NV200 Numatic help

[ryry_87]

Depends who they're made by but personally, I always get genuine stuff for all my vacs. I would recommend doing the same but i think vintagerepairer will be more qualified to comment on this

 

[vintagerepairer]

Well it's been a good deal of years since I stocked parts and I am sure quality will have changed as the years have passed, so I wouldn't like to say. I am however impressed with the the new Numatic bags I've seen. For drive belts I often found that genuine was better, whereas with bags and filters it could be pot luck as some none genuine parts were very good, whilst others were poor. I was purchasing to satisfy a local market and buying the very best for cleaners. Certainly with hoses and attachments it was none genuine all the way for me, as people were not happy to pay the much larger price for genuine parts in this instance. Also, the margin on genuine accessories was poor as I had to price them to sell, whilst paying more for them to begin with.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Another error on my part there, for give me if you will. I should have written "and NOT and buying the very best for cleaners.".

 

[rutger]

Hi

Yes thinking about it with something like a filter, I suppose it's better to play it safe & stretch to a genuine one as an inefficient one might prove expensive in the long run if it didn't work too well.. With the hoses etc it obviously wouldn't be as important.

Cheers for the input guys, you helped me yet again !

Dave

 

[vintagerepairer]

Dave it is funny you mention hoses, because Numatic are one of the few where I felt the original hose fitments were of superior quality to a pattern part. For most other cleaners, the non-genuine hoses were just as good, if not better in some cases. Some were poor, but most were equal I found.

 

[rutger]

Cheers for that vintagerepairer, I'll bear that in mind, as the commercial type Numatic that's in my garage is getting ready for a new hose.
Thanks again
Dave

 

[turbomaster1984]

Ok after readingall that can anyone shed some light on the Purple henry we saw at Strensham Services Gloucester last year?

Had assumed it was a normal numatic colour for unbranded use but i only saw it from behind so unsure it it was branded or had a face. Was it an exclusive offered to a chain of establishments in corporate colours? anyone any idea?

 

[vintagerepairer]

There was a purple James at one time. It was exclusive to Littlewoods, at least I could not get them to sell and saw them nowhere else. Unlike the more recent James models, it had the large bumper section around the base of the tank and not a small tank like Henry. I am not saying this is what you saw, but with Numatic cleaners used in industry, the parts do get chopped and changed a good deal of the time. So you may have seen a Henry top on a James tank. Then again you may have spotted a rare purple Henry!

 

[ryry_87]

I know that richie gooch has a Purple James in his workshop. I can't remember where, but I also recall seeing a purple Henry somewhere, it was a cleaning company special a bit like the Bn.Bn or Nationwide ones you see a lot of, but I can't remember for the life of me what company it was made for

 

[ryry_87]

sorry Bx.Bx not Bn.B.n lol

 

[turbomaster1984]

BN BN do do do do do BN BNdo dododoooo lol.

 

[turbomaster1984]

pipe.....

 

[ryry_87]

oh god, i'm going to be singing that all bloody night now

 

[rutger]

Hi
Were the BX BX & Nationwide ones any different specification wise to a normal Numatic?
I've seen pictures of these types & always wondered why these models were badged that way/ produced.
Cheers
Dave

 

[ryry_87]

nope they were identical to the current Numatics of the time just badged for the cleaning company they were being supplied too. Theres a Bx.Bx on ebay at the moment. Its exactly the same as an NV200 would've been

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bx-bx-num...um_Cleaners&hash=item43b1409857#ht_500wt_1204

 

[rutger]

Cheers ryry, that's good to know.
I'm actually already watching that Bx on ebay, not sure yet if i'll pull the trigger on it. It looks ok but I think the price may be a wee bit steep.
Many thanks
Dave

 

[ryry_87]

its a similar situation to my Ensign vacuums, basically they're Sebo's in all but name. But are made for the Diversey cleaning supply company under the Ensign name. But theres no difference at all

 

[alexhoovers94]

Thanks, Ryan for all the scns you uploaded they were appreciated!

 

[ultimatevacman]

Ryan, what does the sticker say on top of the 2 Numatics in reply #58?

 

[alexhoovers94]

Ryan, thanks for this...Do you have anything on late 90's/early 2000's Henry's??

Thanks.