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At the beginning of November, four new categories of household appliances will be affected by what is called the “repairability index”. David Boeri details in the 19/20 of Thursday, October 20.
From November 4, the number of rated household appliances will practically double. “All top-loading washing machines, all dishwashers, vacuum cleaners and pressure washers will be easier to compare. Always with the same principle: the repairability index goes from 0 to 10. 10 being the best rating, the most easily repairable device, with a color code that goes from red to green“, details David Boerion the set of 19/20, Thursday October 20. Thus, several criteria are taken into account: the accuracy of the technical documentation, the ease of dismantling the device and the availability and price of spare parts to repair it.
This index ahas it already given results? “For now, only France has implemented it. In January 2021, household appliance professionals had drawn up an initial assessment. For porthole washing machines, in just one year, 1,000 references had already been calculated, with an average score of 7.2, which is quite a good result. The manufacturers, which are all large international groups, have generally played the game”continues the journalist. Some have even sometimes revised the design of certain devices so as not to appear as bad students. The number of repairs therefore tends to increase. To know the rating of a device already purchased, you can go to the site mon-index-of-repairability.fr. With the reference of its equipment, you can find all the scores already calculated. They will be updated gradually after November 4.