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104 of 106 people found the following review helpful.
I am in love 
By maggda
The best vacuum I ever had! Quiet, light and powerful. Switching amidst hardwood floor and carpets is as easy as switching the flip with the one foot. It is perfect. We were laughing with my husband that the more pricey model ought to be brewing coffee or providing the massage because it is hard to imagine even better performance
Oh and one more awful thing. I ordered it on Sunday and I had it delivered by Tuesday! Free shipping!
317 of 339 persons found the following review helpful.
Terrific lower-priced additions to the Miele canister vacuum line
By hyperbolium
Miele is a family-owned German manufacturer of home appliances. The company’s doctrine of uninterrupted betterment (“Immer Besser”) has made them a favored allround the world. Their merchandise don’t have bargain prices, but provide value in high quality design and formulating that results in superior performance and durability. Miele was founded in 1899 and begun manufacturing vacuum cleaners in 1927; their vacuums have become favorites of masters worldwide, including a good deal of top-end hotel staffs.
The Miele S2 line of canister vacuums is new for 2009, providing the quality and numerous of Miele’s standard features at a lower price. There are three S2 models, all sharing the same 1200-watt base vacuum. The canister has six power settings and a ordinary air filter that catches 94% of molecules down to 0.3 microns. The Olympus model is the lowest priced of the three, and features a floor/carpet combo head (SBD350-3), non-electric hose and a telescoping wand. The Delphi model substitutes a power head (SEB217-3), electric hose (SES116) and electric telescoping wand (SET220). The Titan model retains the power parts of the Delphi and adds a parquet floor brush (SBB-3) and active HEPA filter.
Note that all three models may support the power hose and brush, but only the Delphi and Titan include it as share of the package. Similarly, all three models aid the active HEPA filter, but only the Titan includes it in it is package. If you don’t presently need a power head you may buy the Olympus and add the power elements later; you’ll pay more in the end, but you won’t have to buy power elements now that you may not need for a few years. The non-electric combo head works well on smooth flooring, is usable on short-pile carpet, and is difficult to use on deeper-pile carpet.
Like all Miele vacuum cleaners, the S2 is well designed and fabricated in Germany. The vacuum has a range of 29.5 feet from the end of the self-retracting power cord to the tip of the brush. The unit is light (under 10 lbs), nicely balanced and moves without apparent effort in any direction on it is casters. The top-exhaust design allows you to vacuum without apparent effort with the canister standing up, such as on steps. The motor is astoundingly quiet, particularly at the lower power levels. The six power levels grant you to switch from floors and carpets to shelves and tabletops without without intention grabbing objects or papers rather of dirt or dust.
The S2 cleans very well and is a pleasure to use. The base has notches in which the hose may be parked, one for when the base is on it is wheels, one for when the base is standing. This is a great touch, utile for temporarily standing the hose while you move a piece of furniture, and helpful for storing the vacuum in a closet without breaking down the hose and wand. Perhaps the only weakness of the S2 is the “varioclip” for tool storage, which rides more or less uncomfortably on the hose rather than more naturally on the base. Changing the filter and bag are each a snap, and an indicator tells you when the bag is full.
Finally, what compromises does the S2 line make from the more pricey S4 and S5 lines? The most evident changes are to external components: a few parts, such as the bumper strip that surrounds the canister, are made from hard plastic rather than softer rubber. The operating radius is a few feet shorter (due to a shorter power cord), and the accessory brushes use a lot of lower-cost materials (nylon versus natural bristle brush, plastic rather of metal). Inside, the S2 canister uses Miele’s “CleanAir System” construction, while the S4 and S5 canister use it is “Sealed System.” Miele doesn’t offer a elaborated comparison of the two, but one might assume the latter system provides an extra measure of dust capture that may be more suitable for those with allergic sensitivities.
The changes made to lower the price of the S2 line will make little deviations in every day use, but shouldn’t compromise the vacuum’s core capacity to clean. Those who are peculiarly sensible to dust must consider the HEPA-equipped Titan model, or stepping up to the S4 or S5; those with less stringent needs will find the S2 a terrific entry point to the Miele line of high quality vacuums. If budget is no issue, look at the S5 line, but if value-per-dollar is a major consideration, the S2 line will fetch you Miele’s engineering science and fabricating prowess at a more lowcost price. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]
73 of 74 persons found the following review helpful.
Holy cow, what an awful vacuum!!!
By Some Married Dude
Ok, so… I’m a guy. I’m a 29 year old married guy. I’m a 29 year old married guy who thought that $300 for a vacuum was, well, a in truth mute idea. I was underneath the impression that all vacuum’s were more/less formulate equal. You know, you plug ‘em in, they pick up crumbs, pick up cat/dog hair and that’s regarding it, and if you’re lucky, you get a chance to scare one of the cats with it. They’re all just utilitarian tools that suck up stuff and are all the same… Well, they aren’t… and I’m shocked to be saying this, very shocked indeed…
So, here’s my thesis: If you have hardwood floors and a few rugs and a desire to suck up everything, then get this bad boy. It’ll change your life, my friend. No, scratch that… it’s blow your mind…
Ok, here’s the deal:
First off, it’s light. LIKE, REALLY LIGHT. And on top of that, it’s on casters that aren’t fixed in place, thence permitting the cannister to move in any direction, not similar to the old vacuums of yore that could move finelooking much just forward and back possibly had a swivelling wheel on the front.
Secondly (and in no evident order), this thing’s got (for lack of a better phrase) a variable rate sucky thingy… you may set this thing to suck just a little, or suck a whole helluva lot. I genuinely don’t know why you’d use this, but it has pictures of curtains and other delicate stuff, so I’m guessing it’s kinda like that gentle-wash cycle on the washing mashine that I’ve never used. Nevertheless, as a guy that loves stuff, I like knowing that I may custommake my suction.
Next Up! It’s quiet. Dunno what else to say… so I’ll paint a picture for you: Take one of those high-peformance motorcycles: they’re deafening and annoying. Now take a moped which is quiet yet evenly annoying. Now your old vacuum is that Kawasaki Ninja that passed you on the highway at 230 mph, and this awful Miele is that moped, humming along at 35 miles per hour. They both do the same thing and will transport you from A-B, but the Moped won’t make you look like a jerk doing so. I guess what I’m getting at here is that it’s gorgeous quiet.
Ok lets move on to LOOKS! This thing just looks cool. It looks like something a Storm Trooper would use on the Death Star if the auto-vac’s (that I’m assuming the Empire had) all broke down at once.
PERFORMACE: Like I said before, if you’ve got hardwood floors and a few area rugs, then this thing it is totally gonna rock your world. The main head attachment moves up and down and rotates therefore permitting you to practically lay this thing flat to get all the way underneath the couch (that’s where our cat and dog hair seems to take refuge).
AIR QUALITY: Unlike most vacuums out there, this thing leaves the world a better place than when it found it. Not only does it suck up anything that’ll fit into it’s hose, but it’s got galore sort of super-filter that, I’m reasonably certain, cleans the air as you suck stuff up. I’ve yet to poke around inside the cannister for fear of learning it’s secrets, but I may candidly say that not only are your floors and furniture going to be cleaner but you’re house-air will smell more pure.
In summary:
This thing looks cool.
This thing works very well.
This thing looks like a Storm Trooper
This thing will wholly suck up everything you put in front of it.
If you’ve read this whole review, then you’re in all probability gonna get this thing. And you should.
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