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51 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What are you waiting for? Get one of these!, 29 Jun 2008
If you're looking for a new vacuum cleaner, then you need look no further! We wish we had bought one of these ears ago! We used to have a Dyson - yes it was a pretty good at picking up awkward things like hair on carpets, but it sounded like a Boeing 747 and had reliability issues... indeed I remember seeing a review somewhere by a person who swears by them, saying how reliable they were, yet by their own admission they got through 5 Dysons in 7 years! Then along comes this attractively priced Miele cleaner with excellent build quality that looks and feels like it will last many years, and more suction power than anything we've ever seen, yet pleasingly quiet - at lower power settings the motor is almost a whisper, and you can still pick up those awkward hairs / strands of cotton. Even better - a plaster of Paris ornament fell off the wall, with a fragment falling under my swivel chair - without realising it, every time I sat down a wheel was grinding the fragment into a fine powder, deep into the carpet - it was embedded into the fibers so much that I thought I was never going to get it out, but this cleaner removed it all in a couple of passes without even needing the nozzle attachment.
So... perhaps you're thinking there is a downside - this cleaner uses bags - so what! You can easily re-use them - either by a slightly more time consuming way of pulling the contents out through the inlet hole, or much quicker: cutting the bag open along the seam at the "base", and resealing it by folding the end back over itself, and using a cut-to-size binder spine clip to clamp it shut. I have reused the same bag 3 times so-far without any problems whatsoever. I'm a bloke - typically for my gender I usually hate vacuuming - however this machine makes it so painless that I actually enjoy vacuuming now!
Pros:
1) Top Quality at low price - built to last.
2) Excellent air filter - no detectable dust or odors - although if you want, you can easily get hold of HEPA air filters and upgrade it for much less than the retail HEPA model. The air it emits will then be clean to laboratory standards!
3) Very quiet - the only time it makes real noise is when you put the nozzle attachment on and use the cleaner at full power - the motor might still be quiet, but with so much air-flow it sounds like a hurricane!
4) Internal storage compartment for tools.
5) Compact build, easy to carry around and store.
Cons - none, other than the compact size and internal tools storage means slightly smaller dust bag - but on the other hand the excellent suction means dust is a lot more compressed in the bag, so it can last 4 or 5 months before needing replacement (or emptying as above!).
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23 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't bother, 11 Nov 2008
If you've got anything more than basic carpets then do not get this or the smaller S4211 model. I purchased the S5211 based on the glowing reviews everywhere and am frankly very disappointed with the product.
While the S5211 works well on wooden flooring (which any cleaner would) it really struggles on carpets. The castors don't move well at all on carpets and as you attempt to lug the cleaner around, anything higher than the quiet setting will cause the overheat warning signal to show up. The standard brush struggles on carpets and is troublesome to clean. The Turbo and Electro brushes cost anywhere between £40 to £90. Also neither are supplied as standard accessories with this model. That is quite an additional expense for a plastic accessory!
I honestly fail to understand where all the positive reviews are coming from considering the product is nowhere near as good as everyone claims it is.
Although it looks great, the vaccum cleaner really struggles to clean carpets, works well on wooden floors, has expensive accessories and above average priced replacement bags. Overall this is a bad buy and not worth the money.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
very quite!!, 10 Jul 2009
We had this miele s5211 vacuum for three years now.
It do his job perfect and the most important thing is it's very quite!!
We are very happy with it!
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