Vacuum Cleaner has broken, Henry's any good?

[mrcoal]

for the £100 the henrys are hard to beat, they will last for ages and you can buy the spares!

[Spank]

Kirby's, although expensive are very good quality, my uncle sold them for a while, well I say sold them, he was voted the worst salesman as in 6 months he only sold 2, 1 to himself & 1 to his mother. That was 29 years ago & his is still going (dunno what happened to my grans after she died, but guess it was sold)

[csgohan4]

Good thing about Henry's, what ever or where ever you use it to suck dirt or the odd nugget, it always has a smile on it's face

[rox0r]

Spend the extra money on a Miele, you'll never buy another make again. Mainly because you won't need to, German engineering at its finest.

[pp05]

As above really, vacuum cleaners just this minute gone and we need a quick replacement without spending too much, are Henry's any good?

If it helps, we have a long haired cat.

Thanks!

Henry vacuum are good, with carpet you need an additional accessory.

[Tartanpimpernel]

Another vote here for Henry, we've just had a load of work done to our house and that little vacuum dealt with all the brickdust/sawdust etc etc

Didnt even break a sweat!

[peterb]

Dyson, no bags to change or clog. The reality lives up to the hype, unusually.

[watercooled]

You just have very expensive filters to change + clog instead. Despite the 'no loss of suction' claims, I frequently hear of the tiny root cyclone ducts need cleaning/filters need replacing etc. With a bag you spend next to nothing to sort it...

[cheesemp]

I've got a henry xtra. Its just a regular henry with air powered brush head (they do a more expensive powered version). Its the only vacuum cleaner I've found that touches my cats long hair. The other 'pet' hoovers I've had didn't do a thing. Its been rock solid for me and having a bag is a good thing in my opinion - no dust cloud when empting it!

Also my mother had a standard henry for 10 years and only replaced with a new one when the tube broke (She could have got a spare tube but decided for another £50 to get a new one).

I don't think you'll get a better hoover for ~£100 and I reckon it will beat most £200 hoovers!

[Funkstar]

Can the air powered brush head be attached to a regular Henry? We could do with a beater brush for all the dog and cat hair.

[cheesemp]

Can the air powered brush head be attached to a regular Henry? We could do with a beater brush for all the dog and cat hair.

I don't see why not - its just a standard attachment. I found it for sale here so you can take a look.

Its just the first link I found and i'm sure you can find it for less elsewhere.

Edit: Its £26 on ebay - link.