Bamboo Bathrobe – Luxury for Morning and Evening

Short answer: The robe is in practice a towel you put on. It has to absorb the remaining water after a shower, not turn heavy, and dry before the next morning. Bamboo viscose does all three, where terry only does the first and stays damp.

What the robe actually has to do

A robe is worn for twenty minutes at a time, twice a day, and in those twenty minutes you are either wet from a shower or cold from getting up. So it has to absorb and keep you warm at the same time, and it has to be able to dry between the two. Thick terry absorbs well but turns heavy and is still damp by the evening. Bamboo viscose takes the moisture into the fibre and releases it into the air again, so it is dry again before the next morning.

For women

For women the length decides how much it gets worn. A robe to below the knee can be worn to answer the door and to sit in during the morning without having to cover up, and that is the length that ends up hanging within reach. A shorter one is lighter in summer but often stays put away. See bamboo robes for women. Choose your normal size, or one up if it should close over a set of nightwear.

For men

For men the belt and the sleeve length decide whether it gets worn. A wide belt stays at the waist rather than riding up, and a sleeve that stops above the wrist does not get wet when you wash your hands. See bamboo robe for men. A dark colour is the practical choice, because the robe is worn every day and rarely washed as often as the towels.

The robe and the nightwear

Many people wear the robe over their nightwear in the morning, and then the two have to work the same way. Cotton nightwear under a bamboo robe still holds the moisture where the fabric touches the skin. See bamboo nightwear for women and bamboo nightwear for men. In winter the robe can also replace an extra layer in the evening, because it is easy to take off when it gets too warm.

Washing and hanging

Wash at thirty or forty degrees without softener, which closes off exactly the absorbency the robe was bought for. Dry on the line or on the lowest heat, and hang it where air can reach it, not on a hook behind a door. The same goes for the towels, and the two solve the same problem. See bamboo towels, and the rest under bamboo for women and bamboo for men.