Numatic Henry

If you have arthritis in both hands please please do not buy a henry - you will NEVER get poles or brushes apart ,the worst hoover I have ever had . My trusted Dyson broke how I wish I’d had it fixed or bought a new one. Can’t even push the brush over the carpet.

I CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW BAD THIS HOOVER IS! IT'S VERY HEAVY AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO MOVE AROUND. THE WIRE CONSTANTLY GETS TRAPPED IN BETWEEN THE WHEELS SO ITS TAKES MORE TIME TO SORT THE HOOVER OUT AND MOVE IT WHERE YOU WANT IT THAT ACTUALLY HOOVERING. THE HOOVER ITSELF GETS TRAPPED ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE AS THE WHEEL MOVEMENT IS NOT DESIGNED PROPERLY. OVER ALL IT IS A DEVICE THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE AND SIMPLE PROCEDURES TAKE MUCH LONGER THAT THEY SHOULD.

I find the hose perfect length. I have arthritis in my hands and wrists and it’s so lightweight and easy to use because the end has wheels and a brush bar.

I buy the numatic bags and the machine compacts on ll the dirt into them making it so clean to empty

My carpets are so good after 6 years and three dogs they’re like new.

I’ve had to replace the brush bar once in six years as the bristles wore down

I have used this machine for the car and for the patio.

Excellent

I can't think of any good points.

The hose is too long it will knock ornament off shelves. The hose keeps coming out of the machine. The rigid hose is too long it flexes falls apart it is difficult to use. The head will not stay with the bristles out for carpet cleaning they go back in for flat surface setting. You will forever be closing the air valve on the rigid hose to keep maximum suction. The lead is cheap and stiff.

The machine is difficult to pull along the floor.

The Henry Hoover is one of the worst hoovers i used, first of all it does not pick up dirt from carpets that good, you can still see some dirt left so you then need to take of the bottom part off and use the hose to pick them up and then re attach the bottom to continue with the rest of the floor, it doesn't do well when it comes to corner's and sides as its impossible to pick up so you bend down or raise the hose up, pull the bottom off again to use the hose again and re attached to continue also it has a powerful suction (which is a bad thing) when cleaning carpets as it's hard to manoeuvre as the suction sticks to the carpet and a few times it has lifted my carpet damaging it when it comes to hard floor/laminate it feel like there's not enough suction compared with carpets then you have the stairs its like a dead weight you need to lift while doing the stairs, the Henry doesn't sit well on the stairs and the next thing you know its on it's back what a nightmare its especially hard for me as i suffer from back pain and the storage and space, it takes so much space i cannot leave it in a closet or cupboard as its to large and the hose it too long so i end up leaving it in the open in my bedroom which gets in the way it drives me crazy i feel like throwing it out the window! i would not recommend to anyone who is thinking of buying this.

I bought my Henry in 1983 - yes nineteen eighty THREE!! And he only stopped working yesterday 20th August 2016!! Even then, it wasn't dear old Henry who gave up but the mains cable that exited the back of it ie it must have had a broken wire inside it as it 'sparked' and then poor Henry died! Over the 33 years or I owned Henry I had moved flats multiple times but always fund the vacuum useful, powerful and quite easy to take the bag out of and take upstairs etc. NOt sure what improvements will have been made ot Henrys over 33 years or so but I am certainly going out to buy another one...RIP dear old Henry '83!!

I love our little Henry. It's a great Hoover, excellent suction, light, easy and simple to use.

My only problem with the Henry is that the suction can be so good the stainless steel pipes keep falling apart! The head will suck to the floor and as I pull it instead the pipes come apart. It's really starting to annoy me now to be honest. I'm considering glueing them all together!

One min it was working the next it was not its only 2yrs 9mths old .

It was a great wee hoover while it lasted .

I have no idea why this is getting good reviews. It does not pick up on carpet, It will pick up grit, dust etc, but will NOT pick up fluff. This is because it does not have a revolving head...its that simple

If you have hard floors only, then ideal , if you have carpets, then not

Straight out of the box very little suction but only 580watts so can't expect much, but such a woeful lack of any decent ability to pick up dirt.

But rapidly looses what little suction it has unless dustbag is changed almost every time it's used,

Cheap and nasty tools that don't stay together

And then to top it off it died under 3 months old and it has only been used on a small relatively clean area

I use a 15 year old dyson at home which is in A different league, with far superior build quality, huge suction and total reliability despite daily use.

Have 6 of these Henry's and all utterly useless will be returning as all quite new as unfit for purpose