Obviously I like buying things once and for all, but I feel it’s extra difficult with anything electrical because I just don’t know that much about it personally, and I can’t exactly check the insides.

So lately I’ve been wanting to buy an upright vacuum. I don’t know if there are more durable brands, what kind of accessories I should consider to make my life easier, what budget I should consider, or what characterics are more likely to make it shorter lived than others.

  • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For stuff like a vacuum think about buying second hand. They can last for a long time and are pretty simple. Then look at places like buy it for life, there are some decent brands which really do last a long time. A vacuum in particular is pretty simple, so they can last. Then avoid bags obviously.

    • garden_boi@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Problem about very old vacuums, they sometimes have extremely wasteful wattages (read: in the ballpark of 2000 Watts), while modern ones often use a maximum of e.g. 800 Watts. The high Wattage comes with almost no measurable performance advantage. Source: An article in the partly state-funded German product testing magazine Stiftung Warentest.