I Can't Take This Woman Seriously

[alexhoovers94]

she should just use a Henry.

 

[parwaz786]

I would love a Miele on full setting

 

[alexhoovers94]

I find that a vacuum that has variable power, I always use the medium setting, I never use it on full blast.

 

[parwaz786]

I always use vacuums on full blast settings

 

[turbo500]

I always use vacuums on full blast settings

Why?


 


It doesn't clean any better and certainly when dusting or vacuuming curtains and soft furnishings, it actually makes things more difficult because the material gets sucked right up inside the nozzle. So you're only wasting energy and making life more difficult for yourself.


 


Miele have got it spot on in that they've named the suction settings, rather than just shown how much power each uses. From left to right around the dial, it goes:


 


Curtains
Upholstery
Loose Rugs


Silence/Eco/Everyday Mode
Fitted carpets
Intensive clean


 


I tend to stick with the recommended setting for each surface, it works really well. Each setting has been designed for optimum cleaning with minimal effort required.

 

[alexhoovers94]

I think that Miele has a FAR better upholstery tool compared to the Sebo upholstery tool, everything just tends to stick to the stiff brush on the Sebo upholstery tool.

 

[turbo500]

It depends what you're vacuuming to be honest. The Miele certainly does a better job on upholstery, but the Sebo one is much better on the stairs.


 


Having said that, Miele recommend using the standard straight suction floorhead on stairs. I just don't like doing it because it's quite awkward and bulky to do so.

 

[sebo_fan]

Good for you speaking to people who own a pan convertor tool and clearing up the possible chance of pet hair. Did I say that?? NO.

The mere threat of high suction on upholstery, especially sofa cushions doesn't just get sucked up into the chosen used tool as Chris says, but also it can pull the fabric apart from the generic shape of the cushion and thus cause bunching up, which then needs to be stretched out again to retain its original shape. If the fabric has been stretched out too far by the force of suction, you can't always re-stretch the fabric to make it lie straight, again. Once the damage is done, that's it done! But it really depends on the fabric in question; I have ruined velour cushions in the past by forceful high suction.

The Miele upholstery tool is a good one compared to many other brands, but I use SEBO's tool whenever I can on my couches - the bristles are far easier to take off any excess threads than having to wipe the lint pickers clean - plus Miele don't always make replaceable lint picker sticker types for replacement when the edges start to fray - and they do start to fray if you rely on that kind of tool all of the time.

 

[ralph123]

I think these videos are needed to teach Rainbow salespersons the right way to clean a sofa. They seem to want to wrap the whole sofa with a large trash bag and suck all of the air out like they do in the Rainbow demonstrations.

 

[sebo_fan]

The upholstery tool that comes with the Elite also came with a Dirt Devil I bought many years ago - and it isn't all that kind to fabrics especially curtains and cushions that may well have unravelling threads. The biggest problem I found with the tool are the back teeth gorged out of the plastic at the back. It may well be designed to catch threads, but it also catches threads in a damaging way.

Lint pickers or stiff bristles are far better - another tool that is worthy is the upholstery tool fittef to the Hoover TP3 model - has a row of red bristles and lint pickers - the best of both worlds in my opinion - and without unnecessarily damaging things.

I do miss Hoover cleaning tools of old - the same dusting brush equipped with the uprights like TP2/3 etc also found their way with Hoover's Telios cylinder vacuums and later models.

 

[alexhoovers94]

For your information, the Turbopower 3 only has a row of bristles at the rear, they never had a velor strip too.

This style tool was introduced on the Turbopower 3 and has since continued on the Purepower.

 

[sebo_fan]

OH I do stand corrected. Sorry if I got it wrong, Alex.

 

[kirbysthebest]

You can use your upright to clean furniture and mattresses with no problems.   Some machines from a major brand comes with a handle that you can convert the machine to a hand portable to clean these items as well as stairs.  


 


I actually prefer the sidekick or zip brush for the couch and chairs,.   I also clean the pillows as I remove them and set them aside, then clean the cushions, then under the cushions,  then give them another swipe as I reassemble the couch.  OCD, I know.  


 


For mattresses I do use the full sized hand portable. 

 

[alexhoovers94]

Yes I know you can use an upright to clean upholstery but I mean, a Hoover Elite? For the suction you would get through the hose you may as well use a Dustbuster.

 

[Mike81]

I once tried my powerhead (Miele SEB 216-3) to clean my sofa = Bad idea. Fabric was too loose and it caused the powerhead to make awful "grinding" noise. Apparently loose fabric was trying to wrap around the brushroll. Mini turbine head worked very well, but I didn't have my hearing protection with me Best way for me is to use the upholstery tool and turn the suction to minimal.

 

[marcusprit]

Hearing protection haha

 

[marcusprit]

Vaasa is Finland right?

 

[Mike81]

Yes it's in Finland. I think hearing protection is needed when using this

 

[marcusprit]

You gotta be tough to live up there. Brrrrrrrrrr!

 

[Mike81]

Well yes sometimes, but thanks to the climate change winters aren't like "good old times". At the moment temperature is +2°. I don't mind