Numatic Henry HVY200 Review

The henry and hetty models are identical apart from colour and eyelashes!



Its actually the hetty model I've used but its exactly the same as henry.



Henry is a design classic, with its friendly face, extremely robust design and renowned reliability its hard to criticise. Where ever you work if you see professional cleaners come in 99% of the time they are using henry cleaners. If its good for commercial use is it good for you?



The answer is yes and no I think. For a start the basic henry/hetty cleaner is not set up to be a great carpet cleaner. Being cylinder based it doesn't have a powered brush for carpet and therefore is less effective. Numatic do a model with this feature but its higher up the range.



Power wise the motor is 1200w which puts it at the lower end of power nowadays. So suction is not comparable to the much more powerful vacuums.



Frankly every home should have a henry but not necessarily as its main vacuum. It really depends on how clean you want to get your carpet. If reasonably clean is ok then henry is fine for everything but if not then the henry makes the best backup vacuum.



If you want to clean your car your not going to take out your upright vacuum. If you want to clean the garage, workshop, shed etc then henry is the one. Maybe on occasions you want two vacuums so two can clean quicker. Again compact little henry will be there.



The henry design makes it very robust and easy to wipe down.



The cable winder is brilliant, so quick and flawless.



If you live in a small flat then henry is ideal on its own.