Miele Vacuum Cleaner Review – Red Star Hepa Vacuum Model

Vacuum cleaner by Miele has advantages and disadvantages

Editorial Notes:

This Miele vacuum is for all us cat fans who keep allergists in business and insist on keeping their cats. So, while it isn’t the cat hair to which we are allergic (it’s the dander), but vacuuming up all that hair (spoken as a cat owner) which seems to get everywhere, is a major priority. So when Miele announced the “Red Star – with Hepa“, it had our name written all over it.

Vacuum advantages
We liked the neat but effective powerhead on the Miele Red Star vacuum. There was no task that it did not tackle with superlative efficiency. There were no visible lint particulates left on dark colored carpets and we could literally hear the lightweight powerhead suck up the dirt from our carpets. The onboard tools are top class. We found we could change the tools on the fly and vacuum all those hard to reach places-picture rails, baseboards, pleated lampshades, upholstery and all sorts of nooks and crannies. We did find we needed to use the optional mini turbobrush for removing layers of cat hair from dark velvet cushions since the regular upholstery attachment was not up to the task. The dusting brush is soft enough even for your most delicate antique furniture. The Miele vacuum tools are perfect for serious dirt removal in your car after along hard winter. Other neat features include wank parking when the vacuum is not in use, and a vacuum bag which automatically seals itself when you change it (no dust blowing back in your face) and a post hepa sealed motor which has consistently been rated as one of the most effective in the vacuum industry.

Vacuum disadvantages
Now, compared to the Miele White Star, our other favorite Miele allergy vacuum, this model is a little more complex to use as you have to disassemble the powerhead in order to attach the hand tools. The process is not complex or time consuming, but it is just not so simple as the Medivac. We had to peer under a bright light to reassemble the powerhead after using the tools, since the socket is placed on a slant. Our other gripes were that Miele vacuums do not have one of those handy dirt alert lights such a used in the Eureka or Panasonic uprights. In our house, the vacuum bags seem to need to be changed every two weeks (read: buy lots of spare bags) and two of our testers needed to consult the manual in order to change the Miele vacuum bag the first time. The bags are not very big in order to accommodate the on board tools. Once you read the instructions in the manual, changing bags was very simple – but to two dumb new users it was not intuitive. Moreover, depending on how you look at it, the vacuum seemed to stop working when the bag was full – a good safety feature, but when it first happened we almost panicked!

Our overall summary

Another winner from Miele vacuums. Lightweight, easy to use and effective.

If you prefer to order online – the internet equivalent is the “Red Star – with Hepa” with the HEPA filter sold in our store. There is an optional mini turbobrush for upholstery (great for cat hair) but unnecessary for most people.
Be warned: you need a ton of the replacement bags, they fill up fast.

AllergyBuyersClub.com members get a specially packaged machine with a hepa filter which does not come standard with this machine from other vendors.

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