Review (4/5): Mostly amazing
This little towel turban is really quite amazing in what it can do. I've got hair down to my thighs and didn't think it would all fit in the thing, but it does. I have to fold it and tuck it in, but the Turbie Twist manages to hold all of it without effort once it's in there.
I'm blown away by the difference this has made in my post-shower activities. I used to have to very carefully balance the twisted-up bath towel on my head and often actually hold it in place with one hand while doing something after getting out of the shower. Now I can do anything I like and that little Turbie Twist is going to stay put all by itself. That right there is enough to convince me to never be without one again.
It has an additional interesting feature. When comparing it with a regular bath towel, it dries the hair more evenly and prevents dry spots and wet spots when you take it off. With a bath towel, I always had to hurry to get to the point of taking the towel off. Otherwise parts of my hair would dry in strange ways (as determined by how I had twisted the hair up into the towel) and would need to be wet down again to get it to behave. This is not an issue at all with the Turbie Twist. I can take my time and wear this thing for quite some time without worrying that that will happen. It maintains a minimum amount of moisture that's enough to keep a strange hairdo from happening.
My reason for docking it one star is that I got the light purple one and, like another reviewer in here, I wouldn't want anyone to see me using it because it just looks dirty rather than purple. It's a very faded, greyish sort of purple that gives the impression that you didn't take very good care of it and that it might not be clean. That's not the sort of impression one wants to make when one is fresh out of the shower.
Other than that, though, I love it and will always have at least one on hand. If you've never tried one, this thing can set you free.