Numatic International - George

I got a George. It's brilliant for literally everything. Bigger motor than the regular Henry and can clean carpets.

Henry! We have a George (from the Henry line) and it is amazing

My husband says I change Hoover's too often so I feel like a bit of an expert. We had a shark and got rid of it quickly because it couldn't handle the pet hair from one short haired moggy in a small flat. The tube was constantly blocked, I had to unblock it every time I used it. Have also had various Vax, Dyson, Beldray, other cheap knock-off Hoover's and they all work ok for a while but then just give up the ghost after about a year. Have just bought a green Henry and so far I'm impressed, it's meant for commercial use so is powerful and is obviously as indestructible as a regular Henry. Doesn't weigh much. My friend has a Miele C3 which she swears by, if I was getting another one I'd get one of those.

My Shark was useless. Anti wrap was not effective. I got a green Henry and it is so powerful I can barely push it across the carpet.

I got the green one too, so powerful, sucks up everything, from building waste to hair.

Henry- heads etc are easy to replace if you need to. You can swap out the filter for odour neutralising. There’s a pet head. You could go for the direct animal model. George is a wet and dry hoover, and we have had one, but these days we have Henry and a Bessel carpet cleaner specifically for washing the carpets. Worth stating that most hoovers will fail to completely pull hairs up and so it’s useful to also have a rubber brush, or a window squidgee. You will be supposed at how much hair those things pull up 

Numatic George. Not cheap but it’s a 15litre capacity regular vacuum and a wet vac/carpet/upholstery cleaner. It’s also quiet.

O have a George that does wet and dry clean. But it’s so heavy and wired that it’s a real chore to use it. So I also have a Dyson that’s cordless so that if I want to do the vacuuming in the kitchen quickly after a meal it only take 5 minutes and no setup.

Numatic George. Hate the mess of bagless so went for a George over a Henry to also replace the kitchen mop as George is wet and dry.

It's not much of a faff but if you wash the floors regularly you'll probably want a dedicated machine. I needed to save space and wanted to have something adaptive for hoovering, washing the hard floors, washing carpets and dry and wet in the car. George can do it all. The only annoying thing is he is a tad heavy and moving him up and down the stairs is not something for anyone unable to lift stuff. The only annoying thing about switching to wet is being in a hard water area the spray nozzle gets clogged so I have to unblock it every time. The great thing about ANY numatic machine is how compatible the attachments are, an ancient Henry or other model can use the brand new attachments and bags. Plus Numatic sell spares, including replacement switches etc.  The only exception is the new Henry and Hetty Quick, they use their own attachments. I serviced an old Henry Hound, needed new internal contacts. Got a kit off Amazon, simple to install just a few screws. 

Very very few machines do that. Usually, they end up being pretty bad at one job or the other. Numatic George technically can do that. It's like a cross between a canister vac, shop vac, and carpet washer. While it has great suction, as a vacuum its pretty bulky and loud. As a carpet cleaner, it's very clumsy and takes a lot of effort to use. It's large, has a lot of parts to store, and takes time switching from one function to the other. No machine can switch between those functions on the fly. Best approach is to budget for a separate good vacuum and separate good carpet cleaner.