Miele Complete C3 Kona Powerline Vacuum Cleaner for Heavy Duty Carpets, in Obsidian Black

Powerful, quiet, versatile. Probably will not use the large beater brush head a lot but it will get some use down in our rec room where we have an old nylon rug that could use a deep cleaning. Upstairs where we have mostly laminate and area rugs I don't use that attachment. I tried the parquet twister on the floors and that's fine but I have so many low pile area rugs that are difficult to vacuum with that attachment that I ended up ordering another attachment that has a retractable brush that I can use on all of my laminate and area rugs without issue. The extra attachment was overpriced I thought but it works pretty well and except for the fact that it's kind of flimsy, there isn't much to it and it comes off of the extension on the hose when I try to use it under something, it's fairly easy to vacuum with. Would I buy the Miele C3 Kona again? Yes, in a heartbeat. One other plus is that the vacuum itself is light enough I can easily transport it downstairs if I need to as well as bring it back up the stairs. I do still use my shark stick vacuum for quick clean ups in between my weekly deep cleaning with the Miele. By the way, the upholstery attachment is amazing. I don't think my furniture has ever been this clean! PROBLEM CAME UP AFTER A FEW MONTHS: Discovered the dust bag full light did not work & result was a dust bag "blew up" inside the vacuum, somehow the bag holder was damaged & I had to order a replacement for it. Still, in new bags the round blue seal DOES NOT stay shut so I am having to keep the hose attached to the vacuum all the time now for fear dust will get blown all over my house. Complicates storage. I now wish I had never purchased it. A whole lotta money for a defective product.

Received our Curry Yellow C3 Complete today and took it for a full-on test run. We have always owned and used upright vacuums to varying degrees of satisfaction. 80% of our vacuum needs have always been for carpeting and not much has been said about how well Miele vacuums actually preform on carpeting, but I went with my gut instinct and purchased our first canister type machine.I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER! It pulls debris and long embedded dust like a champ. I looked in the bag after the first use and was stunned at what our other vacuum had been leaving behind. To be fair..the old Eureka was heavy, noisy and seemed to fling dirt ahead of itself, and I had reached my limit with it. Yes, the Miele is spendy, but after just one use I don’t care because it was money well spent. The beater brush head is smaller than a conventional upright and at first I thought it would be a drawback adding extra work. But as it turns out it is lighter and far more maneuverable than an upright and is actually faster as you are not constantly going over the same area trying to pick up those elusive little bits. The smaller width of the head allows the user to clean those narrow areas that uprights just can’t squeeze into. And suction?? Well let’s just say that it has all the suction you could ever ask for and I needed to dial it down for the carpeting.Have not tried it on stairs or smooth floors yet, but already know it will preform above expectations. Just a great purchase that is light and powerful with any attachments included that we will ever need. Not sorry at all about spending $799.00 because quality always pays for itself in the end.

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.