Miele : S516 Cat and Dog Midsize Canister Vacuum Cleaner (Royal Blue)

by Miele

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 25 pounds
• ASIN: B0012XUYJ6
• Item model number: S516 Cat & Dog
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #344,435 in Home & Garden (See Top 100 in Home & Garden)
  • #53 in Home & Garden > Vacuums & Floor Care > Vacuum Accessories > Vacuum Filters > Canister Filters

Product Description

Free Overnight Shipping on this Machine!* The Miele S516 Cat/Dog Canister Vacuum Cleaner is a vacuum cleaner designed to make life with pets more comfortable. You would never give up sharing your home with your pet. You could never get along without the love and joy that comes along with a beloved cat or dog. They're simply a part of the family. Unfortunately, one of the downsides is having to live with persistent odors and thousands of loose hairs on your furniture and flooring. It's a problem most of us are willing to accept. To solve this problem, Miele introduces the Cat & Dog : A special machine with a powerful motor and powerbrush to remove pet hairs and a unique, active charcoal filter system that efficiently removes odors from the exhaust air. Here's how: Airflow is the secret to removing all those pet hairs and odors. It helps lift them from smooth surfaces, pulls them off furniture and clears them from the corners and nooks. The secret behind the airflow

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not too bad, September 28, 2008

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Christina M. Pasterz "AZNative" (AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miele : S516 Cat and Dog Midsize Canister Vacuum Cleaner (Royal Blue) (Kitchen)

This is my 6th vacuum in 23 years of marriage. For the price, I expected a little more....It's pretty much like my old Kenmore, lots of plastic. I wish the cord were a bit longer and would stay in the socket. It comes out pretty easily and I have to go back and keep replugging it in. I have cats, and it does a good job with picking up the fur. Both the power head and the hard floor nozzle are too wide for getting behing places my Kenmore, hard floor attachment could easily get behind. I can get under some furniture I couldn't get under with the power head on the Kenny..
The vacuum itself is compact and light weight. It maneuvers throughout the house easily moving from tile, to laminate to plush carpet.
I bought it because I've heard it lives a long time...my other units including the sanitaire, which cost about the same as the Meile, died very young...I've heard the Miele lives sometimes 20 years...which is like my mother's vacuum, which lived about 50 years!
So, if the Miele people are reading...please make the cord a foot or so longer, with a three prong, plug and the hard floor tool a little more narrow.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hair be gone. It's great!, April 18, 2009

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N. Thorson (Chicagoland, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miele : S516 Cat and Dog Midsize Canister Vacuum Cleaner (Royal Blue) (Kitchen)

After spending money on the Bissell Pet Hair Eraser and wishing I hadn't, I bought the Miele Cat & Dog. Yes, it's a lot of money, but it's totally worth it. I have five cats, and one with long hair (all strays). The Miele picks up all of the hair without clogging. It's small, but mighty. Miele makes a fantastic vacuum! Miele S516 Cat & Dog Canister Vacuum Cleaner w/ STB 101 Handheld Turbo Brush

One note: If you do buy the vacuum, your suction hose will have two prongs at the end. The manual doesn't tell you, but you have to remove the small rectangular plastic piece that's below where the hose fits in for the prongs to fit.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mercedes Benz of Vacuum Cleaners!, September 23, 2008

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Charis (Northeastern USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miele : S516 Cat and Dog Midsize Canister Vacuum Cleaner (Royal Blue) (Kitchen)

After the frustration of going through several vacuum cleaners, I decided to stop spending $100 every 6 months for junkers and spend 8 times as much for the German Mercedes. I am not disappointed.

I've had this vacuum for several months now in a high traffic kid and pet environment and it purrs along with suction as good as ever and never a clogged hose yet. The size is handy and lightweight in the canister vac configuration which I personally vastly prefer over uprights.

The bags are small and cost about $3/each but the vacuum does not spew out dust and $3/week to maintain the Mercedes which has transformed vacuuming from a nightmare into pleasure is worth it. :)