Complete C3 Calima

Also vacuum the air purifier. The bottom of mine gets gross very quickly. The Miele is great. I think mine is the Calima and it’s been amazing. It’s very strong suction and the bags make it easy to not be reexposed to the dust (like with a bag less model.) also I’d make sure to find the sealed version of whatever canister vac you get.

Dyson's done good work innovating tiny powerful motors and battery density but considering the competition has caught up, right now their price is a brand image thing. LG and Miele make better cordless vacuums at a similar price point (they're more easily repairable and maintainable) Overall cordlesses aren't made for daily use, especially with more than one person or a pet. There's way too much dust and you can expect around 3 good years from any model. Barely anyone empties bagless machines when they hit the full line, allowing more dust to transit the motor killing it faster. With a bagless, cordless(small) and an animal, esp if one or both of you have long hair or a lot of body hair, you may need to empty that bin halfway per room. If you're willing to drop $400 on a vacuum and looking for quality (and want to buy new) get a bagged, corded canister. Even a mediocre one can last 20 years. The best last for longer especially when maintained. The bags fill every 4ish months, and if you swap your filters every set of bags (usually every year or two) you won't have cat or vacuum smell accumulating. The cords are usually on self-winding reels, and because the motor is in a pod that follows you, there's very little weight on the wrist. Canister also have long hoses and telescoping wands, by design, making cleaning surfaces easier (corners, vents, baseboards, windows, AC units, etc). The nicer/nicest canisters are quieter, more powerful, and filter better than literally any cordless on the market (checkout rtings.com for head to heads, if you'd like). Most cordless vacuums have electrically driven brushes which are good for carpet, but a little dismal for floors. They'll scratch the most delicate floors with their wheels and they'll bulldoze clumps and particles. Best case scenario is you have to hear the droning of the brush and the wheels as you cover every sqft with that 8" head. All canisters are designed for hard floors, the best having articulating tools, without moving parts that can suck up clumps and particles without clogging and allow you to sweep over your floors (like how the Dyson omniglide advertises it can emulate). Cordlesses are meant to be for quick/urgent cleans, however home cleaning is largely regular/preventative. Having a cat myself, I've found the "fantasy" to be a robot vacuum with a real vacuum (for maintenance and deeper cleans). I do own a cordless but I rarely use it (it's a Miele triflex, 1st gen). I have a Miele c3 (S8) canister and a dreame l10s ultra robotthe robot sweeps 3 times a day, mops the cat area daily, and mops the whole place twice a week. I swap its water weekly and swap its bag every 5~ months. I swap my Miele canister bag every 6~ months, but I sometimes clean for my friends and family so that's including their dirt. The business end of my robot certainly gets dirty as it sucks/licks my floors clean daily and I have an elderly cat, but my least favorite part of vacuum maintenance is still cleaning my triflex's pre filter. It's such fine dust and gets everywhere; having a bigger vacuum is necessary for this. A couple with a cat in a one bedroom (also my situation) would probably fill a Miele bag every 6-9 months, thus requiring new bags & filters every 2-3 years. My vacuum's filter timer corroborates this rough estimate. So if you're hard on that $400 price point, and require buying new you're in a bit of a bind for attaining the fantasy, but that's okay! The best place to start is with a bagged, corded canister, then you can wait some time and get a robot later. Then you'll have both and both will have longer lifespans as they care for each other (I'm serious lol). The easiest way to stay in budget is buying this "real" vacuum used. Depending where you are, you can get a $1500 vacuum for <$300 with some patience and hunting. Buying new: go to a vacuum store (with your partner ofc) with Sebo and Miele and try them out. The quality is palpable. At your price point, you can afford the Sebo k2 kombi or Sebo e1(better) or the Miele C1 (hopefully you can get a deal on their homecare model). I prefer Miele because they're quieter, more powerful, and filter better, but they're more expensive and Sebo recently has demonstrated they're more serious about vacuums than Miele is. Miele hasn't changed their builds or practices but no longer offer the 10yr or 7yr warranties like they used to (Sebo still does). Mieles made-in-China machines (the cheaper c1 and c2 machines) still have the German motors and the build is excellent as expected (let's be real, China is the leader rn in quality manufacturing too). If you're buying Miele bags and the sfha50 (full size) filter, Miele bags & filters are cheaper(in the allergy bundle). If you're just using Mieles basic filter included with the bags, Mieles bags & filters are cheaper. If you need the Miele compact HEPA (sfha30), then the Miele bags & filters are more expensive than Sebo. Only buy the xiaomi family of robot vacuums (roborock, dreame, mova) as they're built excellently and are easily repairable. eBay has excellent refurb deals on dreame & roborock, just be patient. And they include warranties! Skip buying new garbage cyclically: get something that lasts once, take care of it, and never have to buy it again 🤷🏾‍♂️ I bought my s8 UniQ (retailed for $1500) from a cleaning company for $300, serviced it myself, and it runs beautifully; now it's a teenager! My parents vacuum is old enough to vote and it runs quieter than mine. Mine certainly shows battle scars but these machines are made to last and made to be taken care of. When you think of a vacuum like a major appliance, the price tag is easily to swallow. They are major and can last longer than many other things. If you have the scratch, and you're gonna be vacuuming justifying $1800 on the Miele homecare+ (or $1100 on the Sebo e3 if you like that better) is a no brainer. Only issue there is making sure your relationship lasts longer than the vacuum 😘🙏🏾💖 as I imagine custody battles over a Miele homecare+ can get ugly.

