Dyson vs. Henry

Poll: Dyson vs. Henry

Total Members Polled: 317

Dyson: 38%
Henry: 62%
Author
Discussion

Legacywr

12,017 posts

187 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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Dyson hand driers.. WTF? You can't get your hands in them without touching the sides!

Laurel Green

30,770 posts

231 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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Stu R said:
Henry are utterly crap. Rubbish suction,
Crap? I had to replace the nails in my floorboards with screws, as the Henry kept sucking the nails right out of the boards.

The above might be an exaggeration. But, as I said in my previous post; I have both and the Dyson no longer gets used. Different with pet-hairs maybe, but for that would say an upright would be best.

silvagod

1,052 posts

159 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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Seeing all the comments relating to Dysons at the tip, reminded me of the last time I visited our local 'recycling centre' The guys there loved Dysons. Their reasons were that loads of them came in, they could negotiate with the owners to hand them over outside the gates (they are not allowed to take anything inside) then get spares, fix them and sell them at the local boot sales.

So either Dysons are really crap (my opinion) or they have a short life but are easily fixable. Whichever it is, their marketing works wonders as they are one of the biggest sellers.

RichB

51,435 posts

283 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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Henry in the garage, Sebo for the house.

scotal

8,751 posts

278 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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smileymikey said:
you can stick your duel cyclone technology where the sun doesn't shine Mr Dyson.....although the sun does shine at your Malaysian production plant that you moved your company to......shortly after complaining that UK business's don't reinvest for the future....tosser!!!
Which in itself is a very good reason not to buy one.

Miele here, it is the vacuuming 'nads. Not not for vacuuming 'nads....that would hurt.

blueg33

35,590 posts

223 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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Laurel Green said:
Crap? I had to replace the nails in my floorboards with screws, as the Henry kept sucking the nails right out of the boards.

The above might be an exaggeration. But, as I said in my previous post; I have both and the Dyson no longer gets used. Different with pet-hairs maybe, but for that would say an upright would be best.
Miele is good at pet hairs - ours has rotating brush attachments similar to an upright

Legacywr

12,017 posts

187 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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As stated before, one of the things with the Dyson is that most people dont clean the filter properly, as I found out after calling the service engineer out.....

Rollin

6,077 posts

244 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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silvagod said:
Seeing all the comments relating to Dysons at the tip, reminded me of the last time I visited our local 'recycling centre' The guys there loved Dysons. Their reasons were that loads of them came in, they could negotiate with the owners to hand them over outside the gates (they are not allowed to take anything inside) then get spares, fix them and sell them at the local boot sales.

So either Dysons are really crap (my opinion) or they have a short life but are easily fixable. Whichever it is, their marketing works wonders as they are one of the biggest sellers.
I've got a newish dyson for the carpets and another that I found left outside my old flat.

The only thing wrong with the scavenged one was that the brushes had stopped spinning. I use it for sucking up soot, brick dust, small rubble etc and it never has a problem.

Just remember to wash the sponge filters every now and then and it's as good as new.

They are very serviceable in my opinion.

sharpfocus

13,812 posts

190 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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Henrys suck.

wobble

TonyRPH

12,963 posts

167 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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3 pages in, and no mention of how fecking noisy the Dysons are???

Jesus wept, they have to be THE noisiest vacuum cleaner I have ever heard!!!

At least the Henry is (reasonably) quiet!


Globs

13,841 posts

230 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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Got a Henry recently, quiet, very good suction, huge bags and filters, I use my for hoovering up huge quantities of dust and building rubble on a regular basis. It's difficult to clog and easy to unclog (when the big bits get sucked in), and has a very neat cord tidy.

Our Dyson (DC01) is great at carpets but blocks easily and the filters are prone to causing loss of suction. The carpet beater is good though.

Mafioso

Original Poster:

2,349 posts

213 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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TonyRPH said:
3 pages in, and no mention of how fecking noisy the Dysons are???

Jesus wept, they have to be THE noisiest vacuum cleaner I have ever heard!!!

At least the Henry is (reasonably) quiet!
Ah but aren't they in the process of bringing the 'digital' motor to market which is as good as silent!?

eliot

11,365 posts

253 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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as others have said; Bagless cleaners seem daft - i dont want to get covered in dust cleaning the thing that is supposed to clean for me.
Henry here.

Laurel Green

30,770 posts

231 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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I see there is now a turbo brush for an Henry/Hetty.



...and for the connoisseurs


Legacywr

12,017 posts

187 months

Wednesday 18th May 2011
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swerni said:
Is this the worlds gayest thread.

As yet no one had said " how the fk should I know, you need to as me bleedin wife"
A vacuum is a 'big boys toy' and it has to clean the car and garage too!smile

micky g

1,549 posts

234 months

Thursday 19th May 2011
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We have a Miele and it is leagues above Dyson and Henry, although I voted Henry in the poll as they are the best for the money. Dyson is so poorly built.

Prefer my old Kirby for the most thorough carpet cleaning, although it's bloody heavy to cart around the house.

cptsideways

13,535 posts

251 months

Thursday 19th May 2011
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A vacuum cleaner is only manly enough if it can survive my "wokshop" jobs listed below...

Headgasket job related gunk, be that oil, water, coke etc
Getting the last drops of oil from the sump or diffs
Vac leak testing manifolds & such
Engine bay cleaning & related cleaning products

Lastly removing thick layers of mud from when you've been offroading & gotten it stuck so deep, its all gooed its way indoors.


I often put my uttery craply designed Draper thing through such torture, only because I hate it so much (lid falls off everytime you grab the handle)



dickymint

24,101 posts

257 months

Thursday 19th May 2011
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micky g said:
Prefer my old Kirby for the most thorough carpet cleaning, although it's bloody heavy to cart around the house.
Have you emptied out the salesman?

Nuclear Biscuit

375 posts

200 months

Thursday 19th May 2011
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We have a 16 year old Vax, now getting tired, now augmented by a Miele. Friends of ours are on their fourth Die Soon.

rlw

3,321 posts

236 months

Thursday 19th May 2011
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My tip - vacuum a room with a Henry first, then follow up with a Dyson (any Dyson) and see how much more dirt is removed. Had Dysons for years now - broke the first one cleaning up after building work but it sucked like a bd to the end...........