vroom microfiber towels - less plush?

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simracer

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Hey all,



My wife picked up another couple of 8 packs of the orange 16"x16" Vroom microfiber towels from Target for my birthday yesterday.



Is it just me or have they gotten less plush? Compared side by side with some I picked up even just 6-8 months ago, the new ones don't seem as thick.



Anyone else confirm this or am I imagining things?
 
Maybe it's MY imagination, but I never found the Vroom's consistent from one pack size to another. IIRC the larger the number in the pack the cheaper (in construction, as well as price) they seemed to be.
 
I just recent purchased a 5pk of MF's from Target and i noticed they are not as plush as the bigger 4pk of gray detailing MF's. Have you washed them yet? I washed mine in the washer with some wal-mart WW towels (please tell me if that's ok to do?) and let them hang dry. After they dried it seems to be a little more plush(to me).
 
what i've noticed on mf's (any brand) sometimes there will be a difference in the plushness, slight difference in color, etc, as they come from different batches (i can tell right off the bat, and yes i am picky). i have some older cobra mf's that are softer than the current ones sold today, and also have a few 3pk's of the megs supreme shine mf's, and they're a tad different as well. next time... if you can visually look and feel the mf's before you buy them, examine whatever stock they have, and pick the pack/stock you feel are the best of the bunch...



simracer said:
couple of 8 packs of the orange 16"x16" Vroom microfiber towels from Target
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next time you go there, look at all the packs they have and you can visually see the difference in the color of them as they're not all consistent, but also the feel of them as well...
 
I get funny looks at wal-mart/target when i walk around rubbing and feeling sheepskin mitts and MF towels. :LOLOL



I'll pull every single sheepskin mitt off the shelf and feel the ones are the softest and buy them.
 
The gray ones are definitely plusher. I bought a 20 pack after being very happy with a 5 pack and was surprised by how shallow the nap is on them.
 
I find too many inconsistencies in the Vroom brand, less so with the grey ones though. However, I have found better quality and consistency within the Viking lineup at Kmart. The green towels are better all around than any Target offering.
 
Yes, I can feel a difference in each of the Vroom towels. I have noticed the 4-pack of the dark gray ones are the most soft next to the giant yellow ones. Those are the best and I use them for drying my car. I use the gray ones for QD and such. Great towels for the money.
 
:werd: I think the 4pk of Gray Detailing are much softer...I guess i'll go pick those up this weekend...Man i guess I should've picked them up instead...oh well...you can never have enough towels...:)
 
Great info, guys, thanks. Glad it's not my imagination and glad to hear they might offer something in the same league as my old towels. Might have to take a look at the grays.



I had washed my old Vroom towels so as was mentioned earlier, I wasn't sure if they plumped up because of that or if they actually had a thicker pile to begin with.
 
I use the orange "premium" Vrooms but only for door jambs, wheels, etc. - never for work on my paint.



For that reason, a little difference in plushness is not a big deal to me or something that I would notice.
 
bpfoley said:
I find too many inconsistencies in the Vroom brand, less so with the grey ones though. However, I have found better quality and consistency within the Viking lineup at Kmart. The green towels are better all around than any Target offering.
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Aren't the green Viking towels at Kmart about $6.00 per towel? That's pricey, when for $6.99 you can get three Meguiar's Supreme Shine or four of the grey Vroom towels from Target.



I use Meguiar's Supreme Shine on my paint and the cheap Vroom towels for my wheels, windows and door jambs.
 
The gray ones are the better choice.....the orange are like a utility towel for jams and engine work....the grays are really not bad....after a wash they seem real fluffy...



On the subject...at Home depot in the car cleaning area..the have a blue drying towel..its sorta like a WW texture...and it is pretty big...maybe 16x24...its from ZEP I think..I picked one up and washed it...not a bad towel for the money....4.95 ....



I grabbed a bottle of the ZEP extractor soap..pretty nice stuff for 8.00 a gallon...really cleans nice and has a nice smell.....



AL
 
piku said:
Aren't the green Viking towels at Kmart about $6.00 per towel? That's pricey, when for $6.99 you can get three Meguiar's Supreme Shine or four of the grey Vroom towels from Target.



I use Meguiar's Supreme Shine on my paint and the cheap Vroom towels for my wheels, windows and door jambs.
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Yeah - but the green Viking QD MFs are about on par quality-wise with boutique MFs like PakShak and Cobra. The Vikings are expensive but they provide first rate MFs over the counter.



The Meguiar's Supreme Shine MFs are good towels and I use them without hesitation on my paint - but I haven't found them to be nearly as good as say PakShak or Cobra MFs.
 
piku said:
Aren't the green Viking towels at Kmart about $6.00 per towel? That's pricey, when for $6.99 you can get three Meguiar's Supreme Shine or four of the grey Vroom towels from Target.



I use Meguiar's Supreme Shine on my paint and the cheap Vroom towels for my wheels, windows and door jambs.
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Personally, I'd rather have just 1 Viking or Mother's towels than 3 of the Meg's Supreme Shine. The quality of the Supreme Shine just don't compare to the Viking, Mother's, or any boutique brand towel. There's a reason why a 3 pack of them runs for less than $10.



I don't go to Target too often, but so far I haven't really seen any of the Vroom towels that are in the same league as the Viking towels or the boutique towels.
 
Yeah - since I've stocked up on PakShak MFs of various types - I've found that the Meg's Supreme Shines mostly sit at the bottom of my storage bin and only get any action on the occassions (bi-annual full detailing sessions w/ clay) when I've run through all my PakShak MFs.
 
unfortunately I have not been able to find Megs Supreme Shine towels in my area in the past 2 years. And as stated above the Vikings are 1st Class premium towels all the way. I wait until they are on sale and end up saving about a buck or so, which still equals buying online and shipping boutique towels.
 
My Supreme Shines have been delegated to wheel duty. If for some reason I were to ever run out of towels for paint, I'd rather reach for one of my newer, generic Sam's Club or Costco mf than the Supreme Shine. When new, from the look and feel they look to be of better quality than a generic wholesale club mf towel. But after repeated washings, the nap on the generic ones hold up way better than the supreme shine.
 
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