Thread Number: 24852
Hoover branded machines sold in Dubai |
[Down to Last] |
Post# 279294 , Reply# 1   5/4/2014 at 17:45 (3,616 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Another shot of a box |
Post# 279295 , Reply# 2   5/4/2014 at 17:48 (3,616 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Upright models. Hoover models sold as Vax power and Mach Air in UK. Next to them is my Dyson DC24. |
Post# 279304 , Reply# 6   5/4/2014 at 18:09 (3,616 days old) by madabouthoovers ()   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
I still think its very confusing - Hoover being 2 different companies depending on where you are in the world. |
Post# 279306 , Reply# 7   5/4/2014 at 18:12 (3,616 days old) by hi-loswitch98 ()   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Not sure who owns Hoover Australia. Their machines look to be a mix of Russell Hobbs / Hoover UK/Europe & others from an other origin. |
Post# 279309 , Reply# 8   5/4/2014 at 18:19 (3,616 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Well actually, Hoover do have plenty of complaints, or rather they did - but chose to remove them from their UK Facebook page.
Stefan - the reason you don't see "Made in the UK,' is because Dubai sell Hoover vacuums direct from the U.S line/TTI rather than Hoover Europe. Confusingly though, Hoover in the Emirates appear to stock Hoover Europe's/Candy's washers, dryers, dishwashers and cooling products. When I was in Dubai last year, the airport itself had a small Miele stall located on one of the floors showing off the then about-to-be-released S8. They also had the S6 on view, which has yet to be shown on Miele's website in the EE / www.miele.ae... See Hoover's website via link CLICK HERE TO GO TO sebo_fan's LINK |
Post# 279311 , Reply# 9   5/4/2014 at 18:25 (3,616 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
3    
|
Post# 279327 , Reply# 11   5/4/2014 at 19:03 (3,616 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
1    
Very true Benny but then the generation of buyers are also changing. My late mother's generation are still slow to use the Internet, never mind embrace a smartphone - many still have the block Nokia phones with good reason.
I think it goes in leaps and roundabouts where old brand names fall by the way side and then reappear. Sometimes the owner companies would like to think that people don't remember the reputation that some original brands once had, particularly if it was negative. Take Swan for example - they made good quality kettles at one point (as Russell Hobbs) and their name was associated well with those kind of appliances - but in the mid 1990s when the brand name popped up again, it was no longer British made, let alone carried anything similar to the product line that it replaced. Now, mostly all Swan appliances are made in China and previous vacuums from catalogues such as Kays, Littlewoods etc had Swan branded vacuums stemmed from Electrolux and Eureka models from the U.S that weren't offered in the U.K under the main Electrolux UK market ranges. Now, Swan use a whole load of Chinese built vacuums, normally unbranded and in very few ranges than the "PetMaster" vacuums they used to sell. |
Post# 279329 , Reply# 12   5/4/2014 at 19:05 (3,616 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
|
Post# 279338 , Reply# 14   5/4/2014 at 19:51 (3,616 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
|
Post# 279358 , Reply# 15   5/5/2014 at 01:19 (3,615 days old) by oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Sorry I am more drawn to the Hitachi that says in huge bold letters "MADE IN JAPAN". Seems these people appreciate genuine quality. In Dubai and the middle east, they also sell a line of Panasonic bagged cylinders made in Japan, with it plastered all over the cleaner and its packaging. They look gorgeously built and just lovely. Our Panasonics are mainly built in Malaysia, a couple in China, but Panasonic have plans to move more of their production back to Japan, thankfully. www.panasonic.ae/EN/Pages/MC-CG71...
|
Post# 279371 , Reply# 16   5/5/2014 at 07:48 (3,615 days old) by godfreys_guy (Melbourne, Australia)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
is owned by Godfreys, They purchased the rights to the name in the 90's and have used it in good and bad. It certainly is getting better and there is a mix of TTI/Candy/Self Sourcing.
TTI Machines have included: 9010ph - Platinum Bagless Cannister Wertheim 4430 - Platinum Bagged Cannister Linx Gladiator - Twin Tank spin scrub Candy Machines: Freemotion Slalom Jovis Iron Range Athens |
Post# 279524 , Reply# 18   5/6/2014 at 10:47 (3,614 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
No need to explain - sorry I realised what you meant by your initial posting- After I put my response.
However didn't Vax get smacked over the wrists for the design of the Zen by Dyson? I know the courts rejected Dyson's appeal to get Vax to pay £200k for copywrite design, in the end. However, it is probably one reason alone to why Vax don't really want to state the vacuum cleaner is designed in the UK. When I think about it, that's the problem with the UK - anything new and bagless and from a vacuum cleaner/floorcare brand with a UK name on it, or UK associations etc can usually be perceived that it is from Dyson. Perhaps Vax like the association of this belief - but still don't want to state where the vacuum cleaner is made - the rating plate though tells the real story, if buyers are really interested. Designed and produced are not the same thing and some buyers or owners are not aware of the distinction- Dirt Devil in Germany used to play up to the "Made in Germany," marketing approach when some of their cylinder vacs have been designed in Germany, but not actually produced there. |
Post# 279528 , Reply# 19   5/6/2014 at 13:25 (3,614 days old) by sensotronic (Englandshire)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
According to this Youtube video, the Air range was designed in the UK. My Dual Power carpet washer also states this on the box with a union jack flag in Vax's orange colour scheme. CLICK HERE TO GO TO sensotronic's LINK |