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Post# 34928   3/16/2008 at 16:36 (5,855 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)        

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Well cant wait to use this one, its on order and ready to be taken for a spin, will just have to wait a little longer though!!!...Andy, have you heard when they are arriving with you???

Called The S7 and about 6 models in the range, featuring extra large dustbags,unique swivelling body and I hope tractor beam headlights...LOL

Happy vaccing!!Mike




Post# 34931 , Reply# 1   3/16/2008 at 16:40 (5,855 days old) by ian88 ()        

Well that's the most elegant Vacuum design i've seen in a very long time.

Miele, who else? :P


Post# 34935 , Reply# 2   3/16/2008 at 17:30 (5,855 days old) by hamiltonbeachbo (Milwaukee )        

Mike,
Love uprights, and a Miele.
Can't Wait!!
Hope you plan on a photo essay once it arrives.
Great anticipation on this end as well!!
Pat


Post# 34936 , Reply# 3   3/16/2008 at 17:40 (5,855 days old) by vintagehoover ()        
Wow, a Miele upright!!

And a proper one, not a rebadged Panasonic! Is this a UK machine, Mike? If so, I may have to put one on my shopping list :)

Can't wait to see more pictures!


Post# 34938 , Reply# 4   3/16/2008 at 18:00 (5,855 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
Wow.....

Hey Mike

Not been told bout these, but then our rep isnt the most forthcoming.......

Its defiantly not a Panasonic lol...

Might have to invest!

Seamus


Post# 34939 , Reply# 5   3/16/2008 at 18:01 (5,855 days old) by andy (Boston, MA)        

Mike, I saw these at the VDTA show this past February. They had them enclosed in glass, so I couldn't touch them, but they looked amazing. Miele has been working on these for EIGHT YEARS. Every year at VDTA it was "When's the upright coming out? When's the upright coming out?" Miele has put a tremendous amount of R&D into these, so I expect them to be superb.

Our American versions will have the 1200 watt suction motor just like the canisters do. I couldn't get a glimpse of the brushroll. They swivel like a Felix, but since the motor is still in the base of the machine, there should be less handle weight. They told us these will be introduced in fourth quarter this year.

I can't wait.


Post# 34946 , Reply# 6   3/16/2008 at 18:35 (5,855 days old) by scott55405 ()        

Ooooo something cool and new and fun to look forward to! I smell a possible new toy, haven't had one in a while!

Post# 35001 , Reply# 7   3/17/2008 at 10:07 (5,854 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)        
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Hey Ian, does look very stylish, I`m hoping for a gloss black colour with blue ray halogen lights!!

Hello Pat, great to hear from you, certainly will do the pics n testing!!!, looks like one to look out for!!! any more finds since we last met???

Jack, it is a UK machine, and according to R&D one identified, built & designed for our market...dont get one before checking with me or Seamus for a best price!!!

Hi Seamus, defo not a panasonic, looks a cross between a Riccar and a 70`s Hotpoint Swallow, me thinks...

Hi Andy, hows the shop re-fit going, ours are due Summer, so watch this space, 1200watts, I sincerely hope ours are NOT the same size motor/suction as our cylinders at 2200w, otherwise we will be sucking up MIDDLE EARTH...LOL

Hey Scott, sorry I missed you call last night, just got your email, will catch up later, yes put your order in with Andy now!!! Scott came for a vist in 2002 after we all met at the 2001 washer convention, he was so smitten with the S571 Miele Cylinder he went straight back and bought one!!!

Cheers, Mike


Post# 35007 , Reply# 8   3/17/2008 at 11:11 (5,854 days old) by ian88 ()        

Sorta a Darth Vader vibe eh? my Heritage 2 has that colour scheme, works to great effect I think lol.

Heh, the Hotpoint Swallow..I wouldn't mind one, pity they're like rocking horse excretia.

(These were dirty fan I presume, Mike? I'd best start another thread for obscure vacs lost in the mists of time. ;p)


Post# 35019 , Reply# 9   3/17/2008 at 14:31 (5,854 days old) by watsonw (Newport, Shropshire, UK)        

Hi Mike, I have an S512 and an S143 and if the quality of this new cleaner is as good as the above I could be very tempted to treat myself.

Might I ask where you saw and ordered yours from as I would like to see one........I don't need another 'daily driver' but what did that ever have to do with it !!!


Hello Ian, I have a @ 1975 brochure featuring amongst other cleaners, the 'Hotpoint Swallow'...when I buy myself a digital camera I will try and 'post it in'.

Mum had a Swallow and although the design/build quality left a little to be desired I seem to remember it was a good performer ?

Regards, Walter.


Post# 35031 , Reply# 10   3/17/2008 at 16:16 (5,854 days old) by ian88 ()        

Cheers, Walter. :)

I love all the "cheap" (much better than what we have nowerdays though) Vacuums that were mostly seen in UK catalogues, mostly in the 1970s/80s..

I've got a few 70s Goblins myself, nowt as "exotic" as the Housemaid mind lol.

Ian


Post# 35069 , Reply# 11   3/17/2008 at 21:30 (5,854 days old) by scott55405 ()        

Ah yes Mike, will look forward to catching up soon! Hope to get back over the pond sometime this year! Been too long. Do you have the same cylinder as before, or have you upgraded?

