Dullsville- Henry vacuum cleaners/other sorts

We have a henry. before that i had another non-upright one (no idea who made it, i bought it because it was purple. ?) i can't say that one is better than the other tbh although the henry is quite robust and has been going for well over a decade.

i use one of those black and decker hand helds on the stairs as the hoover is still a ball ache to use on stairs even if its not an upright...trying to balance it on a step when you're halfway up is no fun.

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A decade is amazing- ours always break after about a year ?

My mum got at least 10 years out of her George (Herny's big brother ?) and that was during the time we had a black labrador and all carpets. She has a Dyson ball now and finds it much lighter and easy to use but has only had it for about a year so can't compare it's life span.

My MiL has a Henry, she's had it for the whole time I've known her (8 years) and it's still going strong.

I threw my Dyson away in disgust after a few light knocks pretty much smashed it to pieces. I now have a lovely pink Hetty who is uber-efficient and makes cleaning fun! She's Henry's girlfriend, and has fluttery eyelashes too ?

I have a George (Henry but shampoos too!) and he is wonderful, I love him! By far the best hoover I've had.

We have a Miele which got the Which? best buy - small black affair. Was about £120 and is fabulous.

Another Miele user here. Fab fab fab fab fab!

I have a Hetty too. she's so cute! and is really good, building rubble no problem. we don't use bags anymore either.

Miele - bought ours on the Which recommendation. Like you, we seemed to but a new vacuum cleaner ever year.

Yup, Miele. Mine is still going strong after about 5 years.

We've got a Meile too. A total joy to use believe it or not.