What's going on with hotel towels?

[launderess]

No small motel or hotel is going to be installing batch/tunnel washers. Forget where the break even line is drawn, but below a certain number of hundred pounds per hour being processed washer/extractors are better than tunnel washers.

There is a world of difference between what an independent small hotel or motel does for laundering of linens, versus say a mid-sized to large establishment.

 

[appnut]

As long as I can still find a front loader with an onboard heater, I will push buttons and extend cycle times so that I can have as hot a water as is possible when needed. I don't believe in washing in cold or cool water except for minimal exceptions. And I'll choose cool over tap cold any day.

 

[DADoES]

Tricking water temps

 
I have three washers connected to a bathtub faucet so can feed any of them water at whatever temp I want to the limit of what the water heater can output (or the limit of summertime cold-tap temp, LOL).

The Neppy TL doesn't outwardly fuss, it silently electrically-swaps the hot and cold solenoids if it's unable to attain the temp it expects/wants (on the premise that the supply hoses are wrongly connected), which has no effect on what the tub faucet feeds to it.

The two F&Ps tweet a complaint but don't stop filling.  They're both plenty reasonable on their ATC target temps, although the "eco" aspect comes into play with cold-fill top-offs on some cycles but there are other cycle choices and options that are less or non-eco.

I have other washers that can be swapped-in.

 

[henene4]

@Laundress

But even in a small hotel, a modern FL can run highly efficently while running hot washes.

Or you outsource you laundry to larger establishments that in turn can provide that value and efficiency.
That further gives you the ability to set standards and push for them being maintained as you pay for them.
But then you are again at the point where you can't just go lowest bidder if quality isn't right.