Marley's MonstersUNpaper Towels - 24 Count roll, Reusable Paper Towels, Paperless, Cotton, Tree Free (Rainbow)

These towels are super cute, but the fabric is utterly non-absorbent. They also do not stay on the roll very well. I love the concept but for the very steep price tag I expected a much better product.

I felt compelled to write this review, even though I havent written an amazon review in years. I used to all the time, but I have gotten lazy since so many people review things nowadays...I feel like I dont have to do it anymore. Anyways here it is:THESE REUSABLE PAPER TOWELS ARE AWESOME!!! I DO NOT KNOW WHY OTHERS SAY THEY ARE NOT ABSORBENT BECAUSE...THEY ARE ABSORBENT. THE PATTERNS ARE FUN AND I GET EXCITED ABOUT THEM EVERYTIME I GRAB ONE. THEY DO INDEED STICK TO EACH OTHER IN THE ROLL... YOU JUST NEED TO LAY THEM ON EACH OTHER IN A HORIZANTAL LINE WITH AN INCH OF SPACE BETWEEN SO WHEN YOU ROLL THEM THEY ALL STAY CONNECTED. I AM SOOO EXCITED I FINALLY BOUGHT THESE. I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT FOR A YEAR OR SO BECAUSE I HATE THE WASTE OF PAPER TOWELS AND MY PARTNER USES THEM CONSTANTLY. I WAS NERVOUS HE WOULD NOT LIKE THE REUSABLE PAPER TOWELS OR POO POO THE IDEA ALTOGETHER. I WAS COMPLETLY WRONG. HE IS TOTALLY ON BOARD WITH THEM AND LIKES THEM JUST AS MUCH AS I DO. I HAVE ONLY BEEN USING THEM FOR A WEEK AND I ALREADY FEEL SOOOOOO MUCH BETTER ABOUT LESSENING MY ECO-FOOTPRINT! I SAY BUY THESE IF YOU ARE TAKING PERSONAL STEPS TO BE A MORE ECO-CONSCIOUS CONSUMER.

These are a fantastic sustainable idea BUT they are hardly absorbent and over $1 per towel that’s disappointing. Also they don’t stay on the roll as advertised

Pros: I liked the concept and they continue to work well as reusable rags.Cons: texture and color (white) doesn't hold up in the laundry which was pretty disappointing. Also not very absorbent and doesn't stick in roll formation. In my opinion, not worth the high price.

This is a GREAT product! I love the fact that I am not constantly throwing away papertowels after a wipe here or there. They wash up really well, and dry well, lay them flat and bam! All done and feel better. The issue I have - and why I didn't give it 5 stars is the storage of them. I need this to be on my counter so I can just grab one while cooking, cleaning or whatever. No matter what I've done - they do NOT stay on the role. I even bought a new papertowel dispenser with a tension arm on it - and that will not hold it. So I reach for a Unpapertowl and they all fall off. So they need to figure out a way to have a better "dispenser". I would have bought more of these for gifts, but not until they figure that out.

I am very pleased with the product. They DO stay rolled up if you use common sense. After receiving you must wash at least once. Lay all of your towels print side down. Roll one on the roll. Reposition so seams are down and proceeded to roll 2nd towel. It’s a task for sure but in doing so each towel will come off the roll leaving the next towel ready to use. I’m assuming the reviews stating they don’t work are those who possibly did not wash before first use and didn’t roll each towel individually. I love the fun prints and for me size is good.

So I bought these because when I went to go order my favorite paper towels on amazon (viva) and got a bit of sticker shock. If I recall rightly, it was something like $40 or $50 for an 8 pack of paper towels. I know I could get them cheaper in the grocery store, but for some reason paper goods is the one thing that always slips my mind when I'm there, so my TP and my paper towels and kleenex all get bought off Amazon. When I saw these suggested as an alternative my thought was "Well, it's expensive, but it's worth it if it works, and if not, I haven't wasted a ton of money." These are GREAT! I ended up buying 1 roll in solid colors (blues, greys, browns) and 1 roll in some goofy prints. I use the solids for cleaning up people things (kitchen messes, etc), and the prints for cleaning up dog messes.For people use (my pretty solid color towels):I've washed this roll twice now. I've used this to clean up some messes that I was pretty sure would stain (including wiping up a little tomato). Your mileage may vary, but at least for me, so far...I haven't had any staining of these towels (and this includes letting the towels sit in a waste basket for a week or so until I was through with the whole roll so the whole roll could be washed at once). I have ZERO trouble getting these to roll up onto the roll and they stay put on the roll without falling off. I was also afraid of their potential lack of absorbency, as other people had left bad reviews on that. When using them to dry my hands after dishes, the absorbency wasn't great the first time I used them, but it wasn't terrible either. Less absorbent than a GOOD paper towel, but definitely better than some bad paper towels I've bought in the past. Absorbency does seem to be improving after subsequent washings.For Dog Use (my patterned towels):About a month and a half ago, I adopted two wonderful little rescue dogs. They're both potty pad trained, but they were new to going on walks (their previous owner used to just let them out in the back yard). One of my dogs goes potty outside successfully. The other one, for some reason, just....refuses. She's good about her potty pad, but even trying her best, she occasionally misses. Here was where I was REALLY worried about the absorbency of these towels. These were going to be useless to me, if they didn't do a great job at soaking up pee. But lo and behold, they have been FANTASTIC. I DO have to press the towel hard into the pee spot, but I was doing that with paper towels too just to make sure I got up all the mess I could before applying Nature's Miracle (that stuff genuinely is a miracle but that's for a different review). These towels are seriously a champ at soaking up the dog mess. In order to keep my small apartment from stinking, I store the used ones in a draw string trash bag until it's time to wash. If you're going to use these for animal mess, check and make sure your washing machine has a sanitize function first. I only wash the dog mess towels with each other, and then I run the sanitize function on the washing machine after, so germs aren't transferred to the next load.If you're having trouble with your towels (or just want some tips):* Follow the washing instructions. In case you've thrown them away, wash them without fabric softener (which impacts their absorption). When you dry them, use the lowest heat setting your dryer has (in order to not shrink the cotton fabric).* Take them out of the dryer and put them on their roll right away. I have to admit as someone who is a bit flighty, this has been the hardest part for me. But if you leave them in your dryer too long, wrinkles will set in and it will make getting them to stick on the roll more difficult.* Make sure each towel overlaps the previous when you're rolling them on. Making sure they overlap means they're less likely to fall off the roll.* If you have ANY mess on your towels that could include dangerous germs (not just dog mess, but if you're only using them in the kitchen, and you use them to clean up after raw chicken or other things that could spread salmonella) be sure to practice good food safety. Keep them in a container where you're not going to spread the germs until it's time to wash (I'm using a draw string garbage bag that I throw away when it's time to do laundry), wear gloves when handling them, and make sure to run an empty load on the sanitize setting of your washing machine so you don't spread germs to the next load.These steps probably sound like more of a pain in the tush than they really are. I'm remarkably lazy and bad at housekeeping, so if I've found it all manageable, then they're easy to use. These were a VERY pleasant surprise for me, and money well spent.