syl20c Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Further to the feedback i received regarding a 473 on a route I am hoping to acquire, I'd like to know what the combo options are out there aside from the dreadful Seagas before I sell the 473. The machine must have some form of surevend and be capable of vending soft wall grocery store water bottles. Also looking for bill validator and debit/credit. I realize a number of manufacturer offer a glass front combo but the particular location won't support an $8,000 investment in a machine. I have a number of 5591 and it occurred to me that the top two or three shelves could be turned into coils for snacks. Modifying the 5591 might be a more affordable way than a new combo. Anyone here have experience with this? I haven't seen any used glass front available for sale in my market, they are very popular here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bvending Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 The AMS visi combo would be your best choice for the price. It's 3 snack shelves on top and 2 or 3 drink shelves on bottom depending on configuration and will vend cans and bottles. It has sensit and is credit card ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syl20c Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 Is the healthy vendor the same as the viso combo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bvending Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 From what I can tell they look like the same machine. The health one just has "healthy" wrap on it. I've never seen the healthy one in person though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 It's real expensive to add snack shelves to the 5591 unless you can find one that already has the shelves. Many were built and sold that way. If you have an idle Bevmax that you haven't put much money into then adding the shelves might be worth it. You'll put about $900 to $1000 into the machine though to accomplish that. The AMS is probably your best bet and all AMS machines have the Sensit system. Stay away from soft sided grocery store bottles no matter what machine you use. You must have stiff bottles for them to vend correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syl20c Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 Opinion on the Crane 6500? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 That's not a bad machine but not all parts for it are available if it's an AP model. If you can get one for a good price and it cools properly then get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syl20c Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 1 minute ago, AZVendor said: It's real expensive to add snack shelves to the 5591 unless you can find one that already has the shelves. Many were built and sold that way. If you have an idle Bevmax that you haven't put much money into then adding the shelves might be worth it. You'll put about $900 to $1000 into the machine though to accomplish that. The AMS is probably your best bet and all AMS machines have the Sensit system. Stay away from soft sided grocery store bottles no matter what machine you use. You must have stiff bottles for them to vend correctly. Which DN snack machine would be a match for this 5591 to cannibalize parts from? I have a 5591 in stock, it's what I have most of. Trying to get away from some of my obsolete machines now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syl20c Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 2 minutes ago, AZVendor said: That's not a bad machine but not all parts for it are available if it's an AP model. If you can get one for a good price and it cools properly then get it. $900 a good price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 On 12/24/2016 at 5:42 AM, syl20c said: Further to the feedback i received regarding a 473 on a route I am hoping to acquire, I'd like to know what the combo options are out there aside from the dreadful Seagas before I sell the 473. The machine must have some form of surevend and be capable of vending soft wall grocery store water bottles. Also looking for bill validator and debit/credit. I realize a number of manufacturer offer a glass front combo but the particular location won't support an $8,000 investment in a machine. I have a number of 5591 and it occurred to me that the top two or three shelves could be turned into coils for snacks. Modifying the 5591 might be a more affordable way than a new combo. Anyone here have experience with this? I haven't seen any used glass front available for sale in my market, they are very popular here. While good combos are sort of an oxymoron for most of us, I think the AMS would be the way to go. Unfortunately by the time you pay for it, you could have bought two very nice standard machines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Yes, $900 is a good price if it's complete and working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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