1990 Numatic Henry with powerhead cleans up after xmas

I was taking my xmas tree down and it made a hell of a mess with all the needles everywhere so I thought this would be a great video oportunity to see how well my 1990 Henry with its TurboElectric head copes. As you can see it did a great job. pine needles and vacuums don't usually go together very well and you can usually expect the vacuum to clog up or spit out needles for the rest of the year. But Henry ate them with no probs at all.

This particular Henry is quite special to me because it was given to me by my late great gran for my 3rd Birthday and was my first vac. I haven't however wrapped it up in cotton wool though, its had a hard life and was my mums everyday vac for about 10 years before becoming my car hoover and then my everyday vac for about 2 years so its well used but still runs as sweet as the day I got it. It still has its original 1000watt Numatic motor.

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[phulan87]

the vacuum works pretty well for 19 years old:)

[U5096]

It works just as well as the day I got it new ;)

[defrankond]

it looks like a version of a shop vac. but it is good to see they at least made one with a power head at oe time.

[U5096]

For all our American freinds who have never seen a Henry before, Henry is a VERY popular vacuum here in England made by Numatic, they originally came out in 1980 as a commercial vacuum for shops, hospitals, offices etc. They quickly gained a reputation for being very tough, well built and reliable. Eventually domestic users started to see the benefits of Henry compared to other vacuums of the time. Henry is still in production and is 2nd only to Dyson as the uk's most popular vacuum I believe.

[videovac]

Ive never seen a henry whith a light up switch before. Those electric heads look great, I whish they would of done a brown and cream one for my henry.

Charlie

[U5096]

They did do a brown and cream one, but they're sooooo rare. They do a really good job tho, much better than the air driven ones. My friend who works at a vac repair shop got a load of brown and cream Henrys in for repair from a school, and they all had light up switches. I think they look cool so I went on ebay and found an electrical supplier that makes Henry-sized light up switches and so I fitted one to my Henry.

[Hvr200]

Henry second!!! I doubt it!!! Much better than dyson henry is!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheHenryvac]

@adshield The Numatic NVQ range are designed to be quiet!

[twocvbloke]

Power nozzles make cylinders much better cleaners... :)

My Tristar CXL (all the way from the states) has a motor that was sold as for a Henry in it, it's the 1KW 2-stage one with tapered fins, much more powerful than the one originally fitted to the Tristar back in the states. I really want to compare it to a Henry with the same motor, the tristar is ridiculously powerful, and my past experiences with Numatics have usually left me disappointed, hence the need for a side-by-side comparison... :)

[adshield]

any low sound henrys?

[phulan87]

This vacuum is the same age I am

[Hvr200]

There's one trubo electric head like this on ebay but it has one bid on it already, so I doubt i'll win it

[Hvr200]

Do you know where I can get hold of a turbo electric head like that? Because I'd liek to have oen on my cream/brown one because the floor tool that came with it was some cheap replacement, and I need another, and I think the turbo electric head would go well with it

[Vacuums4821]

I think i have one of these i dont know what year it is im adding a video tomoz it has the powerhead socket but no light on the switch

[Hvr200]

I hope my cream/brown one has a light up switch, they look cool.