Service unreliable Dyson or buy new (Henry)?

knithryn

Ever wondered why professional decoraters always seem to have a Henry?
Likewise plasterers, builders, offices etc?

Ours must be at LEAST 10 years old and has seen us through one full house refurb (including picking up large amounts of plaster dust!).
Now it is reduced to trying to keep up with the cat hair. I got an aero brush and agree with the earlier comment about it being good for hair on the surface of the carpet. Once the hair gets worked in a bit you need full suction (ie bag not more than half full) for it to be effective. Or you could vacuum every other day to keep on top of it.
I don't especially LIKE the Henry. It's a vacuum cleaner. It does it's job. And our has lasted a good few years.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Have abandoned the Dyson Animal for a Bosch Move. It cleans so much better than the Dyson, gets all the little bits up, doesn't clog like the Dyson floor brush bar did. Far better. But I would have got the Miele had the Dyson not disintegrated just before Xmas!

rosekitten

finaly having seen myself go through three
Dysons one of which is now standing in the hallway
unused,and I always swear by Miele top spec one
from their range now defunct,none of these have
stood up to the dreaded pet hairs and the repair
on the Miele was so expensive that it was cheaper
to buy a Henry,which I have done it is excellent
and really hard wearing also now they do hepa
filter bags for it so itys every bit as good,well its
proving better than the dysons.

Go for a Henry reallly tough and reliable.

Lady_Tara

I had an upright Dyson and ended up hating it with a passion as it was just too heavy. I've now got a Henry and absolutely love it, wouldn't swap it for anything!

Olliebeak

I 'inherited' my Henry from my work situation - was allowed to keep him when we moved premises 4yrs ago. I've been using him for around 16yrs and he's NEVER let me down - has dealt with dog and cat hairs very easily in the past. I like the really long lead on them and the manual cord rewind.

Ladyshopper

My mum has recently bought a pink hetty - whats the difference between her and henry, does anyone know?

arlybarly

I would go for a Henry everytime as i have used my 2 in my line of work (cleaning) for the last 7 years and they are excellent. The Dyson is bulky and awkward and they do break down a lot and they dont pick up dog hairs as good as the henry. I have 2 german shepherd dogs and 2 cats to vac up after and the henry beats every other vac i have tried hands down plus they are loads cheaper than a lot of vacs xx

arlybarly

Ladyshopper wrote: »

My mum has recently bought a pink hetty - whats the difference between her and henry, does anyone know?

I havused the hetty and henry and no difference in power just the hetty looks more girlie.

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

I've always had Dysons,I say Dysons because I've had 7 of them since everytime one of my three daughters left home or went to uni they took my Dyson and I have had to buy a new one.
The last one I got is so rubbish at picking stuff up even I don't use it and have left it in the back of the cupboard and am using a much cheaper upright Panasonic that has a Turbo brush for stairs ect which is great.
Dysons certainly don't seem to be as good as when they first came out.

charliee_3

after reading this thread i decided to give the dyson one last chance, have booked a service for next week, i am hoping it just needs some TLC and i will fall in love with it.. if not it can go on ebay and hopefully i will get back at least the service cost!!