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Towels are something that I normally buy in person. Why? I want to touch the material before buying. Why? A lot can be told by the touch, such as, quality, organics, chemicals, texture to name a few. I am fussy about what towels I purchase. I do not like the big soft fluffy ones that people rave about, because (1) they tend to hold water too long and sour quickly and/or (2) they tend to be made of material that does not absorb well. So for me to buy these Turkish towels online, was a new adventure and I did my homework first. Like most any new towel, the first washing/drying can remove a lot of lint. Knowing this, I generally dry new towels by stopping the dryer a few times during the drying cycle to clean the lint trap. I do this to remove the excess lint from the lint trap to 'save' my dryer and to create better airflow for faster drying. And as I expected, these towels produced a lot of lint. My package contained four bath towels. I only washed the 4 towels in my machine. If you buy more than 4, you may not want to wash any more than 4 at a time, due to the lint factor. After several washings, the lint has decreased greatly. The sewn trim edges remain sewn. The ID tags remain in place. These towels wash nicelely. In using these towels, they are thicker than what I like and seem to take a while to dry after use. However, my research showed that Egyptian cotton takes much longer to dry than Turkish cotton. So far, no souring. These towels are of good size for a bath towel. They are much heavier than expected, which is not a bad thing, but I peronally feel that the weight adds to the drying time. The weight of this towel is what knocked my star rating to 4-stars. Overall, these are great towels and I would recommend them. I feel as if they will last a few years. Please let me know if this review was of help to you. Thank you.