SEBO - AIRBELT D2 Eco 700 (90616NZ)

Go with Miele c&d BUT make sure it comes with the STB205-3 turbo brush attachment else buy it seperately. In New Zealand & Australia, Miele is sharply priced compared to the Sebo. the Sebo is not $900 better. It's maybe $100 better. I have a Sebo D2 Eco in NZ as my home is 100% hardfloor (laminate & tile) so take a look at that as well as its included bursh is good for small areas of carpet and rugs but make sure to buy the parquet premium brush for the hardfloor and remove the front yellow brush strip from it for best hardfloor performance.

Sorry I actually meant 305-3 and not 205-3. So get the Miele C&D with 305-3 unless you can score a Sebo D2 Eco for same price. One benefit of Sebo is that it has air bumpers around its body and it saves your gib walls from getting dings when it's dragging behind you on its wheels

I love my bagged SEBO canister. Filters everything and is easy to clean out the brushes. Helps so much with my allergies compared to the Dyson and Shark bag less we had in the past.

Honestly if you’re willing to spend up to $600, it’s really worth the extra $250-300 to get a Miele or a Sebo. I spent way more that that in vacuums I hated (shark, Dyson, Hoover, etc) and finally broke down and got a Sebo canister. I wish I’d done it sooner. Even the ‘higher end’ shark and Dyson are child’s play compared to the good vacuums.

That's actually true. LOL. Dyson's are avoided at quality shops. Sebo cannisters are a no-brainer purchase. Battery stick vacs OTOH will test your soul. 😖

It's just simple physics. Internals clogs due to how they're made meaning they dinner then later break. Batteries also fail soon. But yourself a good canister vacuum they'll last for life, like the Sebo or Miele. Both made in Germany. The Sebo bags are cheap and are winning all the awards nowadays. Great machine for $500.

But a Sebo canister. They rock. We destroyed two Dysons and a Miele before getting the Sebo.

Yes, as it looks like you are referring to stick vacuums. I got a refurbished V8 about 12 years ago. The battery started to crap out after five years, so I got a Tineco. I moved the Dyson to my second floor for quick jobs and kept the Tineco on the main floor for daily work (between wood kitchen floor, rugs and carpeted living/dining room). Then I realized I could replace the V8 battery. It came back to life and I was reminded how well it worked. I had to replace the Tineco battery after one year and then when it was dying again the second year, I gave up on it and got a new Dyson V15. It is awesome and worth every expensive penny. I have a Sebo canister vacuum as a "deep clean", but I have been underwhelmed with it. My two Dyson sticks do a great job and I vacuum pretty much everyday. I spent $200 on the Tineco that lasted two years and I hated it. I spent $200 on my 12yo V8 and replaced the battery once. I spent $700 on my new V15 and plan to have it last just as long as my V8 (which is still going strong). (Oh, I also should mention I don't have pets, but I have long hair and so does my daughter. The V15 is noticeably great at staying unclogged with wrapped up hair.)

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.

I feel like there aren’t any bifl stick vacs because bags wouldn’t really be practical, and the better manufacturers know that bagless vacs generally don’t clean as well. FWIW, I have a sebo canister vac for intermittent deep cleans — the thing is crazy powerful, and *will* probably last forever — and a Dyson stick that I use for daily pet hair duty. The Dyson is kind of a joke next to the sebo, but the ease of getting it around the house makes it my go-to for quick cleanups. (The batteries do need to be replaced once in awhile.)

Miele C1 is basically a perfect option for what you’re describing besides cordless, which if you get cordless you loose the ability to get basically anything else you mentioned. Usually I recommend Sebo canisters too but their bags don’t automatically seal like Miele, which usually isnt a problem but you have special health factors with you breaking out in hives so its a bonus, generally though a bagged canister will be good, when a health factor is involved it always should take priority over a convenience factor, it just so happens that bagged fills every other requirement too.

I trust vacuum recommendations on the internet (and Reddit) as much as I do mattress recommendations. The Carpet and Rug Institute, whose board includes members from companies like Shaw and Mohawk who manufacture carpet (https://carpet-rug.org/about-us/board-of-directors/), maintains a certified list of vacuums (https://carpet-rug.org/soa-vacuums/). You can filter by residential and commercial. Of course there are good vacuums that aren't certified. I have no affiliation with them but do happen to own a bagged Hoover WindTunnel (2006), two Riccar uprights (\~2017, one was a gift), and a Sebo canister vac. I can get the Riccar and Sebo serviced nearby and I stock some spare parts, for example the Riccar brush roll has replaceable brush strips.