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Thread Number: 34976
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
Miele new wattage from 1st Sep 2017 |
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| Post# 377210 8/23/2017 at 14:52 (2,429 days old) by paulinroyton (Royton, Lancashire) | ||
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| Post# 377211 , Reply# 1 8/23/2017 at 14:54 (2,429 days old) by paulinroyton (Royton, Lancashire) | ||
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Miele new wattage from Sep 2017 In accordance with new EU Legislation, there will be changes to our vacuum cleaner range in September. The wattage of our PowerLine models will be reduced from 1200W to 900W, whilst our EcoLine models will see a reduction from 800W to 500W. | ||
| Post# 377230 , Reply# 2 8/24/2017 at 14:59 (2,428 days old) by DrSnuggle (Sweden Stockholm) | ||
It is too bad :-(
900W's? Most will have like 700W's. One of my favoriate vacuums, the Thomas Crooser, has 1200W's. I have seen the same one at 350W's fore sale these days. You can kiss your lucky star that you are leaving EU. But vacuumwise it will most likely not change anything.
What power will Miele have in the States? I cannot believe that a Miele U1 will have any mentionable airflow with a power of 900W's. It struggles with it at 1500W's already. Sorry for the rant and you may not share my views on UK leaving. I post this anyway. | ||
| Post# 377272 , Reply# 3 8/26/2017 at 09:28 (2,426 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
Some of the best vacuums ever built in the USA used 575 watts. I'm talking about the Electrolux of course. From the model 30 through the Diamond Jubilee, the Electrolux motor (which was MORE than powerful enough) didn't consume tons of electricity.
My favorite vacuum of all time, the Air-Way model 88 Mark II with RugMaster Power Nozzle consumed just 900 watts. And that's a 2 motor set up. My second favorite vacuum of all time, the Rainbow model D consumes 700 watts, with amazing, constant airflow and suction. The USA never had vacuums that used over 1200 watts that I'm aware of. We are restricted by 1500 watt circuit breakers and 120 volts max. | ||
| Post# 377273 , Reply# 4 8/26/2017 at 09:29 (2,426 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 377280 , Reply# 5 8/26/2017 at 10:59 (2,426 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
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| Post# 377369 , Reply# 8 8/28/2017 at 12:29 (2,424 days old) by DrSnuggle (Sweden Stockholm) | ||
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Me correcting me
In Europe they used Wattage as a sells pitch before 2014. The consumer was led to believe that the higher the wattage (or amps) the better the performance. Not true of course. So I concur in that respect. I also think that the placement of the motor matters. If it is in the nozzle (direct air) you will need significantly less power than a canister clean air. However for a canister I do believe you will need more than 440 watts (an Oreck I have with direct air has that) when cleaning bare floors.
My experience with low wattage high quality canisters has not always been to my satisfaction. I am not defending the old European 2200 watt vacuums, how can I. My preference for hard floors is that 1200 Watts will be sufficient. For my rugs even less. I turn down the power when I do my rugs with a powerbrush, as low as 150 Watts. What I noticed is that my low wattage canisters (900 W or less) will do the job on the hard floors, but it will take much more time. Well, as I mop my floors weekly I probably should not complain as regardless of vacuum, the water becomes grey/braun. And yes my Vorwerk (700 W) does just as good a work on the hard floors as any of my high Wattage vacuums, due to the airpath (being straight, short and the Hepa located in the bag). This post was last edited 08/28/2017 at 13:18 | ||
| Post# 377387 , Reply# 9 8/28/2017 at 18:34 (2,424 days old) by Rolls_rapide (-) | ||
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Motor design Do the new lower powered cylinder machines still have a single fan? Or have they reverted back to twin fan design? | ||
Post# 377389 , Reply# 10 8/28/2017 at 20:38 (2,424 days old) by n0oxy  (Saint Louis Missouri, United States) |
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two stage motors Unfortunately two stage motors are very rare now, I actually like the two stage motors better, they don't have that screaming sound and they are more efficient, they can do just as well without spinning as fast. Mike | ||
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