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| Post# 261220 , Reply# 1 12/30/2013 at 16:26 (3,768 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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On eBay I was about to buy a local dead Eco Henry! I hope my Auntie's Eco Henry will last. She has 3 kids and a carpeted 3 bedroom home! | ||
| Post# 261239 , Reply# 2 12/30/2013 at 18:31 (3,768 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Hi, Hi Matt. Yes I have seen quite a few come in for repair with this issue. I and other repair shops just take out the PCB and rewire it so it's on or off only. One of the reason's I prefer the older Henry's to the newer style. I never liked it when they added that push-push one off switch a few years back. That had it's own issues. I'm glad they went back to a rocker switch.
James | ||
| Post# 261242 , Reply# 3 12/30/2013 at 18:55 (3,768 days old) by hi-loswitch98 () | ||
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I have always preferred pre 2003 Henry's, (before the push switch), they had enough power, weren't as noisy & were better built, hence why they were a few pounds more expensive then than what they are now. | ||
| Post# 261249 , Reply# 4 12/30/2013 at 20:12 (3,768 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Hi, Hi. To be honest from what I've found most vacs bought from retail stores are getting cheaper and cheaper built instead of putting the price up over the years. From what I can tell partly due to the consumers wanting cheaper goods. I get people coming in and they think spending £140 on a vacuum cleaner is "EXPENSIVE".
So in 1988 a Henry HVR200 was around £80 sometimes a bit more. Several people I know sold them for nearer £100 then. Well in today's money (2013) that £80 would be £180+. When now in 2013 the current Henry HVR 200-22 is selling for £99.99 from 109.99 in Argos. Don't get me wrong the Henry's are still better than most of the cheaper vacs under £100 but you can see why corners get cut.
I've used this inflation calculator to give you a idea of prices then and now.
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html
This is now starting to effect some "better" name brands as well.
James
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| Post# 261293 , Reply# 5 12/31/2013 at 03:16 (3,767 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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Is that why £199.99 Dyson's turned to a bloody crappy £410 DC41? | ||
| Post# 261294 , Reply# 6 12/31/2013 at 03:20 (3,767 days old) by Ultimatevacman ( Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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| Post# 261297 , Reply# 7 12/31/2013 at 06:24 (3,767 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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Agreed Joe The 3D Face is a bit cruddy aswell, I dont like it Numatic will always be the most reliable cylinder, I know it :) Numatic all the way | ||
| Post# 261330 , Reply# 9 12/31/2013 at 15:25 (3,767 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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What? Joe? You said to me you loved autosave.... Yeah right... | ||
| Post# 261332 , Reply# 10 12/31/2013 at 15:31 (3,767 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Hi, Hi Tayyab. I understand what you mean about the Dyson. Why they have put the price up one the newer top of the range models the basic one still sells around £229.(DC25 at the moment in Currys.) Once they bring out another TOL range/model the DC41/40 will probably become the basic £229 model. Also Dyson seem to like spending more on marketing than most other manufacturers. | ||
| Post# 261333 , Reply# 11 12/31/2013 at 15:33 (3,767 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Btw James- a bit off topic but have you checked your e-mails lately? George :P | ||
| Post# 261337 , Reply# 12 12/31/2013 at 15:39 (3,767 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Hi, | ||
| Post# 261338 , Reply# 13 12/31/2013 at 15:40 (3,767 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Yup I sent you one ages ago- will send it again lol | ||
| Post# 261339 , Reply# 14 12/31/2013 at 15:42 (3,767 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Ok | ||
| Post# 261341 , Reply# 15 12/31/2013 at 15:43 (3,767 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Have done. Now lets restore the actual thread lol | ||
| Post# 261353 , Reply# 16 12/31/2013 at 16:35 (3,767 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 261361 , Reply# 17 12/31/2013 at 18:05 (3,767 days old) by singingrainbow (Texas) | ||
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What? Alex? A NEW cylinder vacuum? I would have never guessed! (: As for the auto save burning out I have had an auto save henry for two years now and have not had a problem with it. Then again it doesn't get used much, so it's not the best example. Scott | ||
| Post# 261377 , Reply# 18 12/31/2013 at 21:47 (3,767 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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Lol, yup, I decided to try out the new model with clip on face and Autosave as I only have a hi/low model. I may not be a cylinder fan but I have a huge soft spot for Henry's, always have even though I have always been and still am a strict upright user...All of my family including my mum have always used an upright so a cylinder was always considered odd and unusual to me and they never seemed to cut the mustard as an upright did.
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| Post# 261396 , Reply# 19 1/1/2014 at 04:11 (3,766 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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My autosave Henry from December 2011 has not broken at all yet :) | ||
| Post# 261420 , Reply# 20 1/1/2014 at 09:37 (3,766 days old) by Ultimatevacman ( Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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Dave, I found that too, my 800w HVC200 seems to be more powerful than both my James and Bertie autosave. The face comes attached when you buy the vacuum, both my Bertie and James which I bought new had them fitted in the box.
I hope you enjoy the Henry, Alex!
James, I sent you an email about a week ago too!
Happy new year everyone.
Joe | ||
| Post# 261434 , Reply# 21 1/1/2014 at 10:51 (3,766 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 261478 , Reply# 22 1/1/2014 at 16:18 (3,766 days old) by matt8808 (Teesside - North East - UK) | ||
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Personally I like the 3D face the newer machines come with! | ||
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