Hyla UK - Hyla Tales

Dogs

"Firstly, the machine is wonderful in many ways as initially demonstrated by you. We had one guest recently who has an allergy to dogs, and had even been rushed to hospital a few years earlier. However, she really wanted to stay with us because she just loved the Rattray Head beach and dunes. We have two large long-haired dogs who freely wander upstairs and downstairs throughout the house, and we had had two guest dogs staying in that very bedroom a couple of nights previously. So, we used the Hyla to clean the carpets throughout, then ran it for 15 minutes to clean the air in our lounge and again in her bedroom. At breakfast the next morning she happily reported no symptoms whatsoever, and in fact had slept better than usual with much cleaner air than she is used to back home in London."

Rob Keeble - Proprietor Lighthouse Cottages Hostel and B&B, Rattray Head September 2007

Washing Machine Problems

Just before Christmas 2005, we had one of those nightmare moments in the kitchen. The outlet hose from the washing machine came out from its drain pipe, and all the dirty water from the wash was pumped out onto the kitchen floor, covering the entire kitchen to a depth of nearly half an inch.

Fortunately, our friend had her HYLA handy, and soon, the kitchen floor was all dry and clean again. (The HYLA had to be emptied out quite a few times though)

Ian and Kate

The Old Coffee Stains

In November 2006, my daughter and her boyfriend moved in to their new home. The house had previously been rented out, and the plain green carpet throughout was dotted with odd stains, probably coffee. We took our HYLA over to help them clean up the place, and had a go at the coffee stains. This involved pouring a glass of hot water over the stain, and then using the HYLA to suck up the dirty water. The stains were soon history. (It would have been quicker and easier with the Wet Cleaning Attachment, but we had not been warned to bring it)

Ian and Kate

How not to paint a fence

In January 2007, I bought five litres of a water based fence preserver (Red Cedar) to rejuvenate the garden fence, and put it in the back of the car (ignoring all the advice displayed around the shop). I had a few other errands to run before getting home, and by the time I got home, I had a big, bright orange puddle in the back of the car, about a foot across. I thought the car was ruined, and I did not have time to deal with the problem right away, it had to stay like that overnight.

Next day, I started trying to clean up. A whole roll of kitchen towel made little difference, except to spread the puddle a little further. I was reluctant to use the Hyla, but it seemed the only option. So, armed with a bucket of hot water, a jug and the Hyla, I started pouring hot water onto the puddle, and sucking the mess up into the Hyla. Two bucketfulls of water later, and the carpet in the back of the car was black again. I even impressed myself.

Frothy pink water had to be emptied from the Hyla at regular intervals, but after a wipe with a damp cloth, there was no evidence that the Hyla had been involved with the clean-up operation.

Ian and Kate

The Bowls Match

In February 2007, Kate's son, who was working part-time at the local leisure centre while at college, was asked to vacuum clean the bowls mats ready for a big match. The bowls team had been complaining regularly about the poor state of the bowls mats. The vacuum cleaner belonging to the leisure centre was a common one, which was just not up to the job. Kate's son therefore came home and collected our HYLA and started to vacuum the mats with it. It took him over two hours, but at the end, the HYLA was still working just as well as when he started, and the mats visibly changed colour as several years worth of dust were removed from them. That is what you get when there are no bags or filters to clog up.

Ian and Kate