Ducky Wash & Dry

So yes, this pretty much sums up my President’s Day Holiday! I am not much of a fan of places like this but I do appreciate that they have more than one staff person on hand and that it is fairly a clean place. I would recommend this place to anyone that is looking for a clean place to wash their clothes.

Went into dry some clothes b/​c our dryer broke. Dryers there. Dryers dried my clothes successfully. End of story. :)

Finally decided it was time to stop cramming my comforter into my small washer and find a place I can wash it without fearing I’m going to break my appliance.
Came here with a $ 20 bill and thankfully they had some coin machines that worked. Washed and dried my comforter with no problems.
they only have 5 extra large washers that were being used the entire hour I was here (I was lucky and grabbed the last one when I first got in and didn’t have to wait) but they seem to fill up fast so keep that in mind. Also, a lot of people seem to be here to wash many many loads using multiple washers and dryers so if you’re coming in like me with one thing it may be a while if you get behind someone with a lot on a busy day.
The woman working here was very nice and friendly and this place was very clean! I’ll definitely be coming back.

I used to call this place my go-​to for laundry, but lately I have seen better. While the WiFi services are great, there is hardly anywhere to sit and enjoy it anymore. In fact, this establishment seems to be attracting a bigger, crappier crowd every time I come here.
My main complaint is the cart situation. Many patrons decide to take up 2 – 3 carts and use/​hoard them the entire time. that’s just not polite. You are supposed to bring your own vesicles for your laundry and use the carts for transportation to and from other machines. Other mats I have been to have signage noting that as a common courtesy — not Ducky Wash. Be prepared to do lots of bending and lifting of your loads.
Customers bring their whole families and a years worth of laundry and spread out across the whole place. People are pretty rude in here. Expect to be crammed and pushed around.

At first I wasn’t too sure about how often I would come to wash her because the wash prices are a bit higher then at my apartments but the washers and dryers are so much better here. And Linda and the man who closes the store at night are really sweet and helpful. I come to wash every weekend or every other weekend, the drives worth it compared to washing at my complex!

This place is great. Always clean and well taken care of. My husband uses the laundry service. Great prices and they are always done on time. The lady that runs it is always really nice too.

This place was perfect for washing my king-​size down alternative comforter that won’t fit in my washer/​dryer at home. I found it on Unilocal,and headed over on a Sunday, late morning.
Most of the large machines were in use, but within ⁵⁄₁₀ minutes, one freed up. I felt fine heading out to my car while waiting for the wash to complete. When I came back in, there were plenty of dryers free, but I was having trouble deciphering how much the dryers cost based on the display. I asked the attendant, and she was happy to help me by not only answering the question (I think the answer was $ 0.25 for 5 minutes) but also recommending how many minutes my comforter would probably take to dry.
I will definitely be back when I have large items to launder! This place is great and the employees are friendly and helpful.

This place is clean and feels safe. The staff is very helpful. I highly recommend this place!

I have a large comforter that won’t fit inside my washer at home. I’m glad this place has 5 large commercial grade washers. My comforter fits perfectly.
It costs $ 6.50 to use the commercial grade washer. The regular washers are $ 2.75. I usually pay $ 5.50 to wash it so a dollar more is no buggy.
They have 3 tables inside with benches and I few chairs outside,
I subtracted a star because they don’t have enough rolling carts. People will hog them for 2 – 3 hours while they do laundry which is annoying.
It gets very busy in the evenings so my recommendation would be to come early.

Closes at 10 — NONSENSE! I arrived at 9:02 and wasn’t allowed to enter. The gentleman at the door was very stern about no washing after 9. After I explained to him that my washer crashed just a few hours ago and I had to get a dress shirt washed for a business meeting in the morning, to no avail. I’ve never taken the time to write a negative review so you know how angry I am with this sham of a business. Customer service wins customers, obviously the ownership here knows nothing about business 101. Avoid this place and save your time and frustration.

Clean. Actually has quarters and soap in dispensaries.
1 star off because there is only a handful of large machines, (I had to wait a bit) and a handful of push carts. Prices seemed a little high, but then again, it’s been awhile since I’ve been to a laundromat.
I will be back to do my large comforters again
Also offer drop-​off service

Not a fan of laundromats but if you have to do it then do it with a smile.
Pros–
Clean
Staffed with an onsite employee
Offer laundry service
Public restroom
Cons–
Not a whole lot of large machines
Some machines can be spotty with working correctly
One of the dryers that I was using went cold, but the staff put in extra quarters to remedy the issue. All in all I would happily do my laundry here if needed.

Clean, well lit with many windows, feels safe. The washers are fairly big, cost me $ 2.50 per load and I fit in what I normally wash in 2 loads at another laundromat I frequent. The cycle lasts 40 minutes which is twice as long as my other laundromat. Great place, but ⁴⁄₅ because of the long wash cycle.

Needed to wash a large quilt. This place has numerous change machines, lots of machines in working order, and was very clean. You can tell the owner takes pride in this business. This was actually my second choice today as I stopped at the filthy dump laundromat located next to Ranch 99 and found broken down washers, dryers and change machines. I turned around and walked right out of there and drove to Ducky Wash.

Wasn’t able to connect to their wifi. The machines aren’t that great, in fact one was broken I didn’t know until after I put clothes and money in it. Haven’t been reimbursed yet I’m still waiting. This place sucks over all.

