what is the quick dry fabric?

What is Quick Dry Fabric?

Most quick-dry fabrics are made from nylon, polyester, or merino wool.

I judge something to be quick dry if it goes from wet to damp in under thirty minutes and to completely dry within a few hours. Quick-dry clothes should always dry completely when hung overnight.

Quick-drying clothing is everywhere these days, but synthetic quick-dry clothes are a relatively new invention. Before synthetic fabrics like polyester and nylon, the only option was wool.

The demand for fast-drying fabrics didn’t really happen until the hiking boom of the 70s when more people hit the trail and discovered that hiking in wet clothes sucks. Even worse, it’s a pain to travel with damp (read: smelly) fabrics that never get dry.

What Are The Best Quick-Dry Travel Fabrics?

The best fabrics for travel are polyester, nylon, and merino wool.

Polyester

Polyester is easily the most widely used synthetic fabric, and it’s especially great for quick-dry travel clothing because it’s extremely hydrophobic. That means polyester fibers don’t absorb much water. The amount of water they absorb varies with different weaves—60/40 poly-cotton absorbs more water than 80/20 poly tercel—but generally polyester fabric only absorbs about 0.4% of its own weight in moisture.

That’s nothing. An 8 oz. polyester t-shirt absorbs less than half an ounce of moisture which means it dries quickly and stays dry most of the day because there isn’t much to dry in the first place.

The best part is that polyester is super durable, which is why it’s blended into everything from shirts and socks to pants. It’s also affordable. The downside is that polyester doesn’t have the built-in odor control and limited breathability of fabrics like merino (depending on the weave).

Nylon

Nylon is more than just a stretchy neon fabric from the 80s. This hydrophobic wonder weave is more durable than polyester and absorbs about the same amount of moisture. Look for nylon blends in travel pants (you don’t need more than 4% to get that signature stretch) to get a pair of that are particularly comfortable. And if you can find a merino wool nylon blend shirt on sale, buy it.

How Long Does it Take Nylon Clothing to Dry?

Nylon clothes will take a little longer to dry than polyester. Depending on the temperature, it could take anywhere from 4-6 hours if drying indoors.

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