What kind of High Dollar product can I put in a Dixie Narco e501

[ntopper]

I know it's single price, but I have a cashless rig that will allow me to set individual prices electronically. I'm interested in having one or tow $$$ products for sale, but the e501 was made before energy drinks, so I'm not sure what kinds of product would be compatible.

I'm particularly interested in the 9oz Starbucks Frappuccino: http://www.amazon.com/Starbucks-Frappuccino-Coffee-Glass-Bottles/dp/B001BLRZW8

Has anyone managed to get an e501 or similar to vend these? Are there other high end products that I a do not know about? I'm open to fabricating shims if I need to.

[AZVendor]

You can't vend square products out of a stack vendor, only round products and no glass. There are a variety of products in cans and bottles that will vend from this machine from 8.5oz cans up to 24oz bottles. You will need to ask about a specific product by size and container and we can tell you what it takes to shim it correctly.

If you want to vend irregular shaped products then you are better off with a DIxie Narco Bevmax or a Royal Vision Vendor. If you want to do multiprice in a DN E model machine, there should be plenty of machines on the street with control boards. It is a rare E model that is single price. Now if you already own the kit to make it multiprice you might as well use it. This is definitely a machine that can make good use of multiprice capability.

[ntopper]

Now if you already own the kit to make it multiprice you might as well use it. This is definitely a machine that can make good use of multiprice capability.

It's a home made rig, very similar to this. The prices can be set by the server processing the transaction. I'm a computer science student, and building gadgets like that are a hobby of mine.

would the e501 have any luck with the 16 Oz energy drink cans? Like this: http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Energy-Drink-16-Ounce-Cans/dp/B001A33FZ8

Or perhaps red bull? I think some sort of iced coffee beverage would do well, perhaps something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Starbucks-DoubleShot-Espresso-Drink-12/dp/B0018BZODI

[Sparta_Automation]

That was pretty interesting.....

[AZVendor]

It's a home made rig, very similar to this. The prices can be set by the server processing the transaction. I'm a computer science student, and building gadgets like that are a hobby of mine.

would the e501 have any luck with the 16 Oz energy drink cans? Like this: http://www.amazon.co...s/dp/B001A33FZ8

Or perhaps red bull? I think some sort of iced coffee beverage would do well, perhaps something like this: http://www.amazon.co...2/dp/B0018BZODI

I understand now. You are using the validator input to the factory control board. This is similar to some value-added card setups that have been used in cafeterias, vending machines and college bookstores. Those systems use value taken from cash, coins and credit cards and add it to the value-added cards. Then the cards can be used to purchase items with value then deducted from the card. Some colleges or large business campuses also use the cards for identification and access to buildings. You might have the beginning of a viable product here.

Yes you can do 16 oz cans of energy drinks from a variety of sources. So far I haven't seen a 16oz can that won't work.

Yes you can put Starbucks DoubleShot 6.5oz in a narrow column in this machine as long as the factory still has the parts needed to do it.

Let me know if you need the parts required for these products and how many columns of each you are going to do.