Anyone need a big suck

[Big Rumbly]

Whatever next will they ban
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28878432

[C0ffin D0dger]

How ridiculous. All well and good for the home user but some folk (i.e. trades people) need a powerful vacuum cleaner for sucking up all the mess created.

[Big Rumbly]

I've just ordered one off the endangered list from amazon, just to stick 2 fingers up at the eu (not sure I need another tho)

[jimbop1]

UKIP

[Esseesse]

Even less in 2017...

"From 1 September 2017, all vacuum cleaners will have to be less than 900w."

What with things like this, solar panels and fuel efficient cars, is there a major unspoken EU panic about future energy supplies?

[Fotic]

jimbop1 said:

UKIP

I'm amazed you put vacuum cleaner wattage restrictions over and above healthcare, education etc when it comes to choosing a party.

[OllieC]

C0ffin D0dger said:

How ridiculous. All well and good for the home user but some folk (i.e. trades people) need a powerful vacuum cleaner for sucking up all the mess created.

whilst I agree it is ridiculous, almost all tradesmen I know or have been in contact with use a Henry or similar.

after some googling Henry's are mostly 1200w, so safe at the moment...

Whether you can have a vacuum that is as effective at 900w with a cleverer (read Dyson esque expensive and troublesome) is debatable.

Still, always plenty of those things at the tip, but they were 'efficient'

[jimbop1]

Fotic said:

jimbop1 said:

UKIP

I'm amazed you put vacuum cleaner wattage restrictions over and above healthcare, education etc when it comes to choosing a party.

I don't. It would be better in every sense.

[rfisher]

FU EU.

[JimbobVFR]

The 2 best vacumns for either home or trade use are both well under 1600W so I don't see a problem myself (Henry is 1200W and Sebo is 1300W IIRC)

[BlackZeD]

The annoying thing is they will probably be made in the pollution free
environment of China, and to top it off using fossil fuels to do it !!!