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Wrap yourself in soft cotton and refuse to put clothes on with these top towel picks.

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You haven’t known luxury until you’ve found the bath towel you’d rather stay in than putting on anything else. Everyone deserves that luxury, which is why we wanted to round up the best towels for lounging around, drying off in the speed of light, or just looking good hanging from the back of your bathroom door. You use your bath towel on a regular basis, so it’s time to treat it like any other necessity that you have to upgrade.

Best Overall: Brooklinen Super-Plush Bath Towel

Runner-up: Riley Duo Towel Collection

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Best Waffle Knit: Parachute Waffle Towels

Most Unique Texture: Parachute Soft Rib Towels

Quickest Drying: Turkish Quick Dry Towel

Most Sustainable: Waffle Bath Towel

Best Turkish Option: AYSIBOO Turkish Bath Towels

Most Beautiful: Bath Towel Bundle

Best Overall: Brooklinen Super-Plush Bath Towel

If you’re looking to transform your bathroom into a spa, I can’t recommend these towels enough. While the towels are extremely soft to the touch, “there is no fuzz that rubs off on you,” and despite their thickness, “they dry you and themselves really quickly.”Best Feature: These are the perfect plushness, come in beautiful colors, dry quickly, and are easy to clean. No complaints here.

Runner-up: Riley Duo Towel Collection

Scouted Editor Jillian Lucas loves these towels so much, she “refuses to use any other.” She “literally washes them and reuses them with a backup set only for emergencies.” Best Feature: They are “extremely plush and absorbent,” and are “quick-drying beyond belief.

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Best Waffle Knit: Parachute Waffle Towels

Scouted Editor Jillian Lucas tried out five different waffle knit towels and Parachute’s reigned supreme. Even though “they’ll never give you the plushness a fluffy towel will,” she says “they still feel very soft when you wrap it around you.” They are made from 100% Turkish cotton and feel like something Jillian “would contemplate stealing from a fancy hotel.”Best Feature: These make drying yourself really easy, and offer a unique texture, one that literally wicks away moisture with ease.

Most Unique Texture: Parachute Soft Rib Towels

These soft rib towels are plush and soft to the touch and have a fantastic texture and weight. The soft rib feels like “ultra-mini-waffle-knit — it’s a bit like corduroy” and yet despite how it might sound, they are some of the softest towels I own.Best Feature: If you’re between waffle knit and plush and can’t decide, why not have the best of both worlds?

Quickest Drying: Turkish Quick Dry Towel

Not only do these towels “dry me and themselves quicker than any I’ve tried,” the price point is also great: two towels for $40 is Quince at it’s finest. These towels are absolute workhorses — I always expect them to be dry and ready for me, and they have yet to disappoint.Best Feature: They dry me and themselves extremely quickly, and are always rearin' and ready to go.

Most Sustainable: Waffle Bath Towel

Scouted Contributor Wendy Rose Gould says of these towels, “they’re more expensive than your average towel,” but she thinks it's worth it. Not only are “they made from high quality materials,” but “those making the towels are being paid a fair wage,” too. Plus, she says, “they're soft, quick-drying, and sustainable.”Best Feature: The waffle knit design is great, but the sustainability aspect is really what does the trick for Wendy.

Best Turkish Towel: AYSIBOO Turkish Bath Towels

Scouted Contributor RL Theriot says these are the best travel towels out there. These towels, “are pre-washed and made from extremely-quick-drying cotton.” RL says “they are super soft and only get softer with each wash,”Best Feature: These Turkish towels are great not only as a bath towel, but as a a plane blanket, shawl, or even a beach towel.

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Most Beautiful: Bath Towel Bundle

Who knew my favorite place to shop for rugs would also be the best place to buy towels. Revival Rugs’ new towel collection is stellar—they have a beautiful design and are plush — but not too plush. They’re made out of 100% Turkish Cotton and are, best of all, quick drying, too.Best Feature: The design is eye-catching, yet not over the top, making them a great accent to add to any bathroom.

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