Bag Cleaning Service Review: Dr Bags

If you are planning to have your luxury handbag cleaned in Singapore, you would be spoilt for choice.  Whether you work at Raffles Place, Orchard area, or if you stay at Tampines or Ang Mo Kio, with over 15 outlets islandwide that specialise in cleaning designer handbags, it is easy to find one nearby these days. Some of these established ones include Dr.Bags, voted by Harper’s Bazaar as one of the top 3 best handbag cleaning services in Singapore.

This week, we shall delve deep to find out more about Dr. Bags – how they differentiate themselves from their competitors, their prices and where they are located at etc. The following summarizes our findings:

How is Dr.Bags different from their competitors?
Apart from the normal cleaning service that most other bag cleaning shops provide, Dr. Bags provides an additional service called the “HP Coating”. What “HP coating” does is to provide an invisible coating on the surface of your handbag to protect it from water stain, mould attacks, UV damage, scratches and abrasions for up to 6 to 8 months. More importantly, it is suitable for all leathers and delicate fabrics and it will not darken your handbag as the coating is made up of silicone which is safe, transparent and virtually invisible.

Following are the before and after pictures.

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How about the rates for the bag cleaning service that Dr.Bags provide?
We found out that even though most bag cleaning shops have “standard” pricing based on sizes, most shop owners would still require you to bring your bag down for a more precise quote.

Dr.Bags revealed their prices to be extremely competitive and at times even cheaper than their competitors. Just to give you an estimate on how much it costs to have your handbag cleaned at Dr. Bags, the following is the price breakdown:

  • Cleaning – Wallets and Shoes – $20 onwards
  • Cleaning – Handbags depending on size – $60 onwards
  • Coloring of wallets – $100 – $200
  • Coloring of handbag – $350 – $500

How good and reliable is Dr.Bags?
If you are planning to send your $15,000 Hermes Birkin bag to clean, you better make sure whoever you are sending it to is not only good in performing the job but reliable as well. Dr. Bags started their business in the start of 2015 and has grown to having five outlets islandwide with more outlets coming soon. Their newest outlet at Plaza Singapura will open in mid October 2016. According to Esther Huang, marketing manager of Dr.Bags,  a huge contributing factor to their growth is the support of their loyal existing customers who keep coming back and at the same time referring more customers to them. Such exponential growth in their business within a short frame of time is a strong indicator of the quality of the service that Dr.Bags provides.

Where are they located?
Dr. Bags is currently available at the following locations:
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  • Plaza Singapura #B2-65 Tel: 6835 7375 (Opening mid Oct 2016)
  • United Square #B1-36A Tel: 6254 2528
  • Katong V #02-05 Tel: 6440 7703
  • MyVillage #B1-16 Tel: 6509 1105
  • 100AM #03-05 Tel: 6702 0079

To find out more, please visit http://www.drbags.com