I spent the better part of my Saturday here, running ten loads of laundry. I used multiple…read moredifferent washers. I thought the washers were a bit pricey. They start at $2 for a "light" cycle. The bulk front load washers started at $4.50. You could fit two loads into them. But I didnt feel that they spun the clothes down nearly as well. The standard sized front loaders were average, and between the two prices, above. The front loaders all had detergent entry above.
I am short, I did not see this, so I dumped my detergent straight into the washers. There were not clear instructions for this.
The dryers could hold two loads. They were all .25 for 5 min of drying, which tbh, I thought was high also. However, they get super hot and you can get a double load of clothes dry in 30 min or less, easily. Bulk materials like a comforter, took 45 min.
The laundromat wasn't super clean but wasn't dirty. It would be great to have it swept and mopped out every day, with clean mop water. It had the standard lint and fuzzies floating around, which, meh. Make you sneeze. It was warm inside, but that was due ti all of the energy consumption. They had a/c running and a quiet 80s radio that happily competed with everyone else's devices.
There is a quarter change machine that will change over $1, $5 and $10 which is great. Of course I needed twenties changed over so had to run across the street ti break the twenties.
The biggest issue I had (which was minor) was the laundry detergent/softener dispenser. It was pay by app or by coin. I didn't care to download the app and I wanted to pay with change. But nowhere in the machine did it give a cost for detergent. So instead, I visited the grocery across the street again, and bought detergent.
I think that's about all. All patrons were respectful and helpful, a diverse group of people. No employees onsite at anytime that I was there. There was a bathroom available, behind an unlabeled door. It was dirty, no soap, but functional.
I did learn from this venture, that I would never want to work at a laundromat or a dry cleaner. Washing and folding all day is hard work!