Picking between washing your clothes at a laundromat or totally outsourcing to a wash and fold/iron laundry service is a very hard decision that people seem to underestimate. The wrong decision will have a lot of implications. It will determine how long your clothes will last, how much time and money you’d spend on laundry yearly and how much convenience you’d get while washing your clothes.
To be able to choose which one of them is better, we need to understand each option.
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What is a laundromat?
A laundromat is a commercial laundry facility usually equipped with coin-operated washing machines, dryers, and sometimes ironing or pressing machines. Laundromats are self-service and open to the public for washing clothing and household cloth items. You take your clothes to the neighborhood laundromat, you pay and then get tokens which you slot in to start the washing process.
What is a wash and fold/iron laundry service?
A laundry service is a business that helps its clients sort, wash, and iron their clothes for an agreed fee. They usually charge according to the weight or type of clothes and they handle everything for the customer. Many laundry services offer pickup and delivery options so their clients do not have to come and drop their clothes off.
So which of these services is best for you?
While a laundromat is great, I’d say a laundry service is way better, here’s why.
Convenience
There’s not a lot of difference between using a laundromat and buying a washing machine to use in your house. It’s probably even easier to wash from home than to walk all the way to a commercial location, teeming with people, to queue up just to wash. It’ll be stressful.
However, with a laundry service, the most stressful thing you have to do is put your dirty clothes in a bag or drop it off at the service spot. Every other thing is handled for you.
Time
If you have a busy schedule, it’ll be hard for you to find time to go to a laundromat. Your dirty clothes might keep piling up which is unhealthy for you. Meanwhile, with a laundry service, you do not have to be physically present, only your clothes need to be. You can send your clothes off and spend that time doing other useful things.
Wash Duration
Laundromats use a self-service system that is controlled by you. There is no fixed delivery time when the laundromats process your laundry. You have to wait for the entire process to be done so you can pick your clothes. The time usually differs.
Meanwhile, with a laundry service, you know when your clothes will be ready because it is stipulated before you use the service. That way, you can make plans ahead and you’ll always be sure of clean clothes even when you’re busy with life.
Skill and Experience
While you might know how to operate a washing machine, you might not know the right detergent to wash your clothes with, the water temperature to wash them in or how long you need to wash them for, you need a professional with skilled experience in cleaning clothes to be able to pick up those clothes and wash them in the best way possible. You will only get this with a laundry service as laundromats are usually self-serviced.
Quality Control
A great laundry service has quality control practices and people who will check your clothes and make sure there are no hidden dirt or stains on them before they get delivered to you. There is a strict standard of cleanliness that all laundered clothes must possess. In a laundromat, it’s just you and your clothes. You’ll have to manage whatever comes out of the machine.
Washing Equipment
Most laundromats have the same equipment, detergent and processes for washing clothes, not taking into consideration the kind of clothes and the fabric. A laundry service on the other hand has an array of machines and washing aids peculiar to different clothes and fabrics.
Laundromats are nice to use but laundry services are better and will save you more time and money in the long run. Think of it like having a driver vs driving yourself through Lagos traffic.
You can devote the time you spend going to a laundromat to other things that you like and love.
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