Microfiber Madness Summit 800: The Towel That Can Do Almost Everything

The Microfiber Madness Summit 800 may be one of the most misunderstood towels in the entire Microfiber Madness lineup.

That is not because its purpose is difficult to understand. In many ways, it is the opposite.

Microfiber Madness offers several towels designed around very specific detailing tasks. The Crazy Pile is known for exceptional softness. The Yellow Fellow was designed for polish removal. Dedicated drying towels are built specifically to absorb large amounts of water.

So where does the Summit 800 fit?

Almost everywhere.

The Summit 800 is the towel you reach for when you want one exceptionally versatile microfiber that can handle wax removal, polish removal, waterless washing, rinseless washing, drying, and much more.

And its versatility is only part of what makes it interesting.

What Is the Microfiber Madness Summit 800?

The Summit 800 is a plush, edgeless 800 GSM microfiber towel designed to combine softness, absorbency, cleaning ability, and durability in a single towel.

Where many microfiber towels specialize in one particular task, the Summit 800 is meant to perform across a much wider range of detailing applications.

You can use it to:

• Remove waxes

• Remove polishes

• Perform a waterless wash

• Use as rinseless wash media

• Dry a vehicle

• Handle a variety of general detailing tasks

That makes the Summit 800 something of a "jack of all trades," except it performs many of those individual jobs remarkably well.

Wax Removal

One of the areas where the Summit 800 performs particularly well is wax removal.

The thick 800 GSM construction gives the towel plenty of material to work with while remaining soft against the finish.

Even with waxes that are more difficult to remove, the Summit 800 provides the cleaning ability needed to lift residue from the surface while maintaining the soft feel you want when working on automotive paint.

Another important characteristic is its resistance to linting. Even after repeated use and washing, the Summit 800 is designed to maintain its performance without leaving unnecessary fibers behind on the finish.

Polish Removal

While the Microfiber Madness Yellow Fellow is specifically designed around polish removal, the Summit 800 can comfortably handle this job as well.

Its plush microfiber provides plenty of surface area for collecting polish residue, making it useful for detailers who prefer having one towel capable of performing multiple steps during a detail.

This versatility can also make the Summit 800 particularly useful when you want to simplify the number of different towels you need to keep on hand.

Waterless Washing

Waterless washing is one of the applications where the Summit 800 really begins to separate itself from many traditional microfiber towels.

The thick 800 GSM fibers provide substantial space for dirt and contamination to move away from the surface and into the towel.

This allows the Summit 800 to hold a significant amount of dirt while helping keep that contamination away from the paint as you work.

Because of its combination of size, thickness, and absorbency, you can comfortably clean a larger area before needing to move to another towel compared with many lighter microfiber options.

It is also compact enough to remain easy to control during the washing process rather than feeling like an oversized drying towel.

Rinseless Washing

The Summit 800 has also been one of our recommendations for rinseless washing for years.

Rather than using a sponge or cycling through a large stack of lighter microfiber towels, the Summit 800 can serve as your wash media.

One of its biggest advantages in this application is how easily it releases dirt.

After completing a section, the towel can be returned to your rinse solution and thoroughly rinsed before continuing. Its ability to release accumulated contamination means you can potentially continue working without needing to replace the towel as frequently.

For detailers who prefer microfiber as their rinseless wash media, this combination of softness, dirt capacity, and dirt release makes the Summit 800 particularly useful.

Drying

At 800 GSM, it should not be surprising that the Summit 800 is also extremely absorbent.

Although it is not a dedicated large format drying towel, it can hold a considerable amount of water.

With an occasional wring-out during the process, a Summit 800 can be used to dry a significant portion of a vehicle and, depending on the vehicle and conditions, potentially the entire car.

This makes it especially useful when you want a smaller and more manageable towel that can still absorb a substantial amount of water.

The Summit 800's Biggest Strength: Durability

Versatility is important, but one of the characteristics that makes the Summit 800 unusual is its long-term durability.

This is a towel designed to be used.

And used again.

Rather than quickly losing its feel and performance after repeated washing, the Summit 800 has shown an ability to maintain its structure while actually becoming softer with continued use.

That characteristic is something Corey has seen firsthand over many years, but one particular experience helped demonstrate just how durable these towels can be.

