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cwguy.com ICA best of show!

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This product is coming soon and is just for MDB coin changers/coin mechs right now.  But this cool new MEI product is the Cashflow Series 2000 VNR Vending Recycler.  It has a flashy front bezel with leds on it and can also use standard non-flashy bezels.  But the best feature is the bill recycler piece.  The recycler module holds up to 30 bills then will spit them out for change instead of a bill breaker.  Just think about having one of these in your entry unit and giving bills as change instead of change!

UPDATED 20160820:  http://www.meigroup.com/usa/vending/vending_products/bill_acceptors/vn2700_bill_validator/datasheet.pdf

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Standard replacement?

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I was checking out my Dad’s Standard changer install today.  (He took the changer out of his Moody carwash.)  It replaced an equally worn Rowe changer like the changer in the right picture.  He gave me his spare Rowe BC-200 changer so now I have 5 Rowe changers!  Yea!  I need to sell one to Greg.

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Rowe vs Standard changer

My Dad has a MC520RL-DA Standard changer and wanted to purchase another one, so we checked out their booth at the ICA show.  I was very impressed with how simple the changer is compared to my Rowe changer.  This is a comparison of my Rowe changer and a Standard changer.

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I believe this is a Standard MC400RL (left picture) which is a little larger then my Rowe BC-200 (which I would swap out in a minute for).  The Standard changer is very simple looking, has metal coin hoppers, and uses a Mars or Pyramid bill acceptor.  The unit on the right is a MC535RL-CC with is more complicated looking but has a credit card acceptor and a bill acceptor.  Very organized looking and plenty of room in the units.

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Now here is my Rowe BC-200 tank (actually works).  First picture is the changer without the stacker and bill acceptor.  The second picture is the stacker and bill acceptor.  The third picture is the CCC, while trying to fix any problem with a Rowe changer, the final solution is always replace the CCC.

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This coin hopper has to win the most complicated hopper available.  Why not make the coin hopper consist of 2 parts?  One part (left) consists of a motor (red arrow) and a coin counter (top black thing).  Then on the other piece (right, coin hopper) why not have a bike chain with little knobs that snakes up the length of the hopper to spit out the quarter at the top?  You also need to clean this once a month or crap will clog up the chain.

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Next, add the most complicated bill acceptor (BA-50 transport) that needs to be cleaned every week and sent in to get fixed every year (low volume location).  Rowe seems to be in the process of dropping this bill acceptor at this point, which I have to say is the best idea ever.  Maybe that’s why every other changer sells their unit with a Coinco, Mars, Pyramid, etc. option? 

To be honest I never have any problems out of the ccc and coin hopper, except the coin counter needs to be replaced on one of my units.  I do not use the bill stacker and I send my bill acceptor to get fixed every year.