Revere Mills Prestige Towel Set, 6 - Piece, Driftwood

In my admittedly not thorough approach to shopping for some towels to match my new bathroom, I came upon these unassuming little guys. One look was enough for me to throw them in the old technoweb shopping cart. "Perfect!" I probably exclaimed, overjoyed at the relatively low price and apparent color I was looking for. I didn't think much more of it. They're just towels, after all. As far as my limited mind can comprehend it, their purpose is to absorb moisture from the human body (or otherwise unfortunately wet surfaces), freeing said prisoner from the insatiable horrorbeast that is water.Upon my brief examination of the product page, however, I was visibly distraught when I found that the overall product rating was a meager three stars. How can this be, you ask? Well, you should ask, because I asked myself the same question. Through some light skimming of reviews - during which I mostly let my mind drift to how cool it would be if I became a Samurai - I discovered that people have all sorts of complaints about these seemingly innocuous little balls of fur.Ridiculous as it seemed, I resolved to sympathize with those savvy shoppers who want a piece of fabric - with approximately one use and virtually no ability to fail - to be absolutely perfect in every respect. It was during this journey of deep existentialism that I came to a realization. There in fact are criteria for what does and does not constitute a good towel, and also that my criteria are correct and everybody else's are dumb. So, without further delay, and with this particular product in mind, I present to you "Vin's 10 criteria for the Perfect Towel and also how to become a Samurai".1. Does it explode?Early on I realized that these towels were not likely to conflagrate, immolate, detonate, or otherwise create fire and pressure waves unless explicitly forced to do so via soaking in something like twelve gallons of gasoline in a kiddie pool. Limited testing involving some dubious household chemicals and a gerbil found that these towels are indeed even less explosive than a common gerbil. I was originally only going to give them three stars, but after discovering that my house was still in one piece after coming home to a failed C4 detonator created out of this product, I decided to up the rating. DISCLAIMER: If you purchase another set of these towels in an alternate reality and they are made up of anti-matter, they WILL annihilate upon coming into contact with our "regular" matter. This is just a fact of physics, and a one-off scenario that does not detract from the positives of the product.2. Does it bark too much?There's a dog that lives in my neighbor's driveway, imprisoned within an invisible forcefield. He/She/It frequently barks at things like leaves, air, and existence. It may be that the dog just disagrees with the state of being, that it sees Bruce Willis and knows he's dead, or that there's a master troll squirrel that runs back and forth in the street just out of the pup's reach. After a few months of using these towels, I have yet to hear them make a peep aside from that created by the soothing friction of fabric against skin. They're much quieter than a dog!3. Does it absorb liquid?This one was easy. I felt this was one of the most important criteria for a towel until I considered that exploding towels would in fact be a dangerous investment. I am excited to announce that, YES, these towels do in fact absorb the liquid from my raisin-like, shivery skin. One night, after accidentally striking a rather excitable squirrel with my car while pulling into my driveway, I had to clean some blood off of my hands. I didn't use the towels, but I did use them to dry my hands after washing the squirrel blood off, and boy did they do the job as planned! Chalk one up in the expected results category.4. Does it require electricity?I was ecstatic when I discovered that these towels, like all towels, are self-sustaining. It's quite magical, if you think about it. For such a complex product that likely took decades of research to perfect, the thing functions entirely on its own merits. I've actually come to suspect that the engineers of these towels have figured out how to translate natural entropy into towel-usable energy. I've never once had to plug them in, and in fact can't even find a compatible charger for sale. I tried plugging one into my phone charger, but the towel was still kind of wet and this resulted in a visit to the emergency room and a lightning shaped scar on my forehead that probably made me a wizard. Remember, no power requirements = good. This is a major breakthrough for the towel industry. For science!5. Do they eat too many snacks?OK. I'll admit it. Not a lot of people may be as selfish as me, but I don't like to share my snacks, especially my crackers, because I need them for cheese. I can understand giving these towels a low review if they say, sneak into your humble kitchen under cover of night and devour your Chex Mix, but I have yet to observe such phenomena. In fact, each morning I've found the correct amount of snack treats in my cupboards, despite the frequent attempts of drunk me to diminish my snack collection.6. Were they the color they said they were?This is an interesting question. The gist of it, for those who don't understand, is whether or not the towels are the color they said they were on the website. Now that explanations are out of the way, let me answer this with resounding yesness. I was like a kid on Christmas morning when I opened the box and saw that the brown towels I ordered were actually brown! My neighbor's dog was presumably also excited, as it proceeded to perform what I believe to be Don Giovanni in its yappy dog voice.7. So how DO you become a samurai?Well, I'm not sure. I tried using these towels to craft those hangy armor plates that samurais have, that make them look really cool. They do NOT, however, protect the wearer from actual swords. I can tell you this from first hand experience, and so can the doctor I went to. I'm also not sure how well Scotch tape will hold up in battle situations, and did you know that insurance companies don't like to cover the medical costs of accidental sword invoked self-mutilation? Back to the original question though. Buy a sword. A big, long, cool sword. Swing that thing around your living room. Teach yourself how to do some kind of sweet roundhouse kick. Learn some Japanese if you have to. I'll update this review when I figure this part out.8. Can it survive crossing the event horizon of a black hole?I truly told myself I already knew the answer to this question. In fact, I was sure of it, but I had to test it anyway. Suffice to say the towels did not pass this test. Like all things entering a black hole, they became spaghettified and eventually were torn apart. Due to some unexpected gravitational effects, I actually had to get out of my spaceship in the cold (stupid me didn't wear a jacket) and do some redirecting to get them on course, and by the time they were on their way into the cosmic void I'd almost run out of heavy matter to generate my warp field home. By the way, you can't get AAA for a spaceship. They say radio communications won't reach the earth for like millions of years or something and they might not be around anymore, so I couldn't call them. Still, I don't like that they failed this test, so I took away one star.9. Do they nag?I don't have a wife to nag me, in case you haven't sleuthed that out yet given my available time to write such a detailed product review, but I have been frequently nagged by that guy outside my work building who wants me to drive him to the hospital to see his sick dad and also needs money for cigarettes while I'm at it. Because of this, I kind of understand the nagging thing. I can assure potential buyers of this product that they will in no way bother you while you're watching the game, reading Kant, or shamelessly listening to that graduation song by Vitamin C. Neither will they judge you for having a burger with your burger after dinner. Another plus for this product if you ask me!10. Could you really not think of a legitimate tenth question for this list?No. I really could not think of one.So what's the verdict?Overall, 4 out of 5 stars! Again, I would have given them a 5 if they passed the black hole test, but nothing's perfect. Also, I can't imagine rating some towels as highly as I rated more expensive and important products. Five stars are reserved for things like Gigli on Blu-Ray with full director commentary, or a jar of Uncle Bob's Backwater Peanut Butter. They're just not the same.Anyhoo, I hope you found this review helpful and not at all a waste of your precious time. Good day.

