The Egyptian Cotton Towel Bale Set 500GSM is one of the quality towels we stock at Daffodil Collections. It sits in our Towel Bale Sets range, and this is the short version of what you need to know before you choose a size.
How to choose
GSM is the number that matters — the weight of the fabric per square metre. Light towels (under 400) dry quickly and pack small; 500 to 600 is the everyday weight; above 600 is the heavy hotel feel, which is lovely and slow to dry.
Then it is cotton and care. Long-staple cottons shed less and last longer, and the fastest way to ruin any towel is fabric conditioner, which coats the pile and stops it absorbing. Wash new towels once before use and skip the softener for good.
Colours and pack sizes
There are 7 colourways: Sand, Muted Lilac, Cream, Chocolate Brown, White, Duck Egg, Aqua. Colour is the one decision here that is purely yours — but if this is going into a room that is let or shared, the darker shades hide a coffee ring and the palest ones photograph best.
It is sold in Pack of 6 and Pack of 10. Buying the larger pack is how the per-item price comes down, and it is the usual reason a guest house orders here rather than in ones and twos.
What the numbers mean
500GSM is grams per square metre — the weight of the fabric itself, and the single most useful number on a towel. Below about 400GSM a towel is light and dries quickly; 500 to 600 is the everyday weight most people mean by a good towel; above 600 is the heavy hotel feel that takes longer to dry. At 500GSM, this one sits in the range most households buy.
Looking after it
Egyptian cotton gets softer with washing, not worse, provided the fibres are not coated. Wash warm, tumble on low, and leave the conditioner out — on towels it waterproofs the pile, which is the one thing a towel must not be.
Always follow the care label on the item itself where it differs from this — the label knows what is in the fabric, and we would rather you trusted it than us.
For hotels, B&Bs and holiday lets
Towels for hotels take a harder life than towels at home: a commercial wash, a hot dry and a turnover that would see a domestic towel out in a year. That is why the hospitality trade buys in quantity and in one colour: a matched stock of quality hotel beddings is what makes a linen cupboard workable.
If you are buying for a business, our trade account is where the wholesale beddings pricing lives — the terms are on that page and they are read from the account, not from this article.
Where it sits in the range
The current price is on the product page below, and it is the price you pay — we are not VAT registered, so nothing is added at the checkout.
Looking for something else in the same line? The journal index has our guides to quality towels, and the product page carries the full specification, the stock position and the delivery estimate for your postcode.