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Post# 378597   9/18/2017 at 13:22 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Hello all, Earlier this month I bough myself this top of the line Miele Cylinder as an early Birthday present to myself. I absolutely adore it, I got it direct from Miele for £450! It wasn't the most affordable but it certainly is worth it, to me at least, I love it! Due to the new EU regulations that have come into place at the start of this month (September 2017) this model has been discontinued as it doesn't quite comply! Infact, it disappeared from Miele's website within a week of me ordering it! This model is still available if you look online, however, once stocks have depleted, I am guessing that is it for this model, sadly, so if you are in the UK and you want this model, you need to be buying it now, haha. Cylinders with power heads in the UK are pretty few and far between and it is a real shame! Here are the photos anyway, isn't she beautiful! |
Post# 378598 , Reply# 1   9/18/2017 at 13:23 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378599 , Reply# 2   9/18/2017 at 13:24 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378600 , Reply# 3   9/18/2017 at 13:25 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378601 , Reply# 4   9/18/2017 at 13:26 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378602 , Reply# 5   9/18/2017 at 13:26 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378603 , Reply# 6   9/18/2017 at 13:27 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378604 , Reply# 7   9/18/2017 at 13:28 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378605 , Reply# 8   9/18/2017 at 13:28 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378606 , Reply# 9   9/18/2017 at 13:29 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378608 , Reply# 10   9/18/2017 at 13:30 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378609 , Reply# 11   9/18/2017 at 13:31 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378610 , Reply# 12   9/18/2017 at 13:32 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378611 , Reply# 13   9/18/2017 at 13:33 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378612 , Reply# 14   9/18/2017 at 13:34 (2,404 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378636 , Reply# 15   9/18/2017 at 20:11 (2,404 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 378638 , Reply# 16   9/18/2017 at 20:41 (2,404 days old) by ryan1994jeep (Georgia)   |   | |
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Post# 378644 , Reply# 17   9/18/2017 at 21:55 (2,403 days old) by rvarley (illinois)   |   | |
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In my opinion, Miele really does make the nicest looking cylinder vac. I'd call it the Apple or Bose of Vacuums - and that's a compliment! |
Post# 378668 , Reply# 18   9/19/2017 at 18:51 (2,403 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Eurekaprince - Yeh, it is a new hard floor tool called the "SRD" it has rubber wheels and rubber blades (only) so it glides smoothly over hard floors, I would of liked to of seen this model come with the Parquet Twister floor tool...Not tested the SRD yet but I do plan on doing a demo video at some point soon. The machine gets an A rating for hard floors so it must perform pretty well. The colour is "Marine Blue" hehe, I suppose Royal Blue would of seemed more patriotic for the UK! lol. Ryan - Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed...I really am in love with the colour, I had to cut that clip shortly after unwrapping it as I was getting a bit too giddy for a 22 year old drooling over a vacuum! LOL. Rvarley - I know what you mean, Miele make very smart machines and are very well finished, with innovative features, which is similar to Apple. |
Post# 378669 , Reply# 19   9/19/2017 at 18:53 (2,403 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378680 , Reply# 20   9/20/2017 at 02:37 (2,402 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 378701 , Reply# 21   9/20/2017 at 15:57 (2,402 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378912 , Reply# 22   9/25/2017 at 12:45 (2,397 days old) by Hooverman2121 (Albany, NY)   |   | |
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Here's my C3 Marin in Marine Blue. I miss the metallic paint finish of the first generation S8 series but we can't have everything! |
Post# 378918 , Reply# 23   9/25/2017 at 14:40 (2,397 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 378924 , Reply# 24   9/25/2017 at 17:59 (2,397 days old) by Tseg (World Traveller)   |   | |
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Post# 379900 , Reply# 25   10/17/2017 at 20:59 (2,375 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 379906 , Reply# 26   10/17/2017 at 21:57 (2,374 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Excellent video!
