Henry vacuum cleaner

pineapple

My Sebo needs bits and pieces and an overhaul. Might as well get a new vac. Had a Miele before which I prefer. That said doing a house renovation at present and every single tradesman has used a Henry. So just wondering whether to get one of those as opposed to an expensive Miele? Especially as my home will be a building site for many months and tbh I'm a bit heavy handed with vacs. What is the Henry like on pet hairs? I would probably pay extra to get the turbo brush attachment. Still half the price of the Miele, cheaper bags and possible more able to withstand the coming months.
Cheers

SplanK

We have a Hetty (same as a Henny but pink!) and its good and tough. Nothing fancy to go wrong with them and bags are fairly cheap if you order them in bulk.


Downside is they don't have a beater bar to beat the carpet piles so just rely on suction power. They do sell a beater bar attatchment but don't have one and to be honest, with it relying on the suction power, I don't see how they can be of benefit.


As for pet hair, my MIL has one but she more or less has laminate flooring all the way through the house so its easier for non-beater bar machine to tackle.


If you are going to be taking on a decent amount of builders rubble, then the bag will clog up with dust reasonably quickly. I re-grouted a shower cubical and used the Hetty to suck up the dust. That bag didn't last much longer before suction was reduced but it did the trick (Saying that, I don't think many bags, or even bagless systems with filters would cope much with very fine dust like that), but will easily take large chunks of plaster or other associated building material.

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You can use it without a bag for heavy duty dirt.

DigForVictory

We snagged a vax in their sale, with a wash & drier option. In one rig, it'll vacuum up small rubble, in another it'll suck finer stuff into the bag provided & then we flip to wash mode & wash & dry the carpet. Again, no beater bar but a vacuum to be pleased with so long as you empty it every time it runs out of puff...
If you've builders incoming, get a cheap Vax or Henry (if he washes?) & a cheap kettle, & plan to replace them after the invasion has retreated with nicer tools?!

Furts

I have used a couple of Karchers for building site work. The advantage with these are they can be operated as a bagless vacuum. However that is the theory - in reality this wrecks them and the overall quality is grim. Avoid them!

When it comes to customer support, and spare parts, Karcher redefine any concept of cr-p service. Thoroughly nasty people at their headquarters, so take this as a warning!

tony6403

I bought a Karcher vac for use in my workshop . It was very disappointing and packed up not long after the guarantee ran out.
The Wickes wet and dry which I bought to replace it has been far better but it needs frequent emptying/filter de-dusting to keep up the suction.
Overall : good for the price.

Risteard

I use a 110V Hilti hoover.

CKdesigner

Hi Pineapple

If you weren't havingbuilding work done then my advice would be quite simple. If your current vacuum is a Sebo and your previous was a Miele and you preferred that then don't mess around get another Miele! A Henry is a fine, relatively cheap vacuum cleaner, if it were a car it would without doubt be an original Landrover, very robust and can take on pretty much anything, but there is no refinement. Where as a Miele is like a Mercedes saloon, quiet and virtually effortlessly does the job.

Certainly your impending building works gives more substance to the argument in favour of the Henry but to be fair the Miele would still be fine just remember to change the bags and filters regularly. And if your Sebo is still basically going use this still for the really horrible stuff.

Good luck with this and your project.

CK

YORKSHIRELASS

We had various types of vacuum cleaners before buying our Henry. I love it. It's simple and it works. It has also coped well with the mess of fitting our new bathroom and kitchen.

And yes it deals with dog hairs better than any other hoover I have had.

Mocha61

I bought my daughter a Hetty recently, she was having internal walls etc removed and there was lots of rubble and dust, it works very well, she had a Dyson which unfortunately broke, replacement was expensive so she had a Hetty and that is more robust.

lstar337

CKdesigner wrote: »

A Henry is a fine, relatively cheap vacuum cleaner, if it were a car it would without doubt be an original Landrover, very robust and can take on pretty much anything, but there is no refinement. Where as a Miele is like a Mercedes saloon, quiet and virtually effortlessly does the job.

Have you used a modern Henry? When I bought ours and used it for the first time, I was shocked at how quiet it was!

I always remember having to virtually scream at my mum to get her attention while using her Henry, but I can talk normally with my OH when she is using our modern version. It is also very light!

I think people class a Henry as unsophisticated because all the little mods and improvements are subtle and under the hood, rather than flashy bits of bright plastic that snap off after 4 minutes use. It may have the same cheeky retro looks, but it's a different animal underneath.