Best microfibre beach towels 2020: from printed designs to extra-large quick-dry beach towels
WHEN THE SUN comes out, Britons get beach-ready – even if that just means lying on a beach towel in the backyard or local park.
The best microfibre beach towels are a step ahead of cotton terry beach towels which have a lot of useful benefits beyond being easy to throw in your bag.
Microfibre beach towels are ultra-absorbent and quick-drying – they can dry between three and eight times faster than a regular towel, depending on the brand.
They’re also super light, making them ideal beach towels when on the go and travelling.
You can find microfibre beach towels in the same array of colours and prints as more traditional beach towels, whether you’re looking for a simple, solid colour or summer-ready stripes.
Unlike microfibre towels of yore, these days, microfibre beach towels can be found in extra large sizes, as well as in extra thick varieties, so you can use them on pebble beaches as well as sandy ones or poolside.
Some microfibre beach towels have the added benefit of repelling sand – a huge bonus for anyone who’d like to leave the beach, at the beach.
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1. Best all rounder microfibre beach towel: Dock & Bay Lightweight Beach Towel
- (AD) Dock & Bay Lightweight Beach Towel, from £9.99 from Amazon – buy here
Quick-drying towel brand Dock & Bay has disrupted the beach towel market – and even landed a Dragon’s Den investor, Deborah Meaden.
Their stylish sand-free beach towels come in a range of sizes, prints (we love the classic bright stripes) and even shapes – choose from round or rectangular.
The microfibre beach towel dries three times faster than a normal towel, is ultra-compact (and includes a carry case) and the extra-large size will cover a whole sun lounger. There’s even a hook so the towel can hang when not in use.
Fans are impressed by the quality, the feel and the appearance.
‘Great holiday towel. Impressive performance, dries you quickly, and dries itself quickly. A mandatory purchase in these days of restricted luggage allowance’, writes one fan.
2. Best microfibre beach towel poncho: Toncho Ultralight Towel Poncho & Bag
- (AD) Toncho Ultralight Towel Poncho & Bag, £26.97 from Amazon – buy here
A microfibre towel you can wear? We’re intrigued…
The Toncho is an ultralight, microfibre towel poncho that’s super quick-drying and also provides full coverage for changing out of your wet swim gear and back into regular clothes, or vice-versa.
The Toncho claims it’s eight times more absorbent than your typical towel poncho, and it packs away easily in your bag – it weighs the same as a can of soda.
It’s a useful choice for swimming, camping and beach days. Also available in a recycled plastic version, and in child’s sizes, too.
3. Best XL microfibre beach towel: Immaculate Textiles XL Premium Microfibre Towel
- (AD) Immaculate Textiles XL Premium Microfibre Towel, £11.49 from Amazon – buy here
This value microfibre beach towel has a lot to recommend it, like its vast size (it measures 2x1m), 400GSM density so it feels plush and handy mesh travel bag.
Its thicker, plusher feel is the result of a 70 per cent polyester, 30 per cent polyamide blend, which makes it comfy enough to place on rocky beaches and also well-absorbent.
4. Best on-the-go microfibre beach towel: Mountain Warehouse Microfibre Travel Towel
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Microfibre Travel Towel, now £10.99 from Mountain Warehouse – buy here
This all-rounder microfibre beach towel is a popular choice that’s quick drying, easy-to-clean, ultra-absorbent and lightweight at 300 grams.
It comes in a range of colours and has a bevy of five-star reviews, from fans who use it for the gym, swim sessions, camping and travelling.
5. Best budget microfibre beach towel: Decathlon Nabaiji Compact Microfibre Towel
- Nabaiji Compact Microfibre Towel, £5.99 from Decathlon – buy here
This ultra-portable microfibre beach towel from Decathlon comes in a fun selection of colours – including beach-ready neon brights – and is quick-absorbing and super-compact to pack away.
Fans love it for swimming, showers, gym use and travel, citing that it’s compact and dries quickly.
At under a tenner, it’s also value for money.