Clean and Green (Numatic George)

Member Name: Cornishmaid

Product:	Numatic George
Date:	17/08/02 (1740 review reads)
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Advantages: Value for money, Excellent suction, cleaning and shampooing, Robust build, fittings and accessories

Disadvantages: none that I have found

We bought a Vax in 1986,for £149.00 - one of the first ever models. It finally gave up the ghost after an engine burn-out in 2000!

Our old dog had increasingly become incontinent, and I, having spent months with scrubbing brushes and disinfectant had scrubbed enough. I rang a local Numatic dealer, who had a brand new George for £167. I had used Numatic before in various cleaning jobs, and had always been impressed by their robust appearance, their cleaning ability, and the fact that they don't tip over (unlike the Vax) if they run over their leads.

I took posession of the George, and was impressed by the vast array of accessories that came with it. It certainly served the purpose for which it was intended. Not content with just cleaning the "doggie" patches, I cleaned the carpets of the whole house! Just to think I was going to hire a carpet cleaner from the local DIY shop, and I would still have my dog wee problem afterwards!

To my mind, the George was a brilliant investment. I have set the George up in Vacuum mode, and have on the whole remained thoroughly impressed with the power, even more so than the Dyson which I usually use for general household cleaning.

I can't say that there are any disadvantages to this piece of equipment, It knocks the spots off anything I've used before, both at home and at work.

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As this was my first opinion, I am sure you will let me off for not including the attachments and bits and bobs. Here they now are!!!
Cheesy illustrations showing people being happy about their George, but fairly self-explanatory all the same!
For shampooing:
5 piece chrome tubing (used for vacuum as well and has to be rinsed thoroughly and dried before use)Trigger for dispersing solution - easy to operate! Separate switch on body of vacuum operates the shampoo thingy.
Quality heavy duty tubing with brass push-on
fitments which supplies the shampoo solution to carpet. Plastic clips to clip shampoo tubing to chrome tubes.
Wide transparent carpet cleaning thingy which doesn't clog up like the vax ones.
Narrow transparent hand held thingy for cleaning upholstery.
Sturdy reservoir with handle, and lovely washable net filter inside. Wide squeegy type thing for mopping up spills on the lino. (can be used both sides, with/without sponge)
Normal vacuuming bits and bobs:-
Large interchangeable hard floor/carpet head
cranny nozzle, small round cobweb brush, upholstery cleaner (with removable brush)
washable filter and extension tubing (which I haven't found the use for yet. It also came with 5 disposable bags.

All in all more than capable of vacuuming gerbil bedding, budgie seed and horse hair from the carpet one day, and shampooing it the next. Oooh it feels like Christmas, and the kids have had fun with the box too!

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