For decades I thought that damp-towel smell was just part of life. I’d used terry-cloth towels post-swimming for years (at the beach, at the pool, and lakeside), and it took hours for them to dry, even when they were hung out in the sunshine.Then I met a friend of a friend who exclusively used Turkish towels. She gushed about how quick-drying, lightweight, and easy to pack they were. So when I saw the Huckberry Mediterranean Turkish Towel — a Wirecutter favorite — on sale for Prime Day, I snapped up four of them.