My new eco Henry HVR 200-A2

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I have the Lewis version as I like the colour and he's a bit different to the run of the mill red Henry. Personally I have cleaned the house twice with him and find it too much like hard work, bulky, gets stuck on funiture and I think the suction is rather lackluster although it only a small motor I suppose. Plus points are he is quiet but I think my UltraOne is quiter and my Miele too and they can be turned up the odd time you need a little more power. One last thing push fit tubes I do not like mine feel rather loose!

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Hi! Very very nice Numatic you have there! Great purchase and I'm sure Henry will serve you for a very long time.

As for the hose, it kind of is similar to the one on my Yellow HVR200A, it definitely looks much newer than my HET200A. Must be something Numatic developed over the last 2-3 years.


Brandon.
 
While a Miele or something else might be easier to wheel around obstacles, they would not be suited to what I want this machine for. It's for jobs I don't want to gunk my new kirby up on. So far it has seen daily use in our house, its vacuumed a large Saxon era church and has also cleaned 3 cars. I had to change the bag yesterday and I've not even had it a week! It's a machine that is desined and intended for commercial use, and from time to time thats exactly what it is going to see. Not had an issue with the stainless steel tubes feeling loose so maybe yours are faulty Ultraperformer?

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Well, speaking as someone who has owned a LOT of vacuums over the years and a die hard upright fan I have to say I love my Lewis that I got in June. I've had no trouble at all with the extension tubes coming apart and find the suction more than adequate. The airobrush is one of the best air driven tools I've used as is the carpet/hard floor tool. I did buy a mini turbo brush from Amazon to use with mine as I have a cat who seems to cast his body weight in fur every day. Even my partner likes Lewis, no mean feat as he has grumbled about every other vacuum in some way or another. I think Lewis will be a member of our little family for sometime yet :-)
 
Why not use the DC07 Animal or DC07 Origin?

Correct me if I'm wrong, Matt, but I'm guessing Tayyab that he didn't usse the DC07's because the Henry is a far better vacuum AND because Matt wanted a chance to test out his new machine.
 
I Think the dc07 would clean better but I would definitely rather have the Henry and one thing I hate about turbo brushes as they slow down when you put them on flooring and And the Henry's is not too bad for that but the best her by brush is the Dysons it actually speeds up when it hits the floor is it never slows down it does a great job but I do like Henry I think I'm definitely going to get one
 
Actually, the DC07 is capable of commercial use, as how matt has demonstrated, and FYI I have used my Dc14 for lasted dusty, and it never burnt out, same with my dc08 origin which uses the same motor, but without a spindle, and that one has been kept outside for four moths, in the snow, been used for plaster, sawdust, gravel, you name it. And it has been bashed around, and that thing still worked fine.
I would rather use a DC07 than a Henry for commercial use, because the peter ones, and dysons nowadays dont suffer from snapping plastics, they are flexible, so are almost importable to break under normal use, or even commercial.
Yes hey are designed for domestic use, but Dyson can work better.
Dyson say dont vacuum up water, but you can.
Dyson say dont use for commercial use, but you can.
 
Plus I am not hating Henry, I used to hate Henry till I used my Aunties 2012 Eco Henry, and was impressed. They do last, and have good durable motors, so no prob there in terms of lasting.
 
You can vacuum water in a Dyson, just like you can clean up an asbestos spill with a straw. They're both terrible ideas. You're basing Dyson's wet/dry capabilities from a dangerous youtube video. What happens when that water reaches the cyclones? Ruined motors,a huge shock hazard (don't touch the water, it'll be like licking the wand of an Lewyt Electronic), and worst of all, MOLD. With all the junk those Dysons fail to filter from the air, the last thing you want is the cyclones becoming a mold farm because somebody thought their Dyson could be used on water.


 


Please, by 'flexible' you must mean 'poor quality plastics that could snap at any moment', the last vacuum I would a want in a commercial setting is a Dyson. Don't tell me they're nearly impossible to break under normal use, you've seen just how much that certain DC24 has broken in it's short lifespan. This Henry will be cleaning rugs long after the DC07 is failing to decompose in a landfill.
 
