Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

I am really unhappy with the availability and cost of these bags.  These are U style bags.  The cost is almost $17.00 ($16 something, can't remember exactly) for 4 bags!!!  I vacuum almost daily because I have a large number of animals in my home.  I'm going through a 1 bags every 2 weeks.  These bags are going to cost me a fortune and have almost made me regret my decision to buy this vacuum.  Plus my Vac Shop took weeks to get them in after I ran out.  I ended up borrowing a vacuum cleaner while waiting for the bags to come in.

I just bought a new Miele S7280 from my local Vac Shop on Saturday.  They got in 6 to sell under a testing phase.  I paid $599.99 for it. 
Pros:
It looks cool.  I have the black/red model.  My husband said it looks like a vacuum cleaner Spider Man or Iron Man would own.  I am hoping that it looks "cool" enough to make him want to use it.
It has a 40 foot cord.  I have a small house and I can vacuum my entire first floor without having to relocate the plug.
It swivels and it's self propelled.  That makes it super easy to maneuver around the house.
It leans all of the way down to the floor.  I haven't actually had to use that feature yet so I have no real opinion of it.  But it's nice to have in case I need to do that.
It has the suction control and switches from floor to carpet.  That has come in handy quite a bit for me as I vacuum carpet, linoleum, curtains, cat trees, and different pet toys.
The vacuum cleaner does an excellent job cleaning up my home.   I have 10 cats and 4 dogs so there is a constant battle with pet hair around here.  The Miele has made vacuuming it up easy and my carpets look better than they have in years.  I was previously using a Dirt Devil Reactor so there is a huge difference in the quality of vacuum I was using.  I expected to fill up the bag by now, but I the indicator is only half way over.  That's a plus for me.
It comes with 3 tools: a crevice tool, a dusting brush, and a upholstery tool.  The wand is telescopic and allows me to reach the corner of my ceilings where cob webs collect.  The vacuum hose disconnects from the wand allowing you to use the tools much easier.
The head lamp is all LEDs.
Also, I can reach the top of my steps with the hose, so no more pulling the vacuum up the steps as I clean them.


Cons:
I hate the dusting brush.  It's too small and gets all clogged up with pet hair since the bristles are too close together to allow for proper air flow into the hose.
The foot pedal to recline the vacuum is difficult to use.  I step on it and I have to move the vacuum around a bit to get it to lean back.  Usually is slams to the floor as I lean it back.
At the Vac Shop I asked them to test the air emissions of this model.  We first used the tester on the Miele Capricorn canister.  It went down to 0 in just about a minute. 
With this vacuum it stayed between 2 - 3000.  However when we tested the Sebo X4 (which is what I was going to buy), it was over a million.
It doesn't edge as well as the Sebo X4 when I compared them using clean cat litter from home at the Vac Shop.  My local Vac Shop let me bring down cat litter and my own pet hair to do some real tests to make sure I was getting the right vacuum cleaner for me.

I hope this review helps.  I really love this vacuum so far and my home looks and feels much  cleaner.  It has made vacuuming much easier for me.  With my old vacuum I usually had to go over things several times to get the pet hair off.  Now I only go over everything once and it's clean.  Even my cat tree looked brand new after a good vacuuming with the Miele.  I shaved my 2 long haired dogs down on Monday and the living room was covered in hair.  We picked up the big chunks and let the Miele do the rest.  We only ran it over the carpet 1 time and all of the hair disappeared.  It also does an excellent job vacuuming my cat litter (World's Best).  I would highly suggest this over the Sebo X4.

I am really unhappy with the availability and cost of these bags.  These are U style bags.  The cost is almost $17.00 ($16 something, can't remember exactly) for 4 bags!!!  I vacuum almost daily because I have a large number of animals in my home.  I'm going through a 1 bags every 2 weeks.  These bags are going to cost me a fortune and have almost made me regret my decision to buy this vacuum.  Plus my Vac Shop took weeks to get them in after I ran out.  I ended up borrowing a vacuum cleaner while waiting for the bags to come in.

I have never purchased belts, bags or paid for servicing of my Dyson... ever. Sorry to hear you're unhappy. DIB

  But I don't think I'll be getting another stimulus check anytime soon. 

It appears something went seriously wrong before, during and after using the MIELE upright S7.  And the $4 cost per bag blindsided you.  Is this now a deal breaker for you?

Carmine D.

DIB:</p><p>I'm sure you mentioned before, but would you mind repeating when you bought, which dyson, and what you paid?  </p><p>Carmine D.

I do still love the vacuum and stand by my earlier review.  It does a great job in my home.  It's better than any vacuum I've ever owned.  Although I am really curious about the Riccar so many people love.  But I don't think I'll be getting another stimulus check anytime soon.  The bags are a big downfall for me though.  Because I vacuum so much and I have so many long haired pets I fill up the bags quickly (about 2 weeks, sometimes a few extra days if I slack on my vacuuming).  The bags that initially came with my vacuum were 5 bags for $15.35.  Still expensive, but I did expect them to be pricey because of the quality.  I just didn't expect the actual U bags to be less for more.  I am going to mention this when Miele sends me my next survey.

Carmine,
It's a DC15. It was a demo model I bought from Best Buy about 2 to 3 years ago and I paid $300. It's been doing double duty and I have been using it as my garage vac too (I use only the hose and wand). It's unstoppable and so is it's filtration! It is a bit heavy/feels heavy to turn, true. But also and thus far it has proven bulletproof.
DIB