100% Cotton Quick-Dry Towels, 8-Piece

Our 18-year-old towels started falling apart and I couldn't find that brand again. So I started with a set from a big box warehouse store, but the first time through the wash, a lot of threads pulled out, so I returned them. So I went to the other big box warehouse store and bought a set from them, and the same thing happened! First time through the wash and a lot of threads pulled out. I was reading this for a lot of brands from different stores. Ultimately that's how I decided in buying this brand, because it had good reviews and no one mentioned threads pulling out. So I bought a set of six in the Lakeland blue. I know from past experience that new towels shed a lot, so I washed and dried them twice. The first bad thing was I noticed some blue dye in the dryer, so to be safe I threw in a big load of old towels afterwards to wash and dry them. And even after doing that, I put in some brand new light blue sheets, and they ended up getting dye staining on them from the new towels! And these were brand new sheets, never used. So incredibly unhappy about this. I hope this doesn't happen every time I wash these towels. No threads pulled out, so that is the good thing. But my husband and I do not like these towels. Like someone else mentioned, they're almost too soft, like you're drying yourself off with a blanket. And they're not as absorbent as our 18-year-old towels either. And no, I don't use fabric softener or dryer sheets. Also, even though I followed the directions of drying on medium heat, all the washcloths, hand towels, and bath towels shank on the edging by about an inch. They are soft, I'll give you that.