Used it on my black S3 yesterday morning. Usually have to hit every panel twice because my old plush towel would leave this faint misty trail on the back glass and trunk lid that ended up baking in. Laid this flat across the hood and just dragged it back by the corners. Bone dry on one single pass, didn't even need to pull out glass cleaner for the rear window.
Polaris Nova Drying Towel
plus applicable sales tax
1300 GSM twisted-loop microfiber drying towel
Free shipping over $50 · Defects replaced · Ships in 1–2 business days
Shipping
Free shipping on orders $50+, to all 50 states. Ships in 1–2 business days · arrives in 3–7 business days. You get a tracking number by email when it ships.
Returns
Returns for defective items only. Items that aren't defective can't be returned or exchanged, opened or unopened.
- Email support@polariscarcare.com within 30 days of delivery with your order number and photos of the defect and the packaging, before sending anything.
- If we need the item back, we cover the return shipping.
- Refunds, including the original shipping, go to the original payment method within 5–10 business days after we confirm the defect.
If an order arrives damaged, defective or incorrect, we will replace it or refund it.
Care
Wash cold (30°C / 86°F max) with a microfiber-safe detergent. No fabric softener, no bleach, no dryer sheets. Wash separately from cotton. Air dry, or tumble dry low with no heat.
Specs
- 1300 GSM twisted-loop microfiber
- 70/30 polyester/polyamide
- 60 × 90 cm (24 × 35 in)
- Pile height 12 mm
- Designed in Chicago. Made in China.
In the box
- 1× Polaris Nova Drying Towel
“Used it on my black S3 yesterday morning.”
A full panel in one pass.
It covers a whole panel, and the long twisted loops pick up a lot of the water in each pass.
Using it
Dry. Wash. Repeat.
One pass
Lay it flat on the panel, pull it slowly toward you, lift it off, then move to the next panel. One slow pass per panel is the whole method.
No streaks
Pull it across the panel once and lift it off: no scrubbing back and forth. If a panel needs a second go, flip the towel over; both sides have the same twisted loops.
No scratching
No hard stitched edges and no tag, so nothing stiff touches the paint. We use it on our own ceramic-coated and PPF-wrapped cars. The rest is habit, as with any towel: wash it before first use, keep it off the ground, and never dry a dirty car.
How to wash it
Wash cold (30°C / 86°F max) with a microfiber-safe detergent. No fabric softener, no bleach, no dryer sheets. Wash separately from cotton. Air dry, or tumble dry low with no heat.
How to use it
Four steps.
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Shake it out
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Lay it flat on the panel
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One slow pass
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Hang to dry
Air dry, or tumble dry low with no heat.
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Specs
Two enthusiasts,
one garage.
Jacob has been detailing modified and exotic cars for eight years. Antanas built the business around it. They started Polaris because the towels they trusted cost $70 and the ones they could afford pilled after a month.
So they spent a year testing weaves with a mill in Taizhou, rejected seven samples, and picked the one they kept reaching for on their own cars. Then they priced it where their friends could actually buy it.
Every towel and every package is used on their own cars first. If it doesn't earn a spot on the shelf in their garage, it doesn't ship.
The questions we get asked the most.
From our customers
30 reviews · ★ 4.9 average
Dried my Sierra 1500 with it over the weekend. Thing is huge, and once it drinks up the water off the hood and roof it definitely has some weight to it, but it never started dumping water back onto the bedside panels like my waffle towels do. Didn’t have to wring it out once to finish the whole truck.
Main thing for me was zero shedding straight out the bag. Every plush drying towel I’ve bought in the past drops tiny fibers all over the windshield and rubber window trim on the first use. Dried my Mustang Sunday afternoon and there wasn't a single speck of lint on the glass or the black roof wrap.
Checked the doors with an inspection light right after drying since my GTI has that super soft white clear coat that scratches super easy. Surface was completely clean. The edge binding is really thin and soft so you don’t have to stress about it dragging across sharp body lines or emblem corners.
