Wowee, that's really high production value for a channel with less than a thousand subscribers. You've got a great radio voice, and your visuals are very well put together.
Thank you so much. I am humbled and inspired by your appreciation of the video. Building a channel is most certainly a journey! Thank you for your comment, and thanks for watching!
I wasn't surprised to be recommended this video, but I was surprised at how small the channel is after seeing how good the video was. I almost never leave comments, but I was compelled to this time. Jason, I really enjoyed your smooth and confident delivery that was straight to the point, informative, and lacking unnecessary filler. Keep up the good work, looking forward to more of this type of video.
I cannot tell you how inspirational your kind words are! I very much appreciate that you broke your silence to leave a comment - it means a lot. I only just broke 1000 subscribers 2 days ago, so I'm working on it 😉 Thanks again!
I did the same thing to my Miele vacuum a couple of years ago. Discovered 3rd party bags are not worth the savings. You would not get this problem with OEM bags. Great video!
I have almost exactly the same model of cleaner and a similar problem (not baking soda, though). Thank you for showing us so clearly how to open up this machine and clean it out. Thanks also for the comparison about bags - even here in France I find the original Miele bags difficult to get.
I'm happy you found the video helpful. It does appear that bag quality makes a difference - more than I would have expected. Good luck with the bag hunt! Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
I did enjoy seeing the inside of a more recent Miele! I wouldn't like to guess how many S series machines from the 1970s through the '90s I stripped down and went through the same procedure with in the 25 years I worked in appliance service. I still have the jigs for doing the bearings and fans on the older motor/fan units before Miele started producing their own. My own over 30 year old S275i runs fine with only slight bearing noise.
That's cool! I'll bet you could strip one of those units down to parts in about 10 seconds 😉 Interesting tidbit about motor production. The unit in mine looks to be fused together, and it would be difficult to tear it down without damaging the case. Thank you for the comment!
Well, now that you put it THAT way... 😉 I consider it more exposing a flaw in a product - that being a generic bag. Either way, it was fun! Thank you for your comment!
So it was the bag that was the issue not the vacuum itsel? But shouldn't two filters do the job of protecting the motor and and other components, especially with the vacuum that expensive? @@mainejason
From what I could tell, the second ( HEPA ) filter came post motor, at the exhaust. I think the bag itself is supposed to provide a good amount of pre-filtering. So, a cheap bag........ Thank you for the comment
When I was a youngster, I did exactly the same with discarded gadgets with the wildly optimistic hope that I could rebuild them. What an excellent channel, I've just subscribed. How is it that you've only got just over 1000? That won't last long. Environmentally, we need more people like yourself who will fix rather than just replace. Please do more curiosity teardowns if possible.
Ahhh youth - good times ;) Thank you for the very kind words. I really like that term - "curiosity teardowns"! I've got a few things in the works that will hopefully prove interesting, or at least entertaining. Thank you for the sub - much appreciated!
I used to work somewhere that required me to check multiple industrial trash bins for things that shouldn’t be there and in the process would find so many vacuum cleaners where the only issues were blown fuses and filters that needed cleaning, it was crazy the amount we got working again. We never had to buy any to use ourselves😂
Just found your channel. Would love to see more vids like this. Gotta say though, the baking soda doesnt seem like it was the real issue here, rather seems like the bags failure lead to the damage of the machine. At any rate, cheers fella. Have a sub.
I agree the baking soda was the collateral damage. The bag was most certainly the culprit, but the baking soda was the reason ( or excuse ) to take the machine apart :) Thank you for the sub, for the comment, and thanks for watching!
Wow man, you deserve way more subscribers! The quality of your content is insane! I was just like you when i was younger, taking everything apart then putting it back together, to fix it, learn something and sometimes try to improve it (with varying levels of success). Oh, and by younger i mean like a half hour younger. Some things just never change...
