Overview

Having noticed the double points Dooyoo have decided to award certain level 1 categories for a short time, I thought I'd take the opportunity to do a review of my Henry Vacuum cleaner.

Bagged and tagged

My last bagless vacuum gave up the ghost two years ago. I was considering buying a Dyson, and asked around. The feedback I received was shocking. Perhaps Dyson has become a victim of its own success, but tales of woe concerning reliability and build quality were legion.

After some further investigation, I opted for what seemed like a Vacuum equivalent of a baby's telephone. I went for fire engine red. I wasn't expecting to go back to a bagged Vacuum, but from what I was hearing, it seemed like the smart choice. I wasn't disappointed.

Up and atom

The Henry consists of a main body unit with a removable top (the black bit). This contains the guts of the cleaner and may seem unexpectedly heavy the first time you remove it. Underneath it a device which keeps the area the bag sits in nice and tight.

The bags are of excellent quality and fit on to the attachment with ease. It is a theme that runs throughout this Vacuum cleaner. The top is firmly attached with two clamps. There's even a handle which is used to wind the power cable back in.

The Vacuum is compact, slides along easily enough and is bombproof. It is not light, though.

Dude, you suck!

And it really does. The suction power is amazing, even on the default energy saving mode. It comes with a few attachments and removed cat hair (Maine coon) from the carpet with ease. It's a good job the carpet was well attached when I hit the boost mode, or that may have been removed as well.

The flex of the hose is long enough to reach into most place though the stainless steel part of the tube can be a bit awkward when putting the cleaner away. An option to halve the sleeve would be a great feature for the future.

In Conclusion
For £100, this great cleaner represents a far cheaper and possibly far more sound investment than a Dyson. I even saw it used as standard on the Queen Elizabeth. (The ship, not the monarch)