SpinZone Laundry

My washer broke at home so I was forced to take my clothes in to wash. I literally had mountain of laundry so I used the super large washers. Great working clean machines. Working change machines and also bill change machines. I went in the middle of the afternoon and it wasnt too crowded with lots of open machines to use.
I agree with the other reviews — shady characters lurking in the front and a few rough looking patron inside but overall, not a bad place to do your laundry although I wouldnt go here alone at night.
There was a small altercation with a patron and worker. The customer was annoyed there werent any free carts available so he approached the worker in a very rude manner accusing her of not doing her job. The other customers basically ignored him but gave him a cart just to shut him up. The manager went to speak to him and as expected, a huge argument blew up. The manager who is a intimidating guy with a bald head, lots of tats tried to calm him down but he eventually just left.
The manager while totally intimidating was very kind and professional.
I would go back.
Tip: there are lots of different sizes of washers for your needs. I didnt see the small home type washers which are great for small loads. but they have washers that can handle 1 load or even 8.

Great wash and fold service. Always early, and clean clothes. Haven’t had a problem with them twice a month for over a year.

It’s a place to do your laundry. Fairly clean, lots of options for different size machines.

this place is okay, but theres a lot of creapy guys doing laundry here. What I dislike the most is that they put thoes Tacky TV shows on where people fight and curse each other out and all u hear is beep beep beep mother beeep! its so tacky and the poor parents who are there with their children have to bear witness. this laundrymat needs to keep it clean.

Hadn’t been to a laundromat in years. Googled for an industrial-​size washer for a big comforter. Surprise! Some folks have realized how to make a laundromat a hangout while you wait. Several were advertised. I chose this one for proximity.
Things I liked:
**You can pay for the machines by card or coins.
**Bill Changer
**friendly and helpful staff! Anthony M. answered all my questions; I had a few since this was a whole new game from the laundromat of old. (Yes, where have I been!) He was so helpful.
**One of the best things is the patio. There’s a huge oak tree that the property owner saved and enclosed inside an iron picket fence to the street view and a wooden plank fence to the back of the neighboring businesses. You access it from inside the laundry. There are some tables and chairs, and the ground is mulched. **Weather was perfect, so it was a great place to relax.
What I didn’t like:
Trash cans overflowing, trash on floor, counters dusty, restroom without paper, and no soap dispenser.
Thanks.

I’ve used my share of laundromats including those at apartment complexes where I’ve lived and this is one of the best. They now have a rewards program which is really neat and helps you to save a few dollars. It’s $ 3 on every $ 30 spent which is not a lot, but still appreciated. They are also 24 hours and have someone working there cleaning during that time, so you feel safe. It’s in a great location near lots of places including a HEB is right next door so you can do your grocery shopping as you wait.

SpinZone Laundry is the BEST! Should be rated much better on Unilocal.Wasted so much time, gas and energy running around town trying to get laundry done at other Laundromats higher rated. The really crazy and annoying thing about all of it is that I could have had my laundry started and finished by the time I actually reached SpinZone’s parking lot. Money so called «saved» at other Laundromats is just not worth it in my opinion. Let me start by saying SpinZone offers great parking, a large and clean facility, high efficiency front load washers that accommodate many size loads for reasonable prices, (get this, if you start a preloaded Loyalty Card, it will earn points toward free wash credits, etc.) a friendly and attentive staff (Anthony was awesome and so helpful) and dryers that start at .50. I also should mention lots of TVs, nice restrooms, vending machines with lots of snacks and refreshments and of course they offer the standard drop off laundry services! Trust me this place makes the painful process of doing laundry much less painful. Thanks, SpinZone!

One day I hope to live in a residence that has a washer/​driver on the property.
Until that day comes I will happily come do my laundry at the SpinZone!
Most other laundromats are sketchy, remind me of a greyhound bus terminal. Not SpinZone! It’s clean, flatscreen TV’s, great washing equipment, and even has a coin-​less option.

