PayRange

I’ve seen a bunch of really bad reviews for the service which I think are probably valid. Thankfully I haven’t really run into any real issues with the machines that use this app on at our apartment except for one feature that I can’t seem to find, which had proven to be more than problematic a couple times which is; a stop or pause button that allows you to open the washer up at any time that it’s not completely full of water and remove something from the wash. I understand the technically whatever I put in the washer is on me, but I feel like if I realize that I shouldn’t have put something in a moment after I start the wash, I should be able to pause it and open it back up and take that something out. This time I realized that I had a pocket knife attached to the pocket of my jeans literally two seconds after I hit start, and there had been no water added. It will not allow me to open it then, nor any other time during the entire wash cycle which seems kind of archaic. I understand front loading washing machines can be more problematic when it comes to water spilling out of them but I know that my mom has a sensor on hers that will allow you to open the door any time but it’s not on a “full of water” wash cycle. Maybe this entire review is ridiculous because it has nothing to do with the service and more whether or not an actual machine has the feature. Anyways, that is my review and two cents on the service.

As a software product designer by trade, the one very thing I look at before thinking of the next good idea, is how exactly the product or app will fulfill a need. How will this product be the solution to just plain dumb processes we have to deal with in every day life. Like when you rent in a downtown apartment and have a coin machine with dual ability to pay and make it work online. I’m SOLD. The product must improve their daily life somehow. If you find that need- the products like the Pay Range app that talks to your washer and dryer is ingenious actually. Not only don’t you have to run n get quarters all the time- you can just add $10/$20 bucks here and there to your account and pay for your laundry washing and dryer via the app. Gone are the days of QUARTERS. Score for me!!! I hate having to get quarters like I’d rather go to the dentist type level. So, this app saves me time, and that is very valuable to me, and instantly stifled that irritation and allows the option to avoid that disruption. That’s my review of Pay Range. It’s smart and the app works good, not one bug so far that I have seen :) and I have been using Pay Range for a few months now. A product like this is brilliant. I wish I would have thought of the idea. I love Pay Range makes laundry semi fun. LinkedIn/In/GinnyKeegan

I couldn’t rate this app high enough. Genius. Every complex and laundry facility should use this system! It has been a dream to not have to worry about quarters anymore! And the app provides the amount of time remaining on the cycle so you don’t have to remember to set your own timer and get bummed when you forgot to do that and have to go down and check it. You also don’t get bummed to go down and find there aren’t any machines available because the app will tell you if they are available before you even go check it out! To be honest, my husband and I were a little skeptical at first because our apartment complex didn’t tell us that there was going to be a new way to pay for laundry. We just went to wash clothes one day and there were new stickers on the machines leading us to this app. A little worried that someone just came in and put stickers on the machines to try to take advantage and get peoples money, we tried it out very cautiously. It’s not a scam afterall and turns out the complex just didn’t know about the changes either because they hire a company to take care of the laundry facilities and that company is the one that made the changes. So glad they did, though! It’s a serious game changer for apartment living!!