Long story short: no. Mostly because of cordless, as that mostly scuttles your requirement for asthma care. Most cordlesses are bagless, and one trip emptying that bin and it's game over for your bronchioles depending how bad the asthma is. There's basically only one bagged cordless (Henry quick, so check that out, but it doesn't stand) but it's not really meant for primary use. The Miele cordlesses (triflex), are great for what they are (bagless and cordless) and they stand up, have swappable batteries and work well. Their filtration/dust sequestration will always be worse than a bagged. I love my triflex but I also use it maybe once a month or less because of my corded, bagged Miele. I understand you don't want to compromise but what you describe is impossible with how our technology works rn, just like fusion, solid state batteries, or SC power lines, the technology is not there, and even worse than those technologies I listed, very few are working on what you want. You can get everything you want if you accept a cord or accept dirtier air with a bagless. If cost really isn't an issue then I'd say buy a corded bagged vacuum (not the shark rocket, it's generous to call that a real vacuum) and get a robot for daily maintenance. That's probably the best of both worlds as you don't have to compromise on clean or a cord, you just need two devices to meet your needs. If you've never used a cord reel I'd suggest trying it as well. My robot is absolutely the hardest working member of my household, so maybe a robot is what you're looking for? Good luck! But what you're looking for doesn't exist, unfortunately. And because I'm that girl: the only consumer vacuum in existence that's fully HEPA certified is the Miele c3 with their HEPA filter installed, so make of that what you will. That means not only is its filter hepa, but the machine is fully sealed and certified through testing to not allow more than 99.95% of particles smaller than 2.5 microns through. If you want the best clean available, especially noticeable to asthmatics, a Miele c3 is the only answer. Edit: my personal cleaning peeve is running wheeled things over hard floors, which is extra why im recommending the Miele c3. It's just so grating and demoralizing to hear those damn wheels every fkn pass. And no power/motor head will be as nimble as an articulated hard floor tool. If your space is hard floors, you actually have it a bit easier, as carpets make vacuums more expensive. And getting Miele or Sebos cheapest will still suit your needs. I know i said triflex comes close to what you want, but misses asthma care. I say get a bagged c3 and miss out on cordless but actually have a clean home with a machine that'll last a lifetime and work like new until the day it dies (which may be never with care). My skin is crawling thinking about running my triflex all over my hard floors.

Well if you want a quiet vacuum, (the quietest to be specific) your option is the Miele C3. The Miele c1 is marginally louder but still quieter than a Sebo. Both are quieter than any Dyson lmao (those things are crazy loud and they don't even tune their motors to offload the whine behind our scope of hearing). The Miele c3 on max is quieter than a Dyson on normal. So the cheapest option would be the Miele c1 classic pure suction. The nicest option would be the c3 gala edition. Both are hard floor only machines, but the build quality of the c3 really speaks for itself. If you're iffy about spending so much on a Miele, try visit a local vacuum store with mieles. They'll be happy to let you try them out and Miele dealers will always sell lower than online listed MSRP. You'll also hear firsthand how much quieter they are. Technically speaking, all bagless machines will be pretty loud bc they don't have much soft padding to capture the sounds (bag, nice filter). Cordless machines overall are very loud because their motors are smaller, spinning at a higher speed to generate similar pressure, and those tiny whirring things make a huge high pitched sound, characteristic of any Dyson machine (vacuum, hairdryer, hand dryer). Combine a cordless bagless and you have the absolute worst care scenario for sound dampening. Mieles recently upped their motor rpm while reducing size, but they tune their motors such that the majority of the sound falls above the frequency of our hearing. My cat doesn't seem to hate my Miele so clearly it's not that loud ultrasonic either. Checkout rtings.com for objective measurements but lemme tell you: we've been a Miele family for about 2 decades now. I bought my mom a Dyson v11 thinking it'll be great for the kitchen but she hates it! It's loud, clunky, weak (relatively: it cant rice grains from the corners) and it needs SOOOOO much brush roll maintenance omfg. Huge waste of money tbh. It's still hung in the kitchen but I think they only use it for vacuuming the stairs now (with the electro tool). The Miele canister is obviously better for our cars too. Nowadays, I think the avg active home only needs a bagged corded vacuum, and a robot. There's very little place for cordlesses imo ESPECIALLY as EVs now have power outlets that allow the use of a normal vacuum.. (I have one and my partner still uses it more than I do, but we wouldn't be in need without one. I only bought it bc I found it for a steal not because I wanted a cordless).

This. Also love the tool compartment. I like switching tools depending on the surface, and it's very convenient to do so with this model.

