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I also use the smell test and toss it in the dirty clothes chute if it's smelly. Fortunately, the fresh towels are in the same closet, so I don't have to stand there dripping in the hall for long.

I have a motley crew of towels. The last towel I bought was a beach-y towel I got on a camping trip because the weather at our destination (where I got the towel) was very hot, hot enough to make a dip in the lake inviting. Before that, another camping trip the year before. None of them really match in color, texture, or teh fluffeh-ness. As far as preference goes, I like the thinner ones for efficiency. I hang them on the rack or on the shower curtain rod to dry.