I should start out by saying that I have *NOT* yet tried these towels for drying dishes, or even cleaning, for which they are described in the title heading. I have more than plenty of other microfiber towels that are super thick and awesome for any cleaning job. Therefore, I got these towels for the purpose of drying our hands. Plus, they are too pretty to mess them up on dirty gross cleaning jobs, LOL. So, my review at this point is mostly about how these have performed as hand towels. I might someday try them out on drying dishes... the main reason I haven't done so already is because we use the dishwasher for just about everything, and the dishes are already dry by the time I unload them the next day. When hand washing any dishes, I usually rinse in very hot water so they completely air dry rather quickly. As I said before, these towels are quite beautiful, I really like the lattice design, and the overall color is just gorgeous. I should mention, though, that the "purple" color isn't quite like the picture... in reality, it's actually more like a "plum" kind of purple. But, for me personally, that turned out to be ~wonderful~ since Plum happens to be the new color scheme of our kitchen, not to mention my absolute favorite color, too (somewhere between purple and burgundy)... quite the happy accident!! However, what is *NOT* so happy regarding the color, is that both solid towels are the same color, instead of one much lighter and one darker, as shown in the main pic. Both of them are the darker of the two colors. Not a huge deal breaker, but still rather disappointing. I plan on trying to reach out to the seller, in hopes that they can send me a few of the lighter colored towels to go with the *4* sets that I bought. Another extremely disappointing feature of these towels is that they are really super *THIN*. I get the fact that they were not intended to be thick plush hand towels, but even for using as dish towels and/or cleaning cloths, they really ought to be at least a little bit thicker. Along with everything I've shared so far, there are a couple of other features that are most certainly worth mentioning. These towels are indeed super super *SOFT*, as most microfiber material usually is. The softness really does feel quite nice on my skin. In regards to how well they perform as hand towels, I must admit that they don't absorb the water quite as much or as fast as typically thicker hand towels usually do. It's not really a huge deal, I suppose, but it does take a bit longer to get my hands even just mostly dry. I can't imagine how these would really do all that much better at drying dishes... but perhaps I'll give them a try for that purpose one of these days. Finally, on a higher note, I have been pleased with how quickly they dry out after using. There have been several times when it has only been a couple of hours or so between hand washings, and the towel has always been dry when I've needed to use it again. So, to summarize: (-) Did *NOT* receive *lighter* solid color towel, as pictured, in any of 4 sets ordered (-) Way too *THIN*, nowhere close to expectation (-) Absorbency questionable, takes longer to get hands dry (+) Pretty lattice design, beautiful color, although not quite as pictured (+) Extremely *SOFT* (+) Dries out quickly between uses All things considered, these are not a bad deal at all, working out to be just under two bucks per towel. I doubt I'll buy any more, but will certainly try to make use of the ones I have.
