Dyson vs. Henry
Poll: Dyson vs. Henry
Total Members Polled: 317
Discussion
I vote Dyson.
For ultimate reliability, as in bits not falling off - Henry
For actually getting the house clean - Dyson.
When we moved into our first flat the previous occupants had kept it clean, or so it appeared. We borrowed my now wife's mothers Henry for a couple of months and used that. Again, it appeared we were keeping it clean.
Then we bought a Dyson.
Wow.
First time around the 2 bed flat we filled the thing right up!! All that dust, dead skin, hair etc was in the carpet and the Henry simply hadn't picked it up.
Since then I have abused the Dyson somewhat by attaching it to an orbital sander to extract the dust from 30sq. metres of pine floorboards, rather than hire a floor sander.
It is still going, but the yellow trim has come off and the soleplate is cracked to buggery.
I used my parents old DC01 with a piece of microbore pipe taped over the hose for sucking oil out of head bolt holes and similar. It still works it just looks totally knackered!
P.s.
If your bed is more than a couple years old, try dysoning the mattress
For ultimate reliability, as in bits not falling off - Henry
For actually getting the house clean - Dyson.
When we moved into our first flat the previous occupants had kept it clean, or so it appeared. We borrowed my now wife's mothers Henry for a couple of months and used that. Again, it appeared we were keeping it clean.
Then we bought a Dyson.
Wow.
First time around the 2 bed flat we filled the thing right up!! All that dust, dead skin, hair etc was in the carpet and the Henry simply hadn't picked it up.
Since then I have abused the Dyson somewhat by attaching it to an orbital sander to extract the dust from 30sq. metres of pine floorboards, rather than hire a floor sander.
It is still going, but the yellow trim has come off and the soleplate is cracked to buggery.
I used my parents old DC01 with a piece of microbore pipe taped over the hose for sucking oil out of head bolt holes and similar. It still works it just looks totally knackered!
P.s.
If your bed is more than a couple years old, try dysoning the mattress
freecar said:
Agree with the others saying Miele. Our S7 is the b
ks, only needs to be plugged in in one socket for the whole house (combination of being poor and having a long cable!) and we've only replaced the bag once in 7 months! Used to have to empty the dyson every day!
What does that tell you?ks, only needs to be plugged in in one socket for the whole house (combination of being poor and having a long cable!) and we've only replaced the bag once in 7 months! Used to have to empty the dyson every day!chris1roll said:
Then we bought a Dyson.
Wow.
First time around the 2 bed flat we filled the thing right up!! All that dust, dead skin, hair etc was in the carpet and the Henry simply hadn't picked it up.
It's not, in my experience the Henry has more suction but no carpet beater. I don't use my Henry on carpets so I can't say, but the Dyson carpet brush is in my view responsible for ALL the extra stuff a Dyson picks up, because if you use the hose the pressure is pitiful compared to many bagged cleaners.
Dyson's real genius is not the stupid cyclone, it's classic misdirection by adding a carpet brush on the end but pushing the machine on the cyclone which frankly isn't a big deal.
chris1roll said:
What does that tell you?
It tells me that the dust carrying capacity of my new vacuum is far ahead of the dyson and other bagless vacuums we've used.You end up with a 3 or 4 Kg compacted lump of dust at the bottom of the bag, bagless vacuums don't do this.
I know what you were insinuating, that the new vacuum doesn't remove as much dust as the previous vacuum but that is incorrect. It is better.
sjg said:
Henry. Tough, cheap, simple, great spares backup (you can buy every single component individually) and actually made in Britain, not quietly moved production to the Far East.
I can accept that the Dyson might do a bit better at pulling the last 5% of dust out of the carpet, and that an upright is a little easier to use for big open sections, but you pay a big premium for it and they seem to break a lot.
This^^I can accept that the Dyson might do a bit better at pulling the last 5% of dust out of the carpet, and that an upright is a little easier to use for big open sections, but you pay a big premium for it and they seem to break a lot.
Our Dyson was great, to start with, though expensive, and big, and bulky, and heavy, but after a year it started to lose suction and no end of stripping and cleaning all the myriad filters, screens, tubes and other fashion accessories would improve it. They are basically a chavesque type gimmick, as there is absolutely no need to look like Fireball XL5 to work as a vacuum cleaner.
Eventually we threw it and bought a Henry....five years ago.
