The nozzle that comes with George is not only ideal for cleaning your upholstery and stairs, but it’s also great with car mats and car seats. In green, this professional George vacuum cleaner by Numatic is an all-in-one wet and dry cleaning machine.

This versatile vacuum is suitable for a variety of tasks such as dry and wet cleaning, the scrubbing and drying of heard floors and also deep carpet and upholstery cleaning. This, and the fact that you have to plug it into the wall, mean it doesn’t have the same instant grab-and-go appeal that you get with a cordless stick. With the spot cleaner head attached and the vacuum cleaner set up to shampoo surfaces, the George was put to work navigating the boot and rear seats of the car.As well as being an effective carpet cleaner, George can also be used for cleaning hard floors with his reversible sponge hard floor cleaning tool. With a large capacity in both wet and dry mode, super-strong suction power and extra-long hose, George is a well-built and versatile machine that can be relied upon when you need him most. Based on Numatic's professional Cleantec range of cleaners, George's high quality construction means that it can be used for many hours at a time. Like all Numatic vacuums George is quite bulky, which does mean he isn’t the easiest hoover to move around.

Other than Charles Hoover who has many similarities to George, the closest match to George is Henry Wash. Used in wet mode, George's Dual Scrub Floor Tool tackles hard floor cleaning with ease and when it comes to carpet and spot cleaning, his Wash Kit gives you everything you need to achieve pro results every time. The bucket holds the clean water, and a pipe has to be dangled into it, so George can pump it to the spray tool.

In a world of built-in obsolescence, the Henry has a feel of permanency, and a bank of spare parts available should something go wrong. Just like with hard floors, you just fill the clean water tank with fresh water and detergent, and allow George to do this thing. That said, his wheels help to take some of the weight when moving him and the attachments are easy to attach and use, so the overall handling of George shouldn’t be a problem for the average person. George is the multipurpose Henry… and that’s why he is so often chosen as a favourite from the range of Henry vacuums.

Upright models use less power as the impeller (the fan which creates the suction) is closer to the vacuum cleaning head. The George features both a wet vacuuming function (it can supposedly unblock a blocked sink in a pinch) and a shampooing feature to offer much deeper cleaning. If there was a hall of fame for vacuum cleaners, a cheery red Henry would be a first-ballot inductee. The vacuuming prowess of Numatic’s range of cylinder vacuum cleaners has arguably fallen behind the likes of cordless sticks from Dyson and Shark.

The number one use for this vacuum will be day-to-day cleaning, so it’s important that it can vacuum both a car and home without any restrictions caused by the other features. You also get the usual three-part aluminium extension wand, as you would with a Henry, though this version has plates welded on to each end to mount the spray apparatus. The George even comes with a big nozzle and mop-like attachment designed for cleaning soft and hard floors. And with other accessories that come with the George, you’ve got a vacuum cleaner that can clean furniture, carpets and hard floors around your home. While Henry usually grabs the limelight when it comes to Numatic’s range of cylinder vacuum cleaners, it’s a little unfair on his green younger brother, George.