Morning all,
I had the above for 25 years for my building work and it still works fine if not rather noisy. I want to get another for home, but I’m aware that some years ago 2017 I think power was reduced to under 900 watts. Today’s Henry is 620. Has anyone got one and if so is it any good?
Thanks in advance. MD.
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Don't want to divert this thread too soon, but if we are to mention elderly equipment I would nominate our 1/2/3kW fan heater which we must have bought in 1968, maybe even 1967 when we moved into our first house back in the UK. It is badged Manweb (Manchester & north Wales Elec Board). At the moment it is running quietly several weeks after I put a drop of oil on the motor bearings ....
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I bought this from Amazon and it is really poerful. I got it for emptying the log burning stove and I was amazed at how good it is. It's from a German company although it may well have been made in China.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BLZVJ0I?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
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I am a fan of Einhell products, well engineered and assembled.
Currently have battery versions of
Push Mower, Strimmer, (Both 36V prof - 2 battery)
Drill
Robot Mower.
No real problems in 2-3 years with minor self engineered enhancements.
Whilst some built in China, designed (not just specified) in Germany. The company has been around since 1964 and not gone down the sell out of Brand name yet!
The Parkside brand, primarily sold at Lidl, is manufactured by Einhell. Similar but with physically different battery systems.
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What a coincidence....Mrs RP was looking for our router saw yesterday and dragged out my old Einhell one , which works but and non standard saw thingy....
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How do they get away with 1250 watts then?
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The limit applies to domestic cleaners. You can buy a more powerful industrial model if you need something for trade purposes. Screwfix have them.
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Manweb = Merseyside and North Wales Elecricity Board, how do I know this ? Sometime in 2024 we took a MANWEB branded tumble drier form my in-laws house to the scrappie. Massive heavy thing (on casotors thank goodness) from 1960 and I read the tag on the base as it fell into the car !
Horrific to think this was in use up until quite recently !
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Was it MANWEB that eventually ended up as Scottish Power with all the customer service SNAFU implied?
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Yes it was. There's still some evidence of their presence in the area, Including a photo I have of an awesome building in Llandudno Junction with the Crosville Home Guard parading outside as they dis-banded. The building is still there and looks as modern as it did when it was first built,,,I'll dig out a photo online
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"I want to get another for home, but I'm aware that some years ago 2017 I think power was reduced to under 900 watts. Today's Henry is 620. Has anyone got one and if so is it any good?"
We bought a corded Henry Xtra (special tools, incl. turbo carpet brush) a few years ago and it has been excellent. Plenty of suction. Does the job.
Last edited by: James Loveless on Thu 29 Jan 26 at 17:53
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I have a 10 year old TITAN (screwfix) 1300w in perfect working order if you are near Colchester...
and some spare bags..
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Thank you but unfortunately I’m in north Devon.
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For some strange reason Henry's always pop up for sale on marketplace, I bought one last year primarily for use on the car and DIY jobs, gave £25 for it in as new condition, sadly swmbo has discovered its far better than our Dyson.
Last edited by: Paul 1963 on Fri 30 Jan 26 at 08:32
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Ditto. I hate Dyson with a passion.
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>> Ditto. I hate Dyson with a passion.
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Don't hate ours it's just a pain to maintain, think ours has at least 4 filters that need regular cleaning some of which need a fair bit of dismantling to get to, I've also had to replace the brush head.
I should get rid of it really it hardly ever get used now...
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>>Ditto. I hate Dyson with a passion.
I never fancied Dysons. They seem over priced. About 8 years ago we got a Xiaomi robot vacuum. It was intended to do a light clean between weekly big cleans with the main vacuum. The main vacuum soon ended up stored in the garage and Jeeves, as we call it, does all the cleaning. It won't do up the tops of the skirting boards and is not good on corners but is other wise great.
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I have just bought a new Shark Pet and Dog upright. I have an upright Dyson Animal that is only a few years old, but it's a pain for getting clogged. I have a wood burning stove and conequently get small splinters of wood from the kindling on to the carpet. With a combination of dog hair and splinters it very easily clogs up. I had to return it for repair once as I was not able to remove the blockage. Dyson do have a decent guarantee period of five years and I have never been charged.
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>> Ditto. I hate Dyson with a passion.
As I've mentioned a couple of times before; not a company I would ever buy from again.