I ditched my Dyson Outsized for the Miele C3 Complete. I’ll use the Dyson for quick pickups but I have to increase suction to max to pick up cat litter.

I just received my Miele Complete C3 with the turbo head, hardwood floor head & powerhead. After using a Dyson, any Miele will outperform anything else. I can’t use a suction above level 3 and even the lowest was picking up cat litter & cat hair. I was completely amazed.

I just bought the C3 Complete. The suction is so powerful on the Miele vacuums that I can imagine needing the electrical spinning brush. I’ve been amazed picking up cat hair with the turbo head. I did buy the mini turbo head for furniture, but with a canister I’ve been using the full sized to clean furniture. It’s worked amazingly well. Don’t spent the $1,100. Get a model with the turbo brush head that uses suction, rather than power to spin the brush.

Kterykoliv. Ja mam c3 complete protoze mam velky byt a zvirata a chtel jsem tu jejich hubici na tvrde podlahy. Ani s c1 neudelas chybu, rozdil je snad jenom ve velikosti, ovladani, kabelu a prislusenstvi.

Miele Complete C3 performs exceptionally well. I have owned few Dyson in the past but after trying out Miele vacuum, I will call it the best vacuum ever.

It’s also important to differentiate between types of HEPA. Miele’s HEPA is H13+ and almost H14. It’s very rare to find H13 in vacuum’s, as most are H11 if they even have HEPA. Rainbows also utilize H13, but aren’t the easiest bags to use if used frequently. I would definitely get a Miele Complete C3, Complete C3, Guard M1 or L1 AllFloors, one with the Parquet Twister floor-head. It significantly better than the AllTeq and FiberTeq heads, and you can get an extra-wide version of it. For rug(s), the TurboTeQ head is sufficient for low pile area rugs.

Well I’m only basing the 110” on my Miele because out of all the vacs I’ve used to detail cars with, it has been the best. It’s listed to have 111” of waterlift, and it has a strong pull when detailing vehicles with it. I’ve used machines that I thought had higher cfm, but didn’t perform as well. Maybe my assumption isn’t correct. Maybe they had less CFM at the hose than the Miele but I would think it would be higher. The Kirby Avalir, for example, I would think has more airflow at the hose than my Miele but it really doesn’t do very well in detail jobs. I have only found 2 vacuums with higher suction figures than my Miele C3 > the Aerus Guardian Platinum and the blue Perfect C105. They weren’t significantly higher in suction but it’s something I noted.

How often do you vacuum? We have a lot of carpet and hard flooring, a 2-story home, lots of pets, and people. I’ve tried the Sebo canisters in my home, and several Miele models. The Miele C3 won my over. It’s comfortable to use, cleaned better, and has phenomenal filtration - on par with high-end air purifiers.

I've owned/ own both and prefer the Miele **C3** for a few reasons. It has more airflow, more suction, superior filtration (H13+) available, an aggressive beater bar (Sebo's is too gentle imo), and I find it significantly easier to use. It's also a very serviceable vac, very simple to take apart for tune-ups, repair, deep-cleaning, etc. I found the Miele C3 to be a lot easier to disassemble than my E3 and D4. I can do it in 2 minutes flat with a drill.

I love the C3 models. They’re hard to beat. I wish more vacs were like them. It wish there was an upright version. Hopefully Miele will make one, at some point.

S8s are super, super easy to repair. What broke? The C3 is still available in some stores, even from Miele directly. I tried many other vacs and couldn’t find one that had the power and comfort and the S8/C3. The Guard L1 models are slightly less powerful, but still very good vacs.

Alternatively, the Sebo E3 is probably the closest thing. It doesn’t have as much power, and it isn’t available with HEPA-13 (or HEPA at all), nor is it as comfortable to use but they are very durable and well-engineered. People that don’t like them tend to not like them because of the hose, which is also a common complaint with the D4. Overall, the C3 is significantly more comfortable to use, more power, superior filtration, more aggressive carpet performance, more suitable for residential applications. If it is the motor in your S8 that died, the motors can be replaced in 2 - 5 mins. Very easy, not expensive. $130!USD is what I see that listed at.

Miele Complete C3 canister, or a Sebo canister. Both are extremely well engineered. Sebo wands are more durable, but the Miele overlap has the most power, best filtration, and are known for lasting for 10 - 20 years (depending on use rate). It’s also a lot easier to use overall, lots of little things that add up. Sebo’s are commercial grade, more utilitarian, simpler, designed to be used for extended periods every day and still hold up for many, many years; but they come with some traded off drawbacks. I think the Miele canisters are the best choice for residential level cleaning (maybe twice per week for 20-30 mins each time), while the Sebo models are better for commercial level use - using it every day for 45 mins - 1+ hr). Canisters tend to be better for use floors, but both Sebo and Miele sell canisters that are exceptionally effective on carpet - rivaling premium uprights. Get the upgraded hardfloor tool with either brand you go with Sebo Premium Parquet or the Miele Parquet Twister floor head. The Miele version is a lot easier to whip around, but both are premium.