Miele Or Numatic? Please Help Me Choose

[jmurray01]

I don't like those "parking" hooks either Benny.

One of my cylinders no longer has a functioning "park" feature because the hook has worn down, whilst another no longer works because the actual slot on the back of the cleaner itself has worn down.

 

[vacbear58]

Parking

Benny

In fact my old BOL Miele 251i had both types of parking arrangement, and both had their uses - the "back of tool" was very handy when actually vacuuming if you needed to take a break to do some dusting or wanted to park the wands etc. if you wanted to use one of the other nozzles. The pull out clip was ideal if carrying the cleaner from room to room or for storage.

When I upgraded to a new TOL Miele with power nozzle in late 2006 it was supposed to have the same facilities albiet arranged differently, it was a joke as the wands and nozzle were too heavy to stay in place - it just about works with the regular nozzle, with the PN, forget it

Al

 

[vintagerepairer]

Hello vacbear. If my memory is correct, the bracket on the Meile floor tool was rather substantial. Therefore it can handle being parked during cleaning. But I am sure they were not meant to be stored in the 'parked' position, which was why Meile allowed the tubes to be clipped to the cleaner -was it the side?- when the cleaner was stood on end.

I confess the first I ever recall being aware of such features was when a family my mother cleaned for invested in a Rowenta Powermaster. Mother would have been about 70 at the time and I know she said the cleaner was heavy to carry, but having the tubes clipped to it was something of a help. She also loved the on-board tool compartment. As I have said before, her own cleaners were an Electrolux 504 and 302, and I don't think any of the homes she had cleaned had ever had anything much more opulent either. She was not normally a woman who was swayed by gimmicks, but she did like what the Powermaster had to offer, such as 3-speed motor and the tools of course.

 

[sebo_fan]

My fear is that the parking slot that has been bonded onto Henry will eventually either shear off or could break the bin. I have yet to see a new model Henry to check out the parking slot though. In commercial settings and with constant parking, the slot itself could just break off in time. Numatic should place it either a bit higher up, or at least in a place like the old single tool clip where it could be replaced if it does break.