Best Hoover for horsey house

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Help my Hoover has just packed in and before I go and buy a new one I was after advice on which ones cope the best with straw hay and shaving that seem to fall out in every room where my daughter has been
 
I have a Henry and it's pretty robust. It copes with a labrador too. I know others who will only buy a Dyson but I can't justify spending that much on a hoover. The Henry's by far the best vacuum I've ever had though.
 
I've recently changed from a Dyson to a Henry and it's superb. I have three dogs, two cats and two horses on a muddy smallholding. I chose it after asking the cleaner at the vets which she thought was best. She said she'd tried them all and Henry was best.
 
I've just bought a new one this week off Ebuyer. It's a Vax upright bagless with a powerful 2400w motor and a large dust collection chamber... absolute bargain at £44. Only used it once but it worked fine and at that price I don't care if it packs up after a year or 2. I had a Dyson years ago but wasn't that impressed with it.
 
Not a dyson! Hate the damn things they are useless (hubby likes them but it seems to be me that always "hovers". I would definitely recommend a Henry (or henrietta if you prefer them in pink- had them at work and they are far superior on the pick up.
 
Quick question to those with Henry's - how do you hoover the stairs? We've got a flight of 12 stairs, and I currently take my hoover up balanced on each stair, but you can't with a round Henry? Am I missing something?
 
The only hoover we havent managed to kill is a Henry

Husband does the stairs and he brings it down a stair at a time balancing it with one hand and hoovering with the other
 
fiwen30 said:
Quick question to those with Henry's - how do you hoover the stairs? We've got a flight of 12 stairs, and I currently take my hoover up balanced on each stair, but you can't with a round Henry? Am I missing something?
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you're not missing anything and they are heavy to carry up and do each step. We only have a few steps and I do half a dozen with the machine on the ground, hose is quite long, and than carry it up to the landing and do the next few. I think it could be hard work doing stairs otherwise.
 
Honey08 said:
I've recently changed from a Dyson to a Henry and it's superb. I have three dogs, two cats and two horses on a muddy smallholding. I chose it after asking the cleaner at the vets which she thought was best. She said she'd tried them all and Henry was best.
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agree :)
dyson was worse than useless
 
I have two cats, a Labrador and forgetful (to take their shoes off) people in my house, and I have two Dysons. I hate them and will soon be purchasing a Henry judging by all the comments above.

Dysons are overpriced and really don't do a very good job, in my opinion anyway.
 
LHIS said:
Miele or SEBO.
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I looked at a Miele before choosing the Henry. It was simply too good and had too many filters for my horsey/doggy/mucky house. It was a make that was my first choice but I felt it would be better in cleaner suburbia. The other thing when looking for a cleaner is to check the cost of filters. Some makes can be very expensive.
 
I have a Henry and was also given a dyson. I use both. Henry is great though. However my best form of defence against mud has been to tile most of our downstairs floors! Only need a broom now!
 
Love my Dyson,been going strong for 4 years now. However I am a veterinary nurse & every practice I work at swears by Henry's & Hetty's & they also seem up to heavy duty hoovering.
 
I would have said a Henry a few years ago, but now I'm converted to miele cat and dog.

Easy to manoeuvre and picks up the hair from five cats and two labradors and two long haired humans no problem.

I use a Bosch athlet cordless for a quick whip round and that does a decent job too and is so easy to use.
 
paddy555 said:
you're not missing anything and they are heavy to carry up and do each step. We only have a few steps and I do half a dozen with the machine on the ground, hose is quite long, and than carry it up to the landing and do the next few. I think it could be hard work doing stairs otherwise.
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This is the way I do it, I have a Harry, great at dealing animal hair (we also have a dog and use to have cats). It's also really good for getting hair off of numnahs before they go into the washing machine.
 
NeverEver said:
has anyone bought a Henry recently? They used to be 1200watts but now due to the EU the ones in the shops are only 580 ?
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I have an older Henry at home, brilliant and the only Hoover I haven't broken. Just bought a new one for work, argh so difficult it's heavy and hard to push no matter what the setting, it's just not the same as my old one.
 
well... I was very tempted by a Henry , if I could have found one of the older ones. However I saw enough bad reviews of the newer 600w version to put me off, the sales guy in Currys said the same. We managed to get a Dyson cylinder animal that is still 1400w and it practically sucks the carpet up off the floor!!!
 
My vote also goes with Miele. I have a dust mite allergy, and need a vacuum that is truly HEPA filtering - no point blowing all the dust mites out the back. I had a Miele vac for close to 15 years now in a house with two cats (plus all the horse hair I carry home), and it simply does the job. I've had two models, but only because I moved from the US to the UK and couldn't take the first (different voltage rating). If you need to do a lot of carpets, I can recommend the power brush head that comes with some of the Miele models.
 
I bought a "hetty" a couple of months ago from B&Q. I love it. Don't have any problems doing the stairs at all. Only problem I've found is, when I put a new bag in it, have to halve the power as it literally sticks to the carpets!
 
I have a dyson, this one to be precise

http://www.dyson.co.uk/vacuum-clean...g-ball/dyson-cinetic-big-ball-animal-erp.aspx

It is amazing!! I have had it about 4 months now and my carpets are the cleanest they have ever been. I've tried Miele, Vax & Hoover but they just weren't up to the job. With 3 dogs, 2 rabbits, small child, boyfriend who works on a farm and 'forgets' to take his wellies off, a selection of hairy horses & ponies I needed something with power.

I managed to get 3 full loads of muck of my living room carpet alone with the Dyson the first time I used it! I was horrified. It can literally suck up everything. I actually ripped up my landing carpet when I first used it. I wouldn't use anything else now & it has a 5 year warranty which is pretty good.
 
I just bought a Miele on recommendation of my brother, picks up lovely, and picks up a lot, but one vac round and the bloomin bag is full - well its not, its the dog dust but it thinks it is! Think I'll use it at work and buy a Henry.......
 
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