<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nUnderstanding GSM is key to identifying high-quality bath towels that feel soft and absorbent when new and maintain those properties over years of use. While price and brand name can indicate towel quality, evaluating weight, fabric, stitching, and care recommendations allows you to select durable high GSM cotton towels tailored to your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a hotel or B&B, practical 500-600 GSM<\/strong> towels balance absorbency with lower cost and easier laundering than premium spa towels over 700 GSM<\/strong>. Mid-weight towels also tend to meet expectations for softness and drying ability for daily home use. Light 300-400 GSM<\/strong> towels work well for kitchens, pools, and gyms where quick drying is convenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNo matter your goal, avoid choosing towels by appearance or feeling alone. Evaluate them when wet, check for dense stitching, and read fabric content and care labels. With this knowledge, you can invest wisely in cotton terry or velour towels that retain their plushness and rapidly absorb water from your skin for years of daily bathing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Avoiding choosing a towel based on feeling alone is important when shopping for towels. Here are tips for finding high-quality towels and understanding how a towel’s GSM (grams per square meter) can play a vital part in the selection process. What is GSM in Towels? GSM refers to the weight and density of the towel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/towelsedition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/towelsedition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/towelsedition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/towelsedition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/towelsedition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1146"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/towelsedition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1614,"href":"https:\/\/towelsedition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions\/1614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/towelsedition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/towelsedition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/towelsedition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/towelsedition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}