Tag: appliances
Which? warns against buying ‘cheap’ appliances that rack up huge energy bills
Some ‘cheap’ freezers, ovens and washing machines that cost under £500 could be pricier in the long run by adding hundreds of pounds to your energy bills over a year, […]
How to Save Money on Appliance Running Costs
As the cost of living crisis continues to bite, many households are worried about the impact of rising energy prices this winter. The new energy price cap is set to […]
Cold callers swindling vulnerable people in direct debit con, study reveals
Cold callers mis-selling appliance cover are conning vulnerable people into signing up to extortionate direct debits – charging some victims thousands of pounds to insure appliances they do not even […]
Which? reveals eco-friendly products that can save you £120 on energy bills
More than half of consumers now consider sustainability when buying and using common household appliances, Which? research has found, as it unveils its latest Eco Buy products that can save […]
REVIEW: iRobot Roomba 780 robot vacuum cleaner
The future promised a lot, and while robot butlers and hovercars are still pipe-dreams, robot vacuum cleaners are very much a reality. Hot on the heels of its IFA 2011 unveiling, Tech Digest got to spend some quality time with our very own clean-freak R2D2, the iRobot Roomba 780 vacuum cleaner. Read on to see whether or not it's time to send the Dyson to the dumpster.
The Tech Chair deck chair looks ill-equipped for British summers
Experts from the computer retailer PC World have created this concept of a new breed sun longer; one designed for the modern gadget-dependent consumer.
IEC's vision for home appliance communications: it's good to have a talking washing machine
IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission) has developed a new specification designed to allow various networked home appliances to communicate with one another, and with you. The complicatedly-named Home Network Communication Protocol over IP for Multimedia Household Appliances specification really boils…
