Dyson? Or a hetty/henry? Or other?

penrhyn

Crevice tool, oo-er missus!

watchthisspace_2

penrhyn wrote: »

Crevice tool, oo-er missus!

that's it thanks! The miele seems like it would be high maintainance that is the bags are expensive! What is the suction like? Oh, plus they are a little pricey

Angilion

busiscoming2 wrote: »

Although I personally have never owned a Dyson, when I used to be a cleaner lots of my clients had them and consequently I would never have one. When my Hoover goes to vacuum heaven I shall probably get a Henry or Hetty, need to look into whether they are basically the same thing.
The good thing about the Henry is the long cable and metal pipes. IMHO.
I have a Hoover Aquajet which I have had for 15years now and is very good (long cable and metal pipes).
Hope you find what you want.

Hetty is Henry in pink with a different face painted on it. They're the same product, just different in appearance for marketing reasons. I checked Numatic's website to confirm this.

There are different models of Henry and Hetty, but the Henry and Hetty versions of each model are identical other than colour and decoration.

Angilion

watchthisspace wrote: »

Angilion- I have the same thoughts as you initially, they seem old school, they are bagged. So I'm glad to see they won you over! :T

How often would you need to change the bag? I only have a little two bed house to hoover but would use it everyday. I remember my mum had one when I was a child for over 10 years!

Also do the henrys come with the little extra bit, sorry don't no what it's called, i think it's ment for corners! I tend to end up using that on the thick carpet to get all the bits out that are 'stuck!'

I hardly ever change the bag on my Henry. They're very large, several times the size of normal vacuum cleaner bags. Henry is developed as a commerical cleaner, for cleaning acres of business premises. Besides, at 50p a bag who cares?

The standard Henry comes with a variety of tools. Main head, small head, brush, crevice tool, maybe some more I've forgotten. The brush or the crevice tool will do for corners, although I've found that the main head does a decent job on standard right-angled corners. I only use the main head and the small head for my mattress. The main head would do that too, but I wanted to keep one head for my mattress only so I wouldn't be using the same head that I use on the floor. I use the brush sometimes for dusting skirting boards - that gets the job done quickly.

watchthisspace_2

http://www.very.co.uk/rf/vry/p.do/appliances/vacuum-cleaners/hetty-1200-watt-autosave-tank-cleaner?Nao=0&groupId=667684988&Nu=this_product&SNtk=&Np=1&SN=153+4294955440&Ntt=667684988&D=667684988&Ntk=group_search&Dx=mode%2bmatchall&thisprod=538991599&N=153+4294955440&Nty=1&Mis_item_id=15&Mis_item_loc_id=1&product=538991599&pageSize=100&selectedImg=A011_SP299_11_PB932.jpg

Is this okay?

Angilion

I agree with penrhyn about Miele, by the way. They are top dog for domestic vacuum cleaners, better than Henry. It's just that I don't think they're better than Henry by enough to offset the difference in price and running costs.

Angilion

watchthisspace wrote: »

Is this okay?

That's the standard model. £90 is a good price. You might be able to get it a bit cheaper shopping around, but take delivery cost into account. It might be cheaper to buy it in the high street. It's £100 at Argos, for example.

cally1_2

I have a Henry and will get another if he ever dies.

watchthisspace_2

Angilion wrote: »

That's the standard model. £90 is a good price. You might be able to get it a bit cheaper shopping around, but take delivery cost into account. It might be cheaper to buy it in the high street. It's £100 at Argos, for example.

:T what is the better model then? Sorry for all the questions, I just really want to make the right choice. Will the suction on the standard be strong?

penrhyn

watchthisspace wrote: »

that's it thanks! The miele seems like it would be high maintainance that is the bags are expensive! What is the suction like? Oh, plus they are a little pricey

All I compare it with is my old Dyson and its certainly more powerful than that one, the speed of the motor is adjustable, maximum being 2.2 Kilowatts, at that power the turbo brushes, you get two are really motoring.
Yes it is expensive as are the bags, but they have about 9 layers of filtration and there is also an active carbon filter to remove animal smells ( of course if you don't have pets you don't need this spec), I guess its a German thing!
Link to the Meile website:- http://www.miele.co.uk/vacuum-cleaners/s5/catdogturbo5000/