In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives.
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@MarkHoltom
Henry and his friends (vacuum cleaners) are greatReally tough, easy and cheap to repair - all the parts are available, even just the very end end of the hose that gets worn away when used without any attachment
British company, headquartered in the UK.
@OliverNoble @MarkHoltom can you get them for 120-volt households?
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In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives.
In 2020 (Covid), James Dyson asked for a tax cut before he would even try to build a ventilator to save a life, then moved his business abroad to avoid tax. He didn't deliver a single ventilator.
Don’t buy a Dyson.
@MarkHoltom
And don't buy a (new) 'Volvo'.Volvo isn't that Swedish company anymore. It's now just a brand name owned by a Chinese company.
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In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives.
In 2020 (Covid), James Dyson asked for a tax cut before he would even try to build a ventilator to save a life, then moved his business abroad to avoid tax. He didn't deliver a single ventilator.
Don’t buy a Dyson.
@MarkHoltom Dyson pays sweet FA in tax, but his massive profits are being used to buy up vast swaths of British farmland.
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@CppGuy @MarkHoltom Good call. I bought a Henry because it's what I always see contract cleaners using. Apparently they're fairly repairable too, not that I've needed to.
Oh, and Dyson supported Brexit too. So he can get in the bin with Tim Martin.
@woe2you @CppGuy @MarkHoltom Contract cleaners love Henries because they've got fantastic spares service and they're practically maintenance-free. Bagless cleaners have multiple filters that need cleaning that rarely happens. On a Henry the bag itself is the filter so it gets replaced frequently.
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It's only one couple's experience, but we had a Dyson vacuum cleaner and the thing kept breaking down every three months. Fortunately, we'd bought an extended warranty and we got free parts. When the parts were no longer available, the insurer gave us a replacement machine, also made by #Dyson, which was much worse and couldn't actually clean our carpets.
We gave up on it and bought a #Henry. We couldn't be happier with it.
@CppGuy @MarkHoltom best looking pile of shite we own. Bog standard Miele makes a show of it.
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In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives.
In 2020 (Covid), James Dyson asked for a tax cut before he would even try to build a ventilator to save a life, then moved his business abroad to avoid tax. He didn't deliver a single ventilator.
Don’t buy a Dyson.
@MarkHoltom Dyson always came across as arrogant and self important. And his vacuum cleaners were not marvels of design - rather heavy and clumsy in my experience.
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@MarkHoltom
At our repair café, it's a stream of expensive Dysons that need to be fixed. Henrys almost never (and they are super-easy to fix, unless someone used it to suck up water)
With Dysons, it's usually blocked filters and/or perished hoses.
I could say that they suck, but the problem is that they don't...
@clanger9 @MarkHoltom if water's a recurring problem, there's one of the Henry family that's designed to be a wet vac
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@MarkHoltom
Ever since Dyson backed Brexit - because he believed it would mean he could cut labour protections- I've been telling people to boycott Dyson.I moved to Canada following Brexit, and my message #DontBuyDyson has a new audience. But more people need to know about his role in UK disastrous COVID.
@NovaNaturalist @MarkHoltom
Not just to cut labour protections:, also because he was upset about the energy efficiency rules for vacuum cleaners.A complaint that was eventually upheld in court: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dyson-wins-court-decision-eu-110200265.html
But he put his billions to work for brexit because he didn't feel he should be answerable to laws.
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@woe2you @CppGuy @MarkHoltom Contract cleaners love Henries because they've got fantastic spares service and they're practically maintenance-free. Bagless cleaners have multiple filters that need cleaning that rarely happens. On a Henry the bag itself is the filter so it gets replaced frequently.
