Ultra Soft Hand Towel 16x28 Chocolate - 100% Pure Luxury 650 gram Cotton with Rayon band - Oversized large crisp and highly absorbent ideal for every day use

Yes, these towels are ultra soft as claimed. Only because, unfortunately, they are saturated with chemical softeners that took many washings (8-10) to remove (and when you wash, DO NOT use ANY softener of any kind!). (I'm a chemist and laundry authority and know whereof I speak). Until the softeners were finally down to a reasonable level, these were NOT properly absorbent towels as one would expect. While they initially managed to barely dry me off after a shower, they wouldn't even dry a hard surface without just smearing the water.

These are also claimed to be "crisp" as well as highly absorbent. Crisp they're not, even after a dozen washings. Maybe after two dozen?

One or more reviewers mentioned excessive linting when first washed. Fortunately, after noting that observation I washed these alone the first time around. There was WAY more lint than I've ever seen before from other towels. No huge problem as long as you don't throw new towels in with other...Read more

Color runs. Sheds like crazy. I've bought much better quality for less money at Walmart.

It shed all over me after I got out of the shower. Black fuzz everywhere. I DO NOT RECOMMEND this towel to ANYONE!!