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And to prove it is possible to have a profitable vacuum cleaner manufacturing business that makes its machines in the UK - long live Henry! https://www.theguar
by klelatti 7mo ago
And to prove it is possible to have a profitable vacuum cleaner manufacturing business that makes its machines in the UK - long live Henry!
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jul/24/how-henry-vacuum-cleaner-became-accidental-design-icon https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jul/24/how-hen...
And unlike Dyson they are almost indestructible!
- n4r9 7mo agoGreat article. Especially loved this > “I love you,” Jess said above his cot one evening before lights out. “I love Henry,” came the reply.
- klelatti 7mo agoWe have a pre-schooler and am happy to confirm that our Henry is a favourite member of the family. Just as important he's sufficiently strong to withstand our boy's curiosity :)
- drcongo 7mo agoOur Henry is the moral enemy of both our dogs. They don't like vacuum cleaners anyway, but when it can look at them, it's even worse.
- _joel 7mo agoFew years back (before covid) I splashed out on a fancy Dyson. Worst vacuum cleaner ever. I'm sporting a Vax now, quite good, even runs VMS.
- osrec 7mo agoWhat's VMS?
- CaptainZapp 7mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVMS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVMS
- klelatti 7mo agoHa! Very good and unlike say Windows it doesn't suck.
- falkensmaize 7mo agoMiele vacuums are better performers than Dyson, and cheaper too.
- 0_____0 7mo agoNever understood the hype with Dyson. I suspect that like many successful hardware businesses, their story is mainly of brand strength, not of actual product quality. If you pick up a Dyson vacuum you'll notice that it just feels flimsy in the hand. I think they're aggressively cost-engineered- the material you save by designing molded parts to be minimally thick has got to be like tens of cents to a couple dollars over the whole machine...
- klelatti 7mo agoThe brand is built on Dyson being a super genius inventor. He might be ingenious but he's applied to devices where it's not really needed and with unpalatable trade-offs. In the UK at least his actions (offshoring, Brexit and tax) have probably significantly devalued the brand with a key part of his core demographic.
- bsoles 7mo agoDyson is Juicero of vacuum cleaners. So much "tech" for something so simple. A $100 Home Depot shop vacuum works as good if not better.
- polytely 7mo agoI've been using one of these and it is very good.
- celsoazevedo 7mo agoI had a part-time job as cleaner when I was younger. We used Henry hoovers. They were used and sometimes abused 5 days a week... during the almost 3 years I was there, I think I only saw hoses and the floor head breaking. So after going through a few hoovers at home from different brands, I bought a Henry for £100 3 years ago. The nose/hose detached after a few months. Not ideal, but I've fixed that in minutes with a bit of superglue. No other issues since then, no indications that it's about to fail. I don't know if quality is still exactly the same as before, and they're certainly a bit heavier and noisier than some alternatives, but if you want something that lasts, get a Henry, not a Dyson.