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Review by Erin Trail

The Nomadix Ultralight Towel is designed to be a super lightweight towel for camping or travel.

It’s a full size towel that’s very soft and also very light in weight.  The dimensions are 54 x 30 inches, which is plenty big enough to wrap around your body. It weighs 8 ounces and is made from 88% post-consumer recycled polyester, the equivalent of 22 plastic bottles.

The fabric is incredibly soft while being really thin (not in a bad way).  The Nomadix Ultralight Towel comes with its own little bag for storage for travel.

Detailed Review

I got 2 of the Nomadix Ultralight Towels for camping in our van.  My husband and I like to go on mountain bike + camping trips, where we basecamp from our van and ride bikes during the day.  The end result is that we are VERY dirty and in dire need of showers daily.  Before running across the Nomadix Ultralight Towel, we had a couple of ratty old bathroom towels in the van.  They took up a decent amount of space and also took a while to dry.

I was interested in the Nomadix Ultralight Towel because of it’s small, compact design and also because of how quickly it dries. I also appreciate Nomadix’s commitment to sustainability, with the fabric being 88% post-consumer recycled polyester.

What initially struck me with the Nomadix Ultralight Towel is how small and compact it is.  It folds up and is stored in a nice mesh travel bag (included).  Folded up, the towels take up barely any space in our van.

My main gear testing was during a couple of vanlife weekends in the North Fruita Desert of western Colorado. We spent a weekend out there pre-riding a  MTB race course and I added in a trail run.  Another weekend was spent racing bikes. Lots of dry, dusty conditions and dried sweat.  We have a portable shower, which is great for rinsing off.

The Nomadix Ultralight Towel is super – and I mean SUPER soft kind of MicroSuede fabric.  It’s also thin but sturdy at the same time.  The size is generous enough to wrap around my body (if needed).

Granted, I was out in the desert on a windy day, but the towel helped to dry me off in no time.  I put the towel down on a concrete picnic table to dry off and noticed that it was dry within minutes.

Storage of the Nomadix Ultralight Towel is really handy.  There’s a reinforced hang strap on the long side of the towel, making it super easy to hang from a hook. Overnight, we usually hang damp things over our bikes (inside the van) to dry.  The hang strap means we can use some of our hooks in the bike garage part of our van to hang-dry our towels. The towels are also pretty opaque and turned into an impromptu sunshade one afternoon. When the towels are dry, you fold them up and put them inside the mesh storage bag, and store them away.

Dirt and sand knocked right off of the Nomadix Ultralight Towels.  Desert camping is dusty.  I had no problems keeping the Ultralight towels looking clean and dirt-free.

I’m also a swimmer, and before I joined a fancy gym that provided towels, I’d have to bring my own towel. The towel would take up half of my gym bag.  And then I’d have to spread my towel out inside my SUV during the workday, hoping it would dry.  The Nomadix Ultralight Towel is a great option for athletes who need to use the gym before work or during their lunch break, due to it’s small size and speedy drying time.

The Nomadix Ultralight Towel is great as a sweat catcher for hot yoga.  You can put the towel on top of your yoga mat and sweat away.  The towel stayed put, with no slipping, sliding or bunching.

Closing Thoughts

The Nomadix Ultralight Towel is a super soft, compact, lightweight and fast drying towel. It’s great for a variety of uses: camping, gym use, even hot yoga. The towel retails for $29.95 and come in a wide range of colors and patterns.

Erin Trail