Tools you wish you'd bought sooner...

[Captain Answer]

colin_p said:

Mikey G said:

Fastpedeller said:

colin_p said:

I recently bought a Henry hoover (I know it should be vacuum, but a monkey is not given).

I've had various 'shop' vacs over the years, they all either broke, burnt out or were crap.

This Henry, the 15ltr XL version to be precise is a revelation in terms of performance, hopefully it will prove to be equally as tough.

Is it a new Henry (after the Wattage reduction rulings) or a pre-used one? I've used the older ones and found them to be really good and (maybe incorrectly) thought the new ones would be inferior.

Friend of mine bought the Numatic version from Screwfix and he seems to think his is more powerfull than the domestic version.

Intrigued by the above comments, I had a look...

Henry; 620w motor with 2300mm h2o suction cost £170 from Screwfix

https://www.myhenry.com/henry-xl-plus

Numatic; 620w motor with 2300mm h2o suction cost £499 from Screwfix

https://numatic.co.uk/product/nes570-ned570/


They are basically the same performance wise but the Numatic is going to be tougher, it does however cost £500 !

In terms of the lowly 620w motor and suction performance, it is brilliant. The motor seems to run slower and is considerably quieter than other hoovers I've had. For what most of us on here would use it for, well worth the cost.

Edited by colin_p on Wednesday 29th March 19:39

When the wife moved in she bought a Henry with her, he is quite old by the look of him - he was in a sorry state but some new filters and a decent bag and now he is a pleasure to use and def takes some beating, I like the dual power setting where you can give him more oomph when you need it

Great for hovering up brick dust etc and general cleaning of the car etc.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

colin_p said:

Intrigued by the above comments, I had a look...

Henry; 620w motor with 2300mm h2o suction cost £170 from Screwfix

https://www.myhenry.com/henry-xl-plus

Numatic; 620w motor with 2300mm h2o suction cost £499 from Screwfix

https://numatic.co.uk/product/nes570-ned570/


They are basically the same performance wise but the Numatic is going to be tougher, it does however cost £500 !

In terms of the lowly 620w motor and suction performance, it is brilliant. The motor seems to run slower and is considerably quieter than other hoovers I've had. For what most of us on here would use it for, well worth the cost.

Edited by colin_p on Wednesday 29th March 19:39

They are both made by Numatic. One is a product aimed at domestic use the other is aimed at commercial use. After various bagless options that never really worked all that well we changed to a James (mainly because that's also my son's name). It was relatively cheap, simple to use and provides consistent cleaning power.

[dickymint]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

colin_p said:

Intrigued by the above comments, I had a look...

Henry; 620w motor with 2300mm h2o suction cost £170 from Screwfix

https://www.myhenry.com/henry-xl-plus

Numatic; 620w motor with 2300mm h2o suction cost £499 from Screwfix

https://numatic.co.uk/product/nes570-ned570/


They are basically the same performance wise but the Numatic is going to be tougher, it does however cost £500 !

In terms of the lowly 620w motor and suction performance, it is brilliant. The motor seems to run slower and is considerably quieter than other hoovers I've had. For what most of us on here would use it for, well worth the cost.

Edited by colin_p on Wednesday 29th March 19:39

They are both made by Numatic. One is a product aimed at domestic use the other is aimed at commercial use. After various bagless options that never really worked all that well we changed to a James (mainly because that's also my son's name). It was relatively cheap, simple to use and provides consistent cleaning power.

Bought this Titan wet n dry years ago for the workshop and on site - It outsucks far better than the couple of Henry's I've had and at fifty quid!!!!!!

https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb774vac-1300w-1...

[dirtbiker]

I've got one of the Titan ones too (sure it was a recommendation from this thread!) and it does great duty as general purpose while being spot-on when our garage flooded earlier in the year. Surprisingly how quickly it can fill itself with water!

[pquinn]

gfreeman said:

crossie said:

Teddy Lop said:

NextSlidePlease said:

Bill said:

I just use a reciprocating saw for that kind of thing.

Correct answer, a recip saw does very well with branches, should make short work of them. I use the Milwaukee M18 for this type of work. Great at cutting through roots as well.

Yeh, but you're gonna look a bit of a tit come the zombie apocalypse with a pruner aren't you?

For me I had a tree to compartmentalise but I can't really justify extending my milwaukee kit, so $40 of chineseum fury with an M18 battery plate bodged on it was:

Do you have a link on where to buy one?

Don’t bother buying one. Pop down to A&E later his wife will be selling that one…

Lidl have these next week, among other potential limb removers.