My dryer died and having been here before with no problems, I brought couple baskets of wash.
Positive: this time unfortunately can’t say much other than they have new card system (so no need for quarters… load your card up and have fun washing & drying.
Negative:
–wifi was completely useless (tried on both iPhone and iPad with no luck)
–seems new machines gave them the right to make machines more expensive.
Completely wasted time money and effort washing clothes because none of the stains I had on clothes came out (and yes I used soap and the correct settings.
Folding clothes and after noticing stains still there I sensed that my clothes didn’t smell the same as when I used the same dryer sheets at home. In fact, not even close. I don’t know how to describe the smell, other than it wasn’t my scent or the dryer scent.
Now after loading a card up and wasting about 2 hours, I can say that I won’t be coming back here. Even with the updates, the fact of weird smelling not clean clothes after going in with better smelling dirty clothes, I will simply skip another trip here.

Clean. Affordable. Well lit. Many bill changers. Restrooms. Vending machines. Modern washing appliances. Air conditioned. Overall a nice experience. Was in and out in an hour. This place is awesome!

So I want to give them 5 stars. I would say 3.5. The pros and cons:
Pros:
— open 24 hrs
— change machine that accepts $ 1,5,10 and 20 dollar bills
— sell materials you forget/​run out of (albeit expensive)
— next to HEB so you can get your grocery shopping done simultaneously
— always have open washers and dyers
Cons:
— staff is either engaged and helpful OR slow as molasses and inconvenienced
— inconsistent wash and fold service (details below)
— cash only — does not state on website (pay cash up front for wash and fold)
— sketchy characters hanging out in the grassy area in front of store
Washers: $ 2.50−5 per load
Dryers: $ 0.50÷7 minutes — various sizes and temperatures, usually don’t take more than 30 minutes depending on how big the load is (I line dry/​lay clothes flat 25% of my items
Wash and fold: $ 1.09/ pound next day, $ 1.30/same day service
I have a lot of athletic clothes with elastic that I don’t like to dry, sweaters and other delicate items. BE CAREFUL with what items you send to this service. I have asked them not to put items in the dryer — they ended up sitting in my lingerie bags until I came to pick them up. Since I was out of town for a few days, they had a slightly moldy smell and were still wet. Days later.
The next time I asked them to line dry my items and my clothes were all placed on wire hangars and bundled together on wire hangars in plastic wrap. Good thing I like my sweaters with the «off the shoulder» stretched out look and I had extra underwear because since the items were unable to air dry when bundled together and placed under a plastic cover, nothing was actually dry when I was packing for a trip out of town.
Overall, I will return but wash certain delicates and anything needed to it «lay flat to dry» myself.

Right next to the HEB in a bit of a sketchy neighborhood, you do see some shady-​seeming people out and about, but if you keep an eye on your clothes, you’re fine.
The machines are a little on the pricey side, however, they do offer machines that wash and dry up to 8 loads at a time. They have TVs that are either too loud, or you can never hear, so that’s neither a pro nor a con.
Free wifi that works fairly well, open 24/​7, and they have coin converters.
The bathrooms require a code to open, but the staff doesn’t really appear to like people asking them for the code. There are some kids running around the area, but I find they are fairly easily ignored with headphones. There are a couple different areas for you to be seated around, and ample folding space.
Conclusion: It’s not too bad, but there are better places.

Fair. Effective. OK staff. +1 for being clean and I haven’t seen any «out of order» signs scotch taped to any machines. I need to realize that this IS a Laundromat.
Loud annoying TV’s that cannot be drowned out, even with headphones.
Children on a potential sugar high, but worse… children’s parents feeding said children the store brand sodas to distract them from the redundant chore of washing said children’s clothes, which are likely stained with store brand soda.
All in all I’d like to find a better one, if they exist.
EDIT: DID YOU KNOW… that if you slap your child they cry?