Thank you so much for the kind words. I try to make videos that I'd like to watch myself. I'm glad you are enjoying them. Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
I kept saying "oh no" with each part reveal seeing the white dust in every nook & cranny of that thing. I also use a miele Uniq canister, but only with the real bags. As soon as you said you used generic bags I immediately wanted to turn off the video because how can you use a brilliant but buy generic bags 😭😭 but it seems youve learned never to do that. Ive brought my canister to a local vacuum guy to open up the housing and inspect when i bought it (used) and to replace the cord. I think i want to replace the cord again (the one i bought was non-polarized and seemingly too thin) and i might just do it myself, inspired by your calm approach, despite seemingly knowing next to nothing about miele repair. They're apparently very particular and i didnt wanna break mine. Overall loved this video and your delivery ❤️
Thank you very much for your candid comments! Learning is part of life, and it can be fun! I may not have known about Miele repair when I started, but we all know something now! I'd encourage everyone to try their hand at repair. Most of the time, it just requires the courage to remove that first screw! ( Also, I advise taking lots of pictures so you remember where things go!) Best of luck if you try to repair your machine. I'm glad you didn't click away, and I thank you for watching!
I don’t have much interest in the subject matter but this video is so beautifully put together I’ve subscribed anyway. Just like Barbra Streisand could sing the instructions to my vacuum cleaner and still be entertaining, I can watch a video about soemone else’s vacuum cleaner and be entertained if the video itself is good enough. That’s my convoluted way of saying I think you’re particularly good at what you do here.
That may be one of the most kind and inspirational comments I have received. The fact that your subscription was based on the delivery rather than the content is unique and, quite frankly, uplifting. I thank you sincerely for your subscription, as well as for your comment.
I would recommend using genuine miele bags. They cost so much because of how much r&d they put into their design. One of best filtering bags on the market.
Thank you for the inspiration. I think I should give mine a deep clean. I love the Miele design. They are powerful and silent. But the faffing around with the motor filters is annoying
Glad you found the video helpful. There's always room for improvement, but it is certainly one of the best vacuum systems I've used ( and I've used many! ) Thanks for watching!
Just found your channel with this vid. (Very well produced, btw, agree with the props from others on that point!👍) I’d watch more take-things-apart videos, it’d be good to see more of the tricks mfrs use for holding things together, to know how to get around them without destroying whatever you’re working on,
Thank you so much, I very much appreciate the encouragement. There are most certainly more videos featuring taking stuff apart in the works. Thanks for watchin!
I’m glad RUclips put your video in my feed Jason. You’ve got a knack for taking things apart and analyzing them, great video skills and a soothing voice. And your video taught me some things I didn’t know about my own Mielle vacuum! Really looking forward to your future videos and watching your channel grow. Subbed 👍
Just stumbled across your channel, and I like it, as I'm also the kind of guy who fixes stuff himself. Nice choice in manufacturer, I'm quite happy with my Miele stuff as well.
Fellow Maine channel, greetings! Always loved tech disassembly videos and also took everything apart as a kid. I wish I could have posted it all online, vacuum cleaners were especially interesting with all the ways air was routed and the motor impellers, all interesting to me for some reason.
Hey, fellow Mainer! If RUclips would have been around when I was 10, I could have posted 5 videos a week! 😆 I agree that vacuum cleaners are surprisingly interesting pieces of engineering. Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
It most certainly is, and it most certainly isn't! 😉 I really like the Miele stuff, works great ( as long as one doesn't cheap out on the bags - learned that the hard way! ) Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
Baking soda is going to screw your vacuum cleaner. The fine particles go straight through the bag and into the carbon filter. This blocks the flow through the exhaust pathway and lifts the carbon filter off the top of the machine. Baking soda will also get into the electric motor and cause problems with that too. The same thing happens with fire ash. Never vacuum spilt fire ash if you use an open fire in a fire place. In both cases you have to strip your Miele right down and clean it all up and replace the filter😢. I only had to watch the intro to this video to feel your pain. I’ve been there. Fortunately the Miele’s are robust and can be disassembled for cleaning quite easily. However it’s two hours of your life that you won’t get back.
