Miele Complete C3 Electro Plus EcoLine

[alexhoovers94]

Hello all,

Earlier this month I bough myself this top of the line Miele Cylinder as an early Birthday present to myself.

I absolutely adore it, I got it direct from Miele for £450! It wasn't the most affordable but it certainly is worth it, to me at least, I love it!

Due to the new EU regulations that have come into place at the start of this month (September 2017) this model has been discontinued as it doesn't quite comply! Infact, it disappeared from Miele's website within a week of me ordering it! This model is still available if you look online, however, once stocks have depleted, I am guessing that is it for this model, sadly, so if you are in the UK and you want this model, you need to be buying it now, haha.

Cylinders with power heads in the UK are pretty few and far between and it is a real shame!

Here are the photos anyway, isn't she beautiful!

 

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[eurekaprince]

Wow! Love my suction only Miele C3! Is that a new-fangled bare floor tool? I see no bristles. Does it have rubber wiper blades? Does it work well?

Absolutely love the colour of this Miele...Royal Blue, I guess. No?

 

[ryan1994jeep]

I just watched your YouTube video of this machine. You are right that is a very nice blue color.

 

[rvarley]

In my opinion, Miele really does make the nicest looking cylinder vac. I'd call it the Apple or Bose of Vacuums - and that's a compliment!

 

[alexhoovers94]

Eurekaprince - Yeh, it is a new hard floor tool called the "SRD" it has rubber wheels and rubber blades (only) so it glides smoothly over hard floors, I would of liked to of seen this model come with the Parquet Twister floor tool...Not tested the SRD yet but I do plan on doing a demo video at some point soon. The machine gets an A rating for hard floors so it must perform pretty well.

The colour is "Marine Blue" hehe, I suppose Royal Blue would of seemed more patriotic for the UK! lol.

Ryan - Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed...I really am in love with the colour, I had to cut that clip shortly after unwrapping it as I was getting a bit too giddy for a 22 year old drooling over a vacuum! LOL.

Rvarley - I know what you mean, Miele make very smart machines and are very well finished, with innovative features, which is similar to Apple.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Here is the unboxing video, if anyone is interested, I also talk about the machine in some detail.

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[eurekaprince]

Excellent video for an excellent cleaner, Alex! Enjoy your new toy!

 

[alexhoovers94]

Thanks, I love it! I will be doing the demo video next week.

 

[hooverman2121]

Here's my C3 Marin in Marine Blue. I miss the metallic paint finish of the first generation S8 series but we can't have everything!

 

[alexhoovers94]

Very nice, looks like the US and UK model are pretty much the same aside from some minor spec differences and different tools.

 

[tseg]

I think quality value per dollar the Marin is probably the best in the Miele line, so good choice. That SEB 236 PH is awesome... I like the low profile, headlight and manual height adjustment.

With that said, if one wants to spoil themselves with both an electric and non electric setup (to enjoy lower weight and better balance where applicable), there is potential value in doing it with an Alize purchase where similar capability costs ~ $85 less AND the Airteq nozzle is potentially greater value than the parquet head AND one gets Dynamic Drive casters AND that little plastic cover plate to cover the electric connection on the base unit when the non-electric hose is in use. I believe what I'm listing below are published US MSRPs by the manufacturer for comparison. Not trying to bring you down because you made a fine choice - I love the blue, but something others may want to consider if they still have the itch to keep spending money on Miele products in the never-ending search for the ultimate vacuum. Of course, once one has done the below... time to start adding many accessories.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Full Demo Video...

 

 

[eurekaprince]

Excellent video!

Regarding the issue of snowplowing on bare floors: if vac-makers would reposition the placement of the brush-strips on “rocker-switch” wheeled carpet-floor tools, the problem would be solved. As Panasonic, Kenmore and Hoover once did, a single row of retractable bristles along the centre of the nozzle (with a break in the centre for the suction channel) would keep the tool at just the right height above the bare floor and allow dirt to be sucked in from the front and rear on both the foreward stroke and the back-stroke. Retractable brushes set around the perimeter of the tool are rather useless in my opinion.

Though the Hoover and Kenmore bare floor brushes were not wheeled, the concept could easily be applied to the standard wheeled convertible carpet/floor tools. Instead of perimeter bristles, install a single thick row of retractable soft bristles on either side of the suction port-hole - perhaps with a small set of edge sweeping “whiskers” on each end. This way dirt can be easily sucked off the floor from both the front and rear of the metal sole plate.

 

[tseg]

Impressive how the Miele composite PN without beater bars creates so much adgitation.

 

[tolivac]

Hard floor snowplow problem---Push DOWN slightly on the wand handle as you go forward-the pull UP on the handle as you go back-this should lift the front and back of the floor tool so the suction can gulp in the debris as in this case.-Lots of debris to pick up.