Numatic International - James

Henry. They're amazing little hoovers. They store away well. Powerful. And so cute! I have a Henry. I've also had a James. They last forever too.

Our Dyson was shite. Bits snapped off it, the suction was pathetic. Threw that fucker out. Got a Numatic James. Henry's pervy cousin.

Numatic Henry/James/similar. Buy an extra long hose, or have a vac shop make one up for you, and customise it with any standard 1.25" attachments that take your fancy. That's what I used for extended dusting jobs back when I cleaned houses for a living. Powerful, quiet (important for longer tasks such as this), and simple with no frills.

Numatic, wij hebben een james en die doet het al jaren naar tevredenheid. We hebben 2 honden en een kat, hij heeft eigenlijk geen problemen met de hoeveelheid haar. Hij heeft grote zakken en groot bereik met het snoer. Ding is super robuust en ligt niet elke keer op z'n rug (wat z'n Philips voorganger wel elke keer deed). Onderdelen zijn makkelijk te krijgen, dus repareren is niet heel moeilijk.

I have an industrial numatic, believe it would be James if named and it's marvellous. Bought it as refurb on ebay because I can't be doing with these less powered shit ones on the market now.

Anything from numatic. Had a shark, cost about £170 new, lasted 6 months before needing a non-servicable part to be replaced which meant replacing the whole bottom half of the hoover. Was going to cost £130. Threw the heap of shit in the bin and dug the old 25 year old Numatic James out of the shed and have been using it ever since.

Henry all day. Our shark lasted 6 months before needing a part replacing that cost 2/3rds the cost of a new machine. Went in the bin. Our numatic James is about 25 years old at this point and still going strong.

I definitely remember the adjustment from powered carpet head to straight suction. I switched from a Miele to a Numatic James because the cost of genuine Miele bags started to add up. I think we're lucky most of clients have newer builds and have hard floors and rugs rather than wall-to-wall carpet (Canadian Prairies). 9 years in with James and it only needed a switch and power cord replaced.

A Henry or Numatic James would be a good choice as they're simple and rugged

Get the Numatic version of the Henry called James. It's exactly the same apart you manually wind the cable round a top handle. It's about 3 kilos lighter and same power.

It’s crazy how much more expensive Numatic machines are over there. They’re really quite cheap / offer excellent value for money in the UK. My mains powered Numatic vacuum was only £150. And the Henry Xtra cylinder machine has just been on offer for about £130.