2200 watts? Bloody h*ll with that I could vacuum my own carpets and the downstairs neighbor's in one pass! Good thing the one with little girls doesn't live down there anymore, or I'd have to remove them from the bag each use! LOL Actually, yours always were greater wattage than ours, must have to do with your higher voltage. Your cylinder was 1600, ours are 11, now 12.

I'm right smitten at the moment with my friend Logan's new turquoise cylinder as well, ye of the 236 power nozzle and automatic suction adjustment. May be an upgrade year all 'round I say!

I am happy that Miele has decided to come with its own range of uprights. Panasonic is a respectable cleaner, but redbadging them as Mieles always just seemed odd to me. I'd considered over time some of the others such as Sebo, to play with, but now I'll await the Mieles. I'm generally a two separate machines person, but I wonder if the uprights will have hose and tool capability.


Post# 35391 , Reply# 12   3/21/2008 at 21:49 (5,850 days old) by carlstock ()        

Excitement overload!

OMG!

Can’t think of anything that’s remotely coherent!

Dare I say I can feel another vacuum cleaner coming on at some stage in the near future...?! ;)

Got to pay for these glasses first, though! LOL :)

Need more info – must suck it up! LOL :)

Seamus, I shall be having words with you very soon, so get ready for lots of questioning! And you, Mike! Sorry I've not been in touch lately, Mike.

Ian, I shall discuss this all with you soon! :)


Post# 35452 , Reply# 13   3/22/2008 at 13:55 (5,849 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
Better Pics

From Info Miele sent us....

We like the LEDs :)


Post# 35453 , Reply# 14   3/22/2008 at 13:56 (5,849 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
Controls......

With Auto setting....

Post# 35454 , Reply# 15   3/22/2008 at 13:59 (5,849 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
Controls......

With Auto setting....

Post# 35455 , Reply# 16   3/22/2008 at 14:01 (5,849 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
Handle....

With brush control?

Soz for the double post on the last one!


Post# 35456 , Reply# 17   3/22/2008 at 14:09 (5,849 days old) by ian88 ()        

Like that little "Automatic" badge..

Reminds me of a better time :P


Post# 35554 , Reply# 18   3/23/2008 at 14:32 (5,848 days old) by watsonw (Newport, Shropshire, UK)        

Sebo look out ?

Post# 35562 , Reply# 19   3/23/2008 at 16:27 (5,848 days old) by scott55405 ()        

Well, thanks for the additional pictures! Apparently the rebadged uprights were not sold over there, since it says "first ever" uprights.

I like how it uses many of the same ideas as the canister (cylinder?). The lowest speed might be nice for some scatter rugs I have about the place. If it has a brush control, guess that means one can turn that feature off to do bare floors, which is a boon. On board tools apparently, as I spy a hose. I don't think I'd be converted to doing all my above the floor cleaning with an upright since I'm used to using two machines; still this feature could be nice for between cleanings, baseboards, corners and what-not.

Hopefully they will include a nice long cord (flex). I love the design and seeming brilliance of the headlight. I know some consider headlights folly, but they've been helpful to me many times in not missing something I would have even in an otherwise fully lit room.

I wonder if the height adjustment is auto or manual, and if the brushroll is direct, gear or belt driven (not sure what it is on the power nozzles, since my cylinder is straight suction only).

All in all, if as Andy suggests that these appear in the states in quarter 4, a worthy cause to earmark a portion of my holiday bonus for a Christmas toy! :-)


Post# 35595 , Reply# 20   3/23/2008 at 21:53 (5,848 days old) by rolls_rapide (-)        

...it may be a button to select automatic power control, the power altering as the surfaces are cleaned.

Post# 35596 , Reply# 21   3/23/2008 at 21:55 (5,848 days old) by rolls_rapide (-)        

...it may be a button to select automatic power control, the power altering as the surfaces are cleaned.

Post# 35597 , Reply# 22   3/23/2008 at 21:58 (5,848 days old) by rolls_rapide (-)        
Like that little "Automatic" badge..

It could be a switch to activate automatic power control.

Post# 35598 , Reply# 23   3/23/2008 at 22:00 (5,848 days old) by rolls_rapide (-)        
Sorry for the triple posts

a software error repeatedly flashed up on me when I tried to post.

Post# 35659 , Reply# 24   3/24/2008 at 14:26 (5,847 days old) by ian88 ()        

"Electrolux is gunna shit."



Post# 35677 , Reply# 25   3/24/2008 at 18:55 (5,847 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)        

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I'm really looking forward to this. The reason my Mum doesn't like Miele is because they are cylinders. Now she has no excuse to buy one. I have an S5210 and LOVE it.

Post# 35780 , Reply# 26   3/25/2008 at 13:43 (5,846 days old) by rolls_rapide (-)        

My Mum doesn't care for cylinders either. She can't stand pulling them about; and since she did her back in, she cares for them even less.

She has a Panasonic upright that I think is a poor machine in terms of carpet cleaning - she even admits it herself! She is getting new carpets laid sometime soon, so a new Miele might be a worthwhile addition.

Can't wait to see the machine in the flesh!



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