Henry Hoovers

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Hi, just wondering if anyone rates the Henry hoover. I had one and gave it away and am wondering if I did the right thing.


I did have a big Dyson but it was too clumsy so when I moved home I decided to get a new hoover, my friend bought a Henry and said it was good so I got one. I found it cleaned OK but it got a bind dragging it around, it kept getting stuck round the doors and the tubes kept pulling apart, I also found it a faff to store with the long tubes. The thing I did like about it though was the long hose, I didn't have to keep unplugging it when moving to another room.


I then gave Henry away and got a Panasonic bagged upright which I once had years ago but it wouldn't work on hard floors, the hose was far too short and the hoover tools were rubbish so I gave that away and bought a small Dyson that I saw at a reasonable price in John Lewis and have had that ever since. But it does keep clogging up, I have to unplug it when moving to another room and sometimes it doesn't seem to pick bits up. I have two cats and its not very good with picking up their hairs.


I have heard they have brought out a newer lighter version of Henry with an attachment for pet hair and I am tempted but don't want to make another mistake. I live in a one bedroom flat and do have a cubby hole area for storage but don't want to the Henry to take up much space and be a faff to store, the small Dyson is easy to store but I must admit a faff to use, even without the bags, I find empty the cylinder is a dusty messy experience.


Sorry for the long post but would be grateful for your views.

Emuchops

My partner is a bit of a vacuuming addict so ours get a fair bit of 'stick'. We have a mix of slate floors, wooden floors and rugs so it's got to be able to tackle all surfaces and we also have 4 dogs, so much fur to be sucked up.
We have got through several makes- Bissell, AEG etc. Dyson didn't last long at all-all the plastic 'bit's' started breaking and dropping off. The Henry, however, has outlasted them all. I think it's a very good product.

baconandcabbage

Henry all the way have had Vax (Rubbish) and a dyson we got a henry it really is the best hoover. My mum replaced her original red one with the pink hetty one (lasted about a year) and it was rubbish she went back to the original red Henry i know they are the 'same' hoover but the red one is the best

roddydogs

As you say, the problem with Henry is its bulky & heavy, apart from that its great.
Its not a Hoover which is a brand name.

boultdj

The henry every time, they were origonaly designed for use in hospital's and were the first hoover's to have 'hepa' fillter's to catch more dust.[we use 'em at work, which is a nursing home]

Stephb1986_2

We have an older Henry, I hate the thing it stinks and a pig to push around!

We have a Vax too but it's currently stuck behind the new bathroom suite in the living room which I love it's dead easy to push around.

Steph xx

Lilyplonk

When my Henry 'pongs a bit' it usually means that the filter needs changing ........ I also drop a 'Glade Vaccuum Cleaner Freshener' into the bag when I change it.

He's around 24yrs old now and was used for cleaning 'communal areas' of a Sheltered Scheme for 16yrs before I 'adopted him' when my Sheltered Scheme was rebuilt with no communal areas.

Stephb1986_2

Lilyplonk wrote: »

When my Henry 'pongs a bit' it usually means that the filter needs changing ........ I also drop a 'Glade Vaccuum Cleaner Freshener' into the bag when I change it.

He's around 24yrs old now and was used for cleaning 'communal areas' of a Sheltered Scheme for 16yrs before I 'adopted him' when my Sheltered Scheme was rebuilt with no communal areas.

Thank you I will try that it's my husbands hoover I've only just moved in and found that Henry was making a bad smell lol

GreyQueen

I'm an unabashed fan of the Henry and hate Dysons - ugly creatures.

In general terms, canister cleaners are reckoned to be better if you have a lot of hard floors, and uprights if you have a lot of carpetting. I have a very small flat with no carpets, just a few rugs. The rest of the womenfolk in the extended family have followed me into Henry-ownership and are all highly satisfied, using them in several houses and bungalows with a lot of carpet.

Vacuuming in general is a tedious task and door-bumps are always going to be a risk. You're supposed to lift cannister vacs, not drag them across the floor by the hose, which eliminates door-bumping in my experience. And wear-and-tear on the hose, naturally.

My Henry lives in a very small hall cupboard, which is 13 in deep and 20 inches wide and also holds an ironing board. I keep the hose permanantly attached to the vac, and have a piece of 2 x 1 wood screwed to the back wall of the cupboard. On this wood there are two large tool clips, one at the horizontal which holds the steel tubular part of the hose. This is detached from the rest of the hose just below the bit with the bend in it, and clips onto the wood and is held hanging clear of the floor.

There is a second tool clip about 3 inches to the right of the first, mounted at 45 degrees, and this one holds the rest of the metal part of the hose.

This means that the black ribby plastic hose is still attached to that second bit, and to the tub part of Henry, and it coils neatly onto the top of the vac.

Like I say, the whole cupboard is only 13 inches deep by 20 wide, and holds Henry and the ironing board neatly. I've been using this rig for 8 years now (have had the Henry for about 15 years) with no probs and it takes seconds to get it out and put it away again.

Henry vacs are the preferred cleaner of professionals, are about the only cleaner you will ever see in the hands of tradesmen, are virtually indestructable, have very little to go wrong with them, and aren't overpriced.

Plus they have big eyes and a cheeky grin, which makes the tedium of vacuuming a little less unpleasant. What's not to like?

Steph, you can take the circular cloth filter out of the Henry and wash it in the sink with ordinary laundry detergent. Rinse and dry well before re-assembly, naturally. That, and a new bag, plus you can bath the plastic bit of the Henry, the one with the wheels on it, and it should be as good as new and definately pong-less.

System

Ive got three vacuums. Two uprights and one Henry. Henry is absolutely useless for dog hairs and hubby keeps it down the shed to clean the car out. I would imagine it would be great if you have wooden/tiled floors though as ive seen them used a lot in pet shops.

Emm-in-a-pickle

I wouldn`t swap my Henry for anything else. I`ve had several other vacuum cleaners and Henry is by far the best.
Ours is a very messy hairy house - 2 dogs, 1 cat, plus 2 long-haired humans (me & DGD). Laminate floors downstairs, carpet upstairs. Henry does it all with the least faff.