When purchasing a Miele canister vacuum cleaner there are many different cleaning heads to choose from. But many consumers are confused by the amount of cleaning heads and are not sure whether the cleaning head they are looking at is proper for their floors and/or rugs. Miele makes 4 different types of cleaning heads that all perform differently and are made for specific house styles. This article will tell you which cleaning head is ideal for your household.
What is a Miele Powerhead? A powerhead is an attachment that uses an electrically driven motor to turn a brushroll to help agitate dust and dirt out of your carpeting. The motor spins at thousands of rotations per minute and a belt that drives the brushroll causes the brushroll to spin at the same speed. Miele Powerheads have a gear-driven belt system with electronic overload, which means if you were to get a sheet stuck within the brushroll the motor would stop turning. This prevents the motor from burning out or breaking a belt (A problem that is commonly seen on other brands of vacuum cleaners). All you have to do is reset the powerhead and that will start it up again.
There are 2 Miele Powerheads available on the market today. There is one powerhead that is small and lightweight to get around and that is called the Miele's Midsized Powerhead. The Midsized powerhead is great for medium-sized to short-sized pile carpeting with little to a fair amount of pet hair. The Mid-sized powerhead has all-rubber wheels so you can transition from carpeting to bare floors without harming your floors. Miele also makes a large-sized powerhead, which is meant for a house with high-sized to medium-sized carpeting with high traffic areas and large amounts of pet hair. The large-sized powerhead also has rubber wheels for hard floor cleaning.
Miele has another attachment, known as the Turbohead, which rotates a brushroll, but uses pure mechanics instead of a motor to do so. Turbines in the Turbohead rotate which also causes the brushroll to turn as well. The rotation of the brushroll allows the Turbohead to clean your carpets/rugs effectively.
A Turbohead may spin the brushroll at a high velocity like a powerhead, but that does not mean it cleans as well. The Turbohead does not require electricity and has no motor so does not perform as well as a powerhead on medium or high pile carpeting. This piece is good, however, for low-cut rugs and carpeting with minimal pet hair.
Unlike a powerhead or Turbohead, another head called a Rug and Floor Tool, has no rotating brushroll. That means that the Rug and Floor Tool uses only the suction of the machine to pick up dirt and does not use brushes to agitate the dirt. This Head is light because there is no motor in it, like the Turbohead.
Is a Rug and Floor Tool right for my house? The Miele Rug and Floor tool is great for a person that has primarily bare floors and low-pile area rugs. Since a simple flip of a switch makes a quick transition from rugs to bare floors; you do not need two separate attachments. The Miele Carina comes with the Rug and Floor Tool.
Miele also makes a bare floor brush, known as the Parquet Floor Brush, which has only gentle bristles on the bottom protect your bare floors from harm. This Parquet Brush also has a knuckle that is capable of twisting all around to get under and around chair legs and furniture.
This head can be used solely on hard surfaces, such as wood floors, tile and more. If your house consists of any type of carpeting you may want to think about getting a Turbohead or powerhead. If you only have bare floors then this is the piece for you. The parquet tool picks up crumbs in one shot and is extremely agile allowing you to maneuver around obstacles easily.
Miele has a lot of different accessories for a lot of different situations. It is difficult however to figure out exactly what accessory you need in order to effectively clean you household. Hopefully this article will help you with your future Miele purchase.
What is a Miele Powerhead? A powerhead is an attachment that uses an electrically driven motor to turn a brushroll to help agitate dust and dirt out of your carpeting. The motor spins at thousands of rotations per minute and a belt that drives the brushroll causes the brushroll to spin at the same speed. Miele Powerheads have a gear-driven belt system with electronic overload, which means if you were to get a sheet stuck within the brushroll the motor would stop turning. This prevents the motor from burning out or breaking a belt (A problem that is commonly seen on other brands of vacuum cleaners). All you have to do is reset the powerhead and that will start it up again.
There are 2 Miele Powerheads available on the market today. There is one powerhead that is small and lightweight to get around and that is called the Miele's Midsized Powerhead. The Midsized powerhead is great for medium-sized to short-sized pile carpeting with little to a fair amount of pet hair. The Mid-sized powerhead has all-rubber wheels so you can transition from carpeting to bare floors without harming your floors. Miele also makes a large-sized powerhead, which is meant for a house with high-sized to medium-sized carpeting with high traffic areas and large amounts of pet hair. The large-sized powerhead also has rubber wheels for hard floor cleaning.
Miele has another attachment, known as the Turbohead, which rotates a brushroll, but uses pure mechanics instead of a motor to do so. Turbines in the Turbohead rotate which also causes the brushroll to turn as well. The rotation of the brushroll allows the Turbohead to clean your carpets/rugs effectively.
A Turbohead may spin the brushroll at a high velocity like a powerhead, but that does not mean it cleans as well. The Turbohead does not require electricity and has no motor so does not perform as well as a powerhead on medium or high pile carpeting. This piece is good, however, for low-cut rugs and carpeting with minimal pet hair.
Unlike a powerhead or Turbohead, another head called a Rug and Floor Tool, has no rotating brushroll. That means that the Rug and Floor Tool uses only the suction of the machine to pick up dirt and does not use brushes to agitate the dirt. This Head is light because there is no motor in it, like the Turbohead.
Is a Rug and Floor Tool right for my house? The Miele Rug and Floor tool is great for a person that has primarily bare floors and low-pile area rugs. Since a simple flip of a switch makes a quick transition from rugs to bare floors; you do not need two separate attachments. The Miele Carina comes with the Rug and Floor Tool.
Miele also makes a bare floor brush, known as the Parquet Floor Brush, which has only gentle bristles on the bottom protect your bare floors from harm. This Parquet Brush also has a knuckle that is capable of twisting all around to get under and around chair legs and furniture.
This head can be used solely on hard surfaces, such as wood floors, tile and more. If your house consists of any type of carpeting you may want to think about getting a Turbohead or powerhead. If you only have bare floors then this is the piece for you. The parquet tool picks up crumbs in one shot and is extremely agile allowing you to maneuver around obstacles easily.
Miele has a lot of different accessories for a lot of different situations. It is difficult however to figure out exactly what accessory you need in order to effectively clean you household. Hopefully this article will help you with your future Miele purchase.
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