I had a gift card to spend and bought several sets of towels for self and others.  These said waffle-weave so I had pictured the sort of thin towels with an obvious weave.   These came and they are the weight and absorbency of any other good towel and you can see a subtle waffle weave.  But they are so much more than I expected.  Wish I had more gift card remaining so I could purchase a second set.  I got the soft blue.