I currently have a Miele L1 Guard Dog & Cat, and love it! Great suction, and the length of the cord means I can go everywhere in my house without issue. I do have to clean the brush head once in a while of wrapped up fur, but it's miles ahead of when I had a Roomba.
I got mine through Costco and only the L1 was available, but so far, it's been great. There's no big bells and whistles like the C3 (doesn't have the adjustable brush head) but I have been using is daily to twice a day for several months and zero issues. Just have to go in once in a while to clear the brushes of dog fur.
Just got the Miele Guard L1 Cat & Dog (successor of the C product Line) and it's by far the best vacuum I've ever used.
I have 3 pomeranians and a lot of carpet but the vacuum works wonders.
(I have not tried the Others on the list)
I just bought the Miele L1 cat and dog. Winter is ending her and we have cat hair all through the carpet and rugs and it coped fine getting all that off with ease.
The Miele in Canada have 5 year warranty, the best of all cordless, so I certainly recommend looking at them. The battery is 2 years warranty it can be replaced .
No matter what you will have to do maintenance, cleaning filters , emptying it out
There are some duoflex in Costco for $449 I suggest that if price is a concern the battery is not a cartridge but can be replaced still
Also note that length of warranty mean more than replacing the battery, if the machine fails after a year (which is most cordless warranty) then who cares about the battery as you have a useless machine now
Lastly as others have pointed out if you want maintenance free a bagged vacuum that’s plug in will last you longer and be easier to deal with
Again Costco has the Miele guard l1 cat and dog an although it’s an air turbo brush it’s a great machine for the price and still has a 5 year warranty and 7 years on the motor
I suggest the Costco guard l1 cat and dog plus , it’s $499 though but comes with both a good hard floor tool and a turbo brushed
Depending on how much area rug you have you and how thick the pile is the c3 limited edition at $449 right now is also a great deal
In Canada they all come with 5 year warranty parts and labour
They all have the same motor, the difference is mainly in the heads/attachments. If you have wall to wall carpets that are medium to high pile seb 228 and seb 236 will do really well. If you have mostly hard floors then pure suction machines can work. There newest pure suction, guard L1 all floor has a new head that can work on low pile carpets from what ive seen, but in my opinion itll be harder to push on the max setting when on carpet. If you can find a good deal on a c1/c3 you can save a little since the new generation is m1/s1/L1.
Miele and sebo are both great and pretty similar, with differences in the power nozzles. Miele is not as user serviceable whereas the sebos et-1 brush is removable. The electric hoses can be a point of failure and the sebo if i remember right has replaceable components on the outside where as Mieles i believe have to replace the whole hose. As for bagged vs bagless, bagless machines are a little more work for the user as you need to maintain the filters and occasionally clean out the canister but are sometimes more convenient. Bagged machines are better if you have bad dust allergies and are generally lighter, because dust is bagged, filtration tends to be better and the canister is kept clean. You still have filters to change, but miele includes the basic ones with their bags which in my opinion are good for the average user. I personally got a miele at a really good price and have really enjoyed it so far.
Since you have a lot of hardwood and low pile rugs, you could go for most miele models, theres the guard series, L1, etc. A model with the parquet XL head (16 in) will give a pretty big cleaning path for hard floors!
Its not a bad machine, the plastics can be delicate. The miele and sebo are both good long term machines. I like miele but for carpets you need a power nozzle.
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