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Post# 196179 , Reply# 1   8/19/2012 at 12:49 (4,260 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Well as with the Henry's, George has fantastic suction power and is very well built.
As a shampoo machines, it's fantastic. It wipes the floor (no pun intended) with the Vax 6131 and any of up the upright cleaners. It also leaves carpets very dry. My grandma recently bought a George and got 4 tanks full of black water from 1 carpet. One of the great things about George, is that it comes with 2 hoses - a wet and a dry - so there is no down time waiting for parts to dry when switching between wet and dry cleaning |
Post# 196180 , Reply# 2   8/19/2012 at 13:12 (4,260 days old) by kirbykid (Horseheads,New York 14845)   |   | |
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wow, i want a numatic george now. ive been using the kirby shampoor and it doesnt work. |
Post# 196277 , Reply# 5   8/20/2012 at 06:11 (4,260 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Sorry, but this makes absolutely no sense. You shouldn't be using a foaming carpet shampoo in a spray extraction machine - no wonder you had issues with it. Non-foaming carpet shampoo is like using fabric softener in the rinses in your washer - it should completely dissolve into the water with no suds. If you use the correct kind of carpet shampoo, there should be no need to rinse out the tank or hose more than once. The tank can be dried using a hand towel or tea towel and the hose hung up over a bath/shower to dry out. The dry hose can then be reattached so there should be absolutely no down time when converting between wet and dry. |
Post# 196278 , Reply# 6   8/20/2012 at 06:17 (4,260 days old) by baglessball ()   |   | |
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'if carpet has been shampooed previously' There still will be dried shampoo in the carpet. If vanish or 1001 sprays have been used to spot clean the carpet it remains in there until its washed out. |
Post# 196456 , Reply# 8   8/21/2012 at 05:33 (4,259 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Check by previous threads on here , i.e. also Post# 180866 on 2012-05-13 23:37:30 by piano_god
I was going to buy a George last year but still undecided, really. I have a Charles model which is just brilliant for wet and dry pick up. There's more of an issue with the fishtail carpet attachment though - I know there are metal ones that are available for George as opposed to the plastic ones you get as standard - apparently the metal ones are better. |
Post# 196509 , Reply# 10   8/21/2012 at 10:48 (4,258 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 196513 , Reply# 11   8/21/2012 at 11:00 (4,258 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 196531 , Reply# 12   8/21/2012 at 12:53 (4,258 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth)   |   | |
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I agree chris, I absolutely love Aquamasters, even just to use as a regular dry vac. They have a very unique sound that I love |
Post# 196739 , Reply# 15   8/22/2012 at 15:25 (4,257 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 196741 , Reply# 17   8/22/2012 at 15:35 (4,257 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 196747 , Reply# 19   8/22/2012 at 15:56 (4,257 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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I see your point, but that isn't acceptable in my books.
I'd far rather buy an appliance without a warranty which was made to last rather than buy something with a warranty which will require repairs every 6 months. It says a lot more to me if something can keep on working for years and years without the need of a safe guard. Especially for the prices Dyson are charging I find it abhorrent that they are not fixing the real issues and instead are fixing things which were never problems in the first place! |
Post# 196751 , Reply# 21   8/22/2012 at 16:08 (4,257 days old) by sensotronic (Englandshire)   |   | |
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Dave, If you're not going to use the George for dry use, I suggest you go for the version without the dry tools. It's cheaper, doesn't have so much to store and it's blue which I think looks nicer than the green. CLICK HERE TO GO TO sensotronic's LINK |
Post# 196809 , Reply# 22   8/23/2012 at 02:11 (4,257 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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I have a Charles which is perfect for wet/dry use. I also use Charles in the garden but as a daily cleaner, he's too heavy and cumbersome to pull around. He's good as a fail safe. It is true that Charles doesn't act as a 3 in 1 but I already have a Bissell upright washer for the carpets.
I am not a great fan of Which. i was a member from 2007 and ended up cancelling the subscription earlier on this year. They have a great love for Miele vacuums, but the model info data they test each individual model on doesn't add up, especially taking into account that models like the S6 Ecoline and S6 Silence are exactly the same, save for the body colour. Yet, Which seem to find that one or the other is better than the other in some data findings. Which however did award Sebo for being number 1 for reliability of their upright vacs and Miele number 1 for reliability of their cylinder vacs.
JM - Numatics come with a 2 year warranty. See the link below as "proof". CLICK HERE TO GO TO sebo_fan's LINK |
Post# 196816 , Reply# 23   8/23/2012 at 04:33 (4,257 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Not that they need it - I've never seen a Numatic cleaner burnt out or beyond repair. Mostly, people end up getting rid of them because they've been used and abused and are filthy. I picked up a 2004 Henry at a Car Boot sale for £10 - it had been used bagless and was filthy. All it needed was a good wash and voila, perfect working Henry. Sold on eBay for £65. |
Post# 196858 , Reply# 25   8/23/2012 at 08:16 (4,256 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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I stand corrected, but I wasn't aware of the warranty probably because Numatic don't boast about it - they don't need to!
I know I can't vouch for the reliability with as much "proof" as you lot can but I bought my 2007 Henry HVR 200-22 near the start of this year and he hasn't let me down yet. The only flaw Numatic had which would have been a cause to use the warranty was the damn push button power switch! They took heed quickly however and put the rocker switch back on. If that had been Dyson we'd still have a dodgy push switch now no doubt. |
Post# 196875 , Reply# 26   8/23/2012 at 09:47 (4,256 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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My Dad has a 1979 NV250, pre-Henry branding and all metal, similar to the one Ryan has above but a lot less rounded. This is my Dads work vacuum, and was provided by British Gas when he first started with them. And it's never missed a beat, despite being thrown around in the back of a fan and used to clean out filthy boilers. My Dad also once vacuumed up an entire sink full of water by accident and it still works fine. |
Post# 196894 , Reply# 27   8/23/2012 at 12:46 (4,256 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 196900 , Reply# 28   8/23/2012 at 13:46 (4,256 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 196951 , Reply# 30   8/23/2012 at 19:15 (4,256 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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I think you'll find then, that even if Numatic have an impeccable reliability record, that every manufacturer is falling into the warranty game whether their products need it or not. Our original Sebo X1 A didn't have the 5 year warranty from Sebo because Sebo didn't offer that, back then. I think it came with a 1 or 2 year guarantee but in all its 15 or so many years, it never had to be returned and never suffered a fault apart from its original drive belt breaking, which was totally my fault! |
Post# 197457 , Reply# 32   8/26/2012 at 07:15 (4,253 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Hi Dave As the owner of a Bissell carpet upright, I was shocked to discover that Bissell's upright washers aren't like normal upright vacuum cleaners - I assumed that the suction channel would be behind the roller brush, but, in actual fact the suction channel is in front of the roller brushes, thus the brushes just continuously roll. If you have new carpets, you'll find that the roller constantly clogs up, so just be aware of that. The brush roll is just there for agitation.
If you are going to buy a Bissell upright washer, make sure you buy one with a hose - it is a lot more practical and far easier to use for spot cleans than trusting in the bigger floor head itself. |
Post# 197529 , Reply# 33   8/26/2012 at 16:53 (4,253 days old) by rutger (England)   |   | |
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Thanks for the info' sebo_fan it's appreciated. Cheers Dave |
Post# 197575 , Reply# 34   8/27/2012 at 05:05 (4,253 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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