I last visited a coin operated laundromat a year or two ago when mom needed an industrial sized washer to clean her bedspread. You don’t realize how spoiled you are having your very own washer /​dryer to do laundry… until it breaks. Actually, it’s my brother’s washer that has broken and the repairman won’t be out for four or five days to look at it. With six people in the house (Mom and I are visiting) there was no way we were going to be able to hold off doing laundry for so long so off we went on a laundry adventure to the Ducky Wash & Dry.
It’s actually not as scary a place as I might have imagined. There are quite a few regular washers, 4 or 5 double sized washers and two mega-​sized washers. All of the washers were full when we first arrived, this was quite a bustling place, but we lucked out as someone was pulling their things out of three of the double sized washers and we snuck right in behind her. It costs $ 6 to run one of the double sized washers and I think it was $ 9 to run the super-​mega-​galaxy sized washers. $ 6 equates to 24 quarters which takes quite a while to put in each machine (multiplying by 3 machines if you’ll remember).
pro tip #1: bring quarters with you
It takes even LONGER when the machine is acting up and every so often will stop recognizing that you’re putting them in. After five or six rounds of noticing the lack of a satisfying ka-​ching and having to hit the coin return lever, I was thinking some pretty naughty words. The next time I had to hit the coin return lever I gave it quite a withering glare… and that’s when I noticed the Canadian quarter lying there in the midst of the offending bunch. Don’t you just HATE it when you’re working up some righteous anger… and then you realize that YOU were the problem all along? Yeah — been there done that.
pro tip #2: make sure all your quarters are American BEFORE you start
We ran out of quarters WELL before we got the third washer up and running (24 quarters X 3 machines = 72 quarters)
pro tip #3: If you blew it on pro tips #‘s 1 & 2, they have several change machines that will give you quarters in exchange for $ 1, $ 5, $ 10, and $ 20 bills
The clothes go in the double washers from the front and the detergent, fabric softener, and bleach go in their own little holes on the top of the washer.
pro tip #4: This is a good time to have planned ahead and brought detergent with you.
The machine doors lock once the cycle starts and don’t release until it ends. This means you can read some of the ancient magazines while sitting in the little booths provided for that purpose OR you can go next door and browse at the Hospice Thrift Store. We still had some quarters left over so we headed next door (that’s its own separate review, but trust us it’s worth the trip). Just as we were heading out the door, a whole bunch, several bunches actually, of people started driving up with truckloads (literally piled into the back of pickup truck beds and in the back of U-​Haul type trucks) of laundry to do. I kid you not.
Who has two thumbs and chose to do laundry on the day, and at the same laundromat, that the circus people who are in town have chosen?
THIS GIRL!
I SHIT YOU NOT!
I pulled out my Unilocal app and helpfully directed some of them to other laundromats, but a good number of them stayed. I guarantee you a number of them are STILL going to be there at closing time. Now, there weren’t any bearded ladies or sword swallowers in this group, they were more likely the carnies that set up and ran the rides and the game booths (throw two out of three basketballs through the basket with a diameter only centimeters wider than the ball and win a prize).
When the washers were done, we piled the wet clothes into tubs in the back of my mom’s van and took off. My brother’s dryer works JUST FINE and one can only handle so much colorful entertainment in one afternoon.
PS There are signs advertising free wifi, but I forgot to log on and check it out.
There is an attendant in a little room at the side who will help you if there is a problem with the machines. She was very apologetic about the three ring circus going on in there — yes, pun intended. You can also pay her to wash and fold the clothes, but I forgot to check to see what the cost was for that.

My washer dryer broke and this is the only place around I live that has a laundromat. The first time I came here I was able to get a couple of washers right away. The sucky part is that I got bleach stains on my clothes (2 sweaters and 1 towel). The second time I went there the washer had some kind of dirt in the washer.
I give this place 3 stars because its the only place in the area.

We are living in temporary housing due to a job relocation. Our hotel is in Livermore and there is a laundry room to use here. I’ve been to a couple of other laundromats closer to Ducky Wash and Dry and still keep driving the 20 minutes to do my laundry at Ducky. I am a novice to laundromats so literally had to ask how to use the machines on my first visit.
I keep coming back because it’s clean, friendly and safe. I go during the week so have no problems getting available machines. I usually use one of the jumbo machines at 6.75 a load and one or two small machines at 2.25 each. The dryers are large and efficient. Usually 30 minutes will dry my whole huge load. I think that comes to about 1.25.
The washers are dryers at my hotel are $ 1.00 each so that just says how much better it is at Ducky for me to drive there and pay so much more!

A few big machines, mostly smaller washers and dryers Cost about 10 bucks and took 2 hours to wash and dry my comforter, which isn’t particularly thick. Make sure you open the machine and shake things out that are large and put back in the dryer, otherwise just the outside gets dry. It was really hot in there, but it was a warm day. Starbucks is across the street, you can escape there for a refreshing beverage as you wait for your laundry. Bring reading material, all the magazines are from 2008.

I started coming to Ducky Wash and Dry back in 2007 when I came to the area for a short-​term work assignment. The hotel washers were broken so I had to find a place to do my laundry. I found out about Ducky on the internet and made the trek to Dublin to try it out.
I was so impressed! The place was clean, lots of washers and dryers, and a friendly atmosphere.
I now live in the area and still use Ducky Wash and Dry. I can get all you laundry done in an hour as opposed to hours. I highly recommend this place. Thanks, Ron and Jean for having such a great establishment!
P. S. They are in the process of expansion!