Henry and other vacs.

[rocker]

I've heard a lot about Henry hoovers, that they will take any amount of abuse and are good for masonry dust etc. Are these the standard 80s little red fellas, or are people on about some special type of Henry? How good are they really?

Also, what about the old 80s orange VAXs. I remember back then they were pretty hardcore, and similar in construction to the Henry. Anyone use them, and are they any good?

Basically after many months of having its innards cleaned, my rubbish Russel Hobbs jobbie has bitten the dust (ba-boom), so I'm in the market for a vac. A builder I worked with lately had a wicked one built for trade, it had a socket on it and only turned on when you used the tool! I want to get one sometime but a bit out of my league for something as frivolous as a vac at the moment......

 

[keith915]

Henry Vacuum Cleaner from Homebase.co.uk

This is the jobby I use, brilliant suction and that's before switching to the full power mode. Doubt you'll beat £79 for one either. Picks up small rubble like no business.

 

[Phil]

i was many many years ago a contracts manager for a cleaning company when i was 18 and the henrys take some right abuse. tougher than blue brick is to chop out can`t really go wrong with them

 

[cornburn]

I bought a Karcher from B&Q with the dust extraction stuff, about £110 and sucks like nothing, bits of brick - the lot. I had noticed the Henrys in homebase too tho which are normally £100 so for £79 I would defo grab one of those - no brainer

 

[cbw]

You really need one with a bag for heavy dust use/wall chaser, I use a 9ltr bertie, its ok as mainly used with the wall chaser and a bit of cleaning up, bigest problem I have is I overfill the bags and they burst!

 

[Phil]

you tried the permanent cotton bag you can get for them ?? saves a fortune in the long run

 

[cbw]

What I really need is a magic self emptying or a special bottomless bag..........................

 

[Phil]

What I really need is a magic self emptying or a special bottomless bag..........................

i have a wallet like that when the kids come out with me. trouble is it`s not bottomless although it is self emptying

 

[rocker]

Does the normal henry not have a bag, then?

 

[cbw]

hahahahahahaha

 

[Phil]

normally come with the disposable ones inside. but you can get a perm cotton one for it

 

[cbw]

Your right, henry does have a bag, its the dust filter thingy I meant.......

 

[keith915]

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This is what I've got. Brilliant idea!

 

[rocker]

Nice, the vax I was on about used to have a permanent cotton bag with a sliding-off plastic bottom which was rather good.

 

[pennywise]

Nuflisk alto are really good hard wearing vacs, they make them for hilti and festool then rebrand them. Supposedly they are the largest vacuum manufacturer in Europe. D&M tools do them screwfix may do them to.


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