Miele S7210 vs Dyson DC41/65/big ball

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parwaz786

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Hi! Found this lovely looking shiny Miele that I am interested in, heard good and bad things about these and I know the DC41 is a good machine performance wise and looks lovely, I prefer the look of the satin blue DC41 personally but that's me. I am a little confused as to which one may be better.

I live in a multi floored house with different types of carpets, thick and thin. The entire downstairs is tile except for the front room which is gonna be carpeted, but the two living rooms have large area rugs. One of them is thin pile and the other is medium pile. We have a rubber backed rug in the kitchen and another dense carpet by the back door. We have loop pile carpet on both flights of 13 stairs and 14 stairs, one of the staircases are straight, the other staircase is bent. :P It is a curve shape 90 degrees. The landing is also loop pile. The bedrooms have laminate on the first floor, but have thin area rugs and mine is a carpeted room with one like an inch thick approx. The top floor is all laminate with area rugs which are also thin.

We vacuum like once or twice a day, on some occasions 3 times a day and we have lots of guests coming all the time and a large family. We use the vacuum for like more than half an hour for a proper clean, roughly an hour but when we do a quick clean we are careless, we bash he vacs into the furniture etc but that's the daily drivers. Never the rare ones! :O

We have had Dyson since 1997 and had models from DC01-DC41/40 so ya, Never tried a Miele before. The most play I have ever had with a Miele was to open the bag door of a Miele S7 in Comet and I hated how the bag door had to be pushed "slowly" back in. Took like 5 secs, WTH?! I am looking to either buy this or a Dyson DC05 motorhead. Not like we need to buy one, but my Dyson DC14 motor blew up after lots of DIY work, so it was kinda expected. I hear loads of praises and lots of horror stories and I just wanna know the truth and how you think it would cope in my house.
Thanks :)

http://www.gumtree.com/p/vacuum-cleaners/meill-hoover/1117678469
 
PS 300W on the low setting?! OMG that must be quieter than a Henry on low mode... right? What about on 1800W?Is it still quieter than a Dyson DC14?
 
I have had an S7 allervac. It was white. It was a lovely vacuum in many ways. It beautiful looking vacuum and the tool storage and hose set up is well designed. However, I found the build quality to not be as good as miele claim, some cheap plastic used especially near the floor head. It is a pig to do maintenance on, to change a brushroll is horrible.

Compared to the dyson, the miele eats it for breakfast, honestly. If you were choosing between the two, go for the S7

What happened to you getting a SEBO chap? I reckon a Felix would suit you well.
 
Nice! Cheers Oli :D As for the Felix, I would still like one but I hardly see any, especially a good cheap one but this Miele S7 came up cheap so figured why not :D
 
Hmmm

Well for the price i'd go for it. The Miele Uprights are heavy to carry so taking up and down stairs is kind of a pain. But for the mixed flooring you have i think it would be a good fit, the variable power will make cleaning your rugs easier. As for the hard floors, the owner of my favorite shop told me he's never seen an upright clean bare floors like the S7. I cannot compare it to any of the above dysons i've never used or owned them.
 
Thanks :D I think I will go for the S7, I honestly never had a problem with Dysons on hard floor, they have all been good except the ones without a clutch dont like big bits,but yeah not bad machines really. The S7 to me seems like some complex but fancy machine! I was watching an S7 video just now, I am not so keen on how the brushbar floats, but I guess it's meant to be a benefit so your carpets don't get damaged by the aggressive brushbar or something :/
 
the Miele upright will clean better than the DC40 DC41 and dc65 and all old dyson but I think the big ball and UK models will out cleaning it on all surfaces,when I had the Miele I really liked it but I don't think it was for me,I see sebos pop up a bit I think they would be worth waiting for or save up for a Dyson.
 
So the big ball cinetic will clean better than the Miele S7? I think I will go for that as my next brand new vacuum instead of the lovely shiny blue DC41
 
as I've had Bose I would definitely pick the Dyson big ball i noticed it would pick up a lot more.
 
Tayyab....if it means anything, the American Consumer Reports has consistently rated all Miele S7 uprights as better carpet cleaners than any Dyson on the North American market. It's quieter too. Of course, changing the large cloth bag on the Miele is a million times more hygienic than emptying a bagless vacuum tank.

Too bad the UK S7's don't have the cool halogen headlights we get here in North America!

Good luck with your new acquisition, whatever you decide...
 
Thank you, I am aware that the Mieles are adored in America, however I thought they might be less powerful in the UK due to the british public having mainly thin carpets, like an American Dyson vs a British Dyson. The DC07 in America for example has VERY stiff bristles whereas the british ones have nylon bristles. Iam quite tempted with the Miele though! Not sure if I wanna pay the high price as I haven't tried one before, but I guess I could get my money back as these machines are worth more on eBay
 
ah, there we go. I was waiting for somebody to bring up Kirby. Is Tayyab even asking about Kirbys here? No. It's completely irrelevant.

Tayyab, there's good and bad features to both. Both cleaners have stair stretch hoses and strong hose suction. The Miele has the advantage slightly as it has variable power so you can clean literally everything with it. You'll very rarely, if ever, need to use the Miele on full power. The lower settings are perfect for dusting and cleaning things like curtains.


 


The Miele is damn heavy though and even with the swivel neck, it's difficult to maneuver as it has a very large cleaner head. The Dyson will be much quicker and lighter to use.


 


For deep carpet cleaning, the Miele wins hands down.


 
 
Chris, I was not trying to sell a Kirby to Tayyab. I only wanted for him to be aware of the problems with the S7.


 


And the video proves that the Kirby clearly out cleans the S7.
 
of course it doesn't all it shows a salesman is trying to sell a Kirby by making the other vacuum look bad,and that's not how you show vacuum is better than another vacuum because every vacuum will leave dust behind.
 
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