Care Instructions

Maintaining and Preserving Your Noxen Poncho

Welcome to Your New Noxen Hooded Towel!

If you’re on this page, chances are you recently received a Noxen Hooded Towel. Congratulations! We think you’ll love it.

To help you take proper care of your new towel, we’ve listed some key hooded towel care instructions below. Take a moment to go over them to ensure yours lasts for years to come.

Materials Overview

Whichever hooded poncho towel you purchase, be it a classic hooded towel or our Turkish towels, both are made with 100% cotton. Our classic hooded towels use a combination of cotton and soft cotton terry fabric, while our Turkish towels use Turkish cotton.

Both styles are designed with comfort and quality in mind, with the use of cotton ensuring they’re both highly absorbent and quick-drying.

General Care Instructions

Caring for a Noxen hooded towel is simple. Much like a regular beach or swim towel, you can use the hooded towel a few times before a wash is necessary - just make sure you give it time to dry out between different uses.

Washing Guidelines

When it is time to wash your hooded towel, you can simply pop it in your washing machine with a touch of detergent (you do not need a lot) and run it on a normal or delicate cold cycle.

Use cold water and a minimal amount of detergent, and then gently wash the towel for around 10 or so minutes. Once you’ve done this, rinse the hooded towel in a fresh batch of cold water.

Avoid warm and hot water as this could cause the towel to shrink.

Drying Your Noxen Poncho Towel

For drying your hooded poncho towel, it’s best to let it air dry on a clothesline. If you want to use a dryer, you should only do this on an air-only dry cycle or on a low-heat setting for a very short period.

Much like washing, do not dry the hooded towel on a warm or hot dry cycle. As our towels are made from cotton, heat could cause them to shrink.

Ironing and Steaming

Our towel hoodies don’t require ironing or steaming. If, for any reason, you feel it necessary to iron, then you need to keep it at a low heat setting and ensure you’re not using any water. This also means the towel should not be wet in any way prior to ironing.

Keep in mind that any ironing still has the potential of shrinking your towel, so we strongly recommend against it.

You should not steam your hooded towel at any point. The heat from the steam is likely to cause shrinkage.

Storage

Storage for your Noxen hooded towel is a breeze. You can hang the towel, store it in a drawer, on a shelf or, best of all, in the provided complimentary swim bag. Our standard hooded towels are unlikely to show any crease marks. If you want to avoid the appearance of creases on our Turkish hooded towels, then be sure to hang them in a closet.

Wherever you store your poncho towels, make sure there’s minimal humidity to prevent the likelihood of mould and mildew. High levels of humidity facilitate the growth of mould and mildew, and these can eat away at cotton if unaddressed.

If you experience high humidity year-round, then you can purchase moisture-absorbing products that can be placed in the wardrobe to suck up excess moisture in this space. Just be mindful to replace them as needed.

How Do I Handle Pilling On My Poncho?

If you notice any pilling with your hooded towel, there are a few things you can do.

First, to get rid of any current pilling, you can do this through gentle cutting (using scissors to snip off the pills) or using a product such as a fabric shaver, which often works well. Pilling will likely only occur on the inside of the towel.

To prevent ongoing pilling, be gentle with how you care for your towel. Turn it inside out when washing, run on a gentle cycle or hand wash, use minimal detergent, and let it air dry.

Can I Use Fabric Softeners On My Poncho?

While fabric softener can be a good option for different types of cotton clothing, we recommend avoiding its use with hooded towels. Given our towels are already soft and plush, there’s no particular need to use fabric softener anyway. Fabric softeners could also weaken the material.

Can I Dry My Poncho in a Dryer?

When possible, we strongly recommend naturally air-drying your hooded poncho towel on a clothesline or hanger. If you do need to use a dryer, do an air-only cycle. Any degree of heat-based drying could shrink the towel.