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| - About three times a year or so, things get so busy that my wife and I fall way behind on our clothes washing--to the point that our own machines at home can't keep up. when that happens, it's off to the laundromat.
We usually go to Eco Laundry in Tempe, but that spot was so crowded today, that we decided to try somewhere else. Using Yelp, we found this place in a half-abandoned strip mall in Mesa. It seemed pretty decent inside, so we started things up. A few things that you need to know before coming here:
1. This is a "coinless" laundry, and the machines don't take quarters. So, all those quarters that you have been saving up to use in the machines won't even get your shirts a rinse. You can use them in the half-empty vending machines or the empty soda machines, but that's not very helpful.
2. To wash clothes, you need a card that you charge with money (like Kinko's). A new card costs 89 cents, and you need bills to charge the card. Once this is done you can get going with washing and drying your clothes.
3. Beyond getting a card and charging it, everything is pretty standard. They have lots of multi-load machines.
It may be a little more expensive to wash and dry clothes here than at a standard coin laundry, but we had few difficulties. They have a bathroom which is always nice. So is free wifi. This ain't a bad laundromat, but I think I still prefer Eco Laundry. Quarters just work for me better. We'll go back some time--I still have money on my card!
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