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Thread Number: 30696
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
Video: Numatic Henry Assembly Right Here In The UK All Hand Assembled Too |
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| Post# 339770 12/21/2015 at 21:03 (3,042 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 339780 , Reply# 1 12/21/2015 at 23:21 (3,042 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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Post# 339782 , Reply# 2 12/22/2015 at 02:27 (3,042 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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Nice---PEOPLE-not machines building vacuums! | ||
| Post# 339784 , Reply# 3 12/22/2015 at 02:55 (3,042 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Numatic is proof that it CAN be done. I happen to know that the the factory workers are very well paid - you probably wouldn't even be able to guess what the hourly rate was based on the fact that producing cleaners here on minimum wage costs so much more than it would abroad. | ||
| Post# 339788 , Reply# 4 12/22/2015 at 03:16 (3,042 days old) by oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK) | ||
People keep saying "products are made in China because of cheap labour, which means the price is cheap" but it's absolute rubbish and a complete con. You CAN buy good value British/ German, American and, well, western built products, and they are often much better built. You are supporting a more local economy.
I am glad to see Numatic Henrys are the most popular cylinder vacuum cleaner in the UK. Yes, they aren't much cop at carpet cleaning, but as more and more people in Europe have hard flooring, the numatic is perfect for that. Excellent British allergy foundation approved filtration, good quality inexpensive bags and machines that last decades all for around £100. | ||
| Post# 339797 , Reply# 6 12/22/2015 at 05:17 (3,042 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
Yes, they aren't much cop at carpet cleaning Oli, I've got one of the new Henry's with the Wessel Werk floortool. It's a HUGE improvement on the old one and brings carpet pick up to the same level as a straight suction Miele.
And of course, there is the Henry Xtra which now comes with 3 floortools, Miele Solution style - hard floor tool, turbo brush and standard floor tool. A good option for large houses with lots of floor types. | ||
| Post# 339804 , Reply# 7 12/22/2015 at 08:04 (3,041 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 339807 , Reply# 8 12/22/2015 at 10:20 (3,041 days old) by oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK) | ||
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They wouldn't make "heaps" more though. You have to remember shipping costs and rising wages in China are making things much less attractive to produce over there. Because of the business model numatic have, and they mentioned this in one of their videos, that they have such a wide variety of products, mainly commercial, that they can make products customised, build them and ship them to the customer much quicker than if they were made in Asia.
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| Post# 339823 , Reply# 10 12/22/2015 at 15:39 (3,041 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Believe me, that £9million could be way higher if Numatic wanted to go abroad. I repeat what I said earlier - that they don't want to. All credit to Numatic for what they are doing. | ||
| Post# 339827 , Reply# 11 12/22/2015 at 16:02 (3,041 days old) by solsburian (SE Northumberland UK) | ||
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Of course, they can always make more, it pales in comparison to Dyson's profit, and I agree they should be given credit. Perhaps a Royal charter :p | ||
| Post# 339852 , Reply# 12 12/23/2015 at 04:52 (3,041 days old) by oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK) | ||
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That is probably true as well, regarding Numatic working on a tighter profit margin, but they like it. It is a private company so no shareholders to please, lets hope it stays that way.
They are3 more interested in build a quality product for consumers, and at the end of the day, £9 million in profit is nothing to snuff at. Their model works for them. Shame there are not many more company's like this. Quality comes before profits which is how it should be. SEBO follow a similar model I assume. | ||
| Post# 339862 , Reply# 13 12/23/2015 at 10:42 (3,040 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 339883 , Reply# 14 12/23/2015 at 19:30 (3,040 days old) by delaneymeegan (Mary Richards lived here) | ||
 That is heart warming. I'm still considering getting a Henry, 120 volt version for the U.S. "Making more" is the speak of the bankster/fraudsters. They would like all of us to see the world through their single vision glasses. They'd like us to believe that the world revolves around money. In fact, money is only one part of life. | ||
| Post# 340001 , Reply# 15 12/26/2015 at 22:03 (3,037 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I WANT ONE! And im usually totally against anything under 50 years old....Trouble is, I have never seen one around here.. | ||
| Post# 340071 , Reply# 16 12/27/2015 at 19:09 (3,036 days old) by fantomlightning (Ohio) | ||
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Kenkart... GoVacuum sells them, as well as some sellers on Amazon. They aren't as cheap/as good a value here as they are in the UK I'm guessing due to import costs. But they're still amazing little machines. CLICK HERE TO GO TO fantomlightning's LINK | ||
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