He is still going strong!
When Dyson brought out their first machine I fell for the hype.
It worked brilliantly, for about a month. After that there was a never ending routine of strip apart, remove blockage, replace drive belt, clean all of the tortuous paths which finally lead to the bin!
After trying one or two others I have now had a Miele for 5 years!
It has far better suction than the Dyson, and keeps it's full suction as long as the bag is not full and the HEPA filters aren't clogged. It came with 3 small furnishing heads and 3 large floor heads, one of which is absolutely perfect for wood floors, a general purpose one and a 'turbo' one which beats far more dust out of the carpet than the Dyson ever did!
The only one I've found which works better is the Kirby, but the price, weight and noise have always put me off. That and the high pressure pyramid selling nature of their sales methods!
It worked brilliantly, for about a month. After that there was a never ending routine of strip apart, remove blockage, replace drive belt, clean all of the tortuous paths which finally lead to the bin!
After trying one or two others I have now had a Miele for 5 years!
It has far better suction than the Dyson, and keeps it's full suction as long as the bag is not full and the HEPA filters aren't clogged. It came with 3 small furnishing heads and 3 large floor heads, one of which is absolutely perfect for wood floors, a general purpose one and a 'turbo' one which beats far more dust out of the carpet than the Dyson ever did!
The only one I've found which works better is the Kirby, but the price, weight and noise have always put me off. That and the high pressure pyramid selling nature of their sales methods!
If anyone is looking at getting a Henry... don't. Instead buy the Numatic NRV200-22. It's the 'commercial' version of the Henry, and while it's not quite as pretty, it's cheaper, and has a 12.5 metre cord over the Henrys 10m.
Plus you can have it 110V or 240V (perfect if you ever go on building sites).
http://www.hsstoolshop.co.uk/numatic-commercial-dr...
Numatic vacuums are superb though, go on forever
Plus you can have it 110V or 240V (perfect if you ever go on building sites).
http://www.hsstoolshop.co.uk/numatic-commercial-dr...
Numatic vacuums are superb though, go on forever
Fun Bus said:
Sebo.
I used to have a Sebo but now a Dyson which I hate although the Mrs absolutely swears by it (the Dyson arrived in her life before me). Ever tried hoovering a car out with one? No hope - the detachable hose doesn't have enough flex - most of it is rigid and gets in the way.
Assuming you're referring to the upright Dyson: When you vacuum the car, you pull the rigid metal tube part out of the flexible hose and use the attachments directly on the hose. Makes it easy.I used to have a Sebo but now a Dyson which I hate although the Mrs absolutely swears by it (the Dyson arrived in her life before me). Ever tried hoovering a car out with one? No hope - the detachable hose doesn't have enough flex - most of it is rigid and gets in the way.
thinfourth2 said:
Another Dyson defender here
This my garage duty dyson which has spent the past 2 years hoovering up rubbish, mud, dust, cleaning out fires etc but its main purpose is hoovering up the rasor sharp metal swarf that comes off the lathe and milling machine along with a healthy dose of coolant.
That is exactly how our Dyson ended up: in my garage, as after a couple of years it proved to be shyte for cleaning the carpets properly. This my garage duty dyson which has spent the past 2 years hoovering up rubbish, mud, dust, cleaning out fires etc but its main purpose is hoovering up the rasor sharp metal swarf that comes off the lathe and milling machine along with a healthy dose of coolant.
I also rigged it up as an extractor on my sandblasting box, but it overheated after ten minutes and shut down.....
But, as mentioned by someone else, the 'lifetime' filters do actually have to be changed occasionally, so maybe that was part of the problem.
digimeistter said:
I bought a Henry after getting thoroughly pissed off with cleaning the filter out all the time on my Dyson, my Dyson is now consigned to the shed soon to be at the tip!
Plus the cleaning power of the Henry knocks the Dysons into a cocked hat.
So why do people buy Dyson's crap?Plus the cleaning power of the Henry knocks the Dysons into a cocked hat.
Mermaid said:
digimeistter said:
I bought a Henry after getting thoroughly pissed off with cleaning the filter out all the time on my Dyson, my Dyson is now consigned to the shed soon to be at the tip!
Plus the cleaning power of the Henry knocks the Dysons into a cocked hat.
So why do people buy Dyson's crap?Plus the cleaning power of the Henry knocks the Dysons into a cocked hat.
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