How many towels should I have?

Question

I know that's an odd question, but how many towels should I buy for going to college? I typicall use a towel to dry off and another one to dry my hair.

Answer 1

There are some packs that sell 2 bath, 2 hand and 2 wash cloths. One or two of those should suffice, depending on your laundry habits. On a cautionary note, the less stuff you have- the more often you will do your laundry. This is a good way to avoid ending up with 10 loads.

Answer 2

i would keep at least four.2 for one day & then the next day you will wash those 2,you will have the other 2,and so on

Answer 3

you should have a set of 6 or 8 matching towels. 4 would be okay if you washed them frequently.

Answer 4

I had 4 and I was fine with that. It depends how many times you use them and if you're hanging them to dry or just throwing them on the (dirty) floor. I would say 4 towels should be plenty. It's enough to do a smaller sized load of laundry with. You don't want any less or you will be running to the laundry mat all the time!

I have 4 towels right now for my family of 3. My husband and I only use them because we have a baby. (she has her own towel) I wash towels twice a week. It keeps them fresh and smelling good.  A few more towels wouldn't hurt us, but we dont' have room for all of this dirty laundry we would create.

Answer 5

Well the thing you need to put into consideration is that your not going to have access to  fee laundry facilities. Most times when your at school you have to use the laundromat-other factor college kids are usually broke so doing laundry can be a pain in the A**!!!! I would suggest that you use the towel to dry and for your hair at least twice before washing. Just hang to dry and then use then next day, then put in for laundry. I would say at least 14 towels if your using 2 towels per shower. Assuming you shower daily that would be using 7 towels per week, assuming your going to do laundry once a week that gives you 7 dirty towels to wash but at least 7 clean back up just in case you don't get to the laundromat as planned. Have fun at college!!!

Answer 6

That depends on how often you use your towel before washing and how often you intend to do laundry.  At the very least 4 but as many as 10.

Answer 7

I had 4 towels, 2 hand towels, and 4 wash clothes.  You use your towel more then once and this is plenty.  Storage space is tight and laundry get expensive!!  

Answer 8

4 or 6... depending on how much you use a towel before you wash it.  I use mine for about 4 showers each.. let them dry in between.  Also depends on how much room you have in your dorm/apartment. My suggestion would be 3 bath towels 2 smaller towels for your hair and a couple hand towels just in case you need them.