Miele Or Numatic? Please Help Me Choose

[ultimatevacman]

Hello fellow Vacuumers!

I need to buy a new vacuum for the place I work at, it's mainly hard floors, but with a bit of commercial heavy duty carpet as well.
and I've been looking at two types of vacuums, Miele or a Henry? I own a Henry HVC200 that I use at home, and I like it, but is miele better?

I would really appreciate any advice given.

Thanks

-Joe

 

[sensotronic]

Although I would recommend Miele in a domestic setting, I think a Numatic would be a better choice for a commercial environment due to the longer flex and larger capacity.

 

[thekirbylover]

numatic mainly because they have a longer cable and bigger bags but if where you work is small a miele s5 will do fine

 

[dysondestijl]

I have a Miele but the bags are really small so a Henry may be better, also they're really robust

 

[vacbear58]

In a commercial setting

Definatly a Henry

 

[thekirbylover]

dysondestijl

the bags are not that small i have loads of dirt and it takes a few weeks to fill them up

 

[dysondestijl]

Oh right, ps I've seen your mieles on YouTube I'm on YouTube too, I think I've subbed to you

 

[thekirbylover]

here they are

 

[jmurray01]

Numatic!

 

[ultimatevacman]

Ok, thanks for all the replies everyone! I'll probably go for a commercial numatic.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Numatic

 

[dysondestijl]

Oh I didn't know you had an S4 kirbylover. That's the one I have but mines the blue one that comes with the upholstery tool

 

[parwaz786]

Dyson DC07, or DC04, yes they are domestic but can handle large & busy places

 

[ultimatevacman]

Thanks for the suggestion parwaz786, but I was wanting a cylinder vacuum. I do have a DC04 that I use at home, It's a good vacuum.

 

[sebo_fan]

End of the day, if you want a cylinder vacuum WITH tools on board AND for it to be compact and easy to store, go for the Miele. Im surprised no one has yet pointed out the glaringly obvious! At their fullest Miele dust bags are pushing to 5 litres compared to 7 litres with Henry. Henry is also far cheaper to buy than a Miele S5.

If its mainly for hard floors in your work place and as you say for heavier commercial areas too, Numatic's Henry, James, Charles - they all work just as well - Charles has double the capacity dust bags but no roller cable winder. Im a fan of the James & Charles model even though I do miss Henry's bowler cable roller and two speed suction setting.

 

[ultimatevacman]

Hi Sebo_fan,

Thanks for pointing that out, storage isn't a big issue as we have a big storage room.
It sounds like the Miele is a good vacuum, but more suited to a domestic environment.

I've now decided on either the Numatic James or Henry.
Is the Henry worth the extra £20?

Thanks so much for the advice,

- Joe

 

[dysondestijl]

I have the James and yes it is really worth it I recommend it!

 

[sebo_fan]

Just be careful on what you're buying. The James model has an average short length hose compared to the 2.5 metre hose that you get standard with Henry and there's no cord tidy, requiring to heap all the cord on top or spend time lasso'ing it around the round tub body. Although lighter by nature, James comes with the most god awful aluminium grey suction pipes as standard that once you put them together, suffer the same as Hoover's fixed length friction fit suction pipes Hoover used to produce for the Arrianne and Telios ranges back in the 1980s - impossible to remove compared to the better made but heavier stainless steel pipes that come as standard with Henry.

If the machine is to be used by others, then Henry is probably your better bet as it is more user friendly.

The beauty of having Numatic in the UK as well as the machine being popular though is the ease of buying separate parts. Thus if you have your heart set on a James model , you may find ones on sale that come with a longer hose or the heavier stainless steel pipes, or even both! Good luck!

 

[ultimatevacman]

Thank you! I have chose a Henry HVR200A from amazon.