Despite the likely presence of a dishwasher, there is always that pan, pot, and those glasses that have been hand washed and placed on the counter, on that famous towel, doing its limited best to absorb the water.

And so, the poor kitchen towel finds itself working long, wet hours in the wrong profession - overworked, neither looking nor smelling good, wrinkled and full of guilt. And then someone said: "This can't be right. There must be a better solution."