Miele Blizzard CX1 Pure Suction Bagless Canister Vacuum Cleaner, Graphite Grey

I did a lot of research by watching several independent comparison reviews so that I knew which vacuum worked for our house. We have wood floors over 90% of our house (5,000sq ft), so I needed a reliable vacuum that was made for hard surface floors and low pile rugs. This is perfect!! Excellent warranty, lightweight, two vacuum heads included along with tool attachments for crevices and one for draperies too! I love that it suctions 360* around the head so you have suction all the way around. I’m very pleased!!

Très bonne succion.

Great bagless vacuum, another great miele product. Recommend buying when on sale discounted. Price very high but quality good.

So far I am very happy with the bagless option!

Honestly, for the price and the German engineering, I was hoping this would be better. It is not bad, but it could be better. I had a similar Kenmore vacuum (designed by Panasonic), that was about half the price with more features, but they don’t make them like that anymore, and I heard Miele was supposed to be the best. I’ll start with the Pros from my perspective. I like that it’s bagless. I like how smooth it rolls on its wheels. I like the built in handle. I like the different power settings on the motor. At full power, the motor is a little stronger and much quieter than my old vacuum, and it has lower power settings that makes vacuuming curtains easy. On the lower settings, it’s so quiet that my cat let me vacuum her with the soft brush, lol. Things I miss from my old vacuum that I would have had to spend hundreds of dollars more for on a Miele: On/off control on the handle and motorized carpet brush. There are two things that I think are actually quite terrible, and one thing that I like, but wonder if it’s going to break. The first thing that is terrible is the way the handle is put together. Where you grip it, there is a seam and some bumps from some plastic tabs that hold the seam together. This is in the main area where you grip the vacuum and move it around and the little tabs rub on your fingers the whole time you’re using the thing. It’s uncomfortable. I didn’t return the vacuum because I had used it a bunch already and I don’t think it’ll cause blisters or anything. It’s not super extreme, but it is not what I would think of as ergonomic, and it’s a pretty obvious issue to me, so I’m surprised “the best” vacuum manufacturer made a design choice like that. I added photos of what I’m talking about. They’re not huge, but they still are uncomfortable and should absolutely not be in that spot on the main area where you interface with the vacuum. The second thing is there is a convenient brush permanently attached to the short section near the handle. The idea is, you pop the long section off, then push a release and the brush slides down to the end where you can use it to vacuum your drapes or fans (or cats) or whatever. However the release switch/button thing is a struggle to get it to do anything. You end up pushing, pulling, sliding, wiggling until at some point the mechanism releases and the brush comes down. Then when you’re done, you go through the little dance again until you’re able to get the brush to pop back up to it’s inactive state. I still don’t know how it’s supposed to work. I’m gonna have to see if I can find the manual and see if it has any insight, but something like this should be intuitive. It looks like a button. Why does it not act like a button? The third thing is the way you can attach the stick part to the canister part so the stick stands upright. So far it has worked, and I like that there are two spots to attach the stick so you can do it whether the vacuum is on its wheels or standing upright. The thing that worries me is that the stick is essentially a long lever that can put a lot of force on the area where it slots into the canister. The way it attaches to the vacuum is a thin plastic fin on the back of the floor head that slides into a slot on the canister. The canister not the floor head have broken yet, but I’ve only had my vacuum for a few months. It does not feel very robust or instill me with confidence. It may never break, but it feels like it’s only a matter of time, so we’ll see. I guess on a positive note, there’s a Miele store near me, so if it does break, I can get it fixed.