Been there, done that. In my case, the root cause for the vacuum cleaner losing its vacuum was slightly different. The housing that holds the motor needs to be airtight, otherwise no proper underpressure can be produced.. On my vacuum cleaner (which is also a Miele) this housing had a sort of an emergency bypass. I think this shall open if the main air intake is blocked (because the bag is overfilled) to prevent the motor from overheating. Anyway, this emergency bypass did not close properly ... I did not find anything really wrong with it, but it would open at very small amounts of underpressure. So, I finally made the decision to close it permanently. This was 2 years ago ... the vacuum cleaner works ok since then.
That's very interesting. The Miele machines are really nicely designed. Those small air channels and holes are certainly there for a reason. The fact that the motor housing has that rubber gasket (at least on mine) certainly affirms the idea of the motor needing to be in an airtight atmosphere. Thanks you for telling your experience, and thanks for watching!
My friend had a similar looking vacuum cleaner maybe 15 years ago. I was wondering why it sucks so little. So, I opened it up and noticed that the motor was installed sideways with some excessive force. It's kinda miraculous that it even worked before and left the factory. I didn't think about it back then but someone had probably assembled tens or hundreds of those vacuums incorrectly 😅
Two decades ago i worked in this trade, at that time the Miele Vaccums were a lot easier to dismantle, the old S2xx Generation was the easiest, approx. 10 minutes for someone who has to find all five screws.
@@mainejason Of course, my personal best was less than 2 minutes for dismantle. If i remember right, this particular vacuum had a damaged softstart board.
The Miele is a fantastic quiet machine. Mine is way too heavy, but it works well. I used to use a dry baking soda carpet cleaner with my Amway vacuum. I won't be trying that with the Miele.
This is precisely why i detest that sand based shake and vac! Glade for those in the uk, We had only just bought a brand new dyson 14, and the first thing my mum goes and puts through it was that horrible stuff, a lovely new and crystal clear dustbin sanded to the edge of its life!a it made it into the pre motor filters but thankfully not into the motor! It is good to see that you are using the fabric bags they capture a darn sight lot more dust, infact henery hoovers use them to meet the hepa standard,
Ya, I'm pretty convinced that putting more things on the rug to then have to vacuum up is never a good idea! As I found out the hard way - cloth bags are great, as long as they are QUALITY cloth bags! Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
I imagine there can be arguments made for either location - pre or post motor. The OEM Miele bags are substantially thicker than the generics and I assume, designed for a specific amount of filtration that perhaps allows for the filtration placement on this unit. Of course, I have not studied vacuum cleaner filtration design, so I may very well be wrong 😉 Thank you for the comment!
Of the correct genuine bag was used you wouldn’t need to disassemble anything to ge tit working again. All you should have had to do was change the bag. These are such sealed units that there should never be so much as a speak of dust anywhere inside the bag chamber or motor chamber. Only use genuine Miele bags and filters.
Absolutely! Had that bag not failed, I certainly would not have disassembled and cleaned the unit. But it was fun to get a look inside! 😀 Thank you for the comment!
That is called a "teardown". You could basically take any tech and pull it apart. If it hasnt been done before some maker will be grateful to see how it looks on the inside. Of design interest also. Even if you cant fix it, is my guess.
Lol - I know! After I uploaded, I watched it again and thought, "That doesn't look good!" So much so that I had to make note of it in the description. Real talk - I have no intention of dismantling my dog! 😉 Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
This happened to me but on my Dyson!! I looked up videos on how to take it apart and it was too complicated for me so I just bought the $100 replacement part. TikTok is filled with those videos telling people to use baking soda to “freshen up” their upholstery/carpet not knowing the damage it causes on their vacuums!
