With all the emphasis on packing light, whether it’s so you can avoid checking your luggage (if you’re traveling by air) or to just have a little more room (if you’re traveling by car). here’s a handy way to pack a beach towel in very little room — the Lightload Towel.
The “towels” are compressed so that they fit into a pocket, and at about 3 1/2 inches in diameter, you can toss several inside a tote, backpack or purse. They weigh about 6 ounces, so packing several won’t take much effort or space at all.
The container is waterproof, so your towel is always dry, and when opened it expands into a nice sized 3 foot X 5 foot. The material is both absorbent and biodegradable, so you can use and throwaway while still being eco-friendly. Of course, they are also washable (recommended that they be washed in a mesh bag), but will not stand up to dozens of machine washes.
The obvious use for the towels would be as a beach towel, but they could come in handy in a number of different ways while traveling — as a makeshift tablecloth, a clean up rag, something to sit on, or a layer of warmth if caught without one.
Towels can be purchased online, and run $6.50/piece when ordering up to 11, and drop to $3.50 a piece when ordering a dozen or more. A smaller sized towel ( 1 foot X 2 foot) is also available. The Lightload Towel can also be purchased at various retail locations.
With all the traveling that I do, I’m going to stock up on a few of these. I can think of many times that they would have come in handy, and now there’s no reason to be caught short.
Photo credit: Lightload Towel
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