Do we buy a second hand Dyson or a cheaper new vacuum cleaner?

[MillwallShoes]

Has anyone mentioned Henry's well known drug problems?

give him a break ffs that was years ago

 

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i am quite confident you could chuck it down the stairs and henry would carry on he's not bothered.

we did when cleaning holiday homes over the summer, several times.

no problem at all.

Bags are out, totally, the amount of crap my dogs and land surveyor husband bring in I'd need a new one every time I used it.

no you wouldn't.

last week we were doing a couple of post refit house cleans. this was shifting builders dust etc. didn't fill a bag doing both of them.

 

[lizzieloo]

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[lizzieloo]

OMG, bagless upright to bagged cylinder.

*wibble*

 

[two sheds]

I got a Miele cat & dog 700 is a few years old worked really well. Yes it does need the bag emptying after a few vacuums but they're only a couple of quid each and I've anyway never really thought that it's worth hoovering unless you get a bagfull.

I nearly got a Henry last time and think I will when this one goes.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yes but Miele cost a fortune and Henry are reasonably priced.

My Henry's suction is total crap compared to my Miele's

 

[MillwallShoes]

last post - the henry is a feat of enginnering brilliance? why you might ask? because it's so simple. round thing with a big wire attached which is attached to a poll that sucks up stuff. it's a simple as that. no complicated chamber system. no sub wire things that you have to stuff in to the bottom. not things getting trapped anywhere. no complicated stuff. no bollocks.

 

[lizzieloo]

My Henry's suction is total crap compared to my Miele's

Loads of professional cleaner use Henrys

 

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Loads of professional cleaner use Henrys

everywhere i've worked has

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

also because you're basically hoovering with a light pole, it's better than lumbering a great big unit around.

i can actually feel my blood start to boil as i know it is the greatest hoover going and i am annoyed i am having this convo

My lead is much longer on Miele as well. Don't have to unplug at all, which I do with Henry

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Loads of professional cleaner use Henrys

Yes, but they're usually in offices where things don't lay on the carpet long enough to get caught up.

 

[MillwallShoes]

My lead is much longer on Miele as well. Don't have to unplug at all, which I do with Henry

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

give him a break ffs that was years ago

He's married now

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[lizzieloo]

My lead is much longer on Miele as well. Don't have to unplug at all, which I do with Henry

Miele are out really cos of the price

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

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last post - the henry is a feat of enginnering brilliance? why you might ask? because it's so simple. round thing with a big wire attached which is attached to a poll that sucks up stuff. it's a simple as that. no complicated chamber system. no sub wire things that you have to stuff in to the bottom. not things getting trapped anywhere. no complicated stuff. no bollocks.

No tool storage

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Miele are out really cos of the price

Damn, was enjoying the argument

 

[MillwallShoes]

(sudden fear that you buy one on the strength of the argument and it turns out rubbish)...

all i can say really is that henry works for me. small two bed flat with a lot kids biscuit constantly dropping everywhere and a cat who molts.

 

[skyscraper101]

Damn, was enjoying the argument

How comes you have a Miele and a Henry anyway? Do you collect vacuum cleaners?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've also used Henry's brother George, and he's a right pain in the arse. I'm sure there must be better wet vacuums out there

 

[MillwallShoes]

can tell he'd be trouble tbh ^

 

[lizzieloo]

I've got a wet one

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

How comes you have a Miele and a Henry anyway? Do you collect vacuum cleaners?

I had a Dyson as well. Dyson was too heavy for me, so got Henry. Henry suction crap so got Miele. Use both the Henry and Miele now.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've got a wet one

A wet what?

 

[skyscraper101]

I don't even know the brand I currently have having left my lovely Miele in London.

Got it for $30 second hand and boy is it crap. It's convinced my that uprights belong in the last century.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Here's Numatic's full range Lizzie

http://www.numatic.co.uk/products3.aspx?r=4&sr=1

 

[Elvis Parsley]

My ex got a Dyson ooo 15 years ago. I was reading the small print of the instructions and it said you needed a microfilter which had to be changed every year. As I remember they cost about £100 each, which was about the maximum i wanted to pay in total. Is that still true does anyone know?

Washable filter sounds good if you're getting a bagless one. Bags aren't really a problem though as far as i can see it has to go somewhere.

our old one had a washable sponge filter and a replaceable HEPA filter, which i replaced once, for about £12.

that correction was free, the next one will cost you

 

[lizzieloo]

I've also used Henry's brother George, and he's a right pain in the arse. I'm sure there must be better wet vacuums out there

I've got a wet one

A wet what?

 

[two sheds]

that correction was free, the next one will cost you

 

[lizzieloo]

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Is that you twosh?

 

[two sheds]

I still got my own teeth