Battery instead of cable: How a vacuum cleaner conquered my heart | life & knowledge

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“We should vacuum again,” my wife likes to say into the room. But she doesn’t mean “man”, but “man”. More precisely: me, her husband.

This used to lead me to an acute attack of hearing loss and a frantic search for other tasks that somehow seemed urgent. It was too inconvenient to lug the disorganized construct made up of a smelly plastic box, a twisted trunk hose and an unruly suction wand. Then you needed a socket near the floor; and of course the cable was always too short to be able to roll comfortably through the whole apartment.

But now I like to suck. I’ve even seen myself inspecting suspicious corners for clouds of dog hair.

What has changed? – We are the proud owners of a cordless vacuum cleaner! Although it cost almost 700 euros, according to Stiftung Warentest it only uses half the energy of the old device with comparable suction power and is therefore almost sustainable.

Models with a laser lamp can certainly trigger an acute neurotic flare-up in people with obsessive-compulsive disorders: they really make every crumb visible

Photo: Dyson Dyson

But it’s not the desire to protect the climate or to save electricity that drives me to the cordless vacuum cleaner. It’s sheer nonsense that the manufacturers spice up their devices with: A display shows how clean the blown air is, a laser target detection system lights up even the smallest crumb dangerously and of course the whole device looks like the laser gun from a science fiction movie. My new favorite toy even has a powerful “whoop” that makes the turbine run out when you turn it off.

Other advantages of battery technology: You don’t need an annoying cable – and a maximum running time of 15 minutes prevents my cleaning orgies from getting out of hand.

The only thing really disgusting is emptying the dust container (which dog owners practically have to do after every suction cycle). But so far, thanks to laser precision, a colorful display and “Wuuump”, I still have enough happiness hormones left after vacuuming to do that with a blissful smile. I ask you: Can technical progress be more beautiful?

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