If you live in an apartment or condo in London, you know the struggle. You love your king-sized duvet. It is your cloud, your sanctuary, your warmth during those brutal Southwestern Ontario winters.
But you absolutely hate washing it.
We’ve all tried to play the game of “Physics vs. The Apartment Washer.” You know the one: you fold the duvet into a tight little taco, shove it into your compact stacking unit, use your foot to jam the door shut, and pray.
Best case scenario? It comes out with dry spots where the water never reached, and still smells a little… stale. Worst case scenario? Your machine starts doing the “thump-thump-thump” dance across the linoleum, threatening to detach from the wall.
Let’s be real: your apartment washer wasn’t built for the big stuff. Here is why you should stop fighting your machine and bring that mountain of bedding to Tommy Suds instead.
1. Clean Requires Agitation (The Good Kind)
For a duvet (or comforter, or sleeping bag) to actually get clean, water and detergent need to flow through the fabric. In a small home machine, the bedding gets compressed into a solid ball. The water hits the outside, but the inside stays dry and dirty.
At Tommy Suds, our high-capacity industrial washers are massive. They are designed to let even king-sized items tumble freely. This means the soap actually reaches the center, and the rinse cycle actually rinses. No more soap residue, no more allergens trapped inside.
2. The Drying Nightmare
Even if you manage to wash it at home, drying it is a whole other beast. Home dryers take hours to dry a duvet, often requiring you to pull it out every 20 minutes to “fluff and rotate” so the center doesn’t stay damp. If you don’t get it 100% dry, you end up with that musty, mildew smell that forces you to re-wash it anyway.
Our commercial dryers move massive amounts of air. They dry thick items fast and evenly, leaving them fluffy—not crispy or damp.
3. It’s Not a Chore, It’s a Coffee Break
This is the part that makes Tommy Suds different from any other laundromat in London.
Usually, hauling a duvet to a laundromat feels like a drag because you have to sit in a plastic chair and stare at your phone for an hour. But since we have a full-service café right inside, you can turn “duvet day” into a bit of “me time.”
Bring your bedding, throw it in the big machine, and then order a latte. Sit down, use our Wi-Fi, and get some work done—or just enjoy the quiet. By the time you finish your coffee, your bedding is ready to move to the dryer.
The Verdict?
Stop wrestling with your small appliance. It’s bad for the machine, and it’s bad for your duvet.
If you’re looking for the best place to wash large items in London, Ontario, come see us at Tommy Suds. We’ll handle the heavy lifting; you handle the caffeine.
