Commercial Glass Washer - 50cm Basket

Product Description

A commercial stainless steel glass washer with a 50cm basket. Cleans a full rack in under two minutes — fast enough to keep pace with continuous bar service at festivals, corporate events, and large weddings. Two baskets are included so you can load the next rack while the current one is washing. Detergent and rinse aid are supplied with every hire.

The 320mm clearance height handles tall pint glasses and long-stemmed wine goblets alongside standard tumblers. Double filtration keeps wash water cleaner across the full service period, reducing the frequency of manual water changes on multi-hour events.

When You Need a Glass Washer Hire

• Festivals and outdoor bars: Hire reduces the total glassware required on-site — instead of stockpiling 500 glasses for a single wash at the end, a glass washer lets you turn glasses around every two minutes and run with a smaller stock. Pair with glassware hire for the full bar setup.
• Corporate hospitality suites: Continuous glass return at reception bars and corporate dinners with 150+ guests where table clearing and glass turnaround runs simultaneously.
• Weddings: A glass washer at the bar eliminates the bottleneck of waiting for fresh glassware during the drinks reception and evening bar service. Works alongside a team of one bar staff member per 50 guests.
• Temporary restaurants and pop-up venues: Where the venue has no built-in glass wash. Connects to a standard cold water feed and a gravity waste outlet — most venues can accommodate this without plumbing modification.
• Film and TV location catering: Continuous glass service for cast and crew hospitality without a permanent kitchen setup.

Setup Requirements

The unit requires a 13A power supply, a cold water feed, and a waste drain (gravity fed). It arrives clean, tested, and ready to connect. Fill the machine with the supplied detergent and rinse aid before first use. The cycle runs on a thermostat-controlled wash temperature — most units reach operating temperature within 5 minutes of switching on.

For events running longer than 4 hours, top up the rinse aid at the midpoint and check the filter. The double filtration system significantly extends the interval between filter cleans compared with single-filter machines, but it does need checking on long service shifts.

Glass Washer vs Handwashing

A glass washer cleans a 50-glass rack in under 2 minutes. A three-person bar team handwashing reaches roughly 30 glasses per person per hour — 90 per hour combined. For an event with 300 guests going through 3 glasses each over 4 hours, that is 900 wash cycles. A glass washer handles that in under 30 minutes of washing time. Handwashing the same volume requires dedicating staff to washing for the entire service.

The economics shift in favour of hiring a glass washer when your guest count exceeds around 100 and your service period runs over 2 hours.

Why Hire From Expo Hire?

• Detergent and rinse aid included — no additional consumables to source separately.
• Two baskets included — enables continuous loading and washing without waiting.
• No deposit, no damage deposit. Ever.
• Sunday delivery and collection across England and Wales at no extra charge.
• Live stock at checkout — availability confirmed at the point of booking.
• Real-time driver tracking on delivery and collection day.
• Free Minor Damage Waiver on every order.

Specifications

Material

Stainless Steel

Dimensions (W x D x H)

590mm x 600mm x 840mm

Basket Size

50cm x 50cm

Baskets Included

2

Max Glass Clearance

320mm

Filtration

Double filtration

Wash Cycle Time

Under 2 minutes

Power

13A standard UK plug

Water Supply

Cold mains connection required

Drain

Gravity fed waste outlet

Consumables

Full bottle of detergent and rinse aid included

Download the user manual (PDF)

See the Mobile Bar Hire Guide for bar setup planning, equipment selection, and quantity guidance.

See the Catering Equipment Hire Guide for kitchen setup planning, equipment selection, and capacity guidance.