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[ftmyerscobra]

I get mine from Zaino. Hve not tried Gratiots
 http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=Z-BBFT-3&Category_Code=Zaino&Product_Count=0

[SmokeyJoe]

Chemical guys has great products as well as the towels, been there customer for about 6 yrs now.

[HogDude]

As others have stated, Griot's is fantastic and I've also been pleased with Chemical Guys.
Here's an interesting video on various towels from Chemical Guys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM9e9ACPPr8

[Retired Navy Chief]

I've got Microfiber towels of one sort of the other from all over the place, but once I discovered the Griot's Garage microfiber, there's no going back.  The Blue and the Green ones are the thickest/softest...the Green are intended to be used with their Spray Wash and the Blue with their Speed Shine, but either work fine to remove Glare.  There ain't nothing else like them that I've ever found.

In fact, there's a lot of good chit from Griot's Garage...their cleaners, washes, vinyl/rubber treatments, thumb operated hose nozzle...hell, I've even got their special wash bucket!  I's a sickness...

I have the same sickness.  However, I also have some super easy to clean cars and bikes.  David

[King2013]

they work good just watch the big label attached to one of the corners. It's huge and may scratch the paint. I tried pulling one off and it frayed pretty badly. I liked the brighter yellow ones they had before better. These are bigger and thicker

it amazes me that the manufactures know what the intended use is, yet they find the need to stitch in an unneeded destructive label.
you'd figure they would have caught on to Haines and fruits, print the label with nondestructive ink right into the towel. duh.

[HDultraDad]

DID NOT like the Kirkland/Costco yellow microfiber towels for finishing off a bike.  They left lint.  Great for apply waxes, etc, but after awhile (several washes) I would find lint on chrome and not as good picking up the residues to be wiped up. 

[2k]

Sams Club, $11 for 20 and they are very good.

[BUCKNUT GREG]

Sams Club, $11 for 20 and they are very good.

  Jims Club, we offer special aerial protection...

[Buy early]

Since Target went cheap and stopped selling the orange microfiber towels I really liked earlier this year, I have been on a quest to find a decent towel for a good price. Found this site the other day:

http://www.microfibersinc.com/

Their 16" x 16" 300gsm towel is virtually identical to the ones I used to get at Target. They are $8.83 a dozen so that's only $0.75 a towel and they come in 11 different colors. I ordered a bunch of the 16" x 16" as well as some of the 12" x 12" ones and some of the waffle weave ones just to see how I liked them. Got them in 3 days and I am quite impressed so far. Near as I can tell, these are the same towel Chemical Guys sell for $16/doz.

I only use micro fiber towels on my bike and I only use them on the bike one time. I will start a clean cloth on the tins and chrome and, as it gets dirtier, use them to clean the lower dirtier parts of the bike and get road crap off the wheels. When they are pretty dirty I wash them and use them for other household chores or, if they are greasy and black, I throw them away.

I have tried some of the Griots micro fiber towels as I love Griots stuff and they are great but I go through far too many to use them as my daily cleaners.

Thought I would share the new source and see if others might like them as well.

[Fired00d]

Since Target went cheap and stopped selling the orange microfiber towels I really liked earlier this year, I have been on a quest to find a decent towel for a good price. Found this site the other day:

http://www.microfibersinc.com/

Their 16" x 16" 300gsm towel is virtually identical to the ones I used to get at Target. They are $8.83 a dozen so that's only $0.75 a towel and they come in 11 different colors. I ordered a bunch of the 16" x 16" as well as some of the 12" x 12" ones and some of the waffle weave ones just to see how I liked them. Got them in 3 days and I am quite impressed so far. Near as I can tell, these are the same towel Chemical Guys sell for $16/doz.

I only use micro fiber towels on my bike and I only use them on the bike one time. I will start a clean cloth on the tins and chrome and, as it gets dirtier, use them to clean the lower dirtier parts of the bike and get road crap off the wheels. When they are pretty dirty I wash them and use them for other household chores or, if they are greasy and black, I throw them away.

I have tried some of the Griots micro fiber towels as I love Griots stuff and they are great but I go through far too many to use them as my daily cleaners.

Thought I would share the new source and see if others might like them as well.

Thanks for the info

I too noticed the orange ones were no longer offered at Target.   I have bookmarked these and will try them out.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[JGeiken]

After reading this thread I bought a Griots cloth. After using it I will never buy another brand...

[CVODON]

Saw a post above about lint in the micro-fiber. You can prevent this and make the towels work better than new by washing them on permanent press cycle, or gentle with cold water using quality car wash soap and the extra rinse cycle. Wash ONLY similar items (Read no cotton) and let them air-dry. I have 4 36 X 48 bound car drying micro-towels that are over 5 years old. Came from AutoGeek.com, wash them every couple uses and they work great. I can dry the Escalade with two of them, major absorbent. FYI