You mean by flexible poor quality

Is actually not true the reason I've made it flexible as it can except more Force and the dc24 is quite old model one doesn't have flexible plastic only recently started the flexible plastic and I know this as recently just ordered the DC 41mk2 and I asked do they get many DC 40 and DC 41 for repair and problems he said the only problems I've had with them is the little wheel on the brush bar housing and they did have a problem with the sideboard ball but that was fix and said they've never had a problem with the plastic on the new dc40 dc41 and dc50 and there is some proof that they might look cheap are anything but that and DC07 always used to crack and a break off if Dropped and I dropped a couple DC07 and they have broke and when I had my DC41I drop that A lot and nothing broke super sweeper don't forget you've had none of the new ones have no experience with them I have what I have seen a very good and very tough but Side the couple problems They have had one of the best license and ever created personally think Dyson only recently started making fantastic products and I would rather have a Henry the DCO seven as I just don't like the older Dyson can you please stop making judgements against Dyson when you haven't even got the new ones or have any experience :)
 
You bet I don't have any of the new ones, Dyson isn't getting my cash until he builds a vacuum that doesn't bend itself while in use! Why on earth would you want to vacuum with such a thing, you couldn't go 2 minutes without hearing plastic creek! 


 


Unfortunately Sebo Fan, the Dyson vs. (Pretty much every other brand) war has been going on since the dawn of Dyson, and it has no end in sight! 
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It might bend but it is never broken It's not Dyson versus pretty much every other brand never said Dyson is the best backing cleaner in the world it's just my preference sebo fan Mike soon bye so that his preference starts and what isn't ending because you keep bringing it up only respond to something when I find it offensive i'm not true you've made this Dyson War on for too long as go on everything about Dyson say some crap about it just makes it go on for longer you need to stay away From Dyson thread I don't go on to thead about Kirby and so crap about them and what I don't like about them as there is a lot but I don't need to say as I know it will upset someone and Everything you have to say something about dyson is not nice and is no need for upsets me and some other people you wouldn't like it if I said crap about Kirby so please stop saying all this crap about Dyson but obviously don't like them So you don't need to keep on saying it and stay away from Dyson threads
 
Sorry sebo fan I was not referring to you It was for super sweeper and i hard enough to write messages site is very hard to put four stops as I i've got A learning disability Cut me some slack.i'm not the one who's gone off topic i've just reply to someone's apply that I find not very nice i'll go back to the same and ignore super sweeper. but I I apologise :)
 
I've got dyslexia as well. I can't read very well at all I my computer reads everything for me.
 
Well! Ladies! Whats going on here then? Handbags at dawn? haha

To answer a few of your questions and comments....

No, the new Henry didn't come with one of the canvas shopping bags. He came with the standard 4 spare dust bags but that was about it. Not to worry though as I have a Henry shopping bag boxed away with my Numatic George.

I've had George for about 5 - 6 years now roughly? He was initially bought for the sole jobe of washing carpets as at the time we had two dogs.
On the grand scale of things given the time I have owned him he has had very little use. I've never really used him for dry use, apart from a short period that I used him for vacuuming the cars, as I find him too clumbersome and noisy for dry use. Superb machine all the same. 90% of his working hours so far have been for wet use, however he rarely gets used now as I prefer my Kirby Sentria2 for shampooing.

Our carpets are all pretty new and have no visible soiling, hence the Kirby system is more than enough for routine cleaning. I'm keeping the George though for things like wet cleaning the car footwells or any heavy jobs that require an extraction machine... for example one of the cats decied to go pee-pee behind the TV not so long back - George to the rescue!

The new Henry does have the standard clip by the exhaust outlet to hold one of the small tools, for example the dursting brush... Its not someting that I really use though and is not something I would miss if it were to be removed.


A lot of the comments above say 'the user has deleted this comment', so I can't read ALL of what has gone on, however to answer some of the Dyson questions...

The DC07 Origin is mine. It is currently at the back of the garden shed and isn't the most healthy machine in the world. In fact its pretty beat up and I'm teetering on the edge of binning it. I think it actually has about 2 years warranty left, however the condition is so poor I don't think its even worth trying to sell if I do decide to get rid of it. Maybe I'll get Dyson out to put a new motor in it (bearings are noisy) and keep it for any future MAJOR building work clean up jobs. Either way it owes me nothing at all.

The churches DC07 Animal is roughly 6 - 7 years old now, and as such is doing the typical Dyson 'thing' where the performance starts to drop off for no specific reason. Ideally it could probably use a new brush roll, new clutch or belts in the clutch and a new HEPA filter. All in all it's not really economical bothering with it given the high level of use and abuse it has had. It does them for surface cleaning and they're happy with it, so it will no doubt soldier on for a while yet.

And yes, the Henry is a LOT easier to use in the church when you're vacuuming for two hours solid darting between pews and vacuuming cobwebs from the stained glass windows ect
 

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