Thread Number: 7994
Bosch Vacuums seem to have disappeared....... |
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Post# 88857   1/14/2010 at 05:50 (5,215 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Any idea what happened to the Bosch line of vacuum cleaners in North America? The US website no longer shows their vacs, and it does not even provide a way to buy supplies like bags and belts. I don't own a Bosch vac, but just curious if anyone knows what happened to their line of vacs. Did the entire line get discontinued in the USA, just like Sharp, Sanyo and Samsung? |
Post# 88861 , Reply# 1   1/14/2010 at 09:29 (5,215 days old) by elux89 ()   |   | |
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Supposedly they have been discontinued in the US and Canada I believe as well. |
Post# 88871 , Reply# 3   1/14/2010 at 11:51 (5,215 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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It's kind of strange that they disappeared off the market so fast. Consumer Reports gave high marks to one of their power-nozzle canisters (I think it was called the "Electro-Duo" or something like that). Also the Bosch two-motor bagless uprights (with cordreel) are now for some reason being sold under the Vax brand in the USA - see the link www.vaxusa.com/... They all looked like nice machines - too bad they are gone....maybe they could not compete with the market over-exposure of Miele. |
Post# 88886 , Reply# 5   1/14/2010 at 18:32 (5,214 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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Post# 88889 , Reply# 6   1/14/2010 at 19:56 (5,214 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 88891 , Reply# 7   1/14/2010 at 20:07 (5,214 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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but Bosch/Siemens over there in Europe is selling canister vacs with WOVEN HOSES!!!!!!!!!! Talk about retro! Go to the link below.. CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK |
Post# 88928 , Reply# 8   1/15/2010 at 04:43 (5,214 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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I knew this and I like them. THe hose conection on the free it is also very retro, and a stolen idea of excelsior cleaners from the early seventies. greets edgar CLICK HERE TO GO TO edgar's LINK |
Post# 88932 , Reply# 9   1/15/2010 at 06:31 (5,214 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)   |   | |
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I am very dissapointed in the seemingly poor quality of the hoses. For our friends across the pond they are simply a regualar plastic crushproof hose with a rather poor plastic strip weave pattern applied over the outsides of it. The weave is certainly not closely woven like on older cleaners and a slight amount of flexing reveals the black plastic underneath. A sharp snag or two and the weave pattern will almost certainly start to fray or snap. I dont think the tools are much to go by either as they feel thin cheap and certainly not matched for the 10 year motor guarantee. I also think the cleaners dont feel as good quality with the plastics used or the styling. For exactly the same money you could buy a Miele cylinder which I feel much better quality. |
Post# 88951 , Reply# 10   1/15/2010 at 10:39 (5,214 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 89083 , Reply# 12   1/17/2010 at 00:18 (5,212 days old) by ozhoover (London UK (but born and raised in Melbourne, Australia ))   |   | |
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Hoover Europe is also doing woven hose's On there new range called Green Ray, It's really just a Freespace, Freemotion and Xarion in new colours with a woven hose..... But do like the look of them... Mark CLICK HERE TO GO TO ozhoover's LINK |
Post# 89097 , Reply# 13   1/17/2010 at 08:14 (5,212 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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What a cool hose pattern! Thanks for this - from Canada to Australia! Here's a closer look at one of the new Candy Hoovers....and it does look like Candy Cane! CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK |