Urgent help please- live Henry vivisection thread

[PlanktonsComputerWife]

Help! Cleaning for an elderly family member who's in a bad way in hospital, using his Henry which is far livelier than my hoover (tbh I'm impressed) and I accidentally sucked up a prize ribbon he had tied to a wall ornament. I have no idea how to retrieve it. Could someone please point me to where in this contraption the sucked up stuff will be and how to get to it? And please no posts about how Hoovers are full of baby tarantulas, I can't take it.😬

I'll give that a go... oh, it unscrews. Thanks!

Was it there? If not, you can take the filter off (which is the bit with the criss cross on top) and you will find bag underneath. Just pull the bag off the pipe bit and rummage around. It's very simple mechanics in a Henry! Dh sucked up one of my socks the other day and I made him get it out! Out was in the bag.

Take the bit with the crossed white ribbon out of the hoover- it just lifts out. Then you'll find the bag. The bag slides off the hoover hose attachment pipe. Split open the bag and thats where your ribbon will be.

If you really cant work it out, let me know and I will dissect my Henry for you

It’ll either be in the hose or the bag - the bag is just under the filter (lift up filter, you’ll see it). You might have to rip up the bag to get into it.

This is why I love Henry - it’s not a complicated machine.

Thanks, you're all brilliant! It was in the bag, which I probably out to have discovered but was worried about hurting Henry- so the instructions really helped. So simple in the end.

Also, I am def going to get one of these. The suction is 1000x better than my ££££ hoover.

And the ribbon is back in place, I won't vacuum within a foot of it again

Well done. Definitely buy your own Henry. Every household needs one.

"cheating on Henry" - there's definitely a country n western song in there!

I have just asked for a Henry for Christmas. A hoover. DH clearly thinks it's a Trap.

I ♥️ Henry

#notevenembarassed

I've considered cheating on Henry quite a few times with someone leaner and more handsome. He's rather on the heavy side and he's not the most attractive, is he? So far I've stuck it out as no one had caught my eye to that extent.... But I do keep an eye open!

I would feel bad for your Henry, but I suspect he's quite secure in the knowledge you'll never find anyone better.

Smug bastard.

I have been repeatedly seduced by upright hoovers that look sleek and don't really work so I end up going back over the area with a brush and shovel.

And here all along my dear old FIL has been living the life of Riley with Henry...

He's getting in a bit too. Had him more than 10 years. He'd better not get too complacent!