Regarding the issue of snowplowing on bare floors: if vac-makers would reposition the placement of the brush-strips on “rocker-switch” wheeled carpet-floor tools, the problem would be solved. As Panasonic, Kenmore and Hoover once did, a single row of retractable bristles along the centre of the nozzle (with a break in the centre for the suction channel) would keep the tool at just the right height above the bare floor and allow dirt to be sucked in from the front and rear on both the foreward stroke and the back-stroke. Retractable brushes set around the perimeter of the tool are rather useless in my opinion. Though the Hoover and Kenmore bare floor brushes were not wheeled, the concept could easily be applied to the standard wheeled convertible carpet/floor tools. Instead of perimeter bristles, install a single thick row of retractable soft bristles on either side of the suction port-hole - perhaps with a small set of edge sweeping “whiskers” on each end. This way dirt can be easily sucked off the floor from both the front and rear of the metal sole plate. |
Post# 379908 , Reply# 27   10/17/2017 at 23:05 (2,374 days old) by Tseg (World Traveller)   |   | |
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Impressive how the Miele composite PN without beater bars creates so much adgitation. |
Post# 379917 , Reply# 28   10/18/2017 at 01:58 (2,374 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Hard floor snowplow problem---Push DOWN slightly on the wand handle as you go forward-the pull UP on the handle as you go back-this should lift the front and back of the floor tool so the suction can gulp in the debris as in this case.-Lots of debris to pick up. |
Post# 379926 , Reply# 29   10/18/2017 at 09:12 (2,374 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 380012 , Reply# 30   10/19/2017 at 19:30 (2,373 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 380032 , Reply# 31   10/20/2017 at 09:42 (2,372 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 380085 , Reply# 33   10/21/2017 at 19:55 (2,371 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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I agree with Mike that a dedicated bare floor brush is more effective than the convertible carpet/floor attachments. But these often cause snowplowing as well because they have too many brush strips "touching down" to the floor in the front of the tool, no matter how many "castellated" breaks there are in the wall of bristles. I would bet that even the excellent Miele Parquet Twister brush snowplows large debris.
Snowplowing was never a problem even with the old Eureka bare floor brushes because there was a large cut out in the front stretch of the perimeter bristle strip. Panasonic and Hoover went one step better with their excellent bare floor brushes that did not have a perimeter bristle strip - the strip was in the centre as shown in the picture. I really think the ubiquitous convertible carpet/floor tools could be improved if they eliminated the brush strip on the front edge of the tool.
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Post# 380131 , Reply# 34   10/22/2017 at 11:36 (2,370 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 380137 , Reply# 35   10/22/2017 at 13:10 (2,370 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Alex - I am not certain that Hoover included these unique floor brushes with their pre-Candy European vacuums. This great brush made its debut in North America in the early 1980’s with the arrival of the Hoover Dimension canister. Thereafter, most Hoover canisters (Futura, Spirit, Powermax, Windtunnel, etc) included this kind of bare floor tool.
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Post# 380140 , Reply# 36   10/22/2017 at 14:01 (2,370 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 380145 , Reply# 37   10/22/2017 at 17:24 (2,370 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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It’s important to remember that most Hoover cylinder cleaners sold in North America from 1980 on were more often than not packaged with a powered carpet nozzle. The low end suction only versions of these Hoovers were equipped with a convertible carpet/floor tool as in Europe. The deluxe power nozzle versions were packaged with an additional dedicated bare floor brush.
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Post# 380152 , Reply# 38   10/22/2017 at 19:40 (2,370 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 380153 , Reply# 39   10/22/2017 at 19:45 (2,370 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Here the floor brush from my Eureka Empress II that has the shortened bristles running the full width of the brush.
Gary CLICK HERE TO GO TO countryguy's LINK |
Post# 380154 , Reply# 40   10/22/2017 at 19:59 (2,370 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Hi Gary,
How are you? Yes, I know that the pic is of a Kenmore / Panasonic floor brush, but Hoover used a similar design in the 1980’s with the two brush strips down the middle. I actually bought a similar optional bare floor tool for my parents’ Hoover Ultra Self- Propelled WindTunnel upright. Because of the way the wands were designed on that cleaner, the attachment is designed to accept the wand sliding into the neck, not over the neck. Hoover had both versions of the brush. The Hoover brush design and the Kenmore brush design were very similar, though the neck on the Hoover made it easier to use. |