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Post# 12073   4/6/2007 at 17:26 (6,201 days old) by danemodsandy ()        

Does anyone know if Miele canister vacuums use a standard American-style 1-1/4 inch hose end, or the 35mm European hose end? In other words, would a Miele attachment fit an American cleaner?

Thanks in advance!


Post# 12074 , Reply# 1   4/6/2007 at 17:42 (6,201 days old) by lux1521 ()        

Unless they changed recently, then no they are not american style. Perhaps someone on here with more experience could direct you to a converter or find some other solution for you.

Post# 12076 , Reply# 2   4/6/2007 at 18:18 (6,201 days old) by danemodsandy ()        
Thanks!

I appreciate it. There was a Miele attachment I found interesting, but I didn't want to buy it not knowing if it would fit. There are other brands that have what I want, so it's no big deal. I just figured Miele would be the best quality.

Post# 12077 , Reply# 3   4/6/2007 at 18:25 (6,201 days old) by charles~richard ()        
Miele

is one of the few modern vacuum cleaners I wouldn't mind having. They are beautiful, powerful and quiet. The only drawback is the cheesy-looking attachments. You'd think the designers would have put a little more flair into them. But overall it is a wonderful vacuum cleaner.

My sister-in-law needed a new vacuum cleaner a couple years ago so she asked my advice. She does not like uprights, and has only a few scatter rugs and one oriental rug in the dining room. So I suggested a Miele and she just LOVES it. Every time we talk, she thanks me again for recommending it to her.


Post# 12079 , Reply# 4   4/6/2007 at 20:15 (6,200 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)        
Miele

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I took a while to make the leap (and it can be an expensive leap) but I just love my Miele Aluminium and Red Velvet. Charlie Watrous (chime in please!) has just been raving about his new Miele Champagne. I must say that with all the machines I have had experience with, the Miele is a fine machine. Well made, good filtration and the new power nozzle works well. The telescoping wand and the parquet floor tool make this a fine machine. And the Red Velvet is sooooo pretty!

Post# 12080 , Reply# 5   4/6/2007 at 20:16 (6,200 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)        
BTW

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Charlie has an adapter that converts Miele to standard 1 1/4" attachments, but I don't know if there is one that goes the other way.

Post# 12082 , Reply# 6   4/6/2007 at 20:37 (6,200 days old) by danemodsandy ()        
Miele

We owned a White Star very briefly; my partner bought it after falling prey to the most perfidious saleswoman in this galaxy- or any other, I think!

She mis-represented the turbo brush as a power nozzle; since my partner knows very little about vacs, he didn't know that the thing was supposed to be electric. The turbo brush proved almost entirely useless on our carpeting. I went back to talk things over with Miss Congeniality, who promptly denied mis-representing the turbo brush, told us OF COURSE we'd need the power nozzle for our carpet, named a price of $250 for it, and told us the vac was not returnable. Pretty much in one breath, too- I think she had all this rehearsed.

Overall, I think the vac would have been fine had it been honestly represented at time of sale, and had we gotten the power nozzle. We were just SO over this horrible woman (who owned the joint, so her word was law) that we put the White Star on eBay to recoup our money.

None of this is any reflection on Miele, you understand!


Post# 12083 , Reply# 7   4/6/2007 at 20:49 (6,200 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs)        
Sandy

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It is unfortunate that your partner ran into a unscrupulous vendor. Generally, Miele dealers are straight shooters. If it makes you feel any better, I would report her to Miele. They are a reputable company and I am sure they would drop her like a hot potato if they knew what she was up to. Miele is pretty strict about their retailers. BTW, I love your location. Mommie Dearest, while not necessarily a true portrayal of Joan, is a great movie. I take many lines from it. "This isn't my first time at the Rodeo!"

Fred


Post# 12096 , Reply# 8   4/7/2007 at 00:22 (6,200 days old) by danemodsandy ()        
Dealer:

"If it makes you feel any better, I would report her to Miele."

This was several years ago, and I've been enjoying vintage Luxes ever since, so what the hey. We did buy a Hoover PowerMax canister for my partner, since he's rough on things and doesn't want to kill one of my beauties.

