I have an XL McNett Micronet Towel (35"x62") and carrier in my BOB. It's a micro-fiber towel that can hold five times its weight in water, or so they claim. I must admit that it is very absorbent, but I've never weighed it both wet and dry to verify this... <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

As a test, I laid the towel out on the grass after a heavy dew, and was able to soak up a lot of water with it by dragging it a couple of yards. I wish I had the foresight to wring the towel out into a Nalgene bottle to see how much water it had soaked up.

The towel is a micro-fiber weave, so if you keep a corner clean it can also be used as a lens cleaner, and it performs well in this capacity.

It also makes a rather absorbent shemagh... You have to love multi-purpose equipment... <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

The carrier that came with it has two mesh pockets, a waterproof back and a nylon hang loop so you can attach it to a backpack, have the towel dry while you're on the move, and keep other hygiene items in the back without fear of them getting unnecessarily wet.

The McNett Micronet Towel is probably the same towel, or at least appears to be made of the same material as the MSR PackTowels, REI MultiTowels and others, but it was either cheaper, larger or the carrier was of a much hardier design than the others on the market so I went with it.

Oh... And now we get to the reason I posted on this thread...

I keep soap, and extra small bottle of hand sanitizer, a small bottle of deodorant, a roll of Charmin' To Go Toilet paper, Dental Floss, and an Aurell Toob Toothbrush (with refillable toothpaste tube in the handle) in the back pocket.

Though the Charmin' To Go has a plastic sheath, the second I use it for the first time (pardon the disgusting thought) it's going right out of the hygiene bag. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />