Cordless vacuum cleaners.

[Annie Bynnol]

Are their any British made ones?

[El Cid]

Define "size"

 

The EU manage to define size easily enough.

 

The wattage of cordless vacuum cleaners tends to be lower than that of normal vacuum cleaners – between 140 and 500 watts, as opposed to 2,200 watts for some corded vacuum cleaners.

 

The new EU vacuum cleaners energy label rules will reduce the maximum wattage from 1,600W to 900W for any vacuum cleaner manufactured or sold in the EU.

In practice, whether people will just get around the rules by buying commercial vacuums, might be the case.

[truman]

The EU manage to define size easily enough.

 

The wattage of cordless vacuum cleaners tends to be lower than that of normal vacuum cleaners – between 140 and 500 watts, as opposed to 2,200 watts for some corded vacuum cleaners.

 

The new EU vacuum cleaners energy label rules will reduce the maximum wattage from 1,600W to 900W for any vacuum cleaner manufactured or sold in the EU.

In practice, whether people will just get around the rules by buying commercial vacuums, might be the case.

 

That's power not size....I'm not sure what your point is.. could you clarify please?

[geared]

Are their any British made ones?

 

Dyson have a factory in Wiltshire but their main production facilities are in Malaysia and Singapore.

[lil-minx92]

The EU manage to define size easily enough.

 

The wattage of cordless vacuum cleaners tends to be lower than that of normal vacuum cleaners – between 140 and 500 watts, as opposed to 2,200 watts for some corded vacuum cleaners.

 

The new EU vacuum cleaners energy label rules will reduce the maximum wattage from 1,600W to 900W for any vacuum cleaner manufactured or sold in the EU.

In practice, whether people will just get around the rules by buying commercial vacuums, might be the case.

 

Or we could get around the rules by leaving the EU!

[El Cid]

That's power not size....I'm not sure what your point is.. could you clarify please?

 

If the battery powered vacuums have a much smaller motor, how can they be 'better'?

 

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Or we could get around the rules by leaving the EU!

 

We may need to follow the same rules, in order to comply with our climate change laws and to have access to the single market.

[truman]

If the battery powered vacuums have a much smaller motor, how can they be 'better'?.

 

Design? I had an old 2.0l diesel engined car..I now have a new 1.5 diesel engined car,it is by far better then the old one in terms of power and fuel efficiency...having had both an "ordinary" vacuum and a cordless I find the cordless much better..

Edited October 18, 2018 by truman

[El Cid]

Design? I had an old 2.0l diesel engined car..I now have a new 1.5 diesel engined car,it is by far better then the old one in terms of power and fuel efficiency...having had both an "ordinary" vacuum and a cordless I find the cordless much better..

 

It was better because of advances over time, if battery powered vacuums are better, what ever tech makes them better can be used in the corded vacs.

[truman]

It was better because of advances over time, if battery powered vacuums are better, what ever tech makes them better can be used in the corded vacs.

 

So you now accept that smaller can be better? There's no need for a bulky cleaner and cable to do the job.... I'm really not sure what the point you're trying to make is..no offence intended..

[El Cid]

So you now accept that smaller can be better? There's no need for a bulky cleaner and cable to do the job.... I'm really not sure what the point you're trying to make is..no offence intended..

 

When the EU ban came in, their argument was that vacuums would need to be made better, not just a bigger motor.

Even in your example the difference is smaller; we will agree to differ.