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Plus you can easily get parts for just about all of it. Something breaks, replace itHenrys /numatic last forever.
Used 8 everyday for 7 years not one packed up.
The advantage of a device sold primarily for commercial use, no need to change it every year to try and sell it again in a slightly different colour or style.Plus you can easily get parts for just about all of it. Something breaks, replace it
Update on the Henry vacuum cleaner... the hose was the issue. I managed to borrow a hose and it picks up perfectly. My original hose is still drying so hopefully that one will work now its unblocked. I'm quite chuffed with that find. I'll be on the look out for more Henry vacuum cleaners in the future.
You have no idea what is was used for, could have been used for hazard materials etc... They use them a lot in the building industry.A few days ago I found a Henry HV2-200 vacuum cleaner that was dumped. I took it home, did an electrical safety test on it with my PAT tester, I found that the neutral wire in the plug wasn't connected properly so I stripped back the cable and reconnected it and it came to life. The motor seems good. I bought a new filter for it and the handle was broken so I ordered a new handle and replaced it. I gave it a good clean but when I actually started to use it, its not picking anything up, the suction is very weak once the hose is connected. I haven't opened up the motor section yet to see if there is anything blocking the motor...
Any ideas?
Judging on what I found inside it and the hose, I think it was used by a building industry, it had lots of mud inside the bucket before I cleaned it out and bits of PVC pipe inside the hose and more mud. It looks like it was used to vacuum ruble and general building dirt.You have no idea what is was used for, could have been used for hazard materials etc... They use them a lot in the building industry.
Judging on what I found inside it and the hose, I think it was used by a building industry, it had lots of mud inside the bucket before I cleaned it out and bits of PVC pipe inside the hose and more mud. It looks like it was used to vacuum ruble and general building dirt.
Nice one.... I have only ever use henrys. and they are near impossible to kill! Long after the human race is gone ..... herds of henry hoovers will be roaming the plains feeding on left over fluff!![]()
A couple of you are knocking Dysons but they’re also spectacularly easy to repair. People often throw them away when they need nothing more than a clean out or a new battery.
I think Dyons were the first of the "consumer" vacuum's to be designed to be easy to maintain.A couple of you are knocking Dysons but they’re also spectacularly easy to repair. People often throw them away when they need nothing more than a clean out or a new battery.
Yes i know im from oooop north lad!, hoover just means ANY vacuum cleaner up here, we are simple folkHoover is a brand.
The Henry isn't a hoover, it's a vacuum cleaner.
Like saying you're eating a Burker King Big Mac.
When I first went to America they didn't know what I meant when I mentioned "hoovers" because they are only called vacuum cleaners over there.Hoover is a brand.
The Henry isn't a hoover, it's a vacuum cleaner.
Like saying you're eating a Burker King Big Mac.
When I first went to America they didn't know what I meant when I mentioned "hoovers" because they are only called vacuum cleaners over there.
A couple of you are knocking Dysons but they’re also spectacularly easy to repair. People often throw them away when they need nothing more than a clean out or a new battery.
I was a bit annoyed at first when my coffee machine started giving me grief recently (Lelit Mara). Then I realised, I've had it and running all day and used several times a day non-stop for 5+ years, and it hadn't had a proper service. Annoying there was one plastic part that had perished which caused it to crap out.....but I replaced them with brass fittings. Dismantled the whole grouphead, replaced and lubed all the valves and cams, a couple of pipe fittings that were starting to leak a little....Mending stuff is a lost art sadly.
I was a bit annoyed at first when my coffee machine started giving me grief recently (Lelit Mara). Then I realised, I've had it and running all day and used several times a day non-stop for 5+ years, and it hadn't had a proper service. Annoying there was one plastic part that had perished which caused it to crap out.....but I replaced them with brass fittings. Dismantled the whole grouphead, replaced and lubed all the valves and cams, a couple of pipe fittings that were starting to leak a little....
Now it's all working like new again, and good for another five years. Was very satisfying actually getting all my tools out and having the machine completely stripped then re-assembled good as new. It's nice having an appliance that is entirely mechanical.