Sears Kenmore vacs vrs Miele-no contest CU thinks the Sears will perform as well-but the big diffrence is build quality.The Sears machine has poor quality plastic-thin,warps and bends-breaks easily.And the Sears machine is not gasket sealed like the Miele.The plastic material on the Miele is stronger,thicker,heavier than the Sears.And the Miele has gaskets on all of its body panels.The Miele dealer here in Greenville has a couple of Sears machines traded in for the Miele after customers were shown the differences.The filters on the Miele are better-and better sealed so there is no dust leakage around them.I have seen for myself on the particle tester-the Miele will blow zero while the Sears does not.So don't beleive everything CU says.Their product test quality and quantity has gone down over the years.They are a non profit company so they are limited in cost for testing and procuring items to test-and the deal of they will test vacuums one day and blenders the next.The testing isn't as thorough as it used to be.Oh yes-another thing-the motor compartment of a Miele that has been used(Mikes shop Miele vacs) are clean after heavy use-the Sears bag chamber,motor chambers are FILTHY after the machine has had hard use.Explains the high particle count from the Sears.
