For this story, she interviewed an interior designer and researched the various types and styles of towel warmers. She considered dozens of models from various retailers, checked user reviews, combed through the specs, and studied the key features and prices before making her final selections.
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Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. The 9 Best Towel Warmers of Because nothing is better than a warm, fluffy towel. By Theresa Holland. Theresa Holland. Theresa Holland is a freelance writer specializing in home improvement, cleaning, and bedding. She shares her favorite life hacks on her blog The Taboo Textbook. Learn more about The Spruce's Editorial Process.
Fact checked by Sarah Scott. Sarah Scott is a fact-checker and researcher with who has worked in the custom home building industry in sales, marketing, and design. Our Top Picks. Best Overall:. This stainless steel towel warmer optimizes towel drying and warming across ten crossbars with both horizontal and vertical heating.
Best Budget:. This towel warmer offers an easy, affordable way to keep your bath linens warm and toasty. Best Splurge:. The design is crafted from stainless steel and is available in multiple finishes. Best Electric:. This electric towel warmer heats up towels with just the flip of a switch.
Best Wall-Mounted:. The wall-mounted design is ideal for anyone short on floor space. Best Small:. The compact size of this towel warmer makes it a great choice for small bathrooms. Best Large-Capacity:. This towel warmer is designed to hold multiple towels at once or large bath sheets, so it's a must-have for big families.
Best Hydronic:. This hydronic towel warmer will heat your linens more efficiently and reduce your energy bill. Best Bucket:. Neutral enough to complement all types of decor, this freestanding towel warmer has a slim design and is easy to transport. In This Article Expand. Our Picks. What to Look for. Why Trust The Spruce. What We Don't Like Two-towel capacity.
What we like Budget-friendly Multifunctional. Some need to be hard-wired and some can be plugged into an outlet, but they otherwise function the same way as standing units. With any warmer, rack or canister, you can burn yourself because the parts that contact the towel are metal. But it's not like it's that hot to grab a towel from them safely.
You'd have to be careless or distracted—or purposefully touching it for a gear review—for that to happen. Here are our favorites. Be sure to check out our other buying guides , such as the Best Sunrise Alarm Clocks , why you need a password manager and which ones you should get , and the Best Backpacks.
Subscriptions help fund the work we do every day. If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. All the towel warmers I tested were easy to use. None are going to slow you down when you're rushing to work. And in my unheated bathroom this winter, it was nice to get out of the shower and wrap up in a toasty towel instead of the usual room of cold air.
But the towels only stayed warm for about 30 seconds before my body had sucked all the heat from them. It's not the towel warmers' fault. That's just how heat transfer works. It's like a Ghirardelli chocolate square. It's nice while it lasts, even if it is too short of a time.
But that's luxury, right? To make it more worth my while, I started warming two towels at a time so I could swap a fresh, warm one after I drained the first of heat.
But then I was doing twice as much laundry. I don't much like the idea of dedicating space to a product I can only use for 15 minutes every morning, so I started dropping blankets and hoodies in the Zadro and Haven canister-style warmers to have something warm to toss on while watching TV.
Just remember, don't heat anything with buttons or zippers. Nobody wants YKK burned into their fingers for life. If 30 seconds of extra warmth is all you are looking for, then by all means get a towel warmer—or at least try one out before you commit to your new towel-warming lifestyle.
At the 5 minute mark, the tops of both towels were plenty warm. Measuring in at 40 inches tall, the Ancona towel warmer is equipped with more than a dozen bars to warm even the largest of bath sheets. Whether you want to heat up multiple towels before bathtime, use it to dry towels after a day by the pool, or hang a couple of bathrobes on it, this elegant-looking warmer will get anything toasty warm. This option is made from stainless steel and requires a hardwired electrical connection.
Unfortunately, it lacks a timer, which is a little surprising given its steep price. This towel warmer from Jerdon is just 25 inches tall and 18 inches wide — making it the best towel warmer for folks that have smaller-sized bathrooms. The wall-mounted towel warmer comes in a chrome or nickel finish, and it can be plugged into or hardwired to your wall. Because of its smaller size, you can only dry or warm a single towel on its five bars.
This modern towel warmer is made from stainless steel and comes in a mirrored or black finish. It's an excellent option for folks who live in environments with intense humidity. Rather than using warming bars to heat and dry your towels, this model is essentially an oversized air dryer. It blows warm air on your towels between 1 and 4 hours, and even includes a UV light to sterilize them. The dryer also has a smart app you can install to control it remotely with your smartphone or with your Alexa or Google-Assistant powered smart speaker.
You don't always have to splurge to have the luxury of a towel warmer in your home. This versatile option stands on its own and doesn't require any expensive construction to use. Thanks to the towel warmer's low height 38 inches , it's easy to drape towels onto any of its bars and have them be conveniently within arm's reach as you get out of the tub, too. Its lightweight, pound build also makes it a breeze to move around your bathroom.
Just make sure it's powered off before moving, though, as it can reach temperatures of up to degrees Fahrenheit. This plug-in option with eight bars can heat two large towels or robes and is designed to run all day long. It will look good in any home, especially considering that it's available in three finishes: brushed stainless, matte black , and a mirror finish. Its utilitarian design blends right into your bathroom decor, and its larger size keeps warm, fluffy towels at the ready for multiple bathers.
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