I tried a Miele today
Ryan,
It is not only the weight but look at the pictures I posted and you can see the difference in the diameter. The stainless wands just ruined the advantages designed into the Miele vacuum(light weight,easy to move and pick up). They felt heavy in your hand and along with the too short electric hose,you are forced to use them when dusting or using the sofa brush.
It was like the difference between using the old light weight wands from Hoover
Dusitng tools or Electrolux G compared to Filter Queen wands that were heavy chrome and cumberson to assemble. You expect them to be heavy on the Filter Queen but not on the light weight Miele.
The advanatage of better suction with the new wands makes no sense to me as my new Miele already has too much suction to be useful at the highest setting. It causes the power nozzle to stick along with the straight suction tool and dusting brush with it's short bristles.
I think there is a YouTube someone posted about the new Aerus machine having too much suction and it is not adjustable to make some cleaning jobs difficult.