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Your cart is empty.The Go-to One Stop Shop for All Car Care Tools Products Since 1980! Over 10 million Absorbers Sold!! Made of a unique material called PVA (Poly Vinyl Alcohol), The Absorber is vastly superior to a terrycloth towel and leather chamois. A uniform, sponge-like pore structure enhances capillary action, giving The Absorber drying capabilities no other product can match. While The Absorber is unmatched as the best drying tool for cars and automobiles on the market, but it also can be used to cool your skin after a workout and even drying off your dog after a bath! With proper care, The Absorber lasts for years and can be stored moist and ready to use its handy tube. Absorber product features and benefits: EXCELLENT ABSORBENT. Spend less time drying and more time enjoying life. SOFT SAFE. Easy on your hands and easy on your car. DURABLE. Tough, lintless, and last for years with normal use. Resistant to most chemicals. MACHINE WASHABLE. Wash and reuse the Absorber for years to come. CONVENIENT. Comes with the easy to use and perfect storage tube for at home or on-the-go.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2025
The large size and absorbency is great for drying my large golden doodle after a bath. It’s sturdy & has held up after many uses.
Martin
Reviewed in Mexico on July 7, 2024
El segundo que compro, perfectos para la limpieza de mis vehículos.Gracias!
CliffyD
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2024
Been using this product for decades. Not often you find a product where you use it to the point it needs replacement. Although I have Absorber Clothe that is easily 15+ yrs of use, I wash it occasionally and store it slightly damp and it continues to give great results with removing standing water from car surface. I recently bought second clothe for household, now that my son is driving and washing his car regularly.Best cloth to remove excess water during peak summer months to assure no water stains under hot conditions. Highly recommended.
susan
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2024
This works very well to keep our shower wiped down, but if you do not fold it up in the plastic tube every time, it becomes hard & crispy & you have to wet & wring out to use. Just seems like more work to even use the thing, as we use it in the shower. It then begins to smell after too much time from being kept in the plastic tube wet. I know all chamois get hard after drying out, so this not unusual, it is just irritating.
Klaus L.
Reviewed in Germany on November 18, 2024
Alles prima
Herman Cameron II
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2024
I have a couple of these I’ve been using for 34 years work great for drying your vehicle I leave two in each vehicle use one for the wheels one for the rest of the car nice spot and streak free finish on all surfaces
Mike
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2024
Really works well. Can hold a TON of water. Easy to use, fun to wring out. Easy to clean, too!
John
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2024
Product is durable, very reasonably priced and does exactly what it is intended to do. I predominantly use the absorber for drying my vehicle with quick streak-free and lint-free results. In my opinion, buyer will not be disappointed with anything with this product. You will not have to replace the absorber for many decades, if ever and I only had to replace mine recently, because my first one was snatched!
Martin Quezada
Reviewed in Mexico on July 3, 2022
Funciona excelente tal cual lo dice la descripción... Te dura mucho tiempo si la cuidas tal cual dice las indicaciones. No mancha los carros aún lavando en el sol.
William
Reviewed in Canada on June 15, 2021
Works perfectly, very absorbent. Makes after wash wiping of my car a breeze!
Jose
Reviewed in Spain on October 15, 2021
Excepcional para el secado del coche la mejor que he tenido , muy grande
SandboxNinja
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2012
Availability: 5 Stars.If you can't wait for whatever shipping method you use, this brand is available at many auto parts stores and big box stores. I purchased one at a Pep Boys last year, and one at Wal-Mart a few weeks ago.Product: 5 Stars.It is a synthetic chamois that has a vaguely rubbery feel.It can be wrung out after getting wet and used to sop up more moisture.Uses Below...Price: 4 Stars.If there is a harbor freight near you, they also sell a Chinese knock-off version of this for about $5, less than half the price of both brands for almost the same thing. The material is a little softer since it is not as dense, and you can see the fibers woven through it that are used for structural integrity. The 'real' one may not have these, i haven't held mine up to the light to check. Most people will be just fine with the HF one.This is:Perfect pool-side towel, car chamois, camp towel, motorcycle, etc.Good for cleaning up spills and wetness. Hard floors: soak and wring. Carpet: Soak the spill in water (Yes, make it WORSE), THEN put towel over and apply pressure to soak up.Mores uses I'm sure, but this are the ones I find I use the most.Every home should have one of these.Stories:Pool - My 5 cousins and I use a single one of these when drying off after using the pool, but any number of people can as long as they're not germophobes. Dry, wring, repeat.Car - Don't want water spots? Wash and rinse car as per usual, use this to dry it off. If you're paranoid of it picking up particulate like a sponge can, machine wash it first.Motorcycle - Use it to dry after washing. Dry seat after a rain so you don't soak up wetness with your pants. Friend uses a thick foam seat pad, after riding in the rain and then washing it, was soaked through. He didn't want to put his rain gear on so we put the towel on top of it and stepped on it to pull the moisture out, it was nearly dry after a few wrings.
John of California and Japan
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2008
My wife was extremely pleased to find that this item is Made in Japan--both because she takes it as a sign of quality and because she's Made in Japan herself.We're also familiar with this kind of product in Japan, where it's called a "gum towel."I bought two actually, one for her and one for me to use on my bicycles--thinking it would be something like a super absorbant chamois rather than a gum towel. It's certainly super absorbant, but doesn't have the chamois quality I would need to, say, polish my bike frames. That is to say it's more sticky than soft, more like a piece of foam rubber or neoprene than a cloth.So if I just hosed down the bike while cleaning and wanted to get on with the next steps of polishing and relubing, this towel is a great way to dry the bike when it's neither hot nor dry enough of a day for the bike to dry out on it's own in a fair amount of time.It really draws the water out too, from every knook and cranny, so no need to use DW-40 before lubing my nice clean parts.My wife uses ours for everything from picking up spills to quickly drying wet clothing that can't go in the dryer. If you wash a sweater for example, it's best to roll it up in the Absorber before laying it out to dry, as this will cut your drying time to at least half and make it less of a hazard that the sweater will get out of shape.We use my far more grungy one as you might use a wet vac. It actually does a better job than a wet vac though.Add that I've used several gum towels in Japan, mostly for swimming, and this is by far the thickest one I've used--therefore more absorbant. And at 27" x 17" it's big enough to be used as a bath towel without having to ring it out over and over again.BOTTOM LINE:I recommend this particular make and model over others simply based on the large size and the thickness of the towel.Don't expect to use this to polish or dust, as the texture of the towel is far too sticky for that.I initially searched for the Sham-Wow on Amazon because I had seen it on TV, and still would like to try it out because it seems like it might be more chamois like--where you could wipe and polish with it.Overall, we're thrilled with the quality, size, and how well this item works. Absolutely 5 stars.
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