James Cook

Towards the end of Spring 2023, the rotating brush bar in my Vax cordless stick vacuum started working only intermittently, which left me having to perform contortionist tricks while trying to figure out the angle at which I would have to use it in order to make it work properly. Sometimes it would work, sometimes … Read more

If you are anything like me, you love the feel of a soft carpet underfoot. When we first moved into our home in 2018, the living room had exposed floorboards with gaps that you could fit your fingers through, and in the winter, it was incredibly draughty. It didn’t take us long to decide to … Read more

The stick vacuum is a relevantly recent invention, first introduced by Dyson with their impressive and innovative DC16 in 2006. They managed to carve out a significant share of the vacuum cleaner market by serving a purpose that traditional, heavier vacuums were not really up to. This purpose is to perform quick, light cleans on … Read more

The original Henry vacuum cleaner is a great all-rounder, with a floor head tool that can switch between hard and soft floors pretty easily. My home is a medium-size 3-bed Victorian terraced house, and I have a mixture of carpets and laminate flooring, so this 2-in-1 floor head is perfect for me. However, for those … Read more

Let me pose a question to you. What is better than an extremely reliable, tough and well-built vacuum cleaner that comes with a set of useful attachments? The answer is one that comes with even more attachments! Henry Home is essentially just a regular Henry, but with four extra attachments that improve its cleaning ability, … Read more

I am a cat owner and like many cats, Scamp has his favourite spots around the house where he likes to take his cat naps. These are obvious to anyone, by the circular patch of black hair that clings to the upholstery and carpet. Over time, it is really quite difficult to remove his hair … Read more

Britain is a nation of pet lovers. It may be a cliche, but it is also true, with 57% of us owning a pet of one kind or another (but mostly cats and dogs). It is perhaps not surprising then, that Numatic have released out a few different variants of their iconic Henry vacuum, specifically … Read more

If you have ever hired a decorator, carpenter, carpet fitter, electrician or builder, there is a very good chance that they brought one of the vacuum’s from the Henry range with them. And there is a good reason for this, because all of the machines in this range have a reputation for being tough, durable, … Read more

We moved into our current house in May 2018. Two months later, I was on a hiking trip with a group of friends in the Brecon Beacons when I received a distressing phone call from my partner, informing me that the mains water pipe in the upstairs bedroom had burst and we had a torrent … Read more

Our household is a family of four with two young children who like to snack constantly, so our carpets need vacuuming every day if we want to maintain some sort of grasp on cleanliness. For the past two years, we have owned a cordless stick vacuum that lived next to the washing machine in our … Read more