Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

I bought a used one the other day, in excellent shape.  The one thing that I noticed with this unit, is that on low pile carpeting that is not glued down, on high speed, the SEB 217 electro plus power nozzle gets sucked down to the carpeting, making it difficult to push.  Is this normal for this power nozzle??????

For a "stick vac", it is remarkably powerful, although a little on the heavy side.  Kinda unique with the different configurations that can be set up. 

I'm sure our resident Miele experts can offer some insights here. 

Vernon

Venson, I concur. Having used both designs in my home for extented periods, I agree that the turbinehead cannot begin to approach the efficiency of the Electroheads, especially as the bag fills. I currently own a Miele Revolution 500 with the smaller Electrohead, and I wouldn't consider trading it for a turbine head.

I hear you regarding the power heads but I don't like them on Miele's because I find most Miele's are lightweight enough and don't need a heavy head on the end of a cylinder extension pipe. I've used The Alternative/S100 model before with an electric brush and found the whole thing to be too heavy. It really depends on the individual here. Given that the S100 has a small dirt bag I wouldn't consider this a proper vacuum cleaner over the larger bagged Miele cylinders (sorry to those who consider otherwise) as the one we had in the UK was 1200 watts and a total faff about when it came to using as a hand held; the more modern Sebo Felix is better in this respect.

vacmanuk wrote:
Hi,

Of course it's always a matter of preference but a lot also hangs on what you're cleaning. In a home with low pile carpet and little traffic or challenges like pet hair, a turbo or straight suction nozzle may serve well especially for frequent vacuumers. In a dwelling where's there's lot of actvity and medium height or better carpet to deal with an upright or a canister with a regular power nozzle is the better deal.

The most ridculous bag size I've seen so far is the type S bag used with the Electrolux AB Oxygen series machines. They have full-size PNs but the disposable bag is about the size of a postage stamp.

Venson