Bullshitting Brexiteer hypocrite James Dyson to relocate Dyson head office from UK to Singapore

[T & P]

I’ve never owned a Henry, but all the cleaning companies we’ve used at our place over the years have used nothing but them. So they’re probably quite decent.

 

[weltweit]

I’ve never owned a Henry, but all the cleaning companies we’ve used at our place over the years have used nothing but them. So they’re probably quite decent.

I have a Henry but years of using it bagless (on advice from a cleaner) have left it lacking sucktion. I have to vacuum dog hairs so I need plenty of suck. Nothing wrong with a Henry though and I probably could get it refurbished, the factory seems to offer lots of options, but I like the idea of bag and cordless nes.

 

[T & P]

I have a Henry but years of using it bagless (on advice from a cleaner) have left it lacking sucktion. I have to vacuum dog hairs so I need plenty of suck. Nothing wrong with a Henry though and I probably could get it refurbished, the factory seems to offer lots of options, but I like the idea of bag and cordless nes.

My last few vacuum cleaners have been bagless, but it always pissed me of how dust bags weren’t standardised even between models of the same brand, never mind different brands. Pretty much like ink cartridges/toners for printers. If your machine was an older or less popular model, finding replacement bags was a pain in the arse.

 

[Cid]

Bagless are shit. All of them. You have to clean the fuckers out by hand. Get a Miele, they're brilliant and all you have to do is change a bag 2-3 times a year. Less if you're on your own I suppose.

Yeah my mum has a Miele, and they're just good. My Hoover handheld vac was, in fact, hers, but she went back to corded/bag. Personally don't find handheld bagless too much of a faff, but it is an extra thing to do, with potential of disaster. The Miele dog hair specific ones are supposed to be excellent, expensive, but not far off Dyson handheld prices.

Another thing to remember about handheld - they will always have several power modes; you will always use the boost mode and their battery life statements are always based on eco mode. Also I still have a henry, and will use that if I'm doing a proper clean.

 

[Dogsauce]

I once bought a box of eighty Henry bags from Costco because it worked out super cheap, then realised that at my annual usage rate of about two per year that there will probably be some left to pass down to my kids on my death.

 

[two sheds]

Yeah my mum has a Miele, and they're just good. My Hoover handheld vac was, in fact, hers, but she went back to corded/bag. Personally don't find handheld bagless too much of a faff, but it is an extra thing to do, with potential of disaster. The Miele dog hair specific ones are supposed to be excellent, expensive, but not far off Dyson handheld prices.

Another thing to remember about handheld - they will always have several power modes; you will always use the boost mode and their battery life statements are always based on eco mode. Also I still have a henry, and will use that if I'm doing a proper clean.

I had a Miele cat & dog which was great for several years. When it died I got another, but the filter started popping out which fucked the suction. I contacted Miele who were uninterested which I thought was shit of them.

I was given an ancient upright VAX bagless now which seems indestructible. I also got a few accessories at very reasonable prices which surprised me for such an old one. No problem with bagless - you just empty the thing.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Unpacked a brand new Henry this morning. Blimey, it’s one hell of a step up from the cheap crappy thing I had before. My carpet is a different colour

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Unpacked a brand new Henry this morning. Blimey, it’s one hell of a step up from the cheap crappy thing I had before. My carpet is a different colour

Fucking excellent at hoovering up spiders and other undesirables too.

 

[maomao]

Another thing to remember about handheld - they will always have several power modes; you will always use the boost mode and their battery life statements are always based on eco mode. Also I still have a henry, and will use that if I'm doing a proper clean.

The Miele is the only hoover I've ever had where I turn it down sometimes. You can also buy a cheaper model and upgrade by putting the dog hair filters in.

No problem with bagless - you just empty the thing.

Outside, releasing a massive cloud of dust. Also, the bagless one that I had for longest had an odd folded paper main filter that needed to be washed every few months and took a couple of days outside in warm weather to dry. This may not be a universal feature of bagless vacuums though.

 

[Pickman's model]

Fucking excellent at hoovering up spiders and other undesirables too.

it's not the spiders you should worry about, they'll keep coming as long as there's prey to eat in your house. let the spiders do their thing, they'll go when they've killed and eaten all the things you really don't want in your house

 

[Supine]

Fucking excellent at hoovering up spiders and other undesirables too.

