I really don't see anything in these cleaners that justifies the price tag. They're absolutely unremarkable.

Vince finally understands why moulded plugs are bad. We have a box of new mains plugs at my local repair cafe for a bloody good reason.

A tip that often works for me (because I have an Android phone). Take a good photo of the item, you want to identify and then use Google Lens to find similar pictures. These finds will mostly appear in a context with the needed information. I was told iPhone has something similar, but cannot tell for sure.👍

When you were demonstrating the working vacuums at the end of the video, all I could hear in my head was 'I want to break free'

To closing the hole on the power plug: Up to now I have used 2 variants: a) If you take away the outer isolation of a cable for getting to the inner cables, I have just cut this open along the side, then used a part to surround the cables and screwing that into the strain relief. Or b) just encircled the cable with about 6 rounds of electrical tape (that one that is used for isolating) and screwed that into the strain relief.

I fixed a cheap vacuum cleaner switch once to get it working..bypassed it if i recall correctly..since those days 3 decades ago..i find it easier and lazier to just wait till the tenants change and clear out the old flats..because when they move in they dump previous tenants garbage tech..i get free computers (up to about 8 so far) ..monitors/TVs/ Laptops/ vacuum cleaners (4 so far) lamps/ microwaves..list goes on and on.. i ignore kettles ordinary toasters clothes etc..got one of those toasty grill sandwich makers and a slow cook pot..almost everything i collect from the bins or beside the communal bins works fine..even got a girls school bag with hundreds of pens and pencils and case rulers rubbers etc..entire stationary shop worth..I'm your original dumpster diver before internet and KZfaq channels were popular..i was the Scavenger..should be my "Marvel Superhero" nickname..no just my Nickname..could've been be "Junkie" but that has illegal connotations..so no not that..the Scavvy haha

Vince it maybe when the plug is wound back in the shock of it when it hits the body of the vacuum it's the shock of it that pulls the wire apart. They should put a stran ball on the wire. Good video keep them coming. 👍👍👍👍👍

My nearly 50 year old Kirby direct-drive, metal tank laughs at these plastic, disposable vacs. Given enough time, it could probably crunch them up and clean up the mess. It also has so many attachments it makes a man dizzy - even a carpet shampooer which works great!

It's the automatic cable return when the plug hits the vacuum

When you clean a vacuum, you become the vacuum cleaner. Similarly, if you tend your chickens, you are a chicken tender...

I believe the 5V little power supply circuit in the handle driven by that OB2222N chip is actually a non-isolated power supply. Buck converter circuits are often non-isolated. they are the same type you see on circuit boards with lots of power rails everywhere, ones that take a DC input then convert that to a lower voltage to use on that part the board.

I have bought the strain reliefs many times and they are called cable boots.

My apologies if you mention this later but I am typing this while watching. Uk plugs are designed specifically so that if the cord is tugged the live disengages first. It is also why when correctly wired the live lead is the shortest. I believe the wire is breaking on these when the cord is retracted, most of us will put a foot on the button and allow the cable to wind it's way in until the plug slams into the 'hoover'. I think they should mould a stopper a few inches before the plug to stop it retracting fully inside the device.

Vince, haven't you got a voltage tester pen ?

Man cleaning a rabbit cage with a $500 vacuum. If i bought a $500 vacuum i wouldnt even vacuum with it. Id just set it in the corner and look at it lol.

The first vacuum cleaner probably has a latching switch instead of a button.

Well done finding where the cable broke. A trick I learned back in the day which works if the live wire is broken somewhere along it's length is to use a Fluke no contact volt stick( or cheap equivalent). Just run it along the length of the wire until it stops glowing. You can find the break without cutting in no time flat.

There are quite a few countries that use the G type of mains plug like we use here in the UK. Various countries in Africa, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Cyprus, Ireland, maybe even a couple more. Ironically it is one of the features of our plugs that make them prone to fail when used with vacuum cleaners and other portable tools - the fact that they are not easy to pull out of the socket, so over time, with plenty of tugs, the wires break at the plug. Another downside of them not pulling out of the socket easily is cords can be more of a trip hazard, with a 2 pin design like north America uses if you catch a cord with your foot it will easily pull straight out of the socket. With our plugs your more likely to trip over, or pull the device the cord is connected to off of whatever it was sitting on. But with regards to these plugs, and how they are failing, they are doing exactly what the specs for a G type plug call for - the live wire being the first to pull out if the cable is pulled too hard. They are doing what the regulations say they should do. But it does seem that this design of plug is failing much easier than it should do. The strain relief seems very poor, they are relying on the bond between the plastic of the plug and the outer sheaf of the cable only. With the old clamp down style of strain relief the inner cores were also held tight.

just a piece of information, if you measure a resistor in circuit and it reads more than its stated value, its usually blown

I too noticed the problem with 13amp plugs. I was swapping over a variety of things, xmas lights, cheap heat gun and soldering iron, that came with euro twio pin plugs and skinny wires..I, detest the two pin adapters that always seem to get misplaced. I bought some plugs from amazon that already had the short strain relief pipe. Like yourself I was still unhappy so resorted to building up the diameter of the cable with a length of sheathing from an old rubberised extension cable. Covered this with heat shrink tube snd finished off with more heat shrink over the cable and the strain relief.