Should You Buy a Miele Vacuum Cleaner?

Miele is one of the most popular vacuum cleaner brands as well as being well known for its washing machines, dishwashers and tumble dryers.

If you are wondering how Miele vacuum cleaners compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared over 4,600 vacuum cleaners by objectively and impartially analysing over 41,000 user and expert reviews and 90+ awards from hundreds of different review sites.

Miele are recognised for their wide selection of premium and popular vacuum cleaners. Their vacuum cleaners start at $220 for the Compact C1 which has a maximum input power of 1,600W, is a dry vacuum cleaner and a cylinder vacuum cleaner and go up to $1,541 for the Classic C1 PowerLine which has a maximum input power of 800W, is a dry vacuum cleaner and a cylinder vacuum cleaner. The average price of a new Miele vacuum cleaner is $563.

Is Miele the Best Vacuum Cleaner Brand?

So are Miele vacuum cleaners any good? We give every vacuum cleaner a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all vacuum cleaners we are able to impartially rank all the vacuum cleaner brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Miele is the 2nd best vacuum cleaner brand out there.

Let's look at how Miele vacuum cleaners compare to the other vacuum cleaner brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

There's a wide selection of Miele vacuum cleaners available compared to other vacuum cleaner brands, with 10 Miele vacuum cleaners currently on the market in the US. Miele also have better reviews than the typical vacuum cleaner brand, with the average rating of a Miele vacuum cleaner being 88%.

Miele have a number of great features including Telescopic Handle, easy steer technology and easy clean brushbar which sets them apart from the competition.

However Miele vacuum cleaners tend to be more expensive than most other vacuum cleaner brands making them a less popular choice with consumers. When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Miele vacuum cleaner is $48 (based on a person typically using a vacuum cleaner for 2 hours per week), which makes them less efficient than most other vacuum cleaner brands.

What Do the Miele Vacuum Cleaner Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Miele vacuum cleaner to work out the average distribution of reviews for Miele and then compared this to the other vacuum cleaner brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		13
4 stars		14
3 stars		9
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		2,822
4 stars		458
3 stars		106
2 stars		73
1 star		89

Over 75% of expert reviews and 92% of user reviews for Miele vacuum cleaners are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 83% and 87% respectively across all Vacuum Cleaner brands.

Purchasers of Miele vacuum cleaners frequently mentioned that the product was easy to use, sucked and was well designed. Their vacuum cleaners have also won a total of 8 awards.

In the table below we compare the average review score given to Miele vacuum cleaners by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other vacuum cleaner brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.

Average Review Score	iRobot	Dyson	Miele	Samsung	Neato
	68% 3 reviews	92% 6 reviews	80% 10 reviews	80% 1 review
	60% 3 reviews	94% 7 reviews	80% 1 review	80% 2 reviews	80% 2 reviews
	60% 2 reviews	70% 4 reviews			64% 7 reviews
	80% 2 reviews	93% 3 reviews	70% 4 reviews	90% 2 reviews	100% 1 review
	60% 2 reviews	67% 2 reviews	68% 2 reviews		57% 1 review
	80% 1 review		60% 1 review	40% 1 review	59% 2 reviews
	70% 3 reviews	80% 1 review			80% 1 review
	78% 1 review		80% 2 reviews		86% 1 review
				60% 4 reviews
	85% 2 reviews		75% 1 review	40% 1 review
				90% 3 reviews
	78% 2 reviews				80% 1 review
	60% 1 review	90% 2 reviews
	70% 1 review	75% 2 reviews
	88% 1 review	84% 1 review
	94% 1 review				86% 1 review
			60% 1 review	60% 1 review
		85% 1 review	85% 1 review
		90% 2 reviews
				75% 2 reviews
Other Expert Sites	78% 34 reviews	83% 20 reviews	66% 10 reviews	58% 8 reviews	88% 3 reviews
Average	74% 59 reviews	84% 51 reviews	72% 33 reviews	67% 25 reviews	78% 20 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Miele Vacuum Cleaners Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 8 industry awards for Miele vacuum cleaners. The table below compares the number of awards received by Miele to other popular vacuum cleaner brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning vacuum cleaners

Number of Awards	iRobot	Dyson	Miele	Samsung	Neato
	2	3	3
	1	2	1	1	1
		4			1
	2				1
		2
		2
	1
	1
	1
	1
		1
				1
	1
			1
				1
		1
		1
			1
	1
			1
Other Expert Sites	2	1	1	1
Total	13	17	8	4	3

How Reliable Are Miele Vacuum Cleaners?

We checked over 41,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Miele vacuum cleaners. over 640 of these reviews mention reliability of which 91% were positive. Therefore the vast majority of Miele vacuum cleaner owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Miele vacuum cleaners are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Miele vacuum cleaners that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

so you would hope that its robot vacuum cleaner is a similarly dependable slice of engineering

durable vacuum that cleans exceptionally well

Excellent Build Quality

Most Miele products are very well engineered with a price tag to match

Having read about Miele's German engineering being renowned for being pretty solid

NOT RELIABLE

used this to hover my local pubs floor as their hover was broke

back is almost broken

Poor Build Quality

have been disappointed with the build quality

Hose has broken

Features to Look Out For On Miele Vacuum Cleaners

There's a number of great features to look out for on the latest range of Miele vacuum cleaners that set them apart from the competition. These include Telescopic Handle, easy steer technology and easy clean brushbar.

Miele Telescopic Handle

Miele vacuum cleaners that feature Telescopic Handle include the Miele Compact C2 ($349), the Miele Complete C3 ($420) and the Miele Blizzard CX1 ($400).

Miele Easy Steer Technology

Miele vacuum cleaners that feature easy steer technology include the Miele Compact C2 ($349), the Miele Complete C3 ($420) and the Miele Blizzard CX1 ($400).

Miele Easy Clean Brushbar

Miele vacuum cleaners that feature easy clean brushbar include the Miele Compact C2 ($349), the Miele Blizzard CX1 ($400) and the Miele Complete C3 PowerLine ($440).

Miele EcoTeQ Floorhead

Miele vacuum cleaners that feature EcoTeQ Floorhead include the Miele Blizzard CX1 ($400).

What is the Best High End Miele Vacuum Cleaner?

Miele C2 Excellence EcoLine

700W

4.8kg HEAVY

4.5L DUST CAPACITY

76dB NOISE LEVEL

A

If you're looking for a high end Miele vacuum cleaner then the Miele C2 Excellence EcoLine takes some beating. It has a Kagoo Score of 77, but is a bit more expensive at $527.99.

Features We Love:

Lighter than average (4.8kg)

Large capacity (4.5L)

Carpet cleaning performance class rating of B

Hard floor cleaning performance class rating of A

Upholstery nozzle included

A classic and fully featured 4.5L dust capacity, 4.8kg heavy vacuum. Customers report that this vacuum has excellent suction, it's compact and very quiet.

97 Reviews	377 Reviews
82 Features	Fully-Featured
66 Value for Money	Good
77 Kagoo Score	Very Good

Owners report that Miele C2 Excellence EcoLine has brilliant user reviews with an average user rating of 94%, based on 377 reviews.

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