Top 4 Ice Machine Rental in San Francisco, CA

Light Soda On Tap rents commercial kitchen equipment from a Brisbane shop two miles south of the county line, and ice machines sit in a catalogue that also covers refrigeration, ovens and draft systems. They are the only company we checked in this market whose business is renting equipment rather than stocking breakrooms, and that shows in what they publish. Four machine brands, against the single brand every other provider here places. They also stand alone in spelling out what one flat monthly fee covers, down to filter changes and interior cleaning, and in promising a replacement unit while a repair runs. But we did not find a published price, or whether their machines run air-cooled or water-cooled. We recommend you ask which of the four brands they would actually put in your space before they quote.

Associated Services has run office coffee and breakroom routes out of San Leandro since 1972, and their ice machines go out to Bay Area offices on those same routes. They work from more Bay Area offices than anyone else we checked, with Concord, San Jose and Rohnert Park behind the San Leandro base, so their vans are already running in most corners of the metro. And they are one of only two companies here that put a number on how fast a service call gets answered. Repairs carry no charge. But we did not find a published rate, and their ice line runs to one machine, so the capacity ceiling is low next to what the rental specialists in this market place. We would advise confirming that machine suits your peak day before signing.

Daiohs First Choice Services runs coffee, water and breakroom programs from a San Leandro branch of a national group, and ice sits on the water side of that program. Among the office service companies we checked in this market, they publish the most about the machine itself, with four mounting configurations and a capacity ceiling almost three times what the nearest comparable provider states. They also put a number on setup, promising a new account starts inside three to five working days, which nobody else here does. Repairs and maintenance carry no charge. But we did not find a rate, a response window for a breakdown, or any statement of whether the machines run air-cooled. Ask on the call whether your service ticket sits with the San Leandro branch or with the national group above them.

Office Libations started in the Bay Area in 2015 as a pantry and breakroom service, and ice machines sit among the equipment they place in client offices from a San Leandro warehouse. They are far and away the newest operator in this market, where every other provider we checked has been trading at least twenty seven years. What they do better than the older breakroom companies here is say plainly that the equipment is rented and that maintenance comes with the rental, rather than leaving a buyer to infer the arrangement. But the machine detail is the thinnest we found anywhere in this metro. No capacity figure, no mounting style, no cooling type. We would suggest getting the model number and the daily output in writing before the agreement goes out.