I honestly bought this as a gift and then the person I bought it for got herself one just days before her birthday 🤦🏻‍♀️😂. So I decided to keep it and use if for myself. I started using it when I had waist length hair (it’s also quite thick) and if i put it in nice enough it had no problem holding it. Now my hair is about 15 cm shorther and it’s even better. Mainly I use it in the summer on the seaside and also sometimes when I’m at home. I never keep my hair in a regular towel for too long and I never rub it ( just pat and leave to dry or start drying it immediately), but a towel like this is for sure handier if you wish to do chores or makeup for example and want to put away your (wet) hair.  You can’t expect it to dry your hair, it’s still a towel after all, but it does soak up quite a bit of water (more if you have less/shorter hair of course). I also guess it’s similar to other turbans (perhaps more affordable ones) but I never used them prior to this, so I have nothing to compare to. 

I suppose this could be good for short to medium length hair. If you have long thick hair it doesn’t do up properly and just wobbles off. 

Love This! Super Comfortable, Absorbs Water Quickly & leaves me with me non-frizzy beautiful curls, I look forward to hair-wash days.

Love the Aquis turbans, don't bother with cheap ones, spend the extra cash and pay for quality. The new turban is much longer than my old Aquis, so I can get all my hair tucked under it. I like to leave mine on ideally for an hour, so it's almost dry and it leaves my curls looking great.

This really does reduce drying time. it will not dry your hair completely, but its amazing for throwing it on immediately after getting out the shower (without towel drying pre sticking it on), and taking it off even 30 minutes later, and have your hair ready for damp styling or running out the door and letting curls dry naturally. Even though it dries the hair, it doesn't dry out my hair like other towels I have tried. Agreed it may be trickier for shorter hair to keep it tied up. But it's like a rubber like material inside, that grips to my very fine mid length hair and I've had no trouble. if you just want a hair towel, this is expensive and not for you. But if you want a hair towel that reduces damage to your hair, keeps your hair in condition and doesn't just absorb all your product, and reduces trying time this is amazing!