Miele S8390 Kona Canister Vacuum

Good product, bad shipping
After much, much research I decided to take the plunge on this very expensive vacuum cleaner. I have a very large single story home with a combination of stone, wall-to-wall carpet, and several very expensive hand made Turkish area rugs. This vacuum performed very well across all surfaces.

PROS: works as advertised
glides very smoothly across all floor surfaces
suction power is amazing
did a great job on my hand made rugs with no damage

After playing with it for a couple of days, I discovered that I did not have to swap out the power head for the separate hard surface head that comes with it. The power head works great on hard floors as long as you turn off the brush beaters. That is easy to do on this model because the switch button for that function is right on the handle. BUT, I don't have any hardwood so I can't speak to that...only the stone floors. And I have a lot of those. I found if I didn't turn off the brush beaters on the...

So far so good!
I did a lot of research on all the miele vacuums and this one had everything I wanted and once I found this, no other could really compare. I clean houses, and 2 of my clients have miele canisters, one is a really old model that works great, and the other is a newer version that felt more plastic-like but still works ok. So I wanted to find a new model that felt as sturdy as the old, with all the upgraded features, like having an electric scope where I can use the carpet head, which works amazingly, i needed to get something that can work on literally any surface, smooth- to high pile carpeting. i wanted the hepa filter, i wanted a long radius, i wanted the newer parquet twister (which i can totally vacuum underneath a bed and tight areas with), i wanted to be able to keep the extra dusting tools and what not concealed, the retractable cord is very handy 6 different suction settings, and just for aesthetics it is black, which is nice because it will always look clean. Like i said, i...

A real vacuum!
My mom had a Miele Black Diamond from the 80's that worked forever, until a fee years back. So I know about the durability of this brand. This Kona is super quiet, powerful, and cleans my carpets like never before. The power brush is worth the money over the Turbo brush. The turbo brush uses the vacuum suction itself to provide power to the head, whereas the power brush has its own seperate electric motor. Allows for more suction when trying to vacuum up pet hair and whatnot. The leading consumer ratings magazine always has Kenmore at the top, and I had one of those based on their praises. It just doesn't clean like this Miele, and for a good, long lasting vacuum, I'll pay the money. If it lasts half as long as my moms Black Diamond, it's well worth it. All the doors, hinges, hardware, hoses etc are well built. This is a keeper. Also, Miele is giving away the $50 HEPA filter for free in July only. Nice addition. Also get the optional hand held turbo brush if you need to vacuum small...

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