1.  How do I care for my Lightload Towels?
Lightload Towels should be hand washed under delicate conditions and then kept dry when possible.

  2.  How long do they last?
It depends how you use them. If you use to wipe then dry them off They last about as long as a pair of  good boots on an Appalachian Trail Thru Hike, two months. Of course if you use it as a firestarter  or first aid supplement then it wouldn't last as long. Follow the above care instructions.

  3.  How do I open?
Dipping in water softens the towels up and gets the wrinkles out. However, you can open without water in cold conditions. Just squeeze the sides of the hand towels out of the package and then unravel.

  4.  What is the material?
The material is 100 percent viscose.

  5.  What is the difference between this and the other towels in  the  outdoor market?
 Lightload   Towels are much more absorbent than microfiber and cotton. They also are more versatile and pack down smaller.

 6.  How are they survival tools?
Use them as a wind scarf in cold conditions, firestarter, strainer, first aid   supplement, static electricity insulator and more.

7. What is the difference between the bandana and the lightload Towels?

Lightload Towels are very good insulation in cold activitites while the bandana material, "cotton kills." Eight lightload Towels of the 12 x12 in., equal the weight  of one bandana.