These towels are a lovely shade of deep red that is perfect for my red loving kiddo! They felt rough & scratchy out of the package but washed up beautifully. I added 1 cup of white vinegar to the first wash to help set the dye, and I will wash them separately for a couple more rounds of laundry, but they didn't let much of their color go in the wash.There was a TON of red lint after drying! I wish I could do something crafty with it LOL! I wasn't freaked out because I always expect new towels to be extra linty for a couple of washings. Just know that they will produce an amazing amount of lint!The towels are nice and thick, and like I said earlier, they washed up very, very soft. I use Gain detergent and Publix's brand of Snuggle softener sheets so nothing super special in the laundry department.Given the good price and quality of these towels, I have no qualms giving them Amazon's highest rating. They are not the quality of towel found at a luxury hotel - but you aren't really paying for that, either, are you?

I was very surprised to find this color and at this price. I bought them to match a bed in a bag set that I had purchased two years ago. I love the size of the bath towels. I have used and washed them and other than using a "color catcher" as I knew the dye would probably run the first wash, which it did, I am very pleased. They are soft and other than some original "pilling" I am very happy with them. I would gladly recommend them to friends and family.

These towels are OK - long threads sometimes make for pulled threads - but basically fine. You should be aware that the 'light maize' color which looks pale brown or beige in the photo is actually bright yellow. It's fine for me, since it happens to match other things in my bathroom, but I can imagine that might cause problems for other people.Update: nearly a year later and these towels haven't worn nearly as well as some of the others we have (although the others were more expensive I think)

Love the softness of the towels, I find that I only use dryer sheets, not liquid fabric softener, as they come out not drying you off well with the liquid softener. My only complaint is that some of the towels are beginning to fray on the edges already after only a few washes.

These towels and bath mat were shipped promptly and were packaged well. The color is true to the picture and description and the quality is good. The bath mat is not as plush as I would have liked it to be but it serves the purpose of not having to step on a bare floor when exiting the shower.

The towels are so beautuful and so soft. The only problem I have is sometimes the towels shed when I use them. The towels and wash clothes are so nice and the price for the towels is the best thing of all. At Macys you would have to spend more for the egypatian cotton towels set.

I like these they just bunch at the seams when you dry them. However, this is a good towel for drying off after a bath or shower. I would buy again