Dyson? Or a hetty/henry? Or other?

gas4you

I will never entertain another Dyson.

I've had 2 now. An upright and a cylinder version. Both failed after 1 year. Never were fixed properly under warranty, both went to the tip after about 14 months.

For work I use a Henry. A brilliant little friend to have and with a new bag in him, hardly anything can touch him.

At home we now have a Miele. This knocks the spots off anything else we have tried.

wuckfit

I used to have a Dyson. Never again will I buy one. far too easy to pull over and every time it hit the ground it would break more plastic off. Considering the price it was absolutely abysmal value for money. it lasted til I was clearing out my flat, just. held together with tape. I didn't empty it when I'd finshed vacuuming for the last time, just threw it in the bin at the end.

I now have a Henry, and it's been great. In fact I keep the old one from my now-closed shop as a spare.

fluffymuffy

watchthisspace wrote: »

How often would you need to change the bag?

We change Henry's bag about twice a year. And I do vacuum most days.

watchthisspace_2

I'm getting inclined towards a miele however not sure if i can justify the price. How often do those bags need changing? Because obviously the henry bags are much cheaper as stated above!

Does anyone know the newest model of henry/ hetty so i know what to look for?

adrian_bond

hi everyone,

im a part time cleaner as well as a fulltime design engineer. my dad owns / runs a cleaning company with around 75 staff and 200+ contracts. every single contract that requires vacuuming (almost 100%) has a henry. they are cheap, reliable, easy to fix, and have far more power than any dyson.

when i was at university my final design project was to design a backpack vacuum cleaner. i had to do extensive testing on differnet vacuum cleaners and their operations both ergonomically, and technically and design / build / test a solution. dyson vacuum cleaners came bottom in every test due to the low power, clumsy operation and large price tag. its all marketing at the end of the day.

the do look very "space age" wheras the henry looks very 80`s. the dysons bagless technology has been hugely overhyped as the dirt just spins in the chamber making a huge racket. instead of removing the dirt and keeping it in a bag, the majority of small dust that will eventually kill a vacuum collects in one / all of the dysons 13 filters. basically, its got 13 bags and a big chamber that can be seen by the general user as an indication of it removing all the dirt.

its a great concept for what it was originally designed - removing paint particles from the air in a very large paint spraying chamber; but not for removing dust and large dirt etc from all surfaces in a domestic setting.

if you dont have 2 or more flights of stairs to vacuum every day then go for a henry. if you have loads of stairs, then go for a backpack vacuum cleaner definalty. they do the work in half the time and at half the energy expenditure. i have conclusive results if anyone wants them? lol.

personaly, i own a henry. i will never own a dyson until they are good enough, cost less than £100, are strong enough and can have the dirt removed and held within a bag. this wil never happen so i wont! lol. nilfisk also make good ones but are expensive!

hope this helps!

adrian

jamesb1239

HENRY!!!!! sorry for that, I got a Henry a little while ago and would never go back. My son regularly throws him down stairs and the dog pounces on it but it still carries on and does its job well. The bags are quite cheap (you can actually use henry without a bag, but it keeps everything nice and clean when you do, and lowers the amount of allergens released back into the air). You can even stick with the whole moneysaving idea and empty the bags back out through the hole in them that the rubbish goes into (if you dont mind getting dirty).... but most of all.....

How can you resist his little smile looking up at you whilst your cleaning;

Angilion

watchthisspace wrote: »

: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?

As far as I could tell when I looked into it, the only difference between the standard model and the "Extra" model is a different head. I didn't think it was worth the extra £35. It's aimed at hair, but I found the standard head handled hair anyway.

There are other Numatic vacuum cleaners:

http://www.numatic.co.uk/products3.aspx?r=4&sr=1

janex_2

I own a Henry and a Hetty. Have one upstairs and one downstairs. There a really good cleaner. Had a Dyson before, double the price, and in my opinion no better than the Henry.

crystaltips_68

Or how about a James??:p

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NUMATIC-JAMES-VACUUM-CLEANER-240V-YELLOW-MODEL-JVP180_W0QQitemZ350300508508QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Vacuum_Cleaners?hash=item518f89915c

crystaltips_68

Charles?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Numatic-charles-wet-and-dry-Vacuum_W0QQitemZ260545446018QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Vacuum_Cleaners?hash=item3ca9b80082