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I'm pretty sure that way back in perhaps the late 70s/early 80s, both Hoover and Electrolux launched central vacuum systems in the UK; I remember reading a brief article on them in my mum's Good Housekeeping magazine. The pictured unit (probably Hoover) was a lurid orange with a brown pattern on...

Looks like a good idea I had a Miele Revolution 700 as my daily driver for 10 years and the one thing that really disappointed was the fancy parquet brush - most of the fluff and dust seemed to stick to the bristles rather than getting sucked up. I now have a Miele S8000 series with the normal...

A vote against remotes Way back in 2002, I bought a Miele Revolution 700 for the best part of £300. It worked very well for a time, and then the speed control in the handle developed a fault which meant every few minutes it would switch itself to standby and you'd have to manually adjust the...

The Doctor Blake Mysteries is an UK/Australian murder mystery show set in 50s Australia with Craig Machlachlan as a police surgeon who solves mysteries. It's currently showing on BBC1 in the UK. In episode 3 of the first season ('Death of a Salesmen') a salesman dies under suspicious...

Made up my mind I heard back from Miele who said that given that my Miele's over ten years old, I could have the fixed-price service deal they offer, but that I'd have to pay extra for any parts used. I've therefore decided to replace it with a Miele S8310 and have ordered a HEPA filter to go...

Decisions, decisions Emailed Miele today to see about their fixed price servicing which for a Revolution model is £108. The service is only for machines up to 10 years old and mine's a tiny bit older than that. Thanks for the suggestion to check the motor myself but given I'm about as handy as...

Thanks, Mike. After the "accident" I did replace the bag, the pre-motor filter and the HEPA filter as well as cleaning out the bag compartment with another vacuum so I think the motor might well have been damaged. Also, don't know what I was thinking when I said in my original post that I...

Filtration is key I think the improvement in filtration is a key area of improvement. No matter how powerful a vacuum cleaner is, with poor filtration you get a poor cleaning result as all the expelled dust settles again. One of my earliest vacuum memories is of my mother's Hoover Junior from...

I've had a Miele Revolution 700 for the past 10 years and it's time for a replacement, I think. The first problem is that there's now a problem with the electronic speed control in the hose handle, so that if the hose flexes too much while you're cleaning, the machine goes back to standby mode...