oliveoiltinfoil
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Lots of us have talked about this EU energy labelling thing for vacuum cleaners sold within the EU and whether we agree with them or not. I just can't help feeling that currently, the labelling system is very much flawed.
Lots of people on here have said this already. Mr Dyson doesn't like it because the energy labels do not take into account the "environmental impact bags have, the can not be recycled" and so on, which, is largely BS. Sorry Dyson, I love my DC41 MK2 but that is what's called making a mountain out of an ant hill.
The label rating does not make sense, in terms of measuring the carpet, hard floor and emissions performance. How can a VAX upright have a rating two steps higher for carpet performance, than a Miele S7 which is regarded as being one of the best vacuums for deep down cleaning? I have a Vax ECO air, which was ratted A across the bored, but I have found it doesn't deep clean as well as my felix or the S7 I had, although it has incredible suction as the cleaner head and stiff, full bristles, they are too short. I put the felix above the miele for carpet cleaning anyway, but the vax bunny hops over thick pilled carpeting.
The felix also gets B rating for carpet performance and C for hard floors.
Has anyone told us who conducts these tests? As far as I know, it is the manufacturer's themselves. If that is the case, then this makes much more sense. I know Bosch and Dyson are in a tiff over Dyson claiming his machines pick up better than when Bosch tested them and said otherwise. It could turn out that some manufacturers are being more honest than others. Either Miele and SEBO are being harsh on themselves and Vax and Dyson are being deliberately biased which I can believe, or there is something seriously off with the new ECO range of German vacuum cleaners.
To a lot of us, this will not be a big deal, as we don't need someone else to tell for us that one vacuum picks up better than another, but on the face of it and for the average consumer, this is a different matter.
Lots to discuss here, so go ahead with your opinions and thoughts. I pick up my Felix Vogue eco tomorrow (having it delivered because couldn't be asked to drive 10 mile to get it ahaha .) I shall post a thread shortly.
Lots of people on here have said this already. Mr Dyson doesn't like it because the energy labels do not take into account the "environmental impact bags have, the can not be recycled" and so on, which, is largely BS. Sorry Dyson, I love my DC41 MK2 but that is what's called making a mountain out of an ant hill.
The label rating does not make sense, in terms of measuring the carpet, hard floor and emissions performance. How can a VAX upright have a rating two steps higher for carpet performance, than a Miele S7 which is regarded as being one of the best vacuums for deep down cleaning? I have a Vax ECO air, which was ratted A across the bored, but I have found it doesn't deep clean as well as my felix or the S7 I had, although it has incredible suction as the cleaner head and stiff, full bristles, they are too short. I put the felix above the miele for carpet cleaning anyway, but the vax bunny hops over thick pilled carpeting.
The felix also gets B rating for carpet performance and C for hard floors.
Has anyone told us who conducts these tests? As far as I know, it is the manufacturer's themselves. If that is the case, then this makes much more sense. I know Bosch and Dyson are in a tiff over Dyson claiming his machines pick up better than when Bosch tested them and said otherwise. It could turn out that some manufacturers are being more honest than others. Either Miele and SEBO are being harsh on themselves and Vax and Dyson are being deliberately biased which I can believe, or there is something seriously off with the new ECO range of German vacuum cleaners.
To a lot of us, this will not be a big deal, as we don't need someone else to tell for us that one vacuum picks up better than another, but on the face of it and for the average consumer, this is a different matter.
Lots to discuss here, so go ahead with your opinions and thoughts. I pick up my Felix Vogue eco tomorrow (having it delivered because couldn't be asked to drive 10 mile to get it ahaha .) I shall post a thread shortly.
