Shandali GoSweat Non-Slip Hot Yoga Towel with Super-Absorbent Soft Suede Microfiber in Many Colors, for Bikram Pilates and Yoga Mats.

My hit yoga instructor recommended getting a yoga mat towel for grip and ease of clean. It turns out I CAN do the downward Dog, I just didnt have a good grip before! The towel is very good quality, has a good thickness, and it works amazingly. I haven't experienced any shrinkage and I've washed it many times over the past year. It keeps me and my mat from dry and cool during my hot yoga sessions and its super easy to use.

Great mat for yoga! The gym has community mats that I use underneath this mat. It’s appears to be good quality. I’ve been using over three months now and it still works great. It’s not stinky, the size is perfect and it works for me.

If you are looking for a very absorbent towel to use for sopping up a lot of sweat, look no further. I recently purchased myself an infrared sauna and quickly discovered that I did not care for my previously owned hot yoga towels because I could feel the grippy bumps on the hard wooden bench. (Wasn’t as noticeable at Hotworx on a yoga mat and needed the grip so I didn’t faceplant in downward dog!) I didn’t want thick terrycloth style that pills or leaves lint. I wanted soft smoother material and these are perfect. I got the large to lie on the bench and the small to continuously dry off the rolling sweat. They are super soft and unbelievably absorbent! I love the colors. Started with lavender, just ordered pink and plan to get several more so that I’m only doing laundry once a week.

Always my go to for my hot yoga or Pilate classes. Basically a necessity now. Really helps me from slipping all over my mat. Would buy again.

I have had this towel for a little over a year and it is the best yoga towel of the three that I purchased, by far. In fact, this is the same thin microfiber type of towel that my studio hands out. I am one of those people who slides all over the place and I would have a hard time without a towel. My studio has water bottles in the classrooms so that folks can spray their towels before class and I spray both ends of the towel and that's what makes it non-slip for me. I think it also depends on the type of mat you have. Don't skimp on the mat. At first I did not want to spend the $$ but then I ended up replacing my mat for a Manduka Pro and I LOVE it. OK, back to the towel. I just ordered another one of these because I am doing yoga 4x per week and my other towels don't make me as happy as this one. This one by Yogitoes is OK but it's bulky and I slip less on my Gosweat microfiber which costs half as much. Here is the Yogitoes which is my second choice: http://www.amazon.com/Yogitoes-Skidless-Premium-Chinese-Collection/dp/B001HN5GA8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00 Here is my third choice and I'm going to give it away because it's bulky (as it the Yogitoes) and is not as non-slip for me as the Gosweat: http://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Towel-Youphoria-White-Stitching/dp/B00O10WHY2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00 The Youphoria towel (in the last link) is definitely my least favorite of the three. It is thicker than the Gosweat, really soft but I slide on it. I do hot yoga and Vinyasa and I want a towel that is thin, lightweight, non-slip and dries quickly. The Gosweat dries REALLY quickly, too.

