Miele vacuum cleaner review comparison

Miele has made a great name for its vacuum cleaner line here in the USA 
over the last 10-15 years by becoming one of the industry best selling 
premium "canister" vacuum cleaner line; which they deserved. Their uprite Line 
nowhere the same quality as their canisters. While the premium line is 
still  being made in Germany their other lines are being manufacture in China 
which in my opinion has lessen the quality of their product for those 
lines but still a high quality vacuum cleaner. Mostly sold though
 independent vac shops and some web sites. my advice would be to buy from a
local vacuum cleaner dealer for these reasons your local dealer will supply
you with better support than dealing with a warehouse in a different state
 that are really not trained to take care of your needs build a relation 
 with your local Miele dealer and you will be rewarded in most cases.


Now Miele has more competition than ever with other brands like Sebo
another german made vacuum cleaner line. Sebo has been rated the number 1 
German vacuum company over miele eight consecutive years and are proud of the 
ranking for best quality, and holds the title for largest commercial vacuum 
cleaner company in the world Sebo vacuum info here


But some of the stiffest competition may come from a Usa 
company Tacony maker of the Riccar, A premium vacuum cleaner line
made here in Saint James MI.  As noted by Businessweek article Tacony over took
sales for premium vacuum line in 2004 and has not look back 
more Riccar info 

Miele vacuum cleaner comparison

For this comparison we are only comparing Meile Canister against Sebo and Riccar
canisters only as the sebo and riccar uprite are much higher quality than the miele
uprites. Since all three makes a premium canister of high quality we focus more on
vacuum cleaner features and value for your dollar I will touch on a few main
features

Number 1: the belt system meile and sebo uses a geared type belt while Riccar
uses a kevlar belt while all are good the sebo belt system works the best and both the riccar
and sebo belt are warranty for the life of the vacuum

Number two: Filtration again all three uses S class hepa filtration the highest grade of hepa
while cheaper vacuum cleaners use a high dense low volum hepa. Sebo puts thier s class hepa
filters inline befor the motor which adds more years to the motor life and less service issues


Number 2: power wise when measuring power on a vacuum cleaner all manufacture looks
at the air flow the vacuum cleaner moves (cfm) cubic feet of air per minut. were miele
and riccar are close 120-140 cfm the sebo comes in at around 170 cfn