Numatic Hetty

I bought this item about 18 months ago after having bad luck with a couple of other Vacuums. I was recommended a Henry by the cleaner at work and I thought 'That must be a man who knows his hoovers' so I went and to my local Argos but they were sold out of Henrys. However, Hetty was still available and, let's face it, she's miles prettier than Henry anyway so I bought it instead!

The vacuum power is excellent and it is vastly superior to all other previous vacuums I've had. To give an indication of this, I'm not the most house proud person in the world and can be a bit lazy when it comes to housework. My carpet had got a bit grotty and I thought that I'd better pull my finger out and do something about it so I bought some carpet shampoo. As I was preparing to use the shampoo my previous vacuum had and so I went and got the Hetty. Once I got home I tried it out and it instantly lifted all the dirt that my previous vacuum couldn't! The difference between the cleaned and uncleaned areas was remarkable and almost like once of those adverts that you see during daytime TV! In fact it was so much easier to clean that I instantly cared more and have become much more house proud as a result.

There is also an option to choose regular suction or a more high powered version but I find that regular always does the job and both settings are relatively quiet

At first I thought that having a vacuum that requires bags would be a disadvantage because of the hype surrounding the likes of Dyson but I have found this to be no problem and the bags are incredibly easy to change.

The only very, very slight downside to this product is the fact that once you've finished you've got to wind in the power cord instead of pressing a button so it comes in automatically but that's just being picky.

*This review is my own work although I may post it elsewhere on the internet.