It is certainly smart to not get in over your head... otherwise you might be left with an expensive pile of junk! I understand the idea of the baking soda neutralizing oders, but I think it's easy ( and common ) to put down way too much, and not to leave it long enough ( like, maybe a week ). So just don't bother! 😀 Glad you got your machine back up a running.
I had the same when I bought the wrong bags, motor was all clogged up. Instead of throwing away my 200 euro vacuum cleaner I bought a 200 euro silent air compressor to fix it. It's always good to have an excuse for a new tool purchase. 😏
baking soda is the worst thing for your vacuum cleaner. definitely in large amounts like that. its also just smart to use genuine bags if you have an expensive machine such as miele, sebo, riccarr, kirby and so on. I have 2 Kirby G series machines and I always run genuine bags
For sure! Speaking of Kirby - I sold those door to door for a very brief time in the early 90's. It was a horrible job, but I got some great stories out of it! Thank you for your comment!
Certainly, everyone has their favorites. I have been very impressed with this unit so far. I chalk my troubles up to user error...using the cheap bag! 😑
i have a miele washing machine 20yrs old and going strong , all stainless and metal, i notice the vac is all cheap plastic and i know these machines aren't cheap , so it looks like they are charging a fortune for what everyone else is doing , out of cheap crap plastic
Yes, that does seem like the way things are now. I must confess, however - a stainless steel vacuum cleaner would be a lot to have to move around! Remember the old Kirby Vac!?l 😆 Thank you for the comment
@@mainejason yeah but you know what i mean,all the gears looked plastic, i remember a cylinder vac when i was young ,they were all metal ,it seems that once the 80's came ,every thing was made out of plastic,even the damn lawn mower D'Oh!
The quality of the plastic is what matters. The Miele cleaners have been plastic body construction well over 40 years, the S220 still in my shed would be about 42 years old and the plastic is still fine. I don't use it since the mains suppression capacitor exploded and I have no bags, so for over 15 years I've used the S275i that belonged to my parents. It would be over 30 years old, and is constructed very similarly to the C3 dismantled here. All the plastic is intact, but it wasn't a very good idea for the castor wheels. Mid production run, Miele modified the castors to have metal sliding surfaces, not overly successful. A friend is using my W765 washer which would also be around 40 years old, not much plastic on it, but what there is, no problem.
Lmao it's not basic plastic like a plastic bag, utensils, or even the plastic inside cars. Mieles plastic is more akin to the plastic that makes airplane wings: dense enough for rigidity but also flexible enough for wear & use. Tho cars also use ABS plastic, car parts are much thicker & heavier than the Miele body pieces. But even say a cars junction box can't take the weight of a person on top, a Miele vacuum can. Not all plastic is equal and not all plastic is cheap 😂
I had a Dyson before this one. Good vacuum cleaner! My main complaint was the design of the catch bin - I always had to reach in with my hand to empty it completely. It looks like they have tried to address that issue on newer models. Maybe I should take one apart! 🤔 Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
It was explicitly designed to be maintained: dismantled and rebuilt infinitely, BUT being German Miele gatekeeps the knowledge and doesn't give service information to normies. All their machines have precise dismantle and rebuild procedures for consistency and ease for the technician. We as normies don't get access to this information but it says a lot that someone with enough finesse and willpower can do it alone. Not all vacuums or modern machines can be treated this way unfortunately
That's funny! Unfortunately, that was poor quality control on my part and has now been fixed! Thank you for your kind words, and Nova appreciates the compliment as well 😉
I have no idea why YT recommended me a video about cleaning a vacuum, but here I am and I'm not disappointed
I'm so happy they ( YT ) did! And I am very happy you were entertained.
Thank you for watching!
Wowee, that's really high production value for a channel with less than a thousand subscribers. You've got a great radio voice, and your visuals are very well put together.
Thank you so much. I am humbled and inspired by your appreciation of the video. Building a channel is most certainly a journey!
Thank you for your comment, and thanks for watching!
1.2k now😉
That's the 3 am kinda video. It's 3 am rn and it feels really goodd
Nice! I'm glad to supply some late night viewing.
Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
It’s 3:18 am I can confirm
What the hell, same here
It's only 2:49.
I wasn't surprised to be recommended this video, but I was surprised at how small the channel is after seeing how good the video was. I almost never leave comments, but I was compelled to this time. Jason, I really enjoyed your smooth and confident delivery that was straight to the point, informative, and lacking unnecessary filler. Keep up the good work, looking forward to more of this type of video.
I cannot tell you how inspirational your kind words are!
I very much appreciate that you broke your silence to leave a comment - it means a lot.
I only just broke 1000 subscribers 2 days ago, so I'm working on it 😉
Thanks again!
You use of Wiha tools has not gone unnoticed. Excellent work!
I love those tools! They are very high quality, and they don't round over easily.
Thank you for the kind words! 😄
I did the same thing to my Miele vacuum a couple of years ago. Discovered 3rd party bags are not worth the savings. You would not get this problem with OEM bags. Great video!
I am in total agreement with you - I'll never go back!
Thank you for the comment.
I have almost exactly the same model of cleaner and a similar problem (not baking soda, though).
Thank you for showing us so clearly how to open up this machine and clean it out.
Thanks also for the comparison about bags - even here in France I find the original Miele bags difficult to get.
I'm happy you found the video helpful. It does appear that bag quality makes a difference - more than I would have expected. Good luck with the bag hunt!
Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
I did enjoy seeing the inside of a more recent Miele! I wouldn't like to guess how many S series machines from the 1970s through the '90s I stripped down and went through the same procedure with in the 25 years I worked in appliance service. I still have the jigs for doing the bearings and fans on the older motor/fan units before Miele started producing their own. My own over 30 year old S275i runs fine with only slight bearing noise.
That's cool! I'll bet you could strip one of those units down to parts in about 10 seconds 😉
Interesting tidbit about motor production. The unit in mine looks to be fused together, and it would be difficult to tear it down without damaging the case.
Thank you for the comment!
You’re a humble man, not every man would put their f**k ups on RUclips. Great video, very entertaining, thanks for sharing. Love you, man.
Well, now that you put it THAT way... 😉
I consider it more exposing a flaw in a product - that being a generic bag. Either way, it was fun!
Thank you for your comment!
So it was the bag that was the issue not the vacuum itsel? But shouldn't two filters do the job of protecting the motor and and other components, especially with the vacuum that expensive? @@mainejason
From what I could tell, the second ( HEPA ) filter came post motor, at the exhaust. I think the bag itself is supposed to provide a good amount of pre-filtering. So, a cheap bag........
Thank you for the comment
How convenient.
This morning at the flea market, I picked up a used Miele C3 for just 100 euros. Even got 5 off brand bags for free.
Great price! I'm glad the bags were free, so it won't cost you anything to toss them in the bin!! 😉
Thank you for watching
When I was a youngster, I did exactly the same with discarded gadgets with the wildly optimistic hope that I could rebuild them. What an excellent channel, I've just subscribed. How is it that you've only got just over 1000? That won't last long. Environmentally, we need more people like yourself who will fix rather than just replace. Please do more curiosity teardowns if possible.
Ahhh youth - good times ;)
Thank you for the very kind words.
I really like that term - "curiosity teardowns"!
I've got a few things in the works that will hopefully prove interesting, or at least entertaining.
Thank you for the sub - much appreciated!
I used to work somewhere that required me to check multiple industrial trash bins for things that shouldn’t be there and in the process would find so many vacuum cleaners where the only issues were blown fuses and filters that needed cleaning, it was crazy the amount we got working again. We never had to buy any to use ourselves😂
It's amazing what one can down with just a little know-how and the curiosity to take something apart!
Thank you for the comment 😊
Yes! Need more electronic disassembly!
Noted - I'll see what I can come up with.
Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
Do it! You are a natural! Quality channel.
Thank you for the encouragement! Comments like this make it all worthwhile.
