"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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Many of us know why Dyson is against the EU: it is because it brought
in
efficiency standards for vacuum cleaners which meant that his models
with 1500 Watt motors had to be phased out. Other manufacturers with
more efficient models had no problems.

Unfortunately the EU regs tended to produce a lot of vacuum cleaners that
were lower-powered but also had correspondingly poorer suction so didn't get
carpets clean. The skill, as you say, comes from a cleaner that has lower
power without sacrificing the very thing you buy a vac for - suction. If you
have to leave the vac on for longer while you go over the carpet again and
again and again, you've lost the energy advantage.

There is also the problem of being first to the market (with technology that
was current at the time) and then failing to update that technology to match
the competitors who were later to the market.