I seen this video from Vacmaster 1991 on YouTube, and it appears that the 236 has changed. I bought a 236 last year and mine was made in Poland, but it still has a bumper. It appears that Miele has removed the bumper from the 236, and the lease appears to be smoked.
Definitely! The company that Miele contracts (Wessel Werk) have headlights on their version, not sure why Miele thought it would be a great idea to remove them!
Not in my home on my rugs with my pet hair. The SEB 228 ( EBK 360 ) is useless. It kind of scrapes all the pet hair into a pile at the back of the back stroke but it doesn't matter how many times you go over that pile of hair or what direction, it still leaves a nice neat linear pile of hair behind. The SEB 236 takes five or six passes but eventually gets the hair.
The D226 uses a flat stretch belt. It is one of the older Miele power nozzles. It has an Ametek drive motor that looks just like what you would find in an old Eureka Vibragroomer or old Filter Queen power nozzle. Miele wants something like $18 for their belt so I tried a Kirby belt instead. It didn't last 15 minutes so I guess I need to bend over and pay for the Miele part. A set of four brush strips for it cost $75.
I can buy a brand new Sebo brush roll for about $35. Miele's US prices are an obscenity.
It affects the secondhand market too, a used soleplate for my Salsa cost $90! It's like owning an old Mercedes lol
