who love it. Largest and most practical, cost effective travel towel I've every purchased.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

    (4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

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    Dec

    28

    2007

    (4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

     
    4.0

    Pretty good item

    By Nita

    from California

    About Me Bargain Hunter, Practical, Stylish

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Absorbent
    • Dries Quickly
    • Soft

    Cons

    • Rough first needs wash

    Best Uses

    • Beach
    • Pool

    Comments about Liberty Mountain Lightload Beach Towels:

    I packed one of these towels for use at the beach and pool on a backpacking trip in the South Pacific (carried an REI Multi Lite for bathing). It was rough immediately out of the package so I washed it in the sink with some shampoo. It dried quickly and was soft and absorbant. It has held up to about 4 additional washes in washing machines while traveling and is still going strong. It packs small and did it's job...an affordable alternative to carrying a heavy terry towel.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

    (4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

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    Jul

    20

    2009

    (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

     
    4.0

    Great towel

    By okey from mskokey

    from Alabama

    About Me Budget Shopper

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Absorbent
    • Dries Quickly
    • Generous Size
    • light weight

    Cons

    • Rough
    • Too Thin

    Best Uses

    • Backpacking
    • Beach
    • Gym
    • Hand/Face
    • Pool
    • Shower

    Comments about Liberty Mountain Lightload Beach Towels:

    This towel is a great value. It is thinner than the higher priced pack towels out there and it is rough when it is first opened. But after a few washes it softens up very nice and as long as you take reasonable care of it you shouldn't have a problem with durability. I would suggest hand washing and letting it air dry instead of the dryer. The towel is super absorbent and very light. After use you can wring it out and hang it dry in less than an hour in most climates. When compared to other high priced towels that aren't as big it is a great value. I am still on my first one but I do anticipate replacing it sometime in the future. The only reason I did not give this towel all 5 stars is because of the durability issue. It is apparent from the thickness and material that the towel will eventually wear out but as I said before for the price and performance it is much better than the other towels I have found out there. If you do plan to take this towels on a trip I would suggest opening it and washing it before the trip. If you use it straight from the package it is extremely rough.

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    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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