A Real World Summit 800 Durability Story

Years ago, Corey's friend Andy of Proficient X was working at a Ferrari dealership in New York.

Andy is extremely particular about both the products he uses and the quality of the work he performs.

During approximately a month of intensive work at the dealership, he had only a small number of Summit 800 towels with him.

Every day, the same towels were used heavily. At the end of the day, Andy took them back to his hotel, washed them, and brought them back to work again.

Then he repeated the process.

Day after day.

After a week or two, Andy called Corey specifically because of how impressed he was with the towels.

Instead of becoming rougher or beginning to lint after repeated washing and heavy professional use, the towels continued coming back soft and fluffy. In Andy's experience, they actually seemed to be getting better with use.

For a towel being subjected to demanding professional work every day, that kind of longevity stood out.

It is one of the best examples of what makes the Summit 800 different from a microfiber towel that simply feels impressive when it first comes out of the package.

Does the Summit 800 Get Softer With Use?

Yes, and this is an important distinction when comparing the Summit 800 with some of the other plush towels in the Microfiber Madness lineup.

Brand new, the Crazy Pile is noticeably softer than the Summit 800.

That is exactly what you would expect. Exceptional softness is one of the defining characteristics of the Crazy Pile.

The Summit 800 approaches things differently.

As it is repeatedly used and properly washed, the Summit 800 becomes softer while continuing to maintain its structure and resistance to linting.

After it has been in regular use for some time, the difference in softness between the Summit 800 and Crazy Pile becomes considerably smaller.

So if your only priority is maximum softness straight out of the package, Crazy Pile remains the obvious choice.

If you want softness combined with exceptional versatility and long term durability, the Summit 800 begins to make a very strong case for itself.

Summit 800 vs. Crazy Pile

Although these two towels are sometimes compared because they are both plush microfiber options, they serve somewhat different purposes.

	Summit 800	Crazy Pile
GSM	800 GSM	500 GSM
Initial Softness	Very soft	Exceptionally soft
Softness With Use	Becomes softer over time	Extremely soft from the beginning
Versatility	Extremely high	Best suited to gentle wiping tasks
Waterless Washing	Excellent	Excellent for light, delicate wiping
Rinseless Washing	Excellent	Can be used, but Summit offers greater capacity
Drying	Highly absorbent	Not its primary purpose
Wax Removal	Excellent	Excellent
Durability	One of its defining strengths	Excellent microfiber construction

Neither towel necessarily replaces the other.

The better choice depends on what you want the towel to accomplish.

Who Is the Summit 800 For?

The Summit 800 makes the most sense for someone who values versatility and longevity.

If you enjoy having a specific towel dedicated to every individual detailing process, Microfiber Madness already offers excellent options designed around those individual tasks.

But not everyone wants or needs a different microfiber for every step.

The Summit 800 gives you one towel that can comfortably move across an unusually wide variety of jobs.

That can be useful for:

• Professional detailers who put their towels through constant use

• Enthusiasts who want fewer specialized towels

• Rinseless and waterless wash users

• Anyone prioritizing microfiber durability

• Detailers who want a towel capable of changing roles as needed

• Anyone looking for long term value rather than simply the lowest initial price

Is the Summit 800 Worth It?

In the video, Corey notes that the Summit 800 carries a higher individual price than the Crazy Pile.

But price per towel only tells part of the story.

The real value of the Summit 800 comes from the combination of how many jobs it can perform and how long it can continue performing them.

Instead of purchasing it because it is the absolute softest towel or the most specialized towel for one single task, you purchase a Summit 800 because it can repeatedly handle an unusually large portion of your detailing process.

For someone who values durability, versatility, and long-term performance, that can make the Summit 800 one of the most useful towels in the Microfiber Madness lineup.

One Towel, A Lot of Possibilities

The Summit 800 is difficult to categorize because it was never meant to fit neatly into one category.

It can remove wax.

It can wipe polish.

It can perform a waterless wash.

It can serve as rinseless wash media.

It can absorb enough water to dry a vehicle.

And after repeated use and washing, it continues to remain soft, plush, and ready for the next job.

That is what makes the Summit 800 different.

It may not be the most specialized towel in the Microfiber Madness lineup, but if you are looking for one towel capable of handling an exceptionally wide range of detailing tasks, it may be one of the most useful.