The Ever-Reliable Towel One of the most common albeit important household items anyone can probably own is a towel. A flimsy, threaded towel that does not capture moisture and feels akin to a piece of coarse sand paper bears not utility in the daily drying tasks required of it. Ask any person and they will laud the merits of having a quality towel, even a luxury towel, even those lower down on the socioeconomic ladder.