Laundromat Prices

debodun

debodun

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Why does it cost so much more in the laundromat to use a front-loader as it does a top-loader? In the one I go to, all the top loaders are $2 a load. The front loaders range in price from $3.75 to $5.75, depending on what size. There are three sizes of front-loaders, the smallest might be good for a couple of shirts and a pair of socks.
 

debodun said:
Why does it cost so much more in the laundromat to use a front-loader as it does a top-loader? In the one I go to, all the top loaders are $2 a load. The front loaders range in price from $3.75 to $5.75, depending on what size. There are three sizes of front-loaders, the smallest might be good for a couple of shirts and a pair of socks.
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Use the top loaders. They do a better job. I pay $3.00 to wash and $2.00 to dry.

We had top loaders before but they were being damaged by thieves so they replaced them and they are front loaders because they use less water.

But. I don't think they do a real good job unless you put less clothes in.
 

My sister has front loaders and you have to use less clothes as they use less water. She has to use special detergent also. You could not give me one of them. Prefer my top loader.
 
debodun said:
Why does it cost so much more in the laundromat to use a front-loader as it does a top-loader? In the one I go to, all the top loaders are $2 a load. The front loaders range in price from $3.75 to $5.75, depending on what size. There are three sizes of front-loaders, the smallest might be good for a couple of shirts and a pair of socks.
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Because front loaders cost more to replace. I agree with Terry. All the trash talk about saving $$ and washing more gentle on clothes isn't worth the extra $$$
 
I haven't been to a laundromat in decades, but I love my front loader washing machine at home. I think it is more efficient and gentler on clothes, but it does a good job. If I put a small load in there it will only use a small amount of water, and I've done really large loads including sleeping bags and comforters with no problems and good results. Best washer I've owned so far, always had top loaders that twisted the clothes around the center piece and didn't get the clothes any cleaner.
 
nvtribefan said:
Conserving water and making clothing last longer isn't trash talk.
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Who said it was trash talk. My top loader has a water sensor that senses the weight of the load and only uses that amount of water. I only have to decide whether I want, hot, warm or cold water. My sister has to buy special detergent for hers and I would rather have a washer I can choose the detergent I wanted. Of course I don't have to go to the laundromat either.
 
nvtribefan said:
Conserving water and making clothing last longer isn't trash talk.
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Not everyone lives where water conservation is a priority. We have a top loader and I hate the thing. Takes an hour and a half per load and does not do a good job.

I bought a pair of jeans and tossed them in still folded from the store. 1hour and 28 minutes later I removed them, still partially folded! Impossible for them to be laundered properly.
 
We have front loading machines in the apartment complex where I live, they charge $1.60/load to wash and $1.60/load to dry.

The machines do a good job of cleaning and extracting the water from the clothes.

I don't like them because once you start the machine you can't add an item to the wash, also if the doors are closed between washes the machines develop a bad smell.
 
Aunt Bea said:
We have front loading machines in the apartment complex where I live, they charge $1.60/load to wash and $1.60/load to dry.

The machines do a good job of cleaning and extracting the water from the clothes.

I don't like them because once you start the machine you can't add an item to the wash, also if the doors are closed between washes the machines develop a bad smell.
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I convinced management here to leave the doors open on both the washers and dryers.

They didn't believe me when I suggested it. But now everyone does it and the smell has gone. The smell is actually mold related.

I notice now in the supermarkets, they are selling products to 'wash the washer'.

It's probably a bleach or something like it.
 
My first machine was an old wringer washer. My Turkish maid had been washing the clothes in the bathtub and thought she had died and gone to heaven.

Since then, I've always had top-loaders. I doubt I'll ever get a front loader. At home, I complain because I have to cross the carport to get to the washer and dryer in the garage. After 4-5 months every year of using RV park laundromats, I usually feel like I'd be willing to walk on my knees to the garage, kissing the cement all the way, just to be able to use my OWN machines.
 
The laundry room in apartment complex recently had previous top-loading machines replaced by front-loading machines. Both cost $1.50, although the new ones are a little smaller. The only reason I don't like the new ones is pant-legs and long-sleeves from shirts get all tangled up.
 
Robusta said:
Not everyone lives where water conservation is a priority. We have a top loader and I hate the thing. Takes an hour and a half per load and does not do a good job.

I bought a pair of jeans and tossed them in still folded from the store. 1hour and 28 minutes later I removed them, still partially folded! Impossible for them to be laundered properly.
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Clearly there's something wrong with your machine. It's not doing badly because it's a top loader, it's got something wrong with it so it isn't agitating properly.
 
I've had a top loader forever, and I like it just fine and it does a good job. The times I've used a front loader they don't seem to do as well, and, my vrey favorite moment in laundry history, the time I was doing laundry for my sister in her apartment complex in a front loader and something went wrong mid-cycle and the door opened up and out came water, soap and my sister's clothes, all on the floor. The manager told me "yeah, that happens sometimes." I packed up the rest of them and took them over to my house to do.
 
Butterfly said:
the time I was doing laundry for my sister in her apartment complex in a front loader and something went wrong mid-cycle and the door opened up and out came water, soap and my sister's clothes, all on the floor. The manager told me "yeah, that happens sometimes." I packed up the rest of them and took them over to my house to do.
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My prime reason to prefer top-loaders. If something goes wrong, the water will be more likely to stay in the machine.
 
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