I just think the concept of a “home cleaning system” that Hoover and Eureka and GE touted in the 1950’s makes a lot of sense: an upright for carpets only plus a separate canister for everything else. Each separate unit is a lot lighter and easier to use than the heavy, bulky combination vacuums.
And I think if Miele invested the time and money to venture into the bagless canister segment of the market, why not try to improve on the classic simple fan-first upright? The Hoover Platinum works great and is easy to use, just like the simple Eureka Bravos and Hoover Elites of the 1980’s.
And I don’t need 12 amps of screaming motor power to deep clean carpets...5 amps will suffice just fine, thank you. And I don’t need 21 lbs of complicated two motor vacuum to do a good daily cleaning of high traffic areas of my carpeting. Especially if I need to carry it up a flight of stairs.
The Oreck/Bravo/Elite concept is great but could use some of Miele’s ingenuity to make it even better. Quieter motor, redesigned brush roll for excellent agitation, “gentle” slow setting for delicate carpets, plush air valves to make it easy to clean really thick carpet, combined with Miele’s excellent dust bags. I think it could be a winning addition to any suction-only Miele canister.