Just found your channel. Would love to see more vids like this. Gotta say though, the baking soda doesnt seem like it was the real issue here, rather seems like the bags failure lead to the damage of the machine. At any rate, cheers fella. Have a sub.
I agree the baking soda was the collateral damage. The bag was most certainly the culprit, but the baking soda was the reason ( or excuse ) to take the machine apart :)
Thank you for the sub, for the comment, and thanks for watching!
I loved this! I too have been disassembling stuff since a "toddler". Dad had to assist on reassembly a few times
Dad's are great, aren't they? Get you out of a lot of jams 😀
Thank you for the comment!
That was a delight to watch! Thank you
Thank you very much - I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Wow man, you deserve way more subscribers! The quality of your content is insane!
I was just like you when i was younger, taking everything apart then putting it back together, to fix it, learn something and sometimes try to improve it (with varying levels of success). Oh, and by younger i mean like a half hour younger. Some things just never change...
Thank you so much for the kind words. I try to make videos that I'd like to watch myself. I'm glad you are enjoying them.
Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
I kept saying "oh no" with each part reveal seeing the white dust in every nook & cranny of that thing. I also use a miele Uniq canister, but only with the real bags. As soon as you said you used generic bags I immediately wanted to turn off the video because how can you use a brilliant but buy generic bags 😭😭 but it seems youve learned never to do that.
Ive brought my canister to a local vacuum guy to open up the housing and inspect when i bought it (used) and to replace the cord. I think i want to replace the cord again (the one i bought was non-polarized and seemingly too thin) and i might just do it myself, inspired by your calm approach, despite seemingly knowing next to nothing about miele repair. They're apparently very particular and i didnt wanna break mine.
Overall loved this video and your delivery ❤️
Thank you very much for your candid comments!
Learning is part of life, and it can be fun!
I may not have known about Miele repair when I started, but we all know something now! I'd encourage everyone to try their hand at repair. Most of the time, it just requires the courage to remove that first screw! ( Also, I advise taking lots of pictures so you remember where things go!)
Best of luck if you try to repair your machine. I'm glad you didn't click away, and I thank you for watching!
I don’t have much interest in the subject matter but this video is so beautifully put together I’ve subscribed anyway. Just like Barbra Streisand could sing the instructions to my vacuum cleaner and still be entertaining, I can watch a video about soemone else’s vacuum cleaner and be entertained if the video itself is good enough.
That’s my convoluted way of saying I think you’re particularly good at what you do here.
That may be one of the most kind and inspirational comments I have received. The fact that your subscription was based on the delivery rather than the content is unique and, quite frankly, uplifting.
I thank you sincerely for your subscription, as well as for your comment.
Thank you for the very satisfying video.
I'm glad the video delivered on satisfaction!
Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
This was extremely fun and comfy! :)
Well, that brightens my day!
Thank you so much for the comment 😀
I would recommend using genuine miele bags. They cost so much because of how much r&d they put into their design. One of best filtering bags on the market.
I wholeheartedly agree!
Thanks for watching
There is soda everywhere !!! Wow. LOL Thanks for the tutorial.
It really invaded every possible nook and cranny...
Thank you for watching!
Only use cheap bags on old vacuums that came with paper bags never on high quality filtration machine
Great advice, for sure. I certainly learned my lesson!
Thank you for the inspiration. I think I should give mine a deep clean.
I love the Miele design. They are powerful and silent.
But the faffing around with the motor filters is annoying
Glad you found the video helpful.
There's always room for improvement, but it is certainly one of the best vacuum systems I've used ( and I've used many! )
Thanks for watching!
Just found your channel with this vid. (Very well produced, btw, agree with the props from others on that point!👍)
I’d watch more take-things-apart videos, it’d be good to see more of the tricks mfrs use for holding things together, to know how to get around them without destroying whatever you’re working on,
Thank you so much, I very much appreciate the encouragement.
