Space saving idea...Tek towels

Hi All,

Maybe I'm a bit slow to catch on but I've have had a revelation I'd like to share...Tek towels! These are the super absorborant polyester "towels" used by hikers, mountainers etc. Apart from being super absorbant, they are light weight , extremely compact and fast drying. A large towel rolls up into a drawer string pouch about 12cm diametre and 20cm deep.

Anyway, on any trip I find with 4 in our family carrying 4 normal bath towels plus a spare or two takes up a lot of valuable space in the car or camper so I recently got a Tek towel to try out. Fantastic! Now all 4 of us have one (large for us and small size for the kidlets) and together these take up less space than a single bath towel. Also, I reckon if you were say up north somwhere and walking into a swimming hole, you could chuck one of these into your day pack (wouldn't even know it was there) for a quick towel off or drying your feet before putting shoes back on etc. In this instance, I reckon a single large tek towel would do the whole family.

Anyway, just thought I'd share this idea. Whilst we're on the subject, if anyone else has any great space/weight saving tips, I'd love to hear them.

:o) Melissa