Category: Appliance

Engadget picked up on a patent application from Google for it’s “Google Glass” project that would enable the wearable technology to be able to control your fridge among other devices.

Asko have unveiled a new washing machine which is aimed at skin allergy and asthma sufferers. The W6888 Allergy Washing Machine has higher rinsing levels and improved spin structures to remove detergents after the cleaning cycle.

The Electrical Safety Council (ESC) has highlighted, in light of recent recalls from Bosch, Beko and Hoover, that thousands of electrical appliances in people’s homes and, presumably in daily use, remain at risk from fire due to ignored recall notices and that one person a week is likely to die d…

Reports from CES have highlighted a couple of product introductions which, whilst perhaps being “cool” to some (no pun intended) they seem a bit South of pointless to us. An oven with an Android touchscreen and a fridge freezer with Evernote integration.

London Fire Brigade (LFB) has called for rules to be tightened on the plastics used in modern fridge, freezer and fridge freezer models after extensive research shows that these appliances pose a serious fire risk to homeowners.

The Electrical Safety Council has carried out research that has indicated that a large number of fires involving domestic appliances in the home are actually caused by misuse and misinstallation.

In a move that has the potential to seriously disrupt the status quo of the appliance industry, Tesco have announced that they are set to introduce cut price appliance warranties on goods sold by the supermarket chain offering discounts of up to 58%.

The Chinese manufacturer Hisense has snapped up the brands that were previously owned and distributed by the failed HI Group.

HI Group’s home delivery business has been acquired by Key Sales Limited, which is a division of the Pacifica Group that also owns JTM and 0800 Repair according to a statement by the administrator, Ernst & Young after the group fell into administration as we previously reported.

After the Daily Mail ran a story on washing machines that appear to be suffering from “exploding glass doors” there has been a surge of interest in the fact that washing machine doors can appear to “explode” or shatter leaving owners frustrated and frightened over safety concerns.