Miele S2 Versus Miele S5

[sebo_fan]

Nope Josh - filters were fine- elderly relative in my home picked up what she thought was grit by the door following heavy winter. It was snow encrusted grit - result being bag got totally wet, when the cylinder/canister was stored upright, gravity laws intervened, water hit the base of the bag and dampened the useless thin motor filter - hey ho - no surprise to find motor totally guffed once the filter got damp. Lesson learnt the hard way and a perfectly good S4 totally ruined!

 

[Koobam]

sebo_fan

That's YOUR fault. One time I crashed a car, it actually got damaged - absolutely awful car because it wasn't impervious to user error.


Frickin' physics and science man...just not fair :/

 

[sebo_fan]

Yes I suppose it is - but Miele motors do not last 20 years. You can read about several faults online simply by Googling. No brand is perfect, not even Sebo, even if in the UK their uprights top the reliability stats and Miele's older cylinders top the cylinder reliability.

 

[joshdonnell]

Miele

Well if youtake care of it will last. I know mine will because i take car of mine! Unlike some people

 

[sebo_fan]

Well it is interesting that my older S571's can take any knock to them, hide scrapes better on their black plastic bodies and feel a lot more durable. But then they're a lot heavier to the current machines on the market.

 

[venson]

Dumb me! I didn't smell the coffee . . .

Actually I was looking for something else when I discovered that the last of Miele's S4s have been "retired". Other than the 5000 or 6000 series, there's no choice but the S2s. Even with the reduction, I still counted 20 models total, 16 of which -- needed or not -- offer the sealed system.

 

[Morax]

Miele

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[suckolux]

I have the S2 Titan, frustrates the heck out of me.

 

[sebo_fan]

<span style="font-size: medium;">Well I finally sold the S2111 I had. I couldn't wait to get rid of it.  Another couple of weaknesses soon became apparent with this vacuum compared to the better S5: </span>


 


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<li><span style="font-size: medium;">The hose on the UK market ones measure 1.5 metres compared to the Miele standard of 1.8 metres making this kind of machine more liable to knock me into the back of my ankles when pulling the machine along.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">The two fixed height (non-adjustable) suction pipes that have to be locked together level out to be around 113cm in height. Much prefer the telescopic adjustment and the tubes have a daft lock storer nib located behind the handle to lock one of the tubes together when not in use for storage - the last time one of them fell off and hit me in the foot was the last straw!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">The noise level is higher due to a lack of sound insulation.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">The cord rewind doesn't fully rewind all of the cable back in, merely only going in ever so slowly compared to the fully continuous rewind on my S5211.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">The tool storer option to go behind the handle has been retained though it would be better if the design could be locked in the other way with tools directly under my hand - otherwise some of the tools fall off and when not in use, the nib *though supposedly turns around to the bottom away from the owner - seems to catch the cuff of my jumper sleeve when the vacuum is being handled.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">The cheap floor head that comes with this vacuum cleaner isn't as well built as the standard metal soleplate version with the S5.</span></li>
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[suckolux]

Honestly that short hose has tripped me so many times! The machine is right at my ankle all the time.The other cute trick is the black cord always in curls on my dark carpet, great foot catcher. It cleans well.

 

[sebo_fan]

I agree - thats the annoying thing about the S2 - it does clean well - but there's so many budget cut restrictions on it or with it - never had much go wrong with the old S4000 series.

 

[suckolux]

it works well, just frustrates. My edges of my rugs, I look back and its on its side not on its wheels all the time.

 

[sebo_fan]

I think Miele should re-release the S4000 again. I know there's a limited stock of blue ones at Currys in the UK and they've already re-released the heavier S700 range again.

 

[wcmommy]

s2 vs s5

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