We’ve sat back and watched, commented on occasion and watched some more on this topic and we’ve said repeatedly that dryer fires are common and that there’s really not much can be done as it’s not, in our opinion always a design flaw despite that being the go-to explanation in the media at large.
Category: Domestic Appliance News
Domestic Appliance News
All the latest general news from the domestic appliance industry that we find all over the world, and stories that are of interest to the trade and public, often with our own unique non-politically correct spin on it.
We cover almost anything interesting to do with appliances or that affects the industry, including new product releases, scandals, recalls, mergers, takeovers and all the other juicy appliance news from around the world.
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This Is Not A Dyson
Yes a Chinese company has made knock offs of Dyson’s iconic stick cleaners have emerged and are proving to be a big hit in some regions, we’ve seen them for sale in the UK now at a fraction of Dyson’s prices.
Fridge Cleared Over Grenfell
You may recall that at the time of the tragic Grenfell fire that it was said by various outlets that a Hotpoint fridge freezer, specifically an FF175B model, was the focus of attention but whilst that remains the believed cause, there is to be no recall on these products.
Dyson Takes On Shark
Seems all is not so great with Dyson right now as it’s experienced a bunch of staff leaving, so we’re told anyway with the latest leave the high profile Matt Broadway who was Dyson’s group commercial director to rival Shark.
Service Force Closures
For people outside the repair industry this might not be of much note and how much of an impact that this will have on end user service is presently unknown as are probably some facts.
Whirlpool Uses Alexa (Maybe)
At this year’s CES, despite the war of voice assistants, Whirlpool has revealed appliances that have Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa integrated into them and that also integrate with Yummly.
Whirlpool Withdraws Subsidised Dryers
Whirlpool has decided to put an end to it’s discounted tumble dryer offer for people that own model s affected by the safety notice on them and, that’s not exactly going over well in some camps. Government included.
Qualtex Buys Masterpart
You may have read on the UK Whitegoods forums or heard by other means that sadly Richard Du Bois of Masterpart sadly passed away recently and Masterpart has changed ownership to be now under the control of Qualtex.
Beko Unconnected
Beko’s CEO reckons that people don’t have a strong enough reason to use connected appliances.
What Happened At IFA
It’s that time of the year when a good chunk o the appliance industry shuffles off to Germany to display all their latest models and tech to the trade so, what’s going on in 2017/18?