Laundromax

I like this laundromat. The washers seem to do a good job, there are LOTS of dryers, and I always seem to be able to spread out as much as necessary to fold my laundry… I average well under $ 2/​load, making it better than the laundry in my building…
The downside is that you can find some of the most obnoxious kids ever there! They have no problem getting right in your face and touching you. Most of their parents act like they’re the cutest things ever. I recommend going either late night or middle of a weekday if you can. If I’d acted like that when I was a kid my mom would have had me standing in a corner for hours!

This place is weird. And I mean really freakin weird. At any given time there is at least one homeless guy in there watching TV and talking to people. Don’t get me wrong, I talk to them because if I were homeless and lonely, I’d want someone to talk to.. but the converstaions get strange even by my standards, and then when you have to get up to tend to your laundry, they sometimes get pissed. But I digress.
The free dryers are awesome, and the fact that there are so many means that you can waste energy AND get your clothes dry faster by splitting up your loads across 3,4,5 however many you want and never pay! The washers, however, are much less amusing. I originalyl used to use the ultra-​mega-​mega max 7 5 load washers, but then I realized that they don’t really do a good job of getting your laundry clean the first time, so Iwas paying to do the same load twice. still 15ish for 5 loads of laundry including a dry isn’t bad, it’s just annoying when it takes 3 – 4 hours.
Secondly, many of the washers leak. I’ve watched them. They leak. It sucks.
Thirdly, if a washer breaks mid cycle your on your own [[dime] for a new machine. I’ve seen it a few times, no free rides here ladies and gentlemen.
fourthly, you have to use wayyyyyy more detergent than you would in a normal machine. 3 loads = about 9 – 12 loads worth of detergent. I think the machines eat soap to stay alive.
fifthly, you have to buy a damn laundromax card, which costs 2 – 3 bucks if memory serves. on and if the card breaks, no refunds on balances. learned that the hard way.
Sixthly– if you speak english here, you’re in the minority, and if the employees don’t feel like talking to you, they will pretend that they don’t speak of a word of English at all only to carry on a conversation with you the next time you come in.
Seventhly, well just check out the pic I took of the sign. that really says it all.

There are several advantages of Laundromax compared to several of the nearby laundry-​mats:
1. The washers actually have HOT water in the front loaders. Three of the nearby laundries don’t, and two cheat you completely by putting in cold when you press «hot». (You can check by putting your hand in the soap compartment when it’s filling.)
2. It has the best hours, because it’s open 6am-​midnight or 1am. I was in there the other night at 11pm and there was an even attendant there. (That’s great if you need to drop off wash-​dry-​fold in a pinch.)
3. They have a public bathroom, and it is clean.

I had to do some comforters and the first place I went was gross! I was worried about what the other user said, but decided to at least see what it was about… to my surprise nothing he said seemed true! the washers were expensive but they have FREE DRY. so I ended up saving a bunch of money over other laundries. there was no card payment, you simply buy a card for $ 5.it already comes with $ 3value.and the missing $ 2 is refunded when you turn in the card… it took me a minute to understand but the nice lady there explained it all to me. I then accidently started the wrong washer, and the lady was nice enough to start another machine for me! trust me if this happens at another laundry they just tell you they can do nothing for you. This place is the cleanest laundry in somerville and they have a bunch more around the greater city area, and I can use the card at any of their stores. If you haven’t been here yet, do yourself a favor and check it out, I spend an average of $ 3 to $ 5 less there because of free dry! THANK YOU LAUNDROMAX!

Perhaps I don’t understand how this business operates but when I walked in to use the machines, I noticed that I needed a clean card to operate the machines. I ask the guy at the counter for the card, which he gives to me. I put $ 20.00 on the card from the in-​store ATM.
I did my laundry (which was insanely expensive). The VERY VERY small washing machines are $ 4.25 per wash, with medium size machines at $ 5.75 per wash, and large ones for $ 7.00 per wash. I can see why they didn’t go the coin-​operated route, since nobody can physically stuff enough quarters in their pockets to afford their high prices.
The guy at the counter came up to me as I waited for my wash and asked if I wanted to keep the card. He told me it would be $ 25.00 to keep it, and so I said no, and offered to return the card when I was done. When I returned it after my laundry was done, he told me that I had $ 11.00 on my card. No kidding, I thought to myself. I had to put money on the card to do my laundry! He tells me that all balances on the card are forfitted automatically, but he had $ 7.00 which he gave to me. So I had to lose $ 4.00 on my balance simply because I didn’t want to pay $ 25.00. And that’s in addition to their high prices. Because of that, I would not recommend this place for anybody. Find a cheaper laundromat, there’s plenty of them in the Somerville area.

I like this place for laundry like I like Market Basket for groceries.
Mostly clean, aside from the occasional hair ring on the floor.
Lot’s of funny little kids playing tag. And also, my favorite, a woman working for comcast or something doing her job from Laundromax. Worst thing here is that you have to use a laundry card –READ — not coin-​op. (Even though it says coin-​op in neon lights in the window)