Re: Joan. Hard to believe she's been gone thirty years next month! You're right about the movie and book.


Post# 12097 , Reply# 9   4/7/2007 at 00:35 (6,200 days old) by swingette ()        

Gone, but not forgotten. Joan, you are beautiful!

Post# 12099 , Reply# 10   4/7/2007 at 01:21 (6,200 days old) by charles~richard ()        
That's an awful photo of her though.

Her makeup foundation (probably Max Factor Pancake) looks splotchy and her eye makeup is too dark and heavy.

She should take makeup lessons from my alter ego, Dorothy Chandler Pavillion! HAHAHAHA!!!!


Post# 12112 , Reply# 11   4/7/2007 at 06:36 (6,200 days old) by rexaircollector (Loganville, GA)        
Sandy

I too am surprised at your encounter with Miele. Our daily driver is a Blue Moon and my partner, not a vacuum enthusiast, LOVES it. He praises it as the best vacuum we have ever owned (and believe me, we have had many over the past 26 years together). The Miele dealer we have had excellent luck with is in Duluth on Hwy 141 (at the corner of Pleasant Hill). I know that is a way from you though, as it is for us now that we have moved from Suwanee to Loganville. Still, it is worth the drive for me because of the wonderful service I have received. Our Club member, Andy Weter, is also a Miele dealer in Springfield, Missouri. He is a peach of a guy and would not steer you wrong if you decided to give Miele a try again.

Hey, now that we have discovered there are several of us collectors in the Atlanta Metro area, we should get together some time. When we lived in Denver, I had a great time with the local collectors there and we even went vacuum hunting together. Give me a shout sometime, OK? I see a mini-meet in the works!

Robb


Post# 12113 , Reply# 12   4/7/2007 at 09:50 (6,200 days old) by danemodsandy ()        
Charlie and Robb:

Robb:

I'd love to get together sometime; emaii me off-list and we can exchange phone numbers, etc.!

Charlie:

The reason Joan looks "splotchy" in that photo is that it dates from 1929 or so, during the time she was married to Douglas Fairbanks, Jnr. During that marriage, Joan decided she wanted to look more "ladylike" and "natural" as a member of the Fairbanks family (headed up by Doug Fairbanks, Snr. and Mary Pickford), so she left off the heavy makeup that usually hid her freckles onscreen for some still photos, of which that shot is one. Crawford was a milky-complexioned carrot top. In the late 1920s, orthochromatic film was still being used, and ortho is very insensitive to red. That made La Suprema's hair and freckles photograph very dark. In only a year or two, panchromatic film was invented, and it was a lot more sensitive to red, making it possible for Joan to wear a lot less slap and still keep the freckles covered. She would, of course, bump the amount of makeup back up in later years. Just FYI, when you refer to Factor's Pan-Cake makeup, the name has nothing to do with flapjacks- it was a makeup created for the special demands of PANchromatic film and it came in CAKE form, not the tube of greasepaint actors had previously used for the screen.


Post# 12117 , Reply# 13   4/7/2007 at 11:10 (6,200 days old) by andy (Boston, MA)        
Miele Adaptor

Sandy,

If you find a Miele attachment that you want to use on a standard American hose end, there is a solution that's a little akward, but works. There is an adaptor that is packaged with every new Miele that was meant for parking the bare floor tool on the side of the machine. However since you don't need it for the new Miele's I have a TON of them laying around. I don't know why they even bother packaging it at all, but anyway.

Here's a pic of it, and if it's something you think you might want, I'll send you one.

BTW, sorry to hear about your Miele experience. The ONLY application that Turbo brush is suitable for is delicate rugs. It's useless on wall to wall and synthetic rugs that hold hair like velcro. It has an airflow passage much bigger than most turbo brushes which facilitates great airflow, but also causes the brush to spin very sluggishly.

Anyway, let me know if you'd like this adaptor, and it's yours!


Post# 12118 , Reply# 14   4/7/2007 at 11:12 (6,200 days old) by andy (Boston, MA)        
Okay let's try this again

.....

