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Looking to buy a few Vacuum Cleaners,
Normally buy Dyson but Sharks seem to be the favourite at the moment.
However, I really do get through my vacuums so looked at cheap ones and come across Vaxs uprights. Good reviews and come with a 6 yr warranty.
Any input appreciated, guys and girls.
Normally buy Dyson but Sharks seem to be the favourite at the moment.
However, I really do get through my vacuums so looked at cheap ones and come across Vaxs uprights. Good reviews and come with a 6 yr warranty.
Any input appreciated, guys and girls.
cossy400 said:
We ve got a Henry MRS400 hammers the s
t out of it daily because shes hoovering freak.
S-I-L is a builder and it's also his weapon of choice for hoovering ahit up.
haha,t out of it daily because shes hoovering freak. S-I-L is a builder and it's also his weapon of choice for hoovering ahit up.
Those Henrys kick arse. Get colour choices now too, if i remember correctly
Thanks for reminding me of them.
The money difference can be quite a bit and if you look at suction / pick up tests only the results are often very similar. So a £150 vac vs a £500+ vac will be similar.
BUT then look at particulate filtration tests.... thats where your £££ goes.
Horses for courses etc but as someone who does not enjoy breathing in dust I go with the best filtration.
BUT then look at particulate filtration tests.... thats where your £££ goes.
Horses for courses etc but as someone who does not enjoy breathing in dust I go with the best filtration.
We have one of these for when we need a messy clear up (various house renovation demands) and it sucks like a crack we needing her next fix https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb784vac-1300w-1...
e needing her next fix https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb784vac-1300w-1...Are you vacuuming carpet or solid floor? The powered brush on an upright is way better on carpet.
Filtration matters too, at least indoors. Less so on site.
All the dumb machismo about Henrys misses the fact that it suits contract cleaners to leave half the dust in the air to settle over the next few days. Clean, dirty, clean, dirty, ...
Filtration matters too, at least indoors. Less so on site.
All the dumb machismo about Henrys misses the fact that it suits contract cleaners to leave half the dust in the air to settle over the next few days. Clean, dirty, clean, dirty, ...
grumbledoak said:
Are you vacuuming carpet or solid floor? The powered brush on an upright is way better on carpet.
Filtration matters too, at least indoors. Less so on site.
All the dumb machismo about Henrys misses the fact that it suits contract cleaners to leave half the dust in the air to settle over the next few days. Clean, dirty, clean, dirty, ...
Henry has a 3-Stage HEPA13 Filtration System and it all goes into a sealed bag. Its better thsn any bagless cleaner I have used.Filtration matters too, at least indoors. Less so on site.
All the dumb machismo about Henrys misses the fact that it suits contract cleaners to leave half the dust in the air to settle over the next few days. Clean, dirty, clean, dirty, ...
All filters are easily replaceable too.
We’ve had a Henry for years, still works the same as it always has.
Unfortunately, we never got round to getting the turbo brush head, so while it picks crap up, it doesn’t beat the carpet as it goes so when we got our shark, it made some of the carpets feel like new as it brought the pile up again.
In summary, Henry fine, but something with powered brushes better. Still use Henry for big dirty jobs involving building waste or wood burner.
Unfortunately, we never got round to getting the turbo brush head, so while it picks crap up, it doesn’t beat the carpet as it goes so when we got our shark, it made some of the carpets feel like new as it brought the pile up again.
In summary, Henry fine, but something with powered brushes better. Still use Henry for big dirty jobs involving building waste or wood burner.
Henry + Turbo brush = bang on.
I bought a Dyson Animal cylinder vac...used but I knew its history.
It lasted about two months, used with Shake 'n' Vac clone.
It blew up and when I did a post mortem, I founfd the auto shutoff contacts
had welded themselves together.
There was NO pre-motor filter, just a sponge panel on the outlet.
Over hyped junk, never again.
I bought a Dyson Animal cylinder vac...used but I knew its history.
It lasted about two months, used with Shake 'n' Vac clone.
It blew up and when I did a post mortem, I founfd the auto shutoff contacts
had welded themselves together.
There was NO pre-motor filter, just a sponge panel on the outlet.
Over hyped junk, never again.
Thanks all
It's mainly for carpet use for my suckers.
In storage I have an old Dyson DC04, jeeps, they were built way more solid back then. Have a couple of DC33's too. Kept them to get Dyson out to refurb/service them but never got around to it. Seemed criminal to just sling them out when they still run We seemed to have a culture to just do that and buy new when stuff gets a bit old, well, i do.
Wow, never thought I would get the replies I have above about hoovers, haha.
It's mainly for carpet use for my suckers.
In storage I have an old Dyson DC04, jeeps, they were built way more solid back then. Have a couple of DC33's too. Kept them to get Dyson out to refurb/service them but never got around to it. Seemed criminal to just sling them out when they still run We seemed to have a culture to just do that and buy new when stuff gets a bit old, well, i do.
Wow, never thought I would get the replies I have above about hoovers, haha.
We have a combination of a Roomba (two, actually, one mops too), a cordless Dyson (V10 Animal) and a Dyson cylinder and a steam mop.
The cordless is great for our tiled downstairs (as is the steam mop), but upstairs on newish carpets it fills up fast. The cylinder is almost too powerful, so much so it makes using it a chore.
I have a Henry that I use in my workshop (lots of metalworking waste) or for DIY. Like others have said, unkillable - unlike Dysons (we're on our Nth)! It has HEPA filters and all that stuff. The bags seem to take forever to fill!
The cordless is great for our tiled downstairs (as is the steam mop), but upstairs on newish carpets it fills up fast. The cylinder is almost too powerful, so much so it makes using it a chore.
I have a Henry that I use in my workshop (lots of metalworking waste) or for DIY. Like others have said, unkillable - unlike Dysons (we're on our Nth)! It has HEPA filters and all that stuff. The bags seem to take forever to fill!
great fan of henry vacuums, they just keep working and are easy to fix. Spares are stupid cheap. Used them in a workshop for 25 years, and at home for the last 10 years as I refused to buy another silly jumped up over specked and over priced vacuum when the last one expired. She was not happy and wanted a Dyson. But now she is converted to the Henry, and is able to spend the money saved on cushions 
throt said:
Cheers guys
Cant go wrong then with a Henry then.
Think I may give a 6 yr warranty Vax a go too, cheap as chips.
Henry replaced a vax for me after it literally blew its filters across the living room. It lost suction really quickly and the filters were always needing cleaned.Cant go wrong then with a Henry then.
Think I may give a 6 yr warranty Vax a go too, cheap as chips.
throt said:
In storage I have an old Dyson DC04, jeeps, they were built way more solid back then.
Why not use that? New filters, maybe a new belt for the head, be as good as new. The extension hoses seem to crack after a while but you can still buy new ones. My DC04 was inherited from my parents, then I refurbed an entire house while living in it, for which the Dyson was the main cleaner-upper, and it's still going fine now.
No point throwing it away or keeping it in storage if it still works.
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