I have used the wash/​fold service at the SpinCycle on Congress for a year now. I started using them when my mother had a crippling accident and bearing the load of double washing became too much. Not only is my laundry promptly cleaned & expertly folded/​wrapped, but the pleasant and courteous attitude of the people that work there make it worth my while to give this store my business versus others that are closer. I refuse to spend my money at places where customer service isn’t held to a high standard (even if the product is great.). That’s why I plan to use the services at Spincycle on Congress for years to come. Special thanks to Mary and José for continually making my experience a great one.
S. Jacobs

Right next to HEB, free wifi, clean, sometimes you get some shady customers but you should be fine :) also open 24/​7, you need a passcode for the bathrooms

I spend about $ 40 a week here doing my laundry. Yes, I have OCD, a 3 year old and I have to do my own laundry for work– I work at a spa.
My apartment complex has one of those green, euro laundry machines in it that only allows me to wash 3 socks and a pillow case in 4 hours. How is THAT green?
I had my ass chapped here recently. After finishing my 12 loads of laundry I only had enough change for one of their dryers. I went over to the convenient «Bill Breaker» machine to break one of my 20’s. The sign said it was out of order. So I asked one of the usually nice women who work there if she could break my $ 20 into two tens and was told, «Sorry, we don’t have change.» Hmmmm, an ALL CASH BUSINESS can’t break $ 20 into smaller bills?
I asked around and almost everyone I asked said, «Oh, I had to ask the lady to break my bills because the machine is broken.»
So I guess this is personal. From now on I will take my business to the laundry mat on Bluebonnet.

I do my laundry here for a few reasons: 1) They have multiple load washers, 2) Their dryers are huge, and 3) Their dryers are far better than the ones in my apartment complex. Oh, and there’s the last little detail — my roommate always has the laundry room key. I haven’t seen it in three months now. Thanks, roommate! /​sarcasm
Here are some tips and tricks on how to make your experience efficient:
* Forgot to get some quarters? They have change machines here. If you don’t want to go that route, the building is located right next to H-​E-​B; you can either use their change machine (it accepts $ 1s and $ 5s only), or go to the customer service counter and get a roll of quarters.
* Forgot to bring your laundry detergent? They sell some here, too. Don’t want to buy it from here? Go to the H-​E-​B next door and pick some up.
* There are several machines here in all sizes. Have a ton of clothes to wash? Use the 4 or 5 load washers. Not that many clothes? Use the 2 load washers.
* The dryers are huge and efficient.
* It will cost you $ 2.25 to use a two load washer and the cycle lasts a little less than 30 minutes.
* I can put in $ 1.00 and get 45 minutes of dryer time, which is enough to dry all of my clothes. That’s right — it will dry my 2 – 3 loads of clothes with no problems in less than an hour. Awesome.
* I don’t know why people are saying this is expensive — these are the same prices you’ll pay all over Austin. This is actually cheaper than my apartment and the last laundromat I used AND these machines are better.
* There are multiple televisions and they’re set to all kinds of channels — watch these if you get bored. Or bring a book or something. Or do what I do and run errands while your clothes are being washed and dried. None of my stuff has ever been stolen in all the times I’ve left clothes there.
Here are some tip (s) on how not to be a jerk while doing your laundry:
* If you are using every single two load washer, you are doing it wrong. That’s why they have 5 load washers. You’d probably save some money, too, if you used one big washer instead of multiple smaller ones and that just makes dollars AND cents. (And sense, you know, for punniness.) Seriously — there’s no need for 2 – 3 washers full of darks and 2 – 3 washers full of whites to not just be in 2 big washers. (I’m sure there’s some reason for it, though, so whatever. Just do what you want. I’m just a person, not a cop.)
Other useful information: they have wifi here, the parking lot is a decent size, and they are open 24 hours. Every time I’ve gone, there have been plenty of free machines. People generally keep to themselves, but they can also be friendly and they’ll chat with you if you’re super bored. Everything is clean and I’m not ever worried my clothes are going to get messed up.
Oh, look at that — this is probably one of the longest reviews I’ve ever written and it’s about my laundromat. Isn’t that funny?