Replaced two raggedy Costco yellow towels I’ve been using together for years now. Night and day difference honestly. Took maybe 4 minutes to dry the whole car instead of sprinting around chasing water spots before the sun hit the driveway.
Did my Model 3 and my wife's CX-5 back to back on Saturday. Sucked up the Tesla completely dry, was mostly soaked by the time I finished the Mazda’s roof, but still finished both cars without leaving streaks or water trails behind.
The hood drag test is definitely legit. Laid it flat on the hood of my CT5-V, pulled the top two corners, and the paint behind it looked like it was hit with an air blower. Zero surface friction and didn't grab on the ceramic coating at all.
Biggest test for me was the emblems. My M2 has really sharp badge corners on the trunk and fenders where stitched towel borders always catch and pull threads loose. The edge on this is super low profile, glided right over the badges without hanging up once.
Used an Absorber synthetic shammy for like 10 years because I thought thick microfibers were just hype. Tried this on my GR86 over the weekend because I was sick of the shammy sticking to the paint like a suction cup. Wish I switched sooner honestly. Way faster, zero suction drag, and feels a hundred times safer on soft paint.
Gets pretty heavy once it's soaked so you definitely feel it in your arms on vertical panels, but it pulls insane amounts of water off the doors. One slow pass down each side and the sheet metal was completely dry. No water spots left behind.
Used it Sunday morning on my Cayman. Usually our tap water leaves chalky white rings on the rear hatch glass if you don’t dry it within like 60 seconds of rinsing. This cleared the whole rear deck and glass in two seconds flat before anything could spot up.
Detail on weekends out of my garage and used it on a client’s black Q7 yesterday that had fresh single-stage correction. Inspected every panel with my light while drying. Zero haze, zero trailing lines, and sucked all the standing water right out of the door gaps.
Dropped it on the hood of my WRX, gave it a slow pull, and the side by side was crazy. Left side was completely dry sheet metal, right side was still beaded rinse water. Cut at least 10 minutes off my usual wash routine.
Ordered during the first drop. Used it on my RS3 yesterday and had zero lint on the front gloss honeycomb grille or the window seals, which is usually my biggest headache with new microfiber. Sucked all the water out of the honeycomb cutouts with zero effort.
My blacked-out Charger shows water streaks immediately under direct sun. Skipped my usual quick detailer drying spray entirely just to test raw absorbency. Dragged this once across the roof and rear quarter panels and there was zero streaks or water droplets left behind to bake into the clear.
Absolutely incredible towel. The 1300 GSM is a game changer on my ceramic coated car. Dried the whole car in two passes with zero water spots.
Used this on a PPF wrap for the first time and was nervous. Zero issues. Glides right over the film. This is my go-to from now on.
Used this on my blacked out BMW M4 right after a detail. Not a single water spot or streak. Legit the best drying towel I've owned.
My old towel was leaving micro scratches on my clear coat. Switched to the Nova and the difference is night and day. Should have done this sooner.
Good towel, great price. Does exactly what it says. Would like to see more products from Polaris.
Good towel, great price. Does exactly what it says. Would like to see more products from Polaris.
Good towel, great price. Does exactly what it says. Would like to see more products from Polaris.
Good towel, great price. Does exactly what it says. Would like to see more products from Polaris.
Good towel, great price. Does exactly what it says. Would like to see more products from Polaris.
Good towel, great price. Does exactly what it says. Would like to see more products from Polaris.
Good towel, great price. Does exactly what it says. Would like to see more products from Polaris.
Good towel, great price. Does exactly what it says. Would like to see more products from Polaris.
Good towel, great price. Does exactly what it says. Would like to see more products from Polaris.
Good towel, great price. Does exactly what it says. Would like to see more products from Polaris.
Good towel, great price. Does exactly what it says. Would like to see more products from Polaris.
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