Henry Hard Floor Tool – Is It Worth It?

If you already own a Henry Hoover, you might wonder why you would need a separate hard floor tool when the standard floor head already has a hard floor setting.

The standard tool does a perfectly good job, but if most of your home has wood, laminate, vinyl or tiled flooring, a dedicated Henry Hard Floor Tool can make vacuuming much easier.

It's lighter, slimmer and designed specifically to glide across hard flooring rather than being a compromise between carpets and hard floors.

What Is The Henry Hard Floor Tool?

The Henry Hard Floor Tool is a lightweight floor head designed specifically for hard surfaces including:

• Wood flooring
• Laminate
• Tiles
• Vinyl
• Lino
• Concrete floors

Unlike Henry's standard combination floor tool, there is no carpet setting to worry about. The brushes remain in contact with the floor and the tool is designed specifically for cleaning hard surfaces.

Why Is It Better On Hard Floors?

Henry's standard floor tool has a pedal that lowers the brushes when you're cleaning hard floors. It works perfectly well, particularly if your home has a mixture of carpet and hard flooring.

However, the dedicated hard floor tool is designed to do one job.

Its slim, lightweight design makes it easier to move across larger areas of hard flooring, while the bristles help collect dust and prevent the main body of the floor tool from dragging directly across the surface.

The front brush also has gaps that allow larger pieces of debris to enter the suction opening rather than simply being pushed around the room.

Want To Upgrade Your Henry For Hard Floors?

If you have a lot of hard flooring and find yourself using the hard-floor setting on your standard Henry head most of the time, the dedicated Hard Floor Tool is a simple upgrade.

It fits straight onto the standard Henry metal pipe, so there's nothing else to change or modify.

Is The Henry Hard Floor Tool Easier To Push?

Yes, and this is probably one of its biggest advantages.

The combination of its lightweight body, wheels and pivoting neck makes it very easy to move across hard flooring.

The difference is particularly noticeable when cleaning larger areas such as:

• Large kitchens
• Open-plan rooms
• Tiled hallways
• Offices
• Shops and commercial premises

If your home is almost entirely hard flooring, this can make more of a difference than simply changing the setting on the standard combination head.

Is The Henry Hard Floor Tool Good For Wooden Floors?

The soft-brush design makes the tool well suited to wooden and other delicate hard flooring.

With Henry's standard combination tool, you need to make sure the brushes are lowered before cleaning delicate hard surfaces.

With a dedicated hard floor head, the bristles are permanently in position, making it a convenient choice for homes with:

• Wood flooring
• Laminate
• Luxury vinyl flooring
• Polished hard floors
• Delicate tiled surfaces

As with any floor tool, make sure the brushes and underside are free from stones, grit or other sharp debris before using it on a delicate surface.

Which Henry Models Does The Hard Floor Tool Fit?

The Henry Hard Floor Tool uses the standard 32mm Numatic fitting and is suitable for many Numatic vacuum cleaners, including:

• Henry
• Hetty
• Harry
• James
• Charles
• George
• Edward
• Numatic commercial vacuums using the standard 32mm pipe fitting

If you're unsure, check that your vacuum uses the standard 32mm Numatic metal pipe fitting before ordering.

Henry Hard Floor Tool Vs Standard Henry Floor Tool

The better option depends on the floors in your home.

If you have a mixture of carpets and hard floors: the standard combination tool is convenient because you can switch between the two.

If you mainly have hard flooring: the dedicated Hard Floor Tool is lighter and purpose-built for the job.

If you mainly have carpets: stick with the standard floor tool or consider an Airo Brush instead.

So the Hard Floor Tool isn't necessarily a replacement everybody needs. It's an upgrade that makes the most sense when a large proportion of your cleaning is on hard floors.

Is The Henry Hard Floor Tool Worth It?

If you only have one small area of hard flooring, probably not. Henry's standard combination floor tool already gives you a perfectly usable hard-floor setting.

But if you have large areas of wood, laminate, vinyl or tiles, I think the dedicated tool makes much more sense.

It's lighter, easy to move and means you have a floor head designed specifically for the surface you're cleaning.

It's particularly useful if you've recently replaced carpets with hard flooring and now find that you rarely use the carpet setting on your standard Henry tool.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does The Henry Hard Floor Tool Work On Laminate?

Yes. The brush design and lightweight construction make it well suited to laminate flooring.

Can I Use The Henry Hard Floor Tool On Wooden Floors?

Yes. It is designed for hard flooring and its bristles help keep the main body of the tool away from the floor. Always make sure the brushes are clean and free from trapped grit before using any floor tool on delicate wood.

Does The Henry Hard Floor Tool Fit Older Henry Models?

It fits many older and newer Henry and Numatic vacuums that use the standard 32mm metal pipe fitting.

Can You Use The Henry Hard Floor Tool On Carpets?

It's designed specifically for hard flooring. For carpets, use Henry's standard combination floor tool or an Airo Brush.

Is The Henry Hard Floor Tool Easier To Push?

On hard flooring, its lightweight design and wheels make it very easy to move around compared with a heavier combination floor head.

Do I Need A Hard Floor Tool For My Henry?

No. The standard Henry floor tool already has a hard-floor setting. The dedicated Hard Floor Tool is an optional upgrade that is most useful if you have large areas of hard flooring.

What Size Fitting Does The Henry Hard Floor Tool Use?

It uses the standard 32mm Numatic pipe fitting used by many Henry, Hetty and other Numatic vacuum cleaners.

Watch The Henry Hard Floor Tool In Action

The video below shows the Henry Hard Floor Tool in use so you can see how it performs on real flooring.