shopping in currys

[glenfieldmathk1]

The machines hold 8.6KG. You should see the price of the 11KG machine, £7.00 on 95C!
This is an expensive laundrette that I visited on Holiday, and on Holiday, they always have high prices, because they are only really used by tourists.
Local Laundrette in my area charges £2.70 for a hot wash with Pre-wash (using a similar ipso machine to that pictured above-just 5 buttons). Don't know whether its 95C, but it's pretty good and hot

 

[supremewhirlpol]

That is expensive! The Ipso mechanical timer and with just one row of buttons is the Coin-op version. The OPL version(above) is the deluxe model.

 

[qualin]

How much would those Ipso and Wascomat machines sold for when new?

Just curious.

I have to admit, I was a little irked when I found out that Wascomat doesn't sell retail. That's a market they should get into.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Interestingly

~a year ago I started looking for a replacement for my Primus. For a brand new Wascomat W620, I got a quote of $3845 from a distributor I knew. Mind you that is just for one machine. If I would have bought like 25 of them the price per machine would be lower. Due to an event that happened recently, I just won't be seen with an Alliance built Ipso, Thus I didn't get a price quote for one.

The consumer sector and the Commercial sector are two totally different beasts. E'lux selling Wascomats at retail for consumers is just a BAD idea. You have the cost issue, the requirements for the machines, the repair bill when they break down, marketing is very different, safety issues, just to name a few.

I think we are hijacking this thread topic. If this is a subject you want to continue, maybe we should start a new thread topic?

 

[zanussi_lover]

small asko/wascator machine in picture

I remember my mum used to work in a hotel (2003/04ish) and they had a small Electrolux Wascator WE48, which was a rebranded ASKO machine with a static programme dial and a pointer on the left, and a detergent drawer on the right.

Supremewhirlpol - Is that a small electrolux wascator/Asko machine on the left, in the wascomat picture?

could you take some pictures of this machine or do a video of this please?

Thanks

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Its Asko built, has 12LB capacity, weighs like 225LB, it is the coin-op version with a dump valve. At some point you could order this machine with a drain pump. made some time 1993-1995. I have the manual to it too. At some point I will do a video and a detailed review,not sure when. Its currently deeply buried!

 

[Jsneaker]

For Mat & Bud...

Bud, why ask for just the "name brand" Wascomat, when they are identical to the Electrolux, who manufactures them. I would never want a commercial-type machine, but a top-load Speed Queen with commercial quality-YES! Mat: Here, most laundromats charge 2.75 to do a 10kg wash of any type, however most laundries offer "free drying" with a wash. The machines are horrible at extraction and take forever to dry(normally cost 25 cents for 7 minutes at most places!!!). Very few machines other than the slant-front Maytag Neptune commercials have extra cost wash options, but those machines are now very rare here. There is a brand-new Electrolux(Wascomat) laundry with "High G-force cleaning(?)" in the next town over, called "Clean One". I have to go check it out- I don't know what it charges but have the color ad here. The ad says the machines can even send you a text when they are finished! HOO BOY, I bet they cost at least 3.00 per wash for that stuff! Heaven knows what the larger machines will be! Now that my Samsung is finally ours, I will not need to use commercial laundries ever. I can now even more easily wash my sneaks and boots!

 

[qualin]

To Jsneaker

It's not that easy.
I can go to a Boutique appliance shop which sells Electrolux, but I guarantee that I won't be able to buy Wascomat from them. If I really wanted to buy Wascomat, I'd have to go to a commercial laundry appliance distributor. A lot of them just don't sell to individuals, only businesses.

Even though Wascomat may be made by Electrolux, they are very different machines and they sell to very different markets.

What I was looking for at one point in time was a Wascomat machine designed for light commercial on-premise use with pump drain, requiring 120 volt 1 phase service and soft-mount. (ie. Doesn't require to be bolted to the floor.)

Huebsch sells those types of machines here and for a very reasonable price, all I had to do was find the right distributor.

 

[glenfieldmathk1]

@Jsneaker

I don't think free drying would ever take off here!!
I know people who have a washing machine in there home, but don't have a tumble dryer, and I have seen them before come in with bag fulls of clean washing and go straight to a Laundrette dryer! I too have done this before, when the VTD20 broke down, we did the washing at home, to save a little money, and then took lots to the laundrette to dry, as it rained
If they offered free drying it would benefit the customer, but not the laundrette, they would certainly loose out!!
I presume High G Force cleaning is the final spin extraction - being 1100rpm, as opposed to 600rpm(-400rpm) on Most laundrettes.
Here we know when it has a high G force spin, as the machine drum will have movement, the machine runs on a suspension as opposed to just being solid, which allows for faster spinning without vibrations (or very little), the suspension is more solid than a standard Home front loader, as this helps reduce vibrations. (I presume this is the same in the US!)