Whats your best?

[sebo_fan]

Well actually Alex, some do - especially in schools where deep carpets have been added and where some schools have cleaning companies that don't have SEBO uprights. There is enough power in a Henry for general quick suction of dust you can see - that is enough for anyone - anyone who goes so deeply into worrying about with "deep down grit and dirt" is removed has too much time on their hands, frankly. Fine if you're home with your parents.

 

[parwaz786]

I agree, and also you can use a Henry with a powerhead or the airo brush

 

[sebo_fan]

Infact when you come to think about it - Henry is pretty versatile if you're going to go down to the "most practical" because:

1) The dust bags are nearly twice the capacity than average vacuums.
2) Henry can be used with bagless OR fitted with a fabric SMS washable dust bag.
3) Henry can be upgraded with Hospital grade filters if necessary.
4) Henry has a long cord and the auto/2 speed function.
5) Henry can use the same tools as a Hoover given the 3.2cm/32mm measurement.
6) Henry can be used on both carpets and hard floors without damage.
7) At cost Henry isn't that expensive to buy brand new.
8) Henry is built with durable plastics & high strength metal.

I'm sure there are others...

 

[alexhoovers94]

Ryan...

Why would I need to have time on my hands to worry about the embedded grit? If I had a good upright cleaner to remove it in the first place, why would I have to think about it at all? And what does living at home with my parents have anything to do with it?...Fasinating how you either know or assume that.

 

[sebo_fan]

Indeed - ask yourself the matter regarding deep down dirt OR the dirt you want to take off without having to fight with the auto sense mode on the Turbopower 2/3 in the first place!

I used the scenario of living at home with parents in so far "spending all the time vacuuming," as opposed to me who has to work 12 hours a day and won't bother about taking up half an hour of fighting with an upright that apparently has a time saving device in "sensing the dirt." A quick sprint around with a cordless sweeper gets the dirt up in half the time than having to go through that nonsense. IF Hoover had just fitted a more conventional suction speed or slider like Dirt Devil did with their copied Turbopower 2/3 series version, life would be peachy. But no, instead you have to fight with the vacuum at the speed you want, not what the machine wants you to do.

 

[turbo500]

Alex, the point being that 99.5% of the population don't care about deep down grit, as long as the carpet is clean. The other 0.5% are us.

My sister has a mixture of bare floors, low pile carpet and 1 thick carpet in her bedroom. Hetty works just fine at removing the dust, pet hairs and other such debris that end up on the floor. As far as my sister is concerned, that's all it needs to do.

I think a LOT of people on here often forget that not everybody gives as much of a shit as we do about cleaning carpets.

"Chris, you wouldn't use a Numatic cleaner to vacuum a deep pile carpet AT ALL!!"

I wouldn't, no. But that's a personal preference. The fact that Henry and Hetty are the best selling vacuum in the UK obviously shows that a lot of people disagree with you.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Well, not really the grit I was concerned about, it is the fact that you will be working up a sweat grinding that straight suction floor tool into the ground when you can "gayley", easily push an upright over it in seconds and remove the dust, dirt and hairs very quikly.


 


P.S Ryan, since when did they put deep pile carpets in schools or other commercial environments.

 

[sebo_fan]

9kg against 1kg? Um.. not quite.

Alex - there are many commercial establishments that have deep pile carpeting - you just need to feel it with your fingers, not just using your eyes.

And sorry, I wouldn't be breaking out a sweat pushing a vacuum cleaner straight suction tool into a floor against the Hoover Turbopower 2 or 3 - those weigh 8kg to 9kg dependent on the model - the Henry or even Miele's suction tubes Plus the floorhead only weigh in excess of 1kg if you're lucky - and there's something called the air valve which allows you to let out suction air if the movement is too difficult for you.

By all means keep going with the Henry vs Turbopower 2/3 if you must. Comparing a cylinder with an upright is foolish anyway!

 

[alexhoovers94]

Who said anything about Turbopower 2/3...You are puting words in my mouth!


 


Speaking of the Turbopower 3, it ways a ton, much heavier than the Turbopower 2, for whatever reason.


 


If you are concerned about the weight to push and pull, what about an Oreck? Hoover Turbolite? Hoover Junior? Electrolux 500's? Kirby G seires?

 

[turbo500]

Who said anything about Turbopower 2/3

You did.

Reply 55.

 

[sebo_fan]

Ditto, see Chris' comment.

As for Kirby uprights - they have been used in schools before and I believe they did well in that area there - when the Numatic vacs came along and being British made, it kind of put an end to the Kirby uprights because as much as they had a LONG CORD and were DURABLE, Numatics offered the same but with cheaper parts long term and were far lighter. Even SEBO's old commercial uprights aren't as much a chore for a wee lady cleaner to push and pull compared to Kirby.

Oreck uprights less so unless you buy the red commercial version with a metal fan as it is more durable. But the commercial version has always been more expensive than the plastic fan fitted Oreck XL sold in the UK, and not a lot of cleaning companies use them. They use other Orecks in the form of the SEBO derived BS series with a hose on board.

The rest you mention all have shorts cords and aren't designed for commercial use.

 

[alexhoovers94]

But I didn't relate the Turbopower 2/3 for being lighter or using them on a deep pile carpet, did I? I just stated about the Autonsense, That has nothing to do with this argument!

 

[sebo_fan]

Um... well.. if you take a wee look after reply 55 you don't refer to anything else other than your Turbopower vacuums -

In reply 55 you try and streamline the same function of Hoover's daft Autosense with Numatic's autosave/2 speed suction button. It is not the same. Then Chris came in with a further opinion about the autosense feature not working properly. In reply 58 you then make a statement that you wouldn't use a Numatic cleaner to vacuum a deep pile carpet.You made the statement, be prepared to face the consequences!

So far between that and reply 55 you don't mention anything else other than the Hoover upright, which makes itself the case of the being the model you're trying to compare the Henry to and its apparent "lack of power for a deep pile carpet."

 

[alexhoovers94]

"You made the statement, be prepared to face the consequences!"


Oh my, you make it sound like I am under arrest...Will anything I say be given in evidence?

 

[sebo_fan]

lol of course not but please furnish me with a crystal ball in the future so I can find out what you're thinking before you put it into sentences.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Autosense doesn't work.....

 

[alexhoovers94]

Look at how the Turbopower 1000 was aimed at the more well off consumer...

 

[sebo_fan]

Ive never really had it go off that much...

It wouldn't go off period if you have a vacuum cleaner that just had a variable suction control THEY can change.

And since when were diamonds grit?

 

[alexhoovers94]

Indeed...

I think they used diamonds to show you that it was an exceptional cleaner...Because the diamonds are expensive and precious, she new that the 1000 was that good that one little diamond wouldn't escape the machine and it looked like it didn't. Lol.

 

[thekirbylover]

the diamonds were crushed up by her heels to make a gritty powder