Henry Vacuum Cleaner Owners : How Long Do The Bags Last?

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Our Dyson Small Ball2 is on its last legs and the Shark bagless one I’ve been using around the house is bobbins.

Currently looking at a Henry Xtra to replace both of them, but slightly concerned about how many bags I’m going to get through.

How long do you Henry owners get out of your bags and how big are the homes you’re cleaning with them?

Are genuine bags best?
 
I don't have a Henry, but I've got a cheap bagged vacuum and the bags last me ages like 2 months+, I often hoover up saw dust and mess from DIY too.
 
Dysons are pretty robust, and can be bought back to life with a good clean and new filters tbh.
 
I use my Henry for vacuuming the patios outside and sucking up ash from bbq/pizza oven, so the bags get full pretty quick depending on how many leaves and general bits of tree/plant crap and dust there is.
For indoors I think the best thing these days is a Dyson handheld. I can do the whole house on a single charge of the V10, and it picks up better than my old 350 air watt Panasonic mains vacuum.
 
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Nutty667 said:
I use my Henry for vacuuming the patios outside and sucking up ash from bbq/pizza oven, so the bags get full pretty quick depending on how many leaves and general bits of tree/plant crap and dust there is.
For indoors I think the best thing these days is a Dyson handheld. I can do the whole house on a single charge of the V10, and it picks up better than my old 350 air watt Panasonic mains vacuum.
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I have the same set up but use a cheap wet dry vac from screwfix £50 titan for everything out side it’s handy because you can use it as a blower as well.

Dyson battery for in the house is the way to go, i find a Henry doesn’t really suck anything up.
 
Reuben klang said:
I have the same set up but use a cheap wet dry vac from screwfix £50 titan for everything out side it’s handy because you can use it as a blower as well.

Dyson battery for in the house is the way to go, i find a Henry doesn’t really suck anything up.
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I have to use the Turbo button on the Henry permanently, but it sucks up everything outside.
I do fancy changing it up so something more powerful though.
 
Terminal_Boy said:
Our Dyson Small Ball2 is on its last legs and the Shark bagless one I’ve been using around the house is bobbins.

Currently looking at a Henry Xtra to replace both of them, but slightly concerned about how many bags I’m going to get through.

How long do you Henry owners get out of your bags and how big are the homes you’re cleaning with them?

Are genuine bags best?
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They last a long time even if its used every day it'll be months before bag changes for normal indoor use

You can get reusable ones.
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You don't want to though emptying used bags is just nasty! First thing I do is throw them away and replace with disposables
 
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To offer a counterpoint about indoor performance, the Henry Extra with the included hard floor attachment gets absolutely everything off hard floors which is what I use it on. Many professional cleaning companies use them for good reason, granted you can get better for a lot more money, but they are absolutely fine for indoor use as well.
 
Nutty667 said:
I use my Henry for vacuuming the patios outside and sucking up ash from bbq/pizza oven, so the bags get full pretty quick depending on how many leaves and general bits of tree/plant crap and dust there is.
For indoors I think the best thing these days is a Dyson handheld. I can do the whole house on a single charge of the V10, and it picks up better than my old 350 air watt Panasonic mains vacuum.
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I built a Cyclone container that you plug your vac into then plug hose on cyclone and everything stays in cyclone container so filter never get's blocked - use it for sawdust as well.
I think you will find how to make one on Youtube
 
We got a Henry last year, still on the first bag, 2 adults 3 kids, 2 cats and a malting Labrador. I do however, empty it into my bin, put it back into Henry and off we go. Probably emptied it 3 times so far, its due again soon I think.
 
they are famous in the cleaning industry for being incredibly tough, reliable and hard wearing. They can take a ton of abuse and keep going

from memory you can wash the bags to make them last longer

but if you want a real hoover then get an old used kirby g5 in good working order if you can, they were made to build quality standards beyond anything made today and the actual performance was incredible
 
I still remember the Kirby salesman coming to our house when I was young. The thing was made of cast steel, weighed a ton, and came with 3 huge boxes of attachments, everything from sanders to hair-nit-remover brushes.
They were good, but god they were heavy!
 
dave28 said:
they are famous in the cleaning industry for being incredibly tough, reliable and hard wearing. They can take a ton of abuse and keep going

from memory you can wash the bags to make them last longer

but if you want a real hoover then get an old used kirby g5 in good working order if you can, they were made to build quality standards beyond anything made today and the actual performance was incredible
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I totally agree, amazing build quality, ball bearing wheels, cast aluminium chassis, a PROPER bit of kit. Sadly the wife thinks it's a museum piece and pratts about with a plastic fantastic where most of the mains current used heats the thin, probably copper clad aluminium, power lead...

No decent hotel ever gave the cleaning staff anything other than a Kirby. USA can produce some good gear, (cars apart) ;)
 
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