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Henry hoovers

49 replies

coalscuttle · 08/09/2014 20:11

Are they really good? I have mainly hard floors but am fed up with rubbish dyson. All the corners and edges of my rooms are full of dust and dog hair! What I really want is another Miele but can't afford it and a Henry seems a good alternative?

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ThursdayLast · 08/09/2014 21:32

Best hoover I ever used was a vac-pac in NZ. For hotel stairs.
Looked like a right tool but was v convenient.

ThursdayLast · 08/09/2014 21:33

I hoover.
I was being MN correct Grin

bryte · 08/09/2014 21:43

I hoover and Vacuum.

bonzo77 · 08/09/2014 21:43

i love henry. I know he falls over and gets stuck round corners. But he's so handsome and sucky. And has such a very very long cord and hose that I can do the whole house from just 2 sockets. And the stairs top to bottom. He's a babe, like my 4th child, after the DSs and the cat.

Haribotangfastic · 08/09/2014 22:45

I love my Hetty. She's lovely and pink and always does a great job. I tell her off when she falls over though Wink

Kundry · 08/09/2014 22:47

I love Henry. When Henry I died after 14 years of faithful service I didn't even bother researching other hoovers, it was always going to be another Henry.

The Dysons I had while renting however were universally weedy, pathetic and dusty looking.

Henry and Hetty forever.

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coalscuttle · 09/09/2014 00:19

We'll hank you all for your opinions, and I have ordered a yellow one!
Grin I can't bear the awful upright dyson any longer...

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FlatCapAndAWhippet · 09/09/2014 04:02

I just don't get the love of Henrys. Heavy. Fall over. Get stuck. Awful to store. Rubbish suction on low setting, ok on high. Miele far superior.

kiwiscantfly · 09/09/2014 04:12

I love Henry Hoover! I always imagine that he has a northern accent. And yes I think it's awesome for hoovering even though he does get stuck around corners.

DontForgetTheLightAlesLawrence · 09/09/2014 05:19

I love my Henry. Best vacuum cleaner I've EVER had (and I've had a few Wink).

WhoMovedMyVuvuzela · 09/09/2014 12:06

Henry is good for the price IMO, if I had more money and older DC's I'd get a Sebo or a Miele. I wouldn't buy either just now in case we wrecked it. My Mum has a Sebo which I don't like using because I get hoover envy, it's light, quiet and has a nice neat telescopic hose.

All the time that I have food, ash, soil, craft stuff hama beads and loom bands to suck up I'm happy with the Henry, it does stay on the high setting all the time and I've bought the carpet beater attachment.

paulapantsdown · 09/09/2014 12:08

I cannot express in words how much I HATE my Henry.

TortoiseshellSpecs · 09/09/2014 12:34

I didn't even realise he had a "low" setting. He is always on full suck in my house.

FlatCapAndAWhippet · 10/09/2014 02:46

Nope, used Henry again today on a huge house clean, thought about you lovers.....
I remain a hater! AWFUL :-D

IneedAwittierNickname · 10/09/2014 03:19

I love my Hetty. She fits in the under stairs cupboard much better than my upright ever did, and I find it easier to carry upstairs too. Confused
Plus she's pink, what's not to love? Grin

ScrambledEggAndToast · 10/09/2014 06:13

Love my Henry. I have had more expensive ones in the past, Dyson's etc but they have all turned out a bit rubbish is comparison.

pebblestack · 10/09/2014 06:29

I'm a hater too, despite the cheery smile. Suction no better than any other Hoover I've had. No clip-on tools so you have to stop and fetch them (that really annoyed me). Cumbersome and clumsy. And the tube used to fall off the main attachment at random times. I sold him to a bloke who was doing a lot of renovation work.
Miles are MILES better in every way.

pebblestack · 10/09/2014 06:30

Miele* Grin

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coalscuttle · 10/09/2014 23:11

Sadly i can't afford a Miele at the moment! However Henry came today and I love him! He has got up all the crap the dyson didn't touch, quiet enough to have a conversation over the top of him, and the cable idling enough for me not to have to keep moving the plug to different sockets!

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Kittymautz · 12/09/2014 23:36

I've had my Henry nearly 20 years and he's still going strong. Years of cat hair, and several loads of brick and plaster dust haven't broken him.

I was once on the phone to a friend when her doorbell rang and she went to let in the Dyson repairman, apparently it wa the third time she'd had to call him out. I wa really surprised as I thought Dysons were meant to be so great, and my Henry has never needed repairing.

Davros · 13/09/2014 16:58

Which Henry's are the ones that suck up liquid? A friend's DS flooded their bathroom once and friendly builder told her to Hoover up the water with her Henry, which she did and it worked a treat

lanbro · 13/09/2014 17:07

We use them at our car valeting business, wouldn't have anything else. They last for ages too, certainly worth the money. I have a Dyson at home, rubbish, and am now confused as to why I don't have a Henry....doh!

rabbit123 · 17/09/2014 19:12

We have 2 Sebo's and a Henry at home. Henry came with us from the last house, which was mostly hard floors. Our new house is nearly all carpet.

Henry's are great vacs - very reliable, hard wearing with strong suction. the bags are absolutely enormous too and last for ages. They are brilliant if you've got bare floors and lots of nooks and crannies. If you've got mostly carpet, I wouldn't recommend them. Henry's were designed for commercial use on that really flat, glued down office style carpet, so they're not great on thicker carpets.

If you have a mixture of carpets and hard floors, it would be worth getting the Henry Xtra, which comes with an air driven turbo brush to use on carpets.

I would highly recommend Sebo uprights for use on carpets.

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