How Is a Beach Towel Different From a Bath Towel?

　　While beach towels support you during a day of sun, sand and surf, bath towels are for bathroom activities like drying off after a shower, covering up and wrapping your hair. Because these towels don’t fulfill the same purposes, there are quite a few differences.

　　Absorbency:?Bath and beach towels are absorbent. The difference lies in how they retain water — you want beach towels to have a lower water retention rate so they don’t become overly damp. If a beach towel gets too wet, you’ll feel like you’re sitting on soaked fabric, and the sand will be harder to shake out.

　　GSM:?Beach towels are thinner than bath towels. They have a lower number of grams per square meter, a measurement used to represent a towel’s thickness and weight. Bath towels rest between 400 and 600 GSM, while beach towels are slightly lower, ranging from 300 to 400 GSM.

　　Size:?Bath towels are smaller than beach towels, sitting at around?22 inches long and 44 inches wide. Comparatively, beach towels are about?30 inches long and 58 inches wide. That’s because beach towels are large enough to cover your entire body while you’re relaxing on the sand, while bath towels only keep you warm and dry for the brief period between getting out of the shower and getting dressed.

　　Price:?Because bath towels are smaller and more common, they tend to cost less than beach towels. A high-quality beach towel will last a long time, and investing in one now will save you the costs of buying multiple cheaper, lesser-quality towels in the long run.