[pquinn]

dickymint said:

Bought this Titan wet n dry years ago for the workshop and on site - It outsucks far better than the couple of Henry's I've had and at fifty quid!!!!!!

https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb774vac-1300w-1...

Last one of these I took apart to clean said 1300W on the case label & 1400W on the actual motor.

[McGee_22]

pquinn said:

Lidl have these next week, among other potential limb removers.

I have a couple of these - they are quite spiky with no dual/safety trigger and a hair trigger at that - the soldering inside is pretty poor and I have had to re-solder a broken connection in each, and I have nicknamed them the danger-saw.

But I wouldn't be without them - from twigs to almost 3" limbs they make life very easy chopping up wood - provided you keep to the simple chain-saw rules;

1. Keep the pointy end away from you, and
2. Never mix tequila and chain-saws.

[bodhi]

dirtbiker said:

I've got one of the Titan ones too (sure it was a recommendation from this thread!) and it does great duty as general purpose while being spot-on when our garage flooded earlier in the year. Surprisingly how quickly it can fill itself with water!

We went for one of these Bosch efforts:

https://www.parkers.co.uk/car-advice/car-care/bosc...

Really struggle to fault it - makes short work of sawdust/plaster and has even been useful picking leaves up in the garden.

All I'd say is get the official Bosch bags as the no name ones from Amazon are a bit rubbish.

[LunarOne]

WrekinCrew said:

V12GT said:

Any views on pruners...

If you have some surplus fingers how about the scary-looking Dewalt



AvE has a teardown review on Youtube - it's quite impressive

Good vid on these from This Old Tony:

[AstonZagato]

I bought something like this:

From the Aldi aisle of dreams for (IIRC) £20-25. It has been very useful but has now developed a leak.

I'd like to replace it but even the no-name ones are twice the price.

Can anyone recommend one? I don't have any power tools so I don't have a spare battery/charger. I'm not averse to paying more but I'm either looking for cheap and cheerful or more and bulletproof.

[Riff Raff]

AstonZagato said:

I don't have any power tools

Instant PH fail.

[AstonZagato]

Riff Raff said:

AstonZagato said:

I don't have any power tools

Instant PH fail.

I will hand in my man card on the way out.

[Voldemort]

Riff Raff said:

AstonZagato said:

I don't have any power tools

Instant PH fail.

Helpful reply

I have the Makita version. It's been flawless and I'd very much recommend. I was already into Makita for a few far too many other corless tools and the 'bare' version of the inflator was, iirc, around £60. But if you're going to need battery/s and a charger then you should look also at the other reputable brand names.

[McGee_22]

Voldemort said:

Helpful reply

I have the Makita version. It's been flawless and I'd very much recommend. I was already into Makita for a few far too many other corless tools and the 'bare' version of the inflator was, iirc, around £60. But if you're going to need battery/s and a charger then you should look also at the other reputable brand names.

I can second this - I have a makita collection and added the 18v LXT inflator a couple of years ago - flawless.

[AstonZagato]

Using some man maths, perhaps a Makita combi deal on drill and impact driver would give me the basics to add a tyre inflator....
[/mad]

[bodhi]

And just to give some insight from the Green side of the fence - looks like Bosch do something called the Easy Pump, for around £60 with a built in battery.

https://road.cc/content/review/bosch-easypump-2974...

Almost tempted to pick one up myself I will admit.

[dickymint]

AstonZagato said:

Using some man maths, perhaps a Makita combi deal on drill and impact driver would give me the basics to add a tyre inflator....

There's hope for you yet

[bodhi]

I'll also be able to tell you if the Bosch one is any good on Saturday

[Teddy Lop]

gfreeman said:

crossie said:

Teddy Lop said:

NextSlidePlease said:

Bill said:

I just use a reciprocating saw for that kind of thing.

Correct answer, a recip saw does very well with branches, should make short work of them. I use the Milwaukee M18 for this type of work. Great at cutting through roots as well.

Yeh, but you're gonna look a bit of a tit come the zombie apocalypse with a pruner aren't you?

For me I had a tree to compartmentalise but I can't really justify extending my milwaukee kit, so $40 of chineseum fury with an M18 battery plate bodged on it was:

Do you have a link on where to buy one?

Don’t bother buying one. Pop down to A&E later his wife will be selling that one…

Nah that's this one!:

[heisthegaffer]

bodhi said:

And just to give some insight from the Green side of the fence - looks like Bosch do something called the Easy Pump, for around £60 with a built in battery.

https://road.cc/content/review/bosch-easypump-2974...

Almost tempted to pick one up myself I will admit.

I've got one of these for cycling, football and general bits and pieces. Pretty decent but took forever to pump up a car tyre!