Description
Ships in 1-2 business days | Based in Boulder, CO | Est. 2018
Wrap yourself in nature.
Bottom line? The Travera travel towels are everything ultralight travel towels should be without microplastic polluting microfibers. From the plant fiber textile to the hemp hanging loops, cotton thread and a cotton care label, this towel is entirely plastic free!
Made of breathable, lightweight hemp and TENCEL Lyocell plant fibers, they're perfect for everyday use. When that urge hits to jump in that crystal clear lake, you can go for it worry-free! Thoughtful additions include two reinforced hemp hanging loops and a mini sunglass/key loop.
Perfect for those who value eco-friendliness and performance.
Features:
- Ultralight and ultra-packable
- Responsibly crafted with climate-friendly plant fibers
- Fiber to textile in a solar-powered mill
- Dyed with STANDARD 100 by Oeko-Tex certified dyes
- Reinforced seams
- Very absorbent
- Very quick to dry
- Naturally antimicrobial
- Debris & stain resistant
- Antistatic
- Hypoallergenic
- Durable for a long adventure-filled life
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Specs:
Hand Towel:
- Dimensions: 17" x 22"
- 1x hemp hanging loop
- Weight: 1.9oz | 54g
Bath Sheet:
- Dimensions: 29" x 54"
- 2x hemp hanging loops + mini loop for sunglasses or keys
- Weight: 7.6oz | 215g
Materials: 55% Hemp + 45% TENCEL™ Lyocell
Made in the USA
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Care instructions: Machine wash on cold with like colors. Tumble dry low or hang to dry. Avoid fabric softeners and dryer sheets as they may inhibit absorbency.
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A great natural alternative
After years of backpacking with a certain well-known blue-colored synthetic pack towel that wasn't particularly lightweight and smelled after a while, I decided to buy this hemp and tercel hand towel. I'm a serious backpacker (13,000+ trail miles, a triple crowner), so I really get to know my gear. With increasing awareness of the oil and plastic industries' harmful effects to health (the planet's and our own), I'm also increasingly trying to switch away/back to natural materials (i.e. alpaca and merino for baselayers, titanium for water bottles, no plastic packaging for trail food). I care about the plastic microfibers synthetic gear adds to our environment (not to mention the pollution and carbon footprint of the manufacturing process). Hemp is also one of the most sustainable natural materials out there, with a comparatively small carbon footprint. So I took this hemp and tencel hand towel on my most recent backpacking trip and it performed beautifully—dried quickly, felt better and more absorptive than my old synthetic towel, and didn't smell after days of use. Other pros: its bright blue color makes it easy to spot (and therefore not accidentally leave behind), the printed design on one side allows you to designate that for one use, and the non-printed side for another (i.e. I used the printed side to dry my hands, and wipe condensation off tent walls and other gear; the non-printed side was for face and rest of the body), and the hanging loop made it easy both to hang the towel more securely off my pack while hiking, and from a branch while in camp. I will carry this towel on upcoming hikes as well as off-trail trips. The only con (not a major one for backpacking): it's not big enough to wrap around my head after washing my hair. If Lava Linens would make a towel large enough for that (i.e. between the sizes of the hand and bath towels), I'd gladly buy it.
United StatesGreat ultralight alternative to a synthetic pack towel
After years of backpacking with a certain well-known blue-colored synthetic pack towel that wasn't particularly lightweight and smelled after a while, I decided to buy this hemp and tercel hand towel. I'm a serious backpacker (13,000+ trail miles, a triple crowner), so I really get to know my gear. With increasing awareness of the oil and plastic industries' harmful effects to health (the planet's and our own), I'm also increasingly trying to switch away/back to natural materials (i.e. alpaca and merino for baselayers, titanium for water bottles, no plastic packaging for trail food). I care about the plastic microfibers synthetic gear adds to our environment (not to mention the pollution and carbon footprint of the manufacturing process). Hemp is also one of the most sustainable natural materials out there, with a comparatively small carbon footprint. So I took this hemp and tencel hand towel on my most recent backpacking trip and it performed beautifully—dried quickly, felt better and more absorptive than my old synthetic towel, and didn't smell after days of use. Other pros: its bright blue color makes it easy to spot (and therefore not accidentally leave behind), the printed design on one side allows you to designate that for one use, and the non-printed side for another (i.e. I used the printed side to dry my hands, and wipe condensation off tent walls and other gear; the non-printed side was for face and rest of the body), and the hanging loop made it easy both to hang the towel more securely off my pack while hiking, and from a branch while in camp. I will carry this towel on upcoming hikes as well as off-trail trips. The only con (not a major one for backpacking): it's not big enough to wrap around my head after washing my hair. If Lava Linens would make a towel large enough for that (i.e. between the sizes of the hand and bath towels), I'd gladly buy it.
United StatesGreat ultralight alternative to a synthetic pack towel
After years of backpacking with a certain well-known blue-colored synthetic pack towel that wasn't particularly lightweight and smelled after a while, I decided to buy this hemp and tercel hand towel. I'm a serious backpacker (13,000+ trail miles, a triple crowner), so I really get to know my gear. With increasing awareness of the oil and plastic industries' harmful effects to health (the planet's and our own), I'm also increasingly trying to switch away/back to natural materials (i.e. alpaca and merino for baselayers, titanium for water bottles, no plastic packaging for trail food). I care about the plastic microfibers synthetic gear adds to our environment (not to mention the pollution and carbon footprint of the manufacturing process). Hemp is also one of the most sustainable natural materials out there, with a comparatively small carbon footprint. So I took this hemp and tencel hand towel on my most recent backpacking trip and it performed beautifully—dried quickly, felt better and more absorptive than my old synthetic towel, and didn't smell after days of use. Other pros: its bright blue color makes it easy to spot (and therefore not accidentally leave behind), the black printed design on one side allows you to designate that for one use, and the non-printed side for another (i.e. I used the printed side to dry my hands, and wipe condensation off tent walls and other gear; the non-printed side was for face and rest of the body), and the hanging loop made it easy both to hang the towel more securely off my pack while hiking, and from a branch while in camp. I will carry this towel on upcoming hikes as well as off-trail trips. The only con (not a major one for backpacking): it's not big enough to wrap around my head after washing my hair. If Lava Linens would make a towel large enough for that (i.e. between the sizes of the hand and bath towels), I'd gladly buy it.