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>> Ditto. I hate Dyson with a passion.
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Ditto.
But as somebody else said, (on this website, I think), "Dyson are great, you can get replacement spares for all their parts". Not sure even that is still true!.
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>> But as somebody else said, (on this website, I think), "Dyson are great, you can
>> get replacement spares for all their parts". Not sure even that is still true!.
I think they're quite good with spares but support for older models ends after a period of time.
We had a DC-03 (nineties?), donated to us by my Mother, which had to go last year after various parts gave up.
For a while there were specialists breaking older models for spares but even that's dried up now.
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>> But as somebody else said, (on this website, I think), "Dyson are great, you can
>> get replacement spares for all their parts". Not sure even that is still true!.
That people comment on the spares situation speaks volumes about the quality of the original build. I had a Dyson cordless stick (v7 I think). it lasted two years max before I gave up on it, due to bits breaking. IMHO Dyson stuff is sheet.
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>> For some strange reason Henry's always pop up for sale on marketplace
>> I bought one last year primarily for use on the car and DIY jobs, gave £25 for it in as new condition
>> sadly swmbo has discovered its far better than our Dyson.
I came here to post exactly the same thing, only mine was 50 quid. I am allowed to use it on the car though!
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We've bought one recently - just the std 6l home one. Despite only being 620W it has nearly enough suction to pull the paint off the walls! It's a lot quieter than our old (an original 1998 DC02!) Dyson.
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I always look at the various offers available. Couple of years ago there was an Asda offer of £50 cashback if I took out a credit card with Asda rewards and spent an amount in the first months and set up the direct debit.
Henry pet version was reduced in the black Friday sale and so got a brand new one for £74.00.
The Titan one sounded like a jet taking off.
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Henry’s do a job and I’ve got one for jobs like cleaning the garage and greenhouse but they are really quite crude basic machines. We also have a Miele and a Shark rechargeable and the quality of manufacture and design is markedly superior. The way the components click together in the Miele is a joy. The Shark embodies the latest technology.
I think the Henry tells you a lot about what happened to British manufacturing.
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AI agrees except for "the Henry Quick cordless range, which is manufactured in China rather than at the Somerset plant"
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When my first wife died, I was in Tesco and randomly bought a Vax upright, basically because my old one couldn’t cope with the crap that people brought in on their shoes when they visited (and there were loads of them) it was so rubbish I took it back bought a Miele upright which was brilliant. When my wife and I merged households, she brought with her a Miele ‘cat and dog’ non upright - this was brilliant and it lived for nearly 15 years before the switch failed. I was out on one of my motorcycle odysseys and happened on a Miele dealer who had a new old stock switch. tried to fit it but it wouldn’t work. This was replaced with a new model Miele one. we also have a Shark cordless, ok for every day tasks but too lightweight for deeper cleans.We also had a robotic one which never settled in this house although it worked in perfectly in the last house…..the maker was an American start-up. Their app pp has now stopped being supported so it died ;-(. the tech was impressive, radar, lidar radar, lasers,..etc.
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I still have a Vax 1-2-1, bought in 1990 that is still working well. I did take it for a service in 2003. The guy who tended to it eventually told me that there was nothing wrong with it, as it was not a complicated machine. Once he’d checked motor bearings, carbon brushes, wiring, hose and seals, if it was still pulling well and sounding healthy, there genuinely wasn’t much else to “tend to” on a machine of that design.
However, he did berate Dyson machines, as a brand that routinely breaks down and needed constant attention.
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Our Dyson has never actually broken down but it does need regular maintenance, not that it's gets much use since the arrival of Henry, I did replace the brush head due to wear, used a pattern part rather than genuine.
Henry just gets a fresh filter bag every few months.
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>> However, he did berate Dyson machines, as a brand that routinely breaks down and needed
>> constant attention.
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There is always a line of them awaiting being recycled at our local tip. I never see any Henrys awaiting the same fate.
We've had a Henry for decades. We bought one of the last of the more powerful ones before they were banned and out son has the original one that preceded it - still going strong.
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This conversation suddenly sparked a distant memory of when I briefly worked for Currys and we were showered with 'gifts' from Hoover which were engraved - 'ibaisaic'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAkJZvKoR6E
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>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAkJZvKoR6E
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Why is he doing the Hoovering in his socks?
They aren't very efficient, are they?
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Henry hoover - Andrew-T
