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

  • loops@feddit.ukEnglish
    6·
    20 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

  • slothrop@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    20 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.

  • silly_crotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    18 days ago

    I’ll put in a word for Rowenta from France. They make vacuums both in France and China. The high end stuff is made in France and good.

  • Hellfire103@lemmy.caEnglish
    41·
    20 days ago

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

    • ThePyroPython@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      20 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.

  • ZeroGravitas@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    31·
    20 days ago

    Dyson. British brand, recently moved to Singapore though. They make expensive vacuum cleaners with pretty damn good engineering. Source: I own a wired one.

  • NachBarcelona@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    19 days 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.

    • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      2·
      19 days 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
        0·
        19 days 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·
          19 days 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