Miele : S251 Miele Plus Compact Canister Vacuum Cleaner - Royal Blue

by Miele

Product Features

• Up to 1200 Watts of pure cleaning power
• 118 Cubic Feet per minute airflow for serious cleaning suction
• Disposable dual-layer dustbag has a 4.5 quart dustbag (Type F)
• Includes secondary Super Air Clean filter that helps remove over 95% of microscopic pollutants
• SES100 Electric hose

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 22.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0009DXLP4
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #614,736 in Home & Garden (See Top 100 in Home & Garden)

Product Description

Miele S251i Miele Plus Powerbrush Compact Vacuum Cleaner - Household Cleaning moves from chore to pleasure when using this compact yet powerful vacuum cleaner. Part of Miele's acclaimed 200-series, this model delivers exemplary cleaning performance over and over for many years. Reliability, dependability - that's what makes this vacuum cleaner the choice among wise home owners. Includes Upholstery tool, Crevice nozzle, Dusting Brush Power-winding 110 Volt AC plug Color - Blue

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spend The Extra Money!, May 16, 2006

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kjenfan (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miele : S251 Miele Plus Compact Canister Vacuum Cleaner - Royal Blue (Kitchen)

I've had my Miele vac for several years now and am almost completely satisfied with it. Great power -- it really DOES clean very effectively, is much quieter than most vacuums, has great accessories, a very powerful powerhead for carpet cleaning, and it's easy to use. To top it all off, the Miele is downright pretty!

The filters are great, it's much cleaner internally than most vacs, and the vacuum cleaner bags can be removed without spewing dust all around. Absolutely the only drawbacks I find with this cleaner are its lack of a power switch on the metal wand and awkward upright storage. If you buy the next level up, I think even those flaws are absent, but I didn't have the money to buy the more expensive model at the time. Other than that, I would buy it again tomorrow. It's a terrific cleaner and a whole lot better than any other cleaner I've ever owned (that would be about ten different cleaners over the years). Well worth the money.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good cleaner but fragile plastic parts., June 28, 2005

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Allyson M. Saad - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miele : S251 Miele Plus Compact Canister Vacuum Cleaner - Royal Blue (Kitchen)

The title says it all. I've had this product for a couple of years and have had to get the plastic "neck" that attaches the wand to the floor head twice already. However, it does very well on tough carpets (dark blue with white persian cat hair!) and the mobility is terrific. Long hose, small low profile head, long cord. Oh, the cord still pops out of the socket... but at least not as often!

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great BUT, December 10, 2006

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Rick Wise (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miele : S251 Miele Plus Compact Canister Vacuum Cleaner - Royal Blue (Kitchen)

I can understand why people loves these machines. They are so quiet, and they are light. However, there are a couple of design flaws that drag down their usefulness, especially when you factor in the high price:

1) The SEB 213 powerbrush that comes with this model works awkwardly with carpets. We have a couple of short-piled ones, and it's a push to use the powerbrush. I can do it, but don't especially like it. If we had high-pile carpets, I doubt we could use this vacuum.

2)Furthermore, this powerbrush is quite difficult to remove and reassemble. The big problem lies in the connector cord that plugs into the handle.It's a struggle to get it out and even harder to get it back in. If you remove the head to suck up dirt along the edges, you have to go through this struggle a lot.

We have found that we no longer use the powerbrush at all. We just use the "floorbrush" on both carpet and bare floors. While it is even a bit harder to use on our carpets than the powerbrush, the struggle to attach/detach the powerbrush makes it worthwhile to stick to the plain brush.

For anyone with a lot of carpets, this is not the vacuum to get. For someone like us with mostly hard floors, I would NOT get this model. I think were I to do it all over again, I'd get the Miele model 4210 Carina which comes with a simpler floor brush and save about $150. If you want HEPA filters, there's the 4210 Sirius for a bit more money. Or look up Consumer Reports' recommended Sears model and get one of those.