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

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[โ€“] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

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.

[โ€“] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Ah, fuck. Well, thanks for telling me!

[โ€“] starlinguk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I love Henrys purely because you regularly see people walking their Henry.

[โ€“] adamth0@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week 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.