Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

First upright from Miele

29 February 2008 This summer, Miele will launch its first range of upright vacuum cleaners – the S7.  It will consist of about six models, all of which feature ultra large dust bags and  “a unique swivel body, which makes it easy to manoeuvre in even the trickiest  of room layouts”. According to the company,  the decision was made following  numerous requests from customers that wanted to buy Miele  but would only use  an upright model. Text: courtesy ERTweekly.com Picture: courtesy Miele.co.uk, 2009 Edited 21st March 2009; reason: loss of original image.

I did not receive a return phone call from Miele today so if I don't get a call back tomorrow morning, I will call tomorrow afternoon and I will definitely ask about how the prototype was handled as far as paying/loaning goes.

I didn't get a chance to call my Vac Shop today to see if my replacement hose was put on yet so I'll call them tomorrow as well.  Hopefully I can pick my vacuum after work.  My MIL lent us her old Kirby.  This thing is a dinosaur and so heavy and no tools.  I do miss my Miele.  Hopefully this entire situation will be fully resolved soon.

Melanie

catlady wrote:

Thank you for the follow-up and clarification.  Did this MIELE dealer offer you the opportunity to "borrow" this S7 to use at home and/any other vacuum before you decided to buy the 'test' model?

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:
Hi Carmine,
That was an option that was never offered to me.  If it was I probably would have made the same decision and bought the S7 at that time.  I do love the vacuum itself.  That has not changed.
I didn't bring home any other models to test either, but I did spend about a month running down there vacuuming all kinds of stuff with different vacuums.  The S7 really impressed me.  Even though I knew it was a test model I was informed that the model was already well tested, but this was more for consumer reviews on how well it worked in a realistic home setting.  It did/does a great job here and that's not easy to do with my hairy, messy beasts.

catlady wrote:

The next problem is going to pop up very shortly,Does the authorized  miele dealer stock brush rollor and pullies and end caps, I sure with the expert repairs these guys do they must of done plenty by now,

It sounds like your cleaner has been used for on the job training

regards

MOLE

B.T.W. prototypes are not suppose to be sold to the general public, They are reserved for the vacuum collectors and never see any use,

Carmine remember the HOOVER vault...........

mole wrote: Are you referring to the one that holds all the dead Hoovers that were killed by Dyson?

Hardsell wrote:

Carmine remember the HOOVER vault?..........."Are you referring to the one that holds all the dead Hoovers that were killed by Dyson?"

Or, Carmine, are you referring to those wonderful, all metal, AMERICAN MADE, Oriental rug cleaning and preserving instruments which will still be performing after Dyson has had its plastic bucket kicked for the last time?

Trebor

catlady wrote:

Thank you.  For some reason I thought you posted here in May 2008 when you bought the S7 for $600 that you spent a year researching vacuums and several months testing vacuums at your local MIELE dealer.  I must have been mistaken again.

Did you buy a new S7 still in the box?  Or did you purchase the floor model you tested/demoed on cat litter and pet hair in the MIELE dealer's store? 

Carmine D.

mole wrote:

Hi MOLE:

Well aware. 

Carmine D.

Trebor wrote:

Since you asked: Neither.  More contemporary and up to date: Consumer Reports March 2009.  The HOOVER/TTI models scored 7 of the top 20 best uprights, including the top spot and 4 spots in the top 10.  And 2 of the top 7 spots in the canister class.  Dyson models sadly rated a non-descript 13 spot in uprights and 17 spot in canisters.  On a postive note, dyson scored well in CR's reliability ratings but with a huge caveat.  Reliability ratings tend to favor brands/models with the least number of sales.  Apparently, this is true too across other industries and researchers.  Case in point, J.D. Power recently rated Jacquar a tie for the top spot with BUICK in reliability for 2008 models.  Toyota, the top spot holder for 14 consecutive years, dropped to 3.  But J.D. Power qualified the Jacquar's rating with the fact that only 14,000 were sold in the USA in 2008.

Carmine D.

ATTENTION EVERYONE.... Thread hijack in progress....a certain manufacturer hasn't gotten any attention in this thread and feels very left out. Please say something that will make them feel better.

Lucky1 wrote:
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