Miele Polaris S4212 Canister Vacuum Cleaner Review

This is a Review Of The Miele Polaris S4212 Canister Vacuum Cleaner



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Product Features


* Includes:SBD450-3 Combination Carpet/Smooth Floor Tool,Non-electric Hose,Stainless Steel Telescopic Wand
* Also includes:Upholstery Tool,Crevice Nozzle, Natural Bristle Dusting brush, VarioClip (for tools)
* Super Air Clean Filter- 1 supplied
* 3.7 quart FJM HyClean Dustbags- 2 supplied
* 1200-watt, Miele-made Vortex Motor System



Reviewer:  MJB (Austin Texas)

I ordered this Polaris Miele vacuum in December 2009 and have been using it now for 5 months. It’s a terrific vacuum I wish I had known about it before my previous vacuum.

I previously had a Simplicity which was a piece of garbage. My Simplicity was in the shop for repair within days of us bringing it home and had to go in for this or that repair over the next two years while it was under warranty. Once the warranty ran out and it broke AGAIN, I threw it away and bought this Miele.
We wish we had bought this brand in the first place. We are tough, tough, tough on our vacuums. Our house is large with hardwood floors, rough stone tile areas, and a cement screen porch and we have two cats who shed and scatter litter everywhere. We have dark colored hardwood floors so someone is always tracking in some kind of dirt and there’s always something on the floor that needs to be vacuumed.

This vacuum is so small it fits easily in our pantry where we can whip it out easily. It’s so light and easy to carry it’s easier than picking up the broom. The cord does seem a little short, but my other canisters all had that issue. On this one, the cord pulls out and retracts so easily I just attach an extension cord and it’s no problem. (After about 5 months my former Simplicity vacuum cord retractor completely stopped working and I was told there was no way to repair it).

This Miele vacuum doesn’t really work on carpets, but I’ve used it in our walk in closet (only downstairs area with carpet) and with a little muscle power it can work. I’ve never had a hardwood floor canister vacuum work on carpet. (We have an old reliable 10 year old Windtunnel that’s too rough for our hardwoods but works great for our upstairs carpeted rooms.) The bags are easy to change on the Miele.

Our house is so big that when I was considering purchasing this Miele I was considering getting the next size up/bigger Miele as I was concerned that this little Polaris might not be able to handle our needs. But, I didn’t want to spend the money on the bigger one though after being burned with the terrible Simplicity vacuum. I didn’t want to spend that much until I knew I could trust the brand. Now that I’ve had this vacuum for 6 months I don’t think I needed the bigger one anyway.

This Polaris is truly excellent and I really like that it is so light and easy to carry around and manipulates easily on the floors. The only con I can think of is that my attachments that fit on my Windtunnel and Simplicity don’t fit on this vacuum, it seems the Europeans have different sized hose ends. That’s not such a big deal b/c this vacuum works so well, the attachments that came with it seem to be all that I really need. So stop your research and just get this vacuum.

It’s a winner!! I doubt this one will break anytime soon, but when it is time to get a new vacuum, I’ll buy a Miele again. Definitely.

- Michael



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