Logo 90d901693f65e3c0454a031487ec8d4ee20f61f92bb1a13c13c945afdd14f0fb
  • Gear Lists
    • Sleeping Bags
    • Tents
    • Backpacks
    • Sleeping Pads
    • Bivy Bags
    • Stoves
    • Water Filters
    • Trekking Poles
    • Tarps
  • Articles
Stuart in the Mountains

Hiking Towel

By Stuart Morris

Hygiene

19 | 1

Hiking TowelA hiking towel is a useful thing to have with you for those longer trips where you get tired of being sweaty and dirty from long days on the trail. Whether it's the ocean, a lake, a river or even a portable backpacking shower, you will need a towel to dry off. Hiking towels, combined with a few other items, make excellent backpacking pillows, and they have a few other additional uses that make them a versatile piece of backpacking equipment to have with you.

Hiking Towel

What to look for when you are reviewing hiking towels for your next outing.
  • Size - Hiking towels typically come in a wide variety of sizes, and so you will want to get a size appropriate to you and your body size. Keep in mind, however, that hiking towels are designed to be very efficient, and to absorb much more water than your typical cotton towel, so you really don't need a very big towel to get the job done.
  • Material - Hiking towels are not your average cotton towel, though there is no reason you couldn't bring a cotton towel. But materials like microfiber absorb a lot more water and dry a lot faster too, making them ideally suited to hiking, backpacking and camping.

Best Hiking Towel

A few of the better hiking towels currently out there on the market.
  • REI MultiTowel Lite Large - This hiking towel is a blend of polyester microfiber. It can absorb up to 8 times its weight in water, and you can wring most of that out and keep on drying. One nice feature is a little loop of fabric on one corner to hang it and allow it to dry. The large weighs 4.7 ounces, or 133 grams, and there is a medium and extra large as well.
  • Sea to Summit DryLite Towel - These are 100% microfiber towels. They absorb far more than their own weight in water, wring out well and dry quickly, the ideal combination for hiking, backpacking or camping. They also have a little loop of fabric to hang from. They come in five different sizes and three different colors, so there really is something for everyone.
  • MSR Packtowl Personal - One more hiking towel, this time from MSR. These are a blend of polyester and microfiber, like the REI towel, and also have a little loop of fabric to hang from. The chief difference between most of these towels is the sizes available. This one comes in four different sizes, and two different colors.

Related to Hiking Towels

A towel is great, but you may need a few more things to really complete  your outdoor shower experience. A outdoor, hanging shower, for instance, is a useful thing to have if you don't have any rivers or lakes handy. Backpacking soap is another useful thing to have, to really get squeaky clean.

POPULAR POSTS

Water filters for camping 300x300 Water Filters for Camping
Stuart Morris
77 | 2
Wool hiking socks 300x300 Wool Hiking Socks
Stuart Morris
11 | 1
Camping pans 300x150 Camping Pans
Stuart Morris
49 | 3
Led headlamp 300x300 LED Headlamp
Stuart Morris
38 | 5
Camping food ideas 249x300 Camping Food Ideas
Stuart Morris
42 | 0

COMPARE CAMPING GEAR

  • Backpacks (566)
  • Bivy Bags (64)
  • Sleeping Bags (654)
  • Sleeping Pads (139)
  • Stoves (98)
  • Tarps (123)
  • Tents (644)
  • Trekking Poles (128)
  • Water Filters (29)

BLOG POST CATEGORIES

  • Backpacks (11)
  • Bivy Sacks (10)
  • Boots (8)
  • Cheap (12)
  • Food and Drink (41)
  • Gadgets (43)
  • Gaiters (21)
  • Gloves (6)
  • Hammocks (7)
  • Hats (3)
  • Hygiene (5)
  • Jackets (76)
  • Knives (9)
  • Lighting (21)
  • Pants (10)
  • Pots and Pans (12)
  • Safety (12)
  • Sales (1)
  • Sandals (5)
  • Shirts (3)
  • Shoes (16)
  • Shorts (3)
  • Sleep Accessories (10)
  • Sleeping Bags (53)
  • Sleeping Pads (22)
  • Snowshoes (24)
  • Socks (11)
  • Stoves (13)
  • Tents (35)
  • Trekking Poles (10)
  • Underwear (4)
  • Water Filters (10)
  • Winter Camping (5)

Don't Miss This Opportunity!

Camping gear and clothing is expensive isn't it? We think so too. But it doesn't have to be!

Enter your email address below, and when we see a great piece of gear on sale for a great price we'll send you an email.

  • Contact
  • ⋅
  • About

Copyright © Ten Pound Backpack - All Rights Reserved