Pike Street 100-Percent Egyptian Cotton 725-Gram 6-Piece Towel Set, Taupe
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Pike Street 100-Percent Egyptian Cotton 725-Gram 6-Piece Towel Set, Taupe
Customer Review: Used to be great
Summary: 1 Stars
I first bought 3 sets of these in November of 2008. They have always been fantastic.
The two sets I ordered in Sept 2010 frayed like crazy after the initial wash and dry cycle. In comparing them to the previous sets, it is obvious they have cheapened these towels considerably. If you look at the large image of the taupe towels pictured on the site and zoom in, you see a nice, thick embroidery running the length of the towels. This is how my sets from 2008 look. The embroidery on the new sets is less than half as thick. Also, holding a 2008 wash cloth in one hand and a 2010 wash cloth in the other, the 2010 one feels lighter.
I checked back on the Nov 2008 order and it was titled 725 gram 100% Egyptian cotton - the same as these. They are clearly not the same.
The 2008 sets have never frayed and since more than half of the towels had a ridiculous amount of fraying after the first wash, I returned both sets for a refund.
It's a shame. These were great towels until they were cheapened.
Customer Review: Disappointed this time around
Summary: 2 Stars
I had previously purchased what I thought were the same towels in the wedgewood color but from a different listing Pike Street 100-Percent Egyptian Cotton 725-Gram 6-Piece Towel Set, Wedgewood. You may notice that the wedgewood listing has a bit higher price but everything else looks the same. Well, I liked my wedgewood towels, they were a nice color and held up pretty well. THEN I decided to order a second set in Taupe (this listing) when I saw them on black Friday sale. I'm pretty disappointed with this set. First time through the wash (I have a front loading top of the line washer/dryer) a few of the towels came out with the sides totally frayed off. Although they look and feel pretty much the same as the towels from the other listing, they seemed to not be made as well. Very disappointing, spend your money elsewhere.Customer Review: Avoid Purchasing these towels at any cost!
Summary: 1 Stars
These are without a doubt the poorest made towels of the lowest quality I've ever seen! I purchased 2 sets of these towels since they seemed to be a good price. They looked nice when they arrived - thick and cushy and they come in a variety of popular colors. I washed them 1 time before using and they shed so much that my dryter filter was clogged about 2 inches thick! Several of the towels now had threadbare spots and the edges of several others were so shredded that they were separating into strings and totally coming away from the body of the towels. I am returning these and will never purchase a Pike Street product again. Walmart towels are so much better than these it's hard to believe. I am sure that if Amazon was aware of the quality of these towels they would not allow them to be sold on their site, giving Amazon a bad reputation.Customer Review: pretty good value but...
Summary: 4 Stars
There is no way this set ever sold for $109.00! It is worth the actual selling price on Amazon, but please, let's not try to fool people Amazon. I would like to see an actual sales receipt where somebody did buy these ANYWHERE for $109.00 because I know that if I did, they would have been promptly returned.
Anyway, with that said, I have had mine since xmas 2008, and so far so good. They are fairly thick and fluffy, but they seem to be disproportionally sized. The washcloth is almost as large as the hand towel. I believe the bath towel to be the standard 54" although I have not actually measured it, and Amazon was lacking in giving any dimensions, so I had to take a chance. But overall, worth the "sale" price, and nice selection of colors as well.
Customer Review: Soft as a blanket... but supposed to be towels!
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought these because they were on a ridiculously good sale. They are fine for the price and it's nice to have a matching set of towels finally. They're very soft, but they do not have that magical thirsty quality that some towels have where they dry you completely with just one swipe. The bath size towel would probably be a baby's favorite blankie - they are that soft. Admittedly, absorbency is always hit or miss when I buy towels - sometimes it's the oddest cheapest thing that turns out to have that quality while something that feels wonderful in the store turns out to be useless for its job. I'd recommend these for a guest bath where you want something that looks nice at a good price that won't be used for drying a whole person every day!