Are towel warmers not used?

46 comments

1. Not that I’ve seen

2. Unless I am staying at a higher end hotel, I don’t even want to bother with something like that. Its hard enough to get a clean, pleasant, comfortable room that isn’t stupid expensive these days.

   An unmaintained heating device in the room sounds like a recipe for disaster.

3. I haven’t been to a lot of fancy hotels but have never seen anything like that.

4. I have towel warmers in my master bath and heated floors. So nice.

5. What do you need a warm towel for when you’re getting out of a hot shower?

6. Never heard of them. Seems like too much to me lol

7. I have never heard of this!

8. I mean…if you have radiators for heat, sure.

   That’s a regional thing for the US, though.

   You can buy electric ones if you like.

9. I live in Arizona, the towels come pre-warmed.

10. We have one, but don’t use it terribly often. Sometimes a Warm fluffy towel is nice after a shower, but most times I don’t bother.

11. No, but we are sorely missing out.

12. Costco has them on sale right now, go for it

13. I love a warm towel out of the shower as well, but agree that it’s not really common in the US compared to some European countries. I’m wondering if it’s because radiator heat is less common? I’ve seen some electric ones online but they look cheap

14. No, we don’t really have those or use warm towels. I have one in my German apartment, but mostly use it to dry clothes. If we really wanted a warm towel, we’d use a tumble dryer, which most Americans have and most Europeans don’t.

15. I’ve stayed in hotels in Europe too and many of them don’t have that feature. I’ve also seen fancy-ass houses in the US with towel warmers. Here it’s seen as more of a luxury thing.

16. Water heat isn’t super common in the US compared to forced air (either heat pump or furnace) so they aren’t as common since infrastructure for them isn’t already there.

    Yes you can get electric ones, but I don’t think people care enough to run electric for them. I just redid my bathroom, considered it, and then didn’t bother. And I’m also on hot water heat interestingly enough.

17. My thermostat is set to 73 in the winter and is decently insulated and the bathroom gets hot and steamy when I take a shower. I’ve never thought “Geez, this towel is sure cold” when I dry myself off after a shower.

18. I see them occasionally in hotels, where it’s kinda neat but for a day to day residence i’d probably still just prefer the bathroom heat lamp/fan that seems to be in a number of homes around me.

19. I know when I get out of a hot shower on a chilly hundred degree October day I think to myself man I wish this towel was warmed up like in Europe. My parents have one in Minnesota though.

20. I burnt myself on a towel warmer in Scotland. It was my only trip outside of the US, and I think it’s the only place I’ve ever seen them.

21. I just use a space heater to heat the bathroom.

22. My great grandparents, who used hot water radiators to heat their home had towel warmer radiators also.

    Note the use of “great grandparents.”

    I don’t see the point.

23. No, I don’t use a towel warmer.

24. If we had them and Europeans didn’t, they’d cuss us out for it.

    I live in a cold state, we don’t need them.

25. I’ve seen them for sale here but never considered buying one. Our bathroom is already hot when we get out of the shower.

26. Nope.

    >I’m curious why they aren’t used.

    Rugged, frontier spirit, I suppose.

27. I’ve only seen them at my rich friends houses.

28. The last thing I want is a warm towel after I get out of a hot shower.

29. I have radiators in the whole house so while it’s not officially a ‘towel warmer’ I use it as one in the winter. It’s fantastic, I wish they were more common! It’s so jarring to travel somewhere else and have to get out to a cold towel.

30. My house isn’t heated by steam and I don’t want to set fabrics (wet or otherwise) on an electrically heated surface or pay for the electricty to heat it.

31. Very rare in USA.

32. I don’t care about having a warm towel, but I’d be interested if it dries the towel after showering. Wet towels can get mildewy.

33. Never gets cold enough to need that here

34. Had never seen one before going to London. Was wondering what all the tubing was for. lol

    I guess I don’t get the benefit. Instead of room temp, the towels are hot?

35. I like hot steamy showers so a cool towel feels nice

36. My house in Vermont has one, but oddly enough, its in the mud room.

37. I worked on a 3 million dollar house where the client had one put in.

38. Depends where you live

39. My parents have one cause they have a hot tub they use in the winter. I imagine thats probably like the only time you’ll see them here

40. Fancy hotels here have them. I think most people have better things to do with their money than to buy a towel warmer.

41. I got one for my Mom last year. She is always cold.

42. The circuit breaker in my circa 1850 house might not handle one of these.

43. We heat our bathrooms.

44. Some of us just got bidets. You can’t expect all this change over night.

45. I don’t use them. My parents (in Florida of all places,) have or had an electric one. Not sure how much they use/used it, though.

46. I live in the coldest US State (barring Alaska)

    I’ve never used a towel warmer