@flexplate @woe2you @CppGuy @MarkHoltom Henry, if it's good enough for workmen to lug round for cleanup when they're gutting & renovating entire rooms in your house, they're good enough for general hoovering too
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It's only one couple's experience, but we had a Dyson vacuum cleaner and the thing kept breaking down every three months. Fortunately, we'd bought an extended warranty and we got free parts. When the parts were no longer available, the insurer gave us a replacement machine, also made by #Dyson, which was much worse and couldn't actually clean our carpets.
We gave up on it and bought a #Henry. We couldn't be happier with it.
@CppGuy @MarkHoltom I kinda love that the #Henry hashtag seems to be all tornado warnings for Henry, Iowa in the US.
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@flexplate @woe2you @CppGuy @MarkHoltom Henry, if it's good enough for workmen to lug round for cleanup when they're gutting & renovating entire rooms in your house, they're good enough for general hoovering too
@patterfloof @flexplate @CppGuy @MarkHoltom They should really be using a Class M for that, but sadly Numatic's shop vacs don't have names or faces.
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@CppGuy @MarkHoltom Not to mention that in my experience those overpriced products are very noisy. I'd rather get anything else with decent suction and less dBs.
@paavi The noise, believe it or not, is deliberate, and is there for the same reason many other machines are unnecessarily noisy -- often as much as the law will allow. Many consumers assume that a quiet machine isn't working as hard.
You can buy 'silent' vaccuums, but they're not marketed to consumers because consumers won't buy them. Many professionals (such as casinos) buy them.
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@OliverNoble @MarkHoltom can you get them for 120-volt households?
@draeath No idea, but here's their global website. https://numatic.com/ @OliverNoble @MarkHoltom
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@MarkHoltom Thanks for this. I was considering a Dyson even though it is more expensive than I prefer, but now No Dysons ever.
@pattykimura Ask a professional what they'd recommend, and buy that. Pros aren't impressed with marketing, only with actual performance, which they evaluate every single day. They know what actually works and what's actually cost-effective.
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@draeath No idea, but here's their global website. https://numatic.com/ @OliverNoble @MarkHoltom
@draeath or the battery operated one? https://numatic.com/products/henry-cordless-hvb160/ @OliverNoble @MarkHoltom
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@MarkHoltom
And don't buy a (new) 'Volvo'.Volvo isn't that Swedish company anymore. It's now just a brand name owned by a Chinese company.
@marc_eu @MarkHoltom Chinese companies aren't inherently bad, Geely makes pretty good stuff, and if you need a car, a used Polestar 2 is pretty nice and relatively cheap.
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@MarkHoltom Dyson always came across as arrogant and self important. And his vacuum cleaners were not marvels of design - rather heavy and clumsy in my experience.
@NicelyManifest @MarkHoltom Everything that company makes is a stupid, over engineered, over complicated piece of junk. I got a handheld Dyson vac as a thank you gift at work one year. Its battery lasts about 3 minutes on high which is the only setting that effectively works. I use it to vacuum kitty litter that the cats kick out of the box, the only job it can last for.
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@MarkHoltom dyson sucks
@peterfisherbooks @MarkHoltom Unless they're broken, then they suck.
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In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives.
In 2020 (Covid), James Dyson asked for a tax cut before he would even try to build a ventilator to save a life, then moved his business abroad to avoid tax. He didn't deliver a single ventilator.
Don’t buy a Dyson.
@MarkHoltom Shame if he needed a ventilator at any point in his life and he was denied its usage to save him.
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@paavi The noise, believe it or not, is deliberate, and is there for the same reason many other machines are unnecessarily noisy -- often as much as the law will allow. Many consumers assume that a quiet machine isn't working as hard.
You can buy 'silent' vaccuums, but they're not marketed to consumers because consumers won't buy them. Many professionals (such as casinos) buy them.
@wesdym I already knew this, but thanks for pointing it out! It's probably not obvious to most people.
Edit: I also have to contradict on your last point. Electrolux comes to mind as one example of marketing what I'd call "less loud" vacuum cleaners. Your market may or may not have that particular brand, but they have models actively marketed as being silent (compared to most others available).
