This morning, while stepping onto one of my gym’s elliptical machines and finding the handles sweat-soaked from their previous user, I realized just how badly I need to invest in some MSR Personal Face Packtowels (so as to keep my gym towel from ever coming into contact with my face - that’s just too gross). Lightweight and highly absorbent, the towels are also ideal for camping and backpacking, says gearnoise. The mountain biker likes to keep his packtowel attached to his CamelBak pack, so that “I always have a towel handy to wipe my face or more importantly sunscreen out of my eyes.”

And for those of us gym-going types, the product ensures that you’ll never have to get your sweat mixed up with that of some Rude Gus who doesn’t grasp the concept of gym hygiene. I mean, really - ewww.