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.

This is why we have a James. Numatic James is great. A bit less expensive than Henry bit only difference is the motor doesn't do 50% power only 100% which is fine for us. Cable is manual and no rolling wheel. Works great for 15 years now.

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.