Post# 12123 , Reply# 15   4/7/2007 at 12:00 (6,200 days old) by danemodsandy ()        
Andy:

Hi:

Wow, thanks for the offer! I don't think I'm going to need the adaptor, though, because I found the tool I needed with a 1-1/4 inch diametre. What I was looking at was the SUB 10 Universal Brush from Miele, for the purpose of dusting books and bookshelves. I found that Nutone makes a similar tool, and I've already ordered it. But I really appreciate your thoughtfulness!

I also appreciate your confirming my judgment on the turbo brush. It felt like it might have been a very nice tool to have for an Aubusson or other fine rug, but not American wall-to-wall.

To everyone who has commented on the treatment we received from that Miele dealer- we're fine with it. We got most of our money back by selling the White Star on eBay. The dealer was the one who lost- she did not get the sale she wanted for a power nozzle, and hasn't seen us since. Considering the cost of Miele service, parts, bags and HEPA filters, it's her loss, not ours.

Besides which, the incident got me involved with vintage Luxes, and eventually brought me here. How cool is that?


Post# 12128 , Reply# 16   4/7/2007 at 12:55 (6,200 days old) by vintagehoover ()        

Just shows, everything happens for a reason - something I'm a firm believer in!!

I also love Mieles...I'm still using my 1979 Electronic S 224 as a day-to-day cleaner...still going strong at 28! I also enjoy using my auntie's Miele - can't remember the model, it's about 3 years old, and has the power nozzle, which I love!

Hopefully a Miele will be one of a number of machines I'll be able to add to my collection once I start my new job!


Post# 12132 , Reply# 17   4/7/2007 at 14:44 (6,200 days old) by charles~richard ()        
Pancake Makeup

Hi Sandy,

I am quite conversant with theatrical makeup. It's been another of my long-standing "odd" hobbies over the years (along with vacuum cleaners, floor polishers and mimeograph machines!), starting when I was in grade school.

From age 10 until my early adulthood, I avidly read a monthly periodical called "Famous Monsters of Filmland." Talk about something that brings back "smells of yesteryear!" The only place I could find the magazine was in the next town over from us, Gloucester, Virginia. I went out there twice a week with my mom -- she was the choir director for a church there. Each Thursday when we went there, we'd stop at the little shopping center on the way and go to Ben Franklin's (a variety store), the "CS Store" (who had a fabulous display of Johnson Wax floor polishers just inside the front door), and the Rexall Drug Store.

To this day I can remember the faint but distinctive scent of the Rexall store. I can't quite put my finger on what it was, but I sure can remember it. Each week I'd run to the magazine rack hoping my favorite magazine was there. It was a joyful day when the latest issue of "Famous Monsters" hit the stand and I was able to use 35¢ of my allowance to get a copy.

I can also clearly recall the scent of the magazine itself, particularly since I have two shelves full of them -- a nearly complete set! All I have to do is open one of them, stick my nose in and take a big sniff and I am right back on Gywnns Island, Virginia in 1966!

Anyway, in one of the issues in 1967 or 1968 was an article about monster makeup legend Dick Smith. Accompanying the article was an offer to purchase a soft-bound (magazine format) book written by Smith, "Do-It-Yourself Monster Makeup." I couldn't order my copy fast enough! It was in the summertime, and every single day I rode my bicycle the mile or so down the road to Scrooch's Market where the post office was, to see if my Monster Makeup book had arrived. Oh, happy day when it finally did!

The magazine was full of scary monsters you could create, starting fairly simply and building up to some very elaborate creations. In the back of the book was a list of sources for theatrical makeup, and I immediately wrote to all the suppliers asking for catalogs. They soon arrived, and I began assembling my first makeup kit. The wait for those supplies to arrive was even more endless than waiting for the makeup book to arrive!

I immediately began experimenting with the makeup materials, creating crude but pretty inventive versions of Dracula, the Wolfman, Frankenstein, and a few just generally bloody messes! My brother Noel has some 8mm home movie footage of me that starts with me lying face down in the grass. His foot enters the frame and he nudges me over. He zooms the camera down into my face to reveal a huge bloody mess! It was a moment of cinematic triumph, I tell you!

