I am planning on buying a vacuum cleaner. Are there any European brands?

  • NachBarcelona@piefed.socialEnglish
    10·
    1 day ago

    Miele sucks a golf ball through a garden hose Brudi. I’m more of a Kärcher man though because I put my penis inside it.

    • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nlEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      C3 complete series is just the best around. But now that’s gone away and I don’t know which of the Guard series replaces it.

      Boost CX1 is mediocre but good for a bag-less.

  • Xanx@lemmy.zipEnglish
    6·
    1 day ago

    https://nilfisk.com/

    Standalone for now.

    On December 11, Nilfisk released a company announcement stating that Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions GmbH has expressed its intention to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Nilfisk through a public tender offer.

    • boheme@quokk.auEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      I have a pretty new Bosch that runs on the grid, love it. It’s extremely silent unless I turn it up to the max, in which case it’s crazy powerful.

  • loops@feddit.ukEnglish
    16·
    2 days ago

    Henry is the only hoover you ever need and it’s British. If you go round the houses with other brands you’ll end up buying a Henry :-) might as well get one now

    • dxgsthrr@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      Love my Henry. He is indestructible and has incredible suction. I 100% expect him to outlive me. And Numatic are an excellent company WRT righy-to-repair. I think they still supply spare parts for the very first henry ever made. Very easy decision - get a henry.

  • slothrop@lemmy.caEnglish
    14·
    2 days ago

    Just purchased a Sebo E3, made in Germany with some parts sourced from Canada.

    Miele is German, but now has some parts and lines from China and South Korea.

  • Hellfire103@lemmy.caEnglish
    73·
    1 day ago

    Dyson and Numatic (who make the Henry vacuum cleaners) are both British.

    • ThePyroPython@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      2 days ago

      As someone from the UK, please avoid Dyson.

      He supported Brexit saying that he’d invest in more UK manufacturing then as soon as it happened, moved even more manufacturing overseas.

      On top of that he’s a massive cunt to his workers and the quality of Dysons have gone downhill so much they break as soon as they’re out of warranty.

      Numatic international (Henry) on the other hand are top quality, built to last, keep manufacturing in Europe and the UK, and aren’t lead by a dickhead.

      Seriously, you’ll move house a dozen times before a Henry hoover gives out on you, every single professional cleaner in the UK uses a Henry or other Numatic International model (if they’re not using an industrial cleaning brand) because they’re built more robust than a bastard child of a Panasonic Toughbook and a Nokia 3310.

      • adamth0@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        What’s funny is that when he first started moving production outside of the UK, he said it was because the pound was too strong and the UK wouldn’t join the Euro.

    • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      7·
      22 hours ago

      Philips consumer electronics¹ (as a brand only) was acquired by Chinese venture capitalist² firm.

      EDITS:

      ¹ actually Philips Domestic Appliances (but the consumer electronics division was also sold to a Chinese company)

      ² private equity

      • Kjell@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        2·
        23 hours ago

        Which type of products are sold by Philips consumer electronics? Is it everything a normal consumer can buy? On the Wikipedia page it looks like products such as lamps, headphones, toothbrushes and TVs are products belonging to Philips. It is a bit confusing because it says in the beginning of the Wikipedia article that the consumer electronics is no longer part of the company.

        • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1·
          22 hours ago

          Ah sorry, a couple errors on my part.

          “Venture capitalist” was supposed to be “private equity”.

          “Consumer electronics” is apparently only referring to the audiovisual (TV, speakers etc) line of Philips. That was sold to the Chinese but not private equity firm TPV Technology.

          Philips Domestic Appliances which contains e.g. vacuums, blenders, and coffee machines was sold to the Chinese private equity firm Hillhouse Capital Group.

          And the lightbulbs (Philips Hue etc.) were spun off into the still Dutch Signify.

          Still part of Philips seem to be products in the categories:

          • Body care and shaving
          • Baby care
          • Apparently car headlights?
          • Healthcare