Planet Antares has recently come out with a new, larger electrical vending machine, which has snack, drink and entrees- but it's rather a high dollar item, plus it's just too much machine for many locations. So the mechanical combo definitely has it's place and will be around indefinitely.
The Planet Antares Refreshment Center mechanical combos are still a great choice for many types of locations: Offices with less than 40 white collar employees; locations with 20 or less blue collar. Break rooms of retail stores, hair style salons, day cares, etc are good places for this type of machine. It only takes up the same space that a full size file cabinet would. That makes it a very attractive investment for both vendors and locations.
For vendors, the Antares combos are great because it's a machine that can be moved with a small hand truck, filled quickly, and fits in most places. For locations, it's ideal because there aren't many things that can go wrong with it- most of it's issues can be solved with a screwdriver.
There are basically 3 types of these mechanical combos- they vary by manufacture year. They ALL vend9 snacks, but the drink options will differ. Older black and grey ones, from about 2004 on down, cans only; the 2005 through 2007 blue and black ones do 6 cans with one bottle lane. Less common are the brown 2008 mechanical models- they have 6 cans and one bottle lane, but they can be set up with a kit to vend out energy beverages like Red Bull.
Still popular, you can get these machines at a super discount via Usedvending.com .
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