It can’t hover up a whole anarchist, i’ve tried

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

it's not the spiders you should worry about, they'll keep coming as long as there's prey to eat in your house. let the spiders do their thing, they'll go when they've killed and eaten all the things you really don't want in your house

Bit extreme, we usually find that just turning out the lights encourages Spymaster to leave.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Fucking excellent at hoovering up spiders and other undesirables too.

 

[iona]

Henrys are indestructible, I've set the work one on fire at least twice now and it still works fine after you've unplugged it and waited for the smoke to stop

 

[Cid]

My only problem with Henrys is they're a bit annoying to store, and don't have the consumer-friendly features of stuff like Miele (pedal retractable cables, storage of nozzles in body etc).

 

[iona]

My only problem with Henrys is they're a bit annoying to store, and don't have the consumer-friendly features of stuff like Miele (pedal retractable cables, storage of nozzles in body etc).

Lots of them have nozzle storage bits

 

[maomao]

Henrys are indestructible, I've set the work one on fire at least twice now and it still works fine after you've unplugged it and waited for the smoke to stop

I have a Charles (like Henry but blue and can hoover up water) that got a bit of a blockage once, popped and never worked again. Numatic weren't interested.

 

[pesh]

we had a Henry that couldn't hoover up water that we used to hoover up a fairly large amount of water, he tripped the mains power breaker but was fine once he'd dried out.

 

[NoXion]

Are Henry hoovers still good though? Because I remember hearing that the company which made them got bought out by a bunch of vulture capitalist cunts, who trade on the good reputation of a known brand while simultaneously asset-stripping the company to hell and back.

 

[Joe Chi Min]

we had a Henry that couldn't hoover up water that we used to hoover up a fairly large amount of water, he tripped the mains power breaker but was fine once he'd dried out.

Any builder worth their salt would have had a Henry in their van from when I was jobbing in that game

 

[spitfire]

Are Henry hoovers still good though? Because I remember hearing that the company which made them got bought out by a bunch of vulture capitalist cunts, who trade on the good reputation of a known brand while simultaneously asset-stripping the company to hell and back.

Still owned by the original guy I think. There was an article in the Graun last year but I can't find it.

He's a bit Brexity too but not rabidly so.

The incredible story of Somerset's 'accidental icon' Henry

Millions of Henrys are made every year in Chard as the local firm behind the lovable character continues to expand

www.somersetlive.co.uk

 

[NoXion]

Still owned by the opriginal guy I think.

Fair enough, maybe it was a different brand that thing happened to. As a customer it's really frustrating when it happens to a brand I've previously relied on to deliver a good quality product or service.

 

[The39thStep]

Still owned by the original guy I think. There was an article in the Graun last year but I can't find it.

He's a bit Brexity too but not rabidly so.

The incredible story of Somerset's 'accidental icon' Henry

Millions of Henrys are made every year in Chard as the local firm behind the lovable character continues to expand

www.somersetlive.co.uk

There's a link in the above article to the Guardian one but here it is Sucks to be him! How Henry the vacuum cleaner became an accidental design icon

 

[DotCommunist]

I've had the yellow James model for best part of a decade and its still going strong. They refuse to die ime. Fully unionised workforce too. GMB I think.

 

[elbows]

Lost libel claim:

Sir James Dyson loses libel claim against Daily Mirror publisher

The inventor was suing the newspaper for libel over an article published in January 2022.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Sasaferrato]

Lost libel claim:

Sir James Dyson loses libel claim against Daily Mirror publisher

The inventor was suing the newspaper for libel over an article published in January 2022.

www.bbc.co.uk

Excellent.

 

[BusLanes]

Lost libel claim:

Sir James Dyson loses libel claim against Daily Mirror publisher

The inventor was suing the newspaper for libel over an article published in January 2022.

www.bbc.co.uk

Hurt feelings didn't win him his case?

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

Well that sucks.


Unlike his vacuum cleaners.

 

[weltweit]

My Henry is back in bagless operation and is doing fine.

Cleaned up loads of dog hairs last week.

It sucks!

 

[equationgirl]

Lost libel claim:

Sir James Dyson loses libel claim against Daily Mirror publisher

The inventor was suing the newspaper for libel over an article published in January 2022.

www.bbc.co.uk

Oh dear how very sad never mind