A(nother) new Chinese brand of home electronics launches, with a company name apparently based on a portmanteau word intended to encapsulate the core functionality of its products, kind of like a headphone company calling itself EarsMusic.

As it turns out, Vactidy is actually a sub-brand of the more established parent company Proscenic, a number of whose own-brand vacuum cleaners we have previously enjoyed.

Not that there's an awful lot to distinguish Vactidy products from those of Proscenic. Vactidy's Nimble T6 robot vacuum cleaner, for example, looks an awful lot like Proscenic's 850T robot vacuum cleaner and its cordless stick vacuums also clearly share design genes.

Vactidy V8 Blitz Inline 1

Image credit: Vactidy

With a name as specific as Vactidy, at least, we have to assume it's not going to also...