I do hot yoga regularly and wanted to get a new mat towel into the rotation. I was looking for a less expensive option to the Yogitoes Skidless mat towels I currently own, and thought the "#1 Best Hot Yoga Towel, Super Absorbent, 100% Microfiber, Anti-Slip, SUEDE, Best Bikram / HOT Yoga Towel..." at $22 sounded ideal. It's less than half the price, and I liked it right away out of the box. It's definitely soft, I like how it feels against my skin, and it's quite large - overhangs my yoga mat by at least an inch on all sides, which is fine. I washed it right away and put it into practice the next day. The first time I used it, I didn't wet it. I never wet my Yogitoes towels, and even though this towel doesn't have anything to "grip" against your mat, the suede texture felt like it would provide some level of non-slip. And I suppose it does... if you're comparing it to a regular house towel or beach towel. My feet and hands don't slip at all on this product, but this product doesn't stay in place on the mat nearly as well as compared to the Yogities. Whether I'm hopping forward, sliding through, or turning my feet for placement - the towel moved or bunched EACH time. Every time we returned to downward dog, I found myself using the opportunity to smooth it back into place, and once I had to stop during class to reposition it and smooth it because it was driving me nuts. Near the end of class, by the time my sweat and general studio humidity had put moisture into the towel, it wasn't sliding as much. But it was still a huge disappointment. The next time I used it, I wet it using the studio spray bottle. It definitely helped, but it still moved or bunched pretty easily, so I thought maybe I hadn't wet it enough. So the last time I used it, I poured water from my bottle onto the mat in several spots to make sure it was dampened all the way through in several areas. This definitely helped - but even damp, it still bunches under my feet if I'm "turning" my feet or hands for various poses, or twisting against it. It's not terrible, and it hasn't required stopping class to reposition like it did that first day. Occasional bunching is easy enough to smooth out during a downward dog... but at the end of the day, this is no where NEAR the "best" I was expecting based on the item description and the few reviews I read. I will say, it does a great job of soaking up sweat! So perhaps if you have an advanced practice (where you're pretty much floating lightly in and out of poses), and you're looking for something that will actually draw moisture away from you, then I think this would work well. But if you're not advanced and you don't want to be distracted by your mat towel during practice, spend the extra money and get the Yogitoes or another mat with the rubber/silicone grippers that will actually grip against your mat during poses to help keep it in place.

This is the best yoga towel I am tried so far! This is my third brand of towel to try. I typically practice vinyasa flow in a heated room and where we are moving quite vigorously throughout the class. I have had a difficult time finding a towel that stays relatively in place while I practice my flow type classes. If I have to adjust the towel, it becomes very distracting. I used this towel doing a ladder flow the other day and I only had to adjust it slightly on the sides during the entire 75 minute class. And the adjustments were very minimal, like when I was in down dog pulling the corner over. Another thing is that this towel does not have a scent to it which is amazing. I have another brand of towel at home that gradually starts to smell a little chemically the wetter it gets. No scent here! The towel is very thin. Be mindful that if you want a thicker towel, this one is not for you. It is very thin, but absorbs well - trust me I was sweating A LOT. I generally like a thinner towel because it does not get caught on my foot when moving between poses. I also love the colors these towels come in. I ordered the teal and pink and I am very happy with both colors as they are what is advertised. The texture is suede-like, soft and like I said earlier absorbed the sweat well. I did not slip once even when the towel was dry. Overall, the Shandali Gosweat Hot Yoga Towel is excellent quality and I will be ordering more colors!

I have been practicing yoga on and off for over 10 years. Even while doing regular temperature yoga I would sweat A LOT from my hands and feet; the drawback of having palmer and plantar hyperhydrosis (don't know what that is? look it up and thank your lucky stars you don't suffer from it). I used a hand towel and a larger bath towel so that I wouldn't slip and slide all over the yoga mat. I just started doing hot yoga and the towel thing was NOT working. It was constantly bunching up and was difficult to keep in place. I then searched on the web and read many reviews on the various yoga towels out there. I think this must be a relatively new thing because 10+ years ago I didn't know any such thing existed. I wanted a product that was of excellent quality, did what it said it would do, and came in at a price point between $20 and $40. A bonus item for me was color choices. I used this towel for the first time for a hot yoga class that was at 105 degrees. I did have to spray the towel initially in order to get my hands and feet not to slip initially, but after getting started the sweat was definitely enough to keep the towel damp enough for no slipping to occur. There was a tiny bit of bunching of the towel but I don't think you can ever really get away from that. It was definitely a night and day difference over using my standard towels. I have just purchased a second towel so that I can wash one and use one. I am completely satisfied with my purchase and with a price point between $18 and $20 for a towel that covered my standard mat on all sides with a 1-2 inch extra, it has surpassed all my expectations. The bonus is that this towel comes in a lot of wonderful solid colors. I didn't want any designs to distract from my practice.