Recommend me a Vacuum..

In article , ALP scribeth thus

Not bad..

Yes deffo!, Miele every time.. not that there will need to be many times we just give them away to children who leave home;)

My son had the Bosch. It was well made but very, very badly designed. So much so that the Bosch rep gave him a full refund with 2 weeks left on the guarantee. He's now got a Meile and is very pleased with it.

They just lose suction - dunno why...

Sometimes our house gets messy when we have visitors (children etc) - but I'd say use is still average - once a day I guess.

I was all set to go for the Henry due to ladas of raving reviews on Amazon!

Where are you? I have a upright Kirby you can have,it only needs a new outer bag. Its not lightweight but it will suck up your cat with no problems. :-)

Any vacuum is going to need occasional attention to keep it in good condition. Are you perhaps never doing this?

Do they get stuck in the hose? ;-)

Aha. You *have* been emptying them??? :-)

Usually lots of people say 'go for the Henry' when this question is asked. Doubt you'll get a Miele for a hundred quid. I'd get a Henry (well, I would...if I didn't already *have* one!)

Our Dyson here at home has always been reliable, but one of my clients=20 shifts an awful lot of henrys to the council and trade (the attrition=20 rate is normally due to them not shutting van doors properly and them=20 falling out near their mates houses I believe)

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Likely not made by Bosch, maybe badged.

And made in UK, cheap bags, cheap easy to get parts.

Doubt if any vac will last 20 years, don't rate Miele that highly anyway.

Yes. Think about the daily office cleaning market. Machines used 5/6 days a week, 2 hours a day, abused, not maintained, used by idiots 98% of the time. What machine do the top 50 contract cleaning contractors in the UK use? Whats the number one vac in the commercial cleaning market by a huge margin?

Numatic Henry or varients

About 10 years ago I bought a Panasonic - the then Which best buy. All it's had since then is one drive belt replaced - although the light no longer works. This despite a cleaning lady who is a Dyson fan and tries her best to break it. ;-) Only complaint is it's very noisy.

Apparently these achieve their power because both the machine and the operator are suckers......

Brought a Henry a couple of years ago and a fantastic hoover. Sucks up till the bag is ready to burst.

Andrew.

doing their rounds, just about everywhere I've worked. I don't recall ever seeing Numatic Henry's being used, unless they have industrial cleaners which don't look anything like the classic Henry. Next time one's going past, I might try and see what make it is.

In article , Andrew Gabriel scribeth thus

The only attention our Miele needs is the bag changing!...

The suck that things got;!, its amazing what goes down there!..

Henry isn't a bad lad either. We used to have one but he didn't look stylish enough;!.. ...

MrHall this upright has been going for 25 years in that time it only had the belt changed and now the outer dust bag wants changing.

ps I got given it 25 years ago does that make me a sucker as opposed to a tool freak who lashes out oodles on joe brand tools.

stopped. Took it all to pieces which was really easy. Cleaned it all and is now the best cleaner that I have ever had.

They have a big range, many use the metal version of the Henry. A lot of the larger companies have them made in their corporate colours & logo's.

They used to use Nilfisks at work, but most of them seem to be Henrys these days. Big site (300 acres although they don't vacuum all the grass...!)

My AEG has just died, first thing I bought when I moved in here, lasted