A modern Kenmore 600 puts anything Miele makes to shame for airflow. 72 cfm at the hose end. No other vacuum from any manufacturer that I have measured can match that. The best Miele is around 60 cfm. The 600s attachments, hose and power nozzle are vastly better than anything Miele ever sold. I have some Mieles but basically hate using them, so I don't any more and my wife in particular loathes them. The hose is simultaneously too stiff and it has this built in curve that fights you and either kinks or it flips the canister over. I can't tell you how many times I watched my poor wife wrestle with that hose and end up with the canister on its side. Part of that is because the hose is too short ( Sebo, Kenmore, Patriot, Aerus, all have longer hoses ) and part of it is the material they use. A Sebo hose looks the same as Miele but is much nicer to use. Kenmore and Aerus hoses are entirely different, heavier but supple and they never fight you. Miele attachments are cruel joke, especially their pinche useless little dusting brush. Then you consider their treacherous bag dock and grossly overpriced bags and filters and this whole infatuation with Miele escapes me. Nein, danke.
