We have been looking for a new laundromat within 30 minutes of home that would meet our criteria of being coinless, clean with fairly new washers and dryers, an on site attendant or manager and with clean working restrooms.
I didn't want the space to be too hot and I didn't want to have to have to fight for folding space. I was also looking for adequate well lit parking.
I know right? Laughable. But I was prepared to look or even go farther as we actually have our own washer and dryer, but there are some big items we have to do elsewhere and there is nothing I am pleased with near home.
So I want to tell you about Red Bird Laundry Center. I actually Googled "exceptional laundromats near me" and this laundromat came up at 4.9 stars and people love this place. Now I write for Yelp, but I'm happy to mine gold where I can. It is 9.7 miles and 18 minutes from my house so I could check that box as to distance.
We took some rugs and bed linens to Red Bird Laundry Center this last evening and I was so pleased with everything.
The Center has a big parking lot, with a covered broad glassed front and its brightly lit inside. Everything is clean and new. They opened last summer with a big bank of dryers and two aisles of different sized washers. They have an app and they are coinless.
In the end, they ticked off every box for me. Jason, the owner/manager introduced himself and offered to help familiarize me with the card and money machines to load money onto the card for laundry. I've used many. These were the easiest. Currently, for every $20 you load on, you get $2.50 addl. free. If you use their app, it's $3.50.
Jason demonstrated how to use the rotational selection digital knobs on the Electrolux Washers to pick the cycles and later the same with the dryers.
The dryers are set to give you additional time currently so you don't have to spend more money. I am not sure how long it was. I didn't need it!
This place is enormous. There's a corner at one end where the TV is set for cartoons for kids. The restrooms are locked and you have to use your laundry card to open the restrooms. There are multiple TVs.
My favorites are the huge swirling ceiling fans and the many many carts.
Red Bird Laundry Center also offers laundry service. The website lists all those details. Community Wednesdays are $5 washers from 10am-5pm.
Hours according to Jason have been changed to 7A - 9P daily with last wash 45 minutes before closing.
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