MieleComplete C3 Calima Bagged Canister Vacuum Cleaner with Turbobrush floorhead, Suitable for Low-Medium Pile Carpet and Hard Floors, in Curry Yellow

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Miele makes great vacuum cleaners and this one is no exception. It's a slightly funky colour but does the job very well.

Excellent vacuum.Powerful and does a great job on hard floors and carpets.

I am SOOO impressed by this vacuum. Not only is it sleek and beautiful but it is lightweight and quiet. My dogs don't even flinch when I turn it on. It has great sucking options and comes with an array of attachments (3 on board and 1 roller attachment for carpets) I have been thru many cheaper vacuums in the past and now wish I would have bought this sooner. Comes on wheels and glides around easy. Cord length is very long and is quite fun to push the retract button and have it whip back into the container when you are finished.

We have an old Miele C2 Velvet vacuum that we purchased 15 to 20 years ago that we love and still use however when we moved into a two story house with a semi finished basement and mostly wood floors we decided to add the Miele C3 Calima to avoid having to drag one vacuum to all three levels. We love how lite and easy Calima is to use, how well it vacuums and how quiet it is. We added the larger parquet twister, cutting vacuuming time noticeably. However while the Colima’s turbo brush attachment worked acceptably on the living room’s medium pile rug under most circumstances, we noticed that after our kids visited with their dogs that the turbo brush wasn’t very effective at completely removing the dog hair. Both dogs drop short hairs in abundance. After using the turbo brush the carpet would look clean but after a few days we would notice more hair reappearing requiring another vacuuming of the carpet. Since we were still lugging a vacuum to the basement we decided to add one more vacuum with a power brush to see if it would remove the dog hair more thoroughly. So we purchased the Miele C3 Kona. One thing I noticed immediately is the hose and extension tube are heavier than either of the older vacs even when using non powered attachments. Most likely the additional weight is due to the more robust design needed to supply power to the power brush. Understandable but I wasn’t expecting it. So I need to adjust my expectations accordingly. Setting my laziness generated complaint aside, does the Kona power brush remove the short dog hair more effectively? After each of the last two dog visits I used the Kona power head on the carpet and we noticed that no dog hair reappeared on the carpet in the following days. Our socks also do not have dog hair on them after walking on the cleaned carpet in stocking feet. Hopefully the two newer Mieles Hold up like the first one has. I am still amazed that after all this time that old C2 can still retract the power cord when you step on the button. In addition after using the Kona a few more times I have adjusted to the additional weight of the hose and extension tube and no longer think about it.

Wow, where to begin? This $900 vacuum does not come with a motorized head. It’s also very powerful. The first time I used it (on a single room carpet) I felt as if my arm was being ripped from the socket. I turned the suction down to the lowest suction setting and did see some improvement but it was still not a pleasurable experience to vacuum. I decided to see if I could upgrade to a power head to eliminate the problem. Five customer service calls later (almost every one to a non-native English speaker) and I still didn’t have an answer. I went to a Miele dealership and was told I would not only have to replace the vacuum head but also the stick, the hose and the handle as well. He then hedged his bet and asked me to bring the machine in to see if it was even possible to add a power head to the Calima model. I made one last attempt on the Miele customer service line and I was told to open the vent on the front of the non-power head to release some of the suction. More improvement but my thought is pretty simple: why did I pay $900 for a powerful vacuum and then be forced to decrease the amount of suction it provides in order to vacuum. BOTTOM LINE: This model of the Miele canister is ONLY useful for hardwood floors or area rugs that have no padding underneath. A waste of money if you have padded wall-to-wall carpet.

This is an extremely good vacuum.