While watching, take a moment to ponder the effort expended here in tribute to our wonderful friend. Watch, admire, and enjoy.

Items in the kit:

• Henry Mop
• Henry cloth
• Broom
• Brush
• Dust pan
• Pretend detergent bottle
• Waste bag
• And of course, the trolley itself.

All of this comes neatly packaged & is simple to put together. The height of the handle is around 58cm (2 feet). A wonderful gift that will both ensure kids have hours of fun, and that they’re indoctrinated into the wonderful, hygienic world of Henry!

Buy it below from Amazon:

• 1969. The year Numatic started making industrial cleaners.
• 1981. The year Henry was born!
• 168. The number of 5 Star reviews Henry has on Amazon!
• 700. Numatic, the company who make Henry, employ over 700 people.
• 4500. The number of Henrys are made every day!

Billed as a racing team, they’re actually not that great for racing… BUT they DO look fantastic! A nice gift for friends, enemies, loved ones & not-so-loved ones.

Imagine the puzzled delight on their faces as they think “why on earth have they bought me these?? I asked for an iPad!”

Green, Yellow, Pink (Hetty!), & Blue. Take a look below at the fabulous range:

To be honest, we were so excited when we saw these that we just had to share them (immensely sad, we know!).

Click on any of the mugs to see them at Amazon.

Just in case you can’t read it, the mug with the slogan on says “Time for Tea, Henry!” – Flawless!

Poor Desktop Henry, he’s nowhere near as tall, dashing, or useful as his elder brother (in fact, he barely sucks, he’s mostly a decorative item).

Still – despite the utter uselessness of the desktop Henry – he has a certain magnificent charm sitting on a desk. His trunk, like a beautiful African Elephant. His eyes like a cheeky child. And that stunningly sleek, black bowler hat, dazzling in the sun. On top of all of that, the desktop henry comes with a windable (but totally fake) power cord and sports the same jubilant red as his larger sibling.

Surely all of these wondrous factors of the desktop Henry mean we can overlook the fact that he can hardly suck?!

First, as always, the bad news: There is no bagless Henry.

Second, and more importantly, the good news: It doesn’t matter! Henry doesn’t lose suction (as you’ll know if you speak to many of the cleaners who use him 7 or 8 hours a day!). And Henry’s dust bag is twice the size of those found in many machines.

We had a scout round the web to find a few reviews from people who compared Henry to bagless vacuum cleaners. Let us know what you think in the comments at the end of this page!

Here’s Ashley R’s review:

(from: http://www.reviewcentre.com/review614847.html )

I had a Dyson for 5 years because I bought into the bagless/no loss of suction idea. Became fed up of replacing motors everytime I tried to suck up a little DIY dust and the wailing banshee noise.

The Henry is a revelation. It tackles everything at throw at it without a murmur, the bag takes ages to fill (and genuine replacements are cheap anyway), there is no loss of suction after two months on the same bag and it is so quiet and easy to use compared to the Dyson.

It costs half the price of a Dyson too! Don’t pay too much attention to the Which report, they marked it down on cleaning pet hair from carpets – make sure you get a Henry with a turbo brush that will fix that!

Here’s Jo McIngall’s review:

(from: http://www.ciao.co.uk/Numatic_HVR_200_H__Review_5813315 )

This is the best Vacuum cleaner I have ever used. I have used new bagless cleaners that have not kept their suction for long and have broken under the constant use in my house and are messy to empty. I have a labrador who malts alot and 4 messy kids and the Henry copes with it all.

The Henry has fantastic suction and a fantastic length hose that reaches all the way down the stairs with no problem. It also comes with other tools to do stairs, cars etc. Also it has the engery saving button that you can use to power up Henry even more. Its great on wood floors as well as all styles of carpet. Its just a brilliant hoover. All that and a smile on his face.

Here’s Mrs C Naylor’s review:

(from: http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3TUIJ3KICCJF4/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm )

I have had many different types of vacuum cleaner in my time from Dyson to Hoover, bagged to bagless and I have to say that I have had my Henry for two weeks and it is the best vacuum cleaner I have ever had. The suction on it is unbelievable, my floors have never been so clean. I have got real wood floorboards and it gets right into the crevices. Another reviewer said there was a problem with it on carpet but I have found no problem whatsoever.

Admittedly it is a fairly flat carpet but it cleans it up lovely. The only drawback to it is that it doesn’t have anywhere to store your tools on the machine so you do have to carry them with you wherever you go. The cord length on it is brilliant, I can do my whole downstairs without having to unplug it once. I would really recommend these cleaners to anyone who has had enough of all the new fangled machines they keep bringing out and just wants to go back to basics and get a really good cleaner in the process. Brilliant.

So there you have it. The summary of the reviews: bagless is not better!

Have you used both? Let us know what you think in the comments below…

God rest your beautiful soul, Henry!

Whoever ‘Finn’ is, we are deeply envious!