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Nature abhors eight vacuum. |
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You could reverse the connections, and attach eight Henry devices to a single hose and nozzle, for octo-suction-action. |
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aka "Henry The Eighth", I'm now thinking in
retrospect. |
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The solution for parallel whole-house vacuuming is surely to
install a large turbofan engine in one room, with its back-end
ducted up out of the chimney. Simply fire it up, and the
entire house will be free of dust, debris and small appliances
in a couple
of minutes. |
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Ah, so nothing to do with Henry Repeating Rifles, then... |
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I wonder how you define "best vacuum cleaner". Henries are
certainly popular, and I'm not saying they're not good, but
best overall, by what criteria? |
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How about simplicity, robustness, reliability,
suction power, and the ability to make you laugh
every time you look at someone dragging a henry
along an office corridor by its 'nose hose'? Henry
vacuums are the epitome of affordable good
design, and they're made in the UK, unlike Dyson's
hyper expensive, flimsy, overcomplicated rubbish. |
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//hyper expensive, flimsy, overcomplicated rubbish // |
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Yes, in retrospect partnering with Apple was a dreadful mistake. |
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Dysons don't even have a vacuum cleaner bag,
which means you risk being enveloped with their
contents in the form of a cloud of detritus every
time you empty them. |
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The V10 is supposed to be designed so that you can stick it deep down in the garbage bag before opening it, but I've never been really
inclined to do that (maybe because the garbage bag is already mostly full), so it does indeed get everywhere a bit. I turn on the hood fan
over the stove first, and I also make sure the vacuum is charged when I empty it so I can close it as soon as it's empty and suck in the
airborne dust. That and the non-swappable battery are the only things I don't like about it. |
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Everything else about it is wonderful. It's so easy to get out and use for a quick job that I end up vacuuming way more often than I would
with anything else, so the floor is clean more of the time. And it's so easy to drive (with the steerable soft roller head—the "torque drive"
head is nearly as easy) that I actually enjoy using it, because it only needs one hand and hardly any force to control where it goes*, and so I
usually end up doing the whole house. And, according to independent testing (Vacuum Wars on YouTube, at least), it cleans better than
most corded vacuum cleaners, including carpet deep-cleaning. |
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*{I haven't seen this mentioned online anywhere, but I'd like to popularize an understanding of the different ways of steering a vacuum
cleaner. You've got at least these kinds: 1. ones that drive straight forward most of the time and need some effort to turn (like most
uprights, and most powerheads for canisters), 2. those that have no directional control whatsoever and just go wherever you push them but
also go elsewhere unless you continually apply a large force in the desired direction from the end of a long class 2/3 lever (like the basic
floor heads on canisters and sticks, e.g. Henry), and 3. those that are steerable by just twisting the handle about its long axis, and then
automatically go in the designated direction when you push forward (like the Dyson V10 and several other, less expensive, cordless sticks). |
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I find the third type the most pleasant to drive, because it just goes where I tell it to without any fighting or need for using two hands. Lots
of heads of the second type, including Henry heads, actually use a similar mechanism for turning the head when you twist the handle, but,
because they have no wheels to make them go in a particular direction, that's pointless and achieves no steering. Seriously, just stick some
fixed-direction wheels to the sides of your Henry's head and see how much more pleasant it is to use when it goes in the direction you point
it. (Then just keep using it like that instead of getting a Dyson or other stick, if you're happy with it. I don't own any Dyson stock.)} |
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My mom complains about having to wash the V10's filter too often, but that's not an issue when I'm the only user of it for a couple of weeks.
(Actually, it's weird that that's the case. I usually only use it on power level •, while she uses it on power level •• or MAX* despite
acknowledging that this is unnecessary. Lower power levels are supposed to fill up the filter faster, because slower airflow makes the
cyclones less effective. But she has to wash the filter a lot more often than I do.) |
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*OK, there's another thing I dislike: the power level naming scheme. But you can just put a piece of tape on it and write 1, 2, 3 or LO, MED,
HI. |
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HOWEVER, I do acknowledge that Dyson's corded vacuum cleaners (which I think are all discontinued now, because James Dyson decided
the motors in the cordless ones are superior) aren't very good. Maybe the Cinetic ones are okay; I haven't tried them. The cordless sticks
before the V-series aren't worth getting either, and those before the V10 are at best okay. So I agree that the Dyson anti-hype was accurate,
a few years ago. The V10, though, is the closest they've come to perfection in my opinion. The V11 is more powerful and has an easier-to-
wash filter, but the V10 is already powerful enough to deep-clean carpets and the V11's user interface looks cumbersome and needlessly
color LCD-equipped. |
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Your criteria above are fine, and I take no issue with you liking your Henry on those bases. (Also, did you spot the tip for improving your
Henry that I hid in the middle of what I wrote above?) But I thought you were French? |
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