Well, soon of course I was HOOKED on makeup. Night and day, it was all I talked about and all I was interested in. To my mom and dad's horror, of course. You think they raised a stink about my vacuum cleaner obsession -- you shouldda heard them when I announced I was going to become a Hollywood Makeup Man and began assembling my own makeup kit! That's not the sort of thing that little boys are supposed to be interested in; at least, not in the South in the mid 1960s!

Of course, I was already very accustomed to being ridiculed; this was just one more thing to get mocked about. I carried on despite the torment! I never did become a "Hollywood Makeup Man" but I have had a few brushes with fame and have met a few of the REALLY famous "Hollywood Makeup Men." I have made quite a few spectacular Halloween getups over the years and have won a number of prizes in contests -- the best being $500 cash plus a weekend stay at the lovely Orlando Hotel in West Hollywood!

A by-product of that nearly life-long interest is eight large tackle-box-type metal makeup cases full of theatrical makeup along with boxes of liquid latex, plaster molds, fake arms, fake teeth, fake hair --- the rear closet in my office is nearly full with makeup supplies.

And I do have quite a nice collection of vintage makeup, including original tubes of Max Factor Panchromatic Greasepaint!! Some of the items in my collection go back to the 1920s.

So, there you have it. Just one more aspect of my bizarre personality.

I wonder if anyone else among us is, or was, interested in theatrical makeup, especially character and monster makeup.


Post# 12135 , Reply# 18   4/7/2007 at 15:48 (6,200 days old) by danemodsandy ()        
Charlie and Andy:

Andy:

I forgot to say earlier that Miele makes one accessory that has me wondering why no one thought of it before!

It's the "hygiene cover" that can be used to close off the suction port when the vac is being stored. When it's in place, the cover prevents any dust escaping from the cleaner back into your living space. So simple, and yet it seems never to have occurred to anyone else! I'm betting someone will come up with a universal version very soon.

Charlie- I think you have more talents than anyone I've ever seen!


Post# 12140 , Reply# 19   4/7/2007 at 16:57 (6,200 days old) by charles~richard ()        
"I think you have more talents than anyone I've eve

"A jack of all trades, a master of none."

I should have added to my list of obsessions above ... big organs! (With pipes, that is!)

I am a member of the ACCHOS, the Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society, a group devoted to saving and hopefully one day restoring to its former glory the largest organ in the world. See link.



CLICK HERE TO GO TO charles~richard's LINK


Post# 12141 , Reply# 20   4/7/2007 at 16:59 (6,200 days old) by charles~richard ()        
ACCHOS

Isn't this a stunning photo! That's organist Antoni Scott.


Post# 12142 , Reply# 21   4/7/2007 at 17:00 (6,200 days old) by charles~richard ()        
These pipes ...

... are 32 feet tall, yet are only half as long as the longest pipes in this organ! There is a set of pipes made of wood that are SIXTY-FOUR feet tall!!



Post# 12163 , Reply# 22   4/7/2007 at 19:41 (6,199 days old) by talktotravis ()        

Charlie,

Have you ever heard about this one? It's all pipe, and it's huge.


CLICK HERE TO GO TO talktotravis's LINK


Post# 12177 , Reply# 23   4/7/2007 at 22:51 (6,199 days old) by charles~richard ()        
LDS Conference Center Organ

Hi Travis, yes, I am familiar with this organ; built by Schoenstein of San Francisco. While its stops -are- all wind-blown pipes, the auditorium it's in is so huge (and so acoustically dry) that it actually has electronic amplification to give it sufficient carrying power!

And it, at 130 ranks (approx. 8,000 pipes), is only about half the size of its bigger sister in the Morman Tabernacle itself, which has 206 ranks and about 11,000 pipes!!



Post# 12185 , Reply# 24   4/8/2007 at 01:39 (6,199 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)        

I too love the Atlantic City Convention Hall organ.I am not a member of its preservation group-but thinking of joining-this treasure MUST be saved.Also its companion Kimball organ in the Ballroom.Have the CD's and DVD of these organs-play them regularly.At present as I understand-neither organ in the Convention hall is playable-and both need restoration.They were damaged during other renovation work in the Convention hall-HVAC repairs.


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