Right, I'm struggling to find a the right vac to purchase. It may well be I need two separate ones given my requirements!

Needs to do the following floors in the house:

1) Solid oak
2) Natural Stone
3) Carpet (including carpet stairs)

Due to the small size of the house and the placement of furniture, upright ones are out of the question as I wouldn't be able to get to half the floor with one.


However, I also need a vac for the garage (for DIY use):

1) To suck up spills (water)
2) To collect dust/sawdust from sanders/saws/planer
3) Needs to be well suited to cleaning car interiors - seats, carpets
4) Vacuuming garage floor (general dust/debris)


I would really like something that washes carpets/upholstery as well, as I see that somewhat useful for the house carpets and car interiors, but I suppose a wet&dry will be okay with a liberal manual application of detergent.


So.. does a miracle solution exist? Or am I better off buying a carpet cleaner and a separate DIY vac for the garage?

Confused.com

Pavs


P.S. I should mention that the budget isn't unlimited, so price is an important factor!

numatic george would be my choice.

I bought my mum & dad , years ago a vax cylinder bagless jobby, still have it, does workshop stuff, and the house.


Done Dysons and will go back to them, their price puts me off.


And Ive ot an industrial thing in the garage, great yes, but wouldnt do what the Vax would ie both...

i bought a henry a few weeks ago its great on both hard floors and carpet .the green one sucks water to they are a brill vac

get a henry for garage, george for inside. best vac's in the world.

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get a henry for garage, george for inside. best vac's in the world.

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Having gone through 2 B&Q garage vacuums I bought a Henry. Should have done it years ago.

Having gone through 2 B&Q garage vacuums I bought a Henry. Should have done it years ago.

Henry's the tops !

let's here it for henry

I use a Henry for my building business, one of the best tools I have. Copes with most things.

+1 for Henry.
You don't see any Dysons on building sites. I wonder why? It's because the filters clog up in no time. Yes, the ones the adverts tell you they don't need, but put in anyway.
Try vacuuming up plaster dust with a Dyson and see how long they last. Crap!

Henry is the only serious vacuum cleaner out there. The professional's choice. IIRC there's a verson for wet stuff too, probably got a different name.

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Henry is the only serious vacuum cleaner out there. The professional's choice. IIRC there's a verson for wet stuff too, probably got a different name.

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We had a Henry for years and was a very good vac.But last year my car got a bit wet and I decided a bit of damp would not hurt the vacuum .I used it to Hoover out the car with no problems and then put it away in working order, then next time I tried to use it it started to make strange noises and ground to a halt, it turned out that the damp had caused the brushes to stick and then burn the commutator.I have been looking for a spare motor but they seem to be nearly as much as a replacement machine.
I would buy another for the house or workshop but wont be tempted to just Hoover up a little bit of water next time.
Paul

We have Henrys and James at work - loads of them. I used to arrange them at my last place of work in a "Henry Huddle" at night time so they could talk to each other about their hoover related days... Cleaners didn't see the funny side. At all.

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Henry is the only serious vacuum cleaner out there. The professional's choice. IIRC there's a verson for wet stuff too, probably got a different name.

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There's a wet and dry one, possibly the James? Blue?

The one with the carpet washing system is the one mentioned by a couple of people earlier - the George.

We've got one and the quality compared to the VAX that we had before is a revelation - proper metal valves and spray nozzles instead of the "pinch the tube" valve and delivering water throught the plastic attachment; metal edged carpet washing accessories, so they glide more easily; water tube incorporated inside the vacuum hose, so no separate hose and plastic retaining clips to lose.

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I have to admit, im very happy with my second hand DC04.....

Henry is the boy as previous testemonials vouch, cleaners at work use them and I have 2 in the garage, only thing to add is that you can get a pro bag which lasts longer than the brown paper ones, itis made by numatic same as the b hoovers. Also I think Toolstatio sell them and have a price beater deal, also currently offering free delivery on web orders
Happy hoovering.

Re wet floors we had a dual purpose Vax machine which is now demoted to hard dry floors only, a newer Bissel machine with little rotating brushes is used for carpet cleaning and sucking up spills and sems to do a decent job

atb
Mike

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Originally posted by McLannahan
We have Henrys and James at work - loads of them. I used to arrange them at my last place of work in a "Henry Huddle" at night time so they could talk to each other about their hoover related days... Cleaners didn't see the funny side. At all.

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My Dyson upright is great for indoors. Much better than anything I had before due to the brush thing underneath that you only get with an upright. However it's rubbish outside, and for the price if it, I wouldn't want to be using it in the garage or cleaning the car.

I've got a cylinder type, same sort of thing as a henry but Hoover branded, out there. It does water too, including sucking out the last few litres from the hot tub when I'm changing the water. Was a tenner from the local boot sale and just needed a good clean out and a new filter which came off ebay for a few quid.

Cutting a long story short, get two. Decent upright for inside, Henry-esque for the garage.

Chris

I'm a bit stuffed really, daughter works for Dyson (they are only 10 mins down the road) so guess what we have?

Do get a discount though

Whats a vacuum? Is it like that other thing I hear women talk about... erm... an iron?

Henry is the only choice!

I never knew you were such a domesticated bunch!

£40 Samsung jobbie from Tesco does the house just fine for us + the odd car interior. The garage acquired Father-in-Law's old Dyson cylinder when it got to much for him to lug about - new filter and it works just fine for general garage/DIY mess.

Cleaners @ work swear by the Red Henry's for carpet, concrete and laminate floors.

henry, hetty and their related family are the undisputed vaccum needs kings, end off.

I beg to differ, if you want to clean a building site use a Henry they are great for really dirty work - most hotels etc use either Sebo (which we have and is FANTASTIC) or Vorwerk. We've had our Sebo for 8 years now and it looks and works like new, we use it on hard floors, rugs and carpets.

Sebo

[Edited on 14/12/10 by Jasper]