Any horse owner will know that to promote excellent skin health, manage infection and maintain excellent care standards, good stable hygiene is absolutely essential.
Invest in a horse rug commercial washing machine, and you’ll not only have a reliable way to tackle heavily soiled laundry, but will maximise the life cycle of your expensive rugs and blankets.
Commercial washers are better for clean laundry in stables
During day-to-day use, hair, sweat, dirt, dust and bacteria regularly come in to contact with horse rugs, blankets and other stable products. These products can then cause horse skin irritations, fungal infections or more serious infectious diseases like strangles if they aren’t cleaned properly.
While you can obviously wash horse blankets and other items in a cheaper domestic machine, it will be unlikely to keep up with the weight and size of your heavy items, or the disinfection needs of your operation.
A commercial horse rug washing machine, on the other hand, is purposely designed to handle heavier loads and consistently achieve disinfection, making it a better, more hygienic and longer-lasting choice.
Equine laundry equipment for busy stables
Whether you’re looking after a stable, showground or tack shop, you’re likely to have a huge variety of laundry items that require regular cleaning and disinfection.
Wondering what size washing machine is best for horse rugs? Well, with a larger capacity commercial unit installed, you’ll be able to tackle everything from blankets, rugs and boots, to head collars, risers and numnahs, as well as your riders’ clothing and general stable attire. In the largest units – some of JLA’s handle loads up to 100kg – you’ll even be able to clean your half pads and saddle pads, quickly and efficiently.
JLA SMART washing machines are also robust, energy efficient and have smart features that allow them to achieve the optimum water, energy and detergent consumption on every cycle.
Controlling infectious diseases with OTEX
Infectious diseases like strangles can seriously endanger a stable if they’re not identified and addressed quickly, with linens and other cleanable items easily transmitting dangerous illnesses.
JLA’s ozone OTEX ozone disinfection system is trusted by equine facilities all over the country as an energy-efficient alternative to traditional thermal disinfection. It uses the natural power of ozone gas to destroy 99.999% of harmful bugs and diseases, and does this on a cool wash.
This means you benefit from cost-efficient hygiene and infection control that saves you energy as it works. And because OTEX is gentler than thermal disinfection, your disinfected items will not only smell like fresh air, but will last even longer.
Read our full article on how OTEX can help to manage an equine disease out break.
For more about JLA’s equine commercial laundry equipment, why not speak to one of our experts?
