Miele Complete C3 Pure Red PowerLine, Bagged Cylinder Vacuum Cleaner, Corded

The Miele 12030390 Compact C2 Cat and Dog bagged cylinder with the turbo brush is exactly what was needed for a smaller flat with slightly scruffy old carpets needing deep cleaning for long haired residents.As with all these machines it is important to use the correct  Miele HyClean 3D Efficiency FJM bags, correct motor filters and exhaust filters.  I have found third party bags and filters are simply too thin and let through lots of fine dust which can clog and eventually cook any motor.Being smaller, lighter and less powerful than the usual older heavy-duty Miele machines it is not quite so robust, but for our application without stairs it is ideal.The turbo needs frequent checking to make sure long human hair has not clogged it, but that is normal for every turbo I’ve ever tried. It is a bit wide for stair treads, but that is not needed here.11 metres “Operating Radius” is the total length of the lead plus the vacuum body plus the hose plus the tube fully extended, this is about the same as a bigger, heavier and ancient S512 and perfectly adequate for the flat.This machine with a big bag is infinitely better than all the bagless vacs I’ve tried over previous years; twenty fuss-free seconds to change the bag, compared with half an hour ten times as often to clean clogged filters etc on a bagless with next to no capacity.Also, crucially, simply pushing a hose and tube around is much less effort than carrying a cumbersome motor, battery and filters on the end of a stick-vac.

Like: Suction power - had to dial the power down so i could move it across the carpet, excellent on flooring, power control, long cord, light weight.Dislike: Build quality - 2 pole connector switch was disconnected from pole on receipt.Contacted manufacture on the Amazon link asking for broken part to be sent out to save me the trouble of sending it back. The link went to miele's .com site and instead of actioning my request - the support just told me to go to the UK site - totally useless customer support. Anyway, persevered with the UK site and asked for a new pole to save sending the whole thing back. They sent a better pole - an extendable one - great UK customer support. Very pleased with the product now.

Had a Miele for years and it never really gave up - however decided to buy a new one, exactly the same spec, etc. and it's just as good as the one we bought 18 years ago - obviously more efficient, as time had taken its toll.Would highly recommend and the price is a bargain for what you get - ALSO NOT FORGETTING IT'S LIGHTWEIGHT!!!!

My X partner used a Miele hoover in her workplace and we borrowed it to see how good they are in the home. Superb is the answer.This is the compact version of the more expensive models with a few drawbacks. The biggest being that the tools are not stored on the body of the machine but on a strange carrousel that clips to the hose. Doesn’t look great but it really works well. The lead isn’t as long as the more expensive models and the aluminium tube isn’t adjustable in height although aftermarket items are available on Amazon for under twenty pounds delivered so that’s no problem. It isn’t as quiet as the more expensive models but not as noisy as most others.So those are the main things you forfeit for paying less money.Performance is absolutely superb. I can’t fault this item at all. It’s easy to manoeuvre due to the excellent wheels, the powerful suction and choice of settings is more than adequate, it’s light weight and very efficient. Even when the bag gets fuller it still sucks better than anything I’ve owned.The chord extraction is faultless and it looks nice in the blue I own.Miele is the best vacuumed cleaner I’ve owned and I’ve owned a lot more expensive makes. I love it.

Not a great difference but improvements made are good. Replaced the old one because I left the bag out when I moved house 4 years ago. Cleaned it all up and it worked okay but got a new carpet and treated myself to a new vac.The attachments are the only thing we have issue with as the old ones have proper fibre bristles so we use them in preference to the new ones.Pleased to find good offers by Amazon and Miele for bags and Hepa filters which we have taken advantage of.The original is now used for cleaning the inside of the car!

It's performance was not good

I have an older version of this which was 2200 watts. This one uses less than half that power and still has suction that is as good. Great all round machine.

Very good performance. Good suction. Easy to use. Value for money paid.