Some help with a Miele please

[vacbear58]

Thankfully this is not a problem with an expensive Miele upright. A while back I bought an old (guessing early 1970s) Miele cleaner off ebay. I suspect that the floor tool is a replacement and the cord winder does not work, but it was not very expensive

 

[vacbear58]

But for the life of me

I cannot get the hose off. There does not seem to be any sort of clipto hold it in, and the hose needs to come off to fit a new bag.

Any ideas?

Al

 

[rob_89]

Hi Al,

love these older Miele's! Was this produced for the British market or imported from elsewhere in Europe?

I have a copy of the user guide for this series(in German) as a pdf file..frustratingly it does not mention how the hose attaches- merely as you say to remove it first in order to replace the bag. In the assembly instructions it appears to push fit into place. Give me an email if you would like a copy of the manual, happy to do so.

The original floortool would have been white I believe, matching the rest of the tools. What is the cleaner like to use? Is it quiet like the modern Mieles?

Rob

 

[edgar]

very nice

What you have there is a miele S200 first edition. It was made in 1969. the hose is not original and the nozzle belongs to a later model. To get the hose of you need to put your foot on the lid and than push reel hard, turning the swivel a bit to the left and right. The cord is replaced aswell because it should be a light grey cord ( same colors as the weels). THe manual above belongs to the second edition with the white hose. MOst of the time it is really easy to fix the cord winder. If you need any help or want a copy of the original manual just ask me.

greetz edgar

 

[edgar]

red one on the left

With your edition it supose to have the nozzle that is on the pic with the one on the left. it is a good example of the first and second edition. The blue one came later on in the seventies also with a wite hose a new style nozzle and just the name Miele in black letters on the side.

greetz

 

[vintagehoover]

1969?!

Wow, I wouldn't have guessed it was that old!

Here's me using Al's Miele at Mike's house this weekend:

 

[vintagehoover]

Ok, the table looks clean, but after everything we pulled out of the carpet with the Vax All Terrain, I wasn't taking any chances!

I love the design of this Miele; it has a very smart, minimalist look.

 

[vintagehoover]

On the subject of vintage Mieles...

...can you tell me anything about this one, Edgar? I sold it last year, since I'm not really a canister person, but it was a very nice cleaner to use - a LOT of power, and so quiet!

 

[rob_89]

Edgar, thanks for the extra information, my own knowledge of these is rather limited! How long was this series in production for, would it be into the early 80s?

I agree Jack, love the clean, boxy look of it- no organic curves here!

Somebody must have loved Al's model over the years, replacing the hose, floortool and cord..great find.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Ok, the table looks clean, but after everything we pulled ou

Well, never been soooo afronted in my life!!!...Lol.... If I didnt know you I`d slap ya!!..Lol yes Clean but Dirty, thank goodness for vacs I say!!

 

[chestermikeuk]

Miele - Immer Besser

Hi Al, always loved the "Sheer" look of the range of Miele cleaners, althought the cleaners of late all have georgous curves....everything has a time, certainly is lovely vac...do we know how many other colours this series came in??

Rob, welcome to the club, lots of pics and posts to catch up on, I agree about looking after vacs etc, although we want everything original it must have been wanted to have had the newer tools purchased for it!!!

Cheers, Mike

 

[vacbear58]

Thanks for the advice Edgar

I was hoping you would be able to advise on this problem. I thought that the floor tool was not the origional (it appears identical to the one on Jack's later Miele) but was not sure about the hose.

I think this may need to be replaced again as it seems to be suffering from cracking at the handle end - it has split twice (it appears that Hoover Sensortronic hoses suffer from this too) so I may try and get a lighter coloured hose which might look a little more in keeping with the cleaner. I would be interested in getting teh flexwinder working too, if possible if you can advise how to.

I am not complaining about the replacements for this cleaner as it was only £4.99 to buy, and I am even more pleased to find it is older than I thought, its quiet and works well. From memory its 700 watts
Al

 

[vacbear58]

Vintage Mieles

Jack
I think that your (former) cleaner dates from the mid 1980s as an organisation I was involved with back then bought a commercial version of it - very similar, but dark brown, no suction switch, long flex and no winder, the foot switch was the entire width of the cleaner. I am sorry to have missed that one as it looked in lovely order
Al

 

[edgar]

Jack,

THe white miele dates from the late eighties, it was the last one in its type. First there was the S224 in bright seventies red. than came the S225 IN brown with a silver lining and last but not least the S226 in white. The one on your pic is in excelent original condition. THe aswer to the other question is the S200 series came in 5 colors red, orange, bleu. light green and dark green. THere allso should exist an entire beige one but I never had seen it.

 

[edgar]

the brown one

S225

 

[edgar]

and the one you had

S226

 

[edgar]

a very special one

only 12 were made

 

[edgar]

funny

Do you all live close by? because you said this is me at kikes house using als miele. that should be fun. I am a bit only the lonely over here. lol

 

[vacbear58]

its not so far ...

Edgar
Jack lives fairly close to me (36km) and we travelled together to Mike's house (325km). The ironic thing is that you could get from from Brussells to London (via Eurostar) in far less time than it took us to get to Mike's house because of road traffic. Writing this I cannot believ that it is already a week ago.

If you can make the trip to London you would be very welcome to join us for another meeting - we talked about maybe one on November. And even if not in London you are welcome to a seat in the car - although you my have to have a cleaner (or maybe two) on your knees - Jack had to carry a kettle this way last week - I think he would have preferred if it were a Dyson kettle (only joking). Maybe Jack can post a pic of just how full the car was.

We will try and give you as much notice as possible so you can try for a cheaper ticket on Eurostar - flying is OK too as I work in West London (near Heathrow) and live reasonably close to Gatwick (its probably slightly closer than Jack's house) or there are possibalities with Ryanair and such.

Whatever way, you would be very welcome if you can make it - you could even fix the cordwinder on my Miele
Al