Open 24 hours!
My dog Dolly barfed all over the comforter on my bed near bedtime and rather than just wait until it got all dried and crusty I decided to take it down to Spin Cycle for a wash and dry at 11PM.
Spincycle has taken over the old Blockbuster video that closed so they have doubled in size and are currently in the process of this expansion. Their plan is to use the older section for the smaller washer and dryers (they are getting more) and the expansion section will be for the bigger units. They also plan on adding a child play area and outdoor patio.
Currently Spincycle offers conveniences for you while you wait on the wash and dry such as snack machines, retro arcade games and toy machines. They have flat screen TV’s blaring over the machines and free wifi. The night I went the wifi was good and strong enough to where I ended up watching episodes of Arrested Development on my iPad to review for an upcoming pub quiz.
If you only have $ 20 bills from the ATM you can have the bills broken down with their bill machine that spits out fives and tens. From here you can use their other machine that makes bills into quarters. The machines only take quarters. They also have machines that dispense soap and softener.
Prices for the machine range from $ 2 – 3 for the smallest machine wash all the way up to $ 8 for the biggest machines. Dry time runs about 20 mins for fifty cents. It took 3 rounds of drying to dry my king sized comforter and even then it wasn’t 100% dry but I was tired and wanted to go to bed. Just an FYI on the drying.

Confession: I have zero desire to do anything SXSW related. I’ll hang with whatever friends come to town, and I may yet be convinced to hit one or two particular shows, but I would rather avoid the whole thing as much as possible unless I can get the band I manage into a couple of last minute shows (this may happen).
So here we are, Friday night, Spring Break, and SXSW… tonight I did 9 loads of laundry, I’m cleaning my apartment, and my hair hasn’t been washed in a week. I treated myself to some Taco Bell. Those Dorito Loco tacos, man, they are WILD AND CRAZY.
SPRING BREAK, BITCHES!!! Wooooo!
Anyway, since I decided at 9pm that today was the day all that laundry was going to get done, I headed to Unilocal to find a 24 hour laundromat with Wifi and some sort of tasty junk food nearby, and so I found myself at Spincycle.
All told, it was not an awful experience, which is really all anyone can fairly ask of a laundromat. I got my laundry done quickly, as there aren’t exactly many people twisted enough to think that this is a fun way to spend this particular Friday night. I was able to get two giant washers, and 4 dryers lined up next to each other on the top row.
The prices were in line with what I’d expected to pay. I’m not sure what other reviewers are complaining about there. I paid less than a dollar a load with those big 5-​load washers, and I can’t recall the last time I saw a laundromat where 7 minutes wasn’t the standard for 25 cents of dryer time.
Really, I shouldn’t complain, except… the Wifi. The only thing that makes sitting in a laundromat bearable for me is being able to surf Facebook or whatever. Seriously, I don’t know how people managed before smartphones and tablets. And the Wifi here was spotty at best. The attendants were friendly and apologetic about it, but unable to get to the office to even try to reset the modem. Apparently the one person who can do this is only present in the morning.
I never wanted to know exactly how many of the games on my iPad require internet access to play effectively. Thank god I at least have Plants Vs. Zombies, or I would be docking two stars instead of just the one for this very admittedly first world complaint.

While in transition from temporary room in someone’s apartment to my own place, I was left with no washer/​dryer. This was a problem since I went through clothes quickly (one outfit for work, another to do dinner/​go for a walk in) and my laundry basket seemed to always be full.
This lead me to a Unilocal search of ²⁴⁄₇ laundromats in my area. Spincycle was located down Oltorf and behind HEB, score. I loaded up my car full of clothes and pulled into Spincycle at 10p.m. on a Tuesday night. I was surprised to see many people there doing laundry but even with a few families and cool young people, there were plenty of machines open for use.
The place isn’t cheap by any means but they have a ²⁴⁄₇ attendant constantly walking around picking up dust balls and dryer sheets and wiping down all the machines.
Most of the time, I used the 2 – 3 load washers to get my clothes done (faster than waiting for every load to finish), which is probably why. Those machines only took 45 minutes to complete a wash cycle then I threw everything in the dryer for about an hour.
Although pricey, this location was clean and made washing/​drying my clothes every other week quick and easy. Now my closet smells of lavender and flowers blossoms, mmmmmm.