Advantages: Powerful suction, hygenic and quiet. Disadvantages: Not widely available.
...was to get the cheapest Miele cylinder (Miele S380) and use it exclusively for upstairs and then we would get the new Miele upright for downstairs. We were very close to buying the Miele S380 when the Miele S712 caught my eye; it was not so expensive and it had a turbobrush which is always a bonus. The Miele S380 was 96 pounds and the S712 was 117, not too much of a difference. We got the Miele S712; it seemed to have a slightly better build quality ... ...a picture of a few Miele vacuum cleaners in various colours all in a round circle, it has no detail about the product itself, instead it has more useful information on how to properly unpack the cleaner. The colour of the vacuum is Cobalt. The vacuum is not as big as the other Miele ones, I’ll post a picture. ==Unpacking== To unpack the cleaner you place the box on it's side (so the flaps at the top become like a door of a cupboard). You open the ...
economy 30.05.2009 (20.06.2009)
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Advantages: Superb suction, adjustable for different surfaces, robust feel Disadvantages: No HEPA filter, Suction can be too strong, bags(?)
...Pound for pound however the Miele stood out as a front runner. The usual price of £200 would of discouraged me. But with an extra £40 off at Curry's it was not a bad deal at £159.99.
Mine is actually a 2000W (max) so I think the description on here is wrong. It is also a sleek metallic titanium colour and does not look bad at all. Much better than the blue in the picture.
Out of the box it looks fairly good. It all appears to be built sturdily ... ...the vacuum cleaner.
The Miele S712 operates at 300W Min to 2000W max. There is a easy to use adjustment dial on the top. Six symbols represent curtains, furniture, rugs, light daily use, fitted carpets and intensive cleaning.
The fitted carpets and intensive cleaning modes really does give extremely powerful suction. It can be quite hard to actually move the vacuum on the carpet. In all modes however the Miele S712 has an extremely quite operation.
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adon30 13.12.2006 (21.03.2007)
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