Yes Yes - Another What Vacuum Cleaner Thread!! :)

[Digger]

Actually the question is . . .

Is the below the best value cleaner right now? To be honest I never thought Miele would have a machine at this lower end of the budget - seems excellent value.

Can I do better? It would be for a very small apartment & include accessories to get into corners etc.

I have gone off cordless so corded is a must.

https://www.johnlewis.com/miele-classic-c1-flex-va...

[James6112]

Sound machine, hard to beat Miele vacuum (Shark are rubbish, as I found)
No tools though?
I’d go for the C3

[Digger]

That's what I think.

Comes with dusting brush, upholstery nozzle and crevice nozzle . . .

[James6112]

That’s good then, I guess they are stored on a clip on the hose?
The C3 etc they have better storage for the tools.
Worth the extra? Personal choice.
All good though, hard to beat.

[Digger]

Yep - accessories attach as you say via a handy plastic doodad thingy.

An extra £80 to house these under a flap breaks my budget. If I had the monies then I would.

[smifffymoto]

TBH i would just up the budget and get a Sebo X4.
Our Sebo’s are still in A1 form after nearly 20 years.

[Cupid-stunt]

https://application.miele.co.uk/resources/pdf/Miel...

CX1 for 134.50?

I have an older wired Miele cleaner and it is a great bit of kit.
Considerably better than the Dyson I had and the cordless Shark that the Mrs thinks is more convinient as it is 'cordless'

[Snow and Rocks]

The most important question - hard floors or carpet?

If carpet you really need a proper powered beater bar, if mostly hard floors then the Miele linked or even a Henry will work perfectly.

[Digger]

It's a hard laminate floor with a couple of large rugs which I imagine the Miele above should be able to deal with just fine.

[Digger]

Cupid-stunt said:

https://application.miele.co.uk/resources/pdf/Miel...

CX1 for 134.50?

I have an older wired Miele cleaner and it is a great bit of kit.
Considerably better than the Dyson I had and the cordless Shark that the Mrs thinks is more convinient as it is 'cordless'

Yeah - every now & again I keep an eye on that Outlet/Refurbished document - changes quickly though!

[Snow and Rocks]

Digger said:

It's a hard laminate floor with a couple of large rugs which I imagine the Miele above should be able to deal with just fine.

Yeah, that will manage fine, although for predominantly hard flooring I really can't fault our old Henry. I bought it almost 20 years ago as a student and it's just worked ever since. We do have a Dyson for the rugs but, to put it bluntly, it's crap and despite it's limited use is pretty high maintenance, always something needing sorted.

[Cupid-stunt]

Digger said:

Cupid-stunt said:

https://application.miele.co.uk/resources/pdf/Miel...

CX1 for 134.50?

I have an older wired Miele cleaner and it is a great bit of kit.
Considerably better than the Dyson I had and the cordless Shark that the Mrs thinks is more convinient as it is 'cordless'

Yeah - every now & again I keep an eye on that Outlet/Refurbished document - changes quickly though!

Seems available now , so you could get a bargain ...

[sooty61]

We have an expensive habit of getting through vacuum cleaners every 12-18 months, even when our cleaner brought her own. We have had a few Hoovers, a Henry, a few Dysons, a Shark (the last one to die after 18 months). The Miele was one of the best as it lasted about 2 1/2 years

[Simpo Two]

I prefer uprights. The other sort is like wresting an octopus.

My Shark's been going for 10 years.

[Snow and Rocks]

sooty61 said:

We have an expensive habit of getting through vacuum cleaners every 12-18 months, even when our cleaner brought her own. We have had a few Hoovers, a Henry, a few Dysons, a Shark (the last one to die after 18 months). The Miele was one of the best as it lasted about 2 1/2 years

What on earth are you doing with them? I can understand the brittle plastic fantastic Dysons not lasting but how do you break a Henry?

I've dropped ours down the stairs, hoovered up after endless building projects and even use it to clean out our fireplaces and wood burning stoves. It's still fine after 20 years!