There are most certainly more videos featuring taking stuff apart in the works.
Thanks for watchin!
I’m glad RUclips put your video in my feed Jason. You’ve got a knack for taking things apart and analyzing them, great video skills and a soothing voice. And your video taught me some things I didn’t know about my own Mielle vacuum! Really looking forward to your future videos and watching your channel grow. Subbed 👍
Very kind of you - thank you very much!
I'm very happy you found the video entertaining, as well as educational.
Thank you for the sub!!
Pittston, Maine here…great job on the vacuum. Fortunately, baking soda is only mildly abrasive.
Greetings, fellow Mainer! Thank you, much.
Correct, for sure - but I still wanted to get that stuff out of there ASAP!
Just stumbled across your channel, and I like it, as I'm also the kind of guy who fixes stuff himself. Nice choice in manufacturer, I'm quite happy with my Miele stuff as well.
Hey, thank you for stopping by - I'm glad you are enjoying the videos 😀
I very much appreciate the comment, and I thank you for watching!
Fellow Maine channel, greetings! Always loved tech disassembly videos and also took everything apart as a kid. I wish I could have posted it all online, vacuum cleaners were especially interesting with all the ways air was routed and the motor impellers, all interesting to me for some reason.
Hey, fellow Mainer!
If RUclips would have been around when I was 10, I could have posted 5 videos a week! 😆
I agree that vacuum cleaners are surprisingly interesting pieces of engineering.
Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
Yep, I always excelled at taking stuff apart...I don't want to talk about the rest
Ha!! Yep, I've been there 😉
Thank you for the comment
Beautiful video. Thank you
Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Miele: baking soda, I got baking soda
For real though really good video
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Thank you very much!
"You're a great disassembler Charlie Brown!"
Haha! Why, thank you. I appreciate that!
@@mainejason The music brought my thoughts to the Schulz specials.
Is that the C3 Brilliant? I have the same vacuum. Not cheap, good thing you saved it. You have patience.
It most certainly is, and it most certainly isn't! 😉
I really like the Miele stuff, works great ( as long as one doesn't cheap out on the bags - learned that the hard way! )
Thank you for the comment, and thanks for watching!
Great work
Thank you!
Baking soda is going to screw your vacuum cleaner. The fine particles go straight through the bag and into the carbon filter. This blocks the flow through the exhaust pathway and lifts the carbon filter off the top of the machine. Baking soda will also get into the electric motor and cause problems with that too. The same thing happens with fire ash. Never vacuum spilt fire ash if you use an open fire in a fire place. In both cases you have to strip your Miele right down and clean it all up and replace the filter😢. I only had to watch the intro to this video to feel your pain. I’ve been there. Fortunately the Miele’s are robust and can be disassembled for cleaning quite easily. However it’s two hours of your life that you won’t get back.
A great summary, thank you! Fortunately, I enjoy taking things apart 🙂
Thank you for watching!
1. Satisfying informative video
2. Cute Dog, Sooo Cute
3. Subscribed
4. 😝
1. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
2. Nova will be so happy to hear that!
3. Thank you, THANK YOU!
4.🤘
@@mainejason ❤️🐶
Thanks!
You are welcome 😉
Thank you for watching!
I swear that Baking Soda as Carpet cleaner is heavily endorsed by vacuum cleaner industry whenever sales slow.
Right? I was skeptical to begin with, and I'll not make that mistake again!
Been there, done that.
In my case, the root cause for the vacuum cleaner losing its vacuum was slightly different.
The housing that holds the motor needs to be airtight, otherwise no proper underpressure can be produced..
On my vacuum cleaner (which is also a Miele) this housing had a sort of an emergency bypass. I think this
shall open if the main air intake is blocked (because the bag is overfilled) to prevent the motor from overheating.
Anyway, this emergency bypass did not close properly ... I did not find anything really wrong with it,
but it would open at very small amounts of underpressure. So, I finally made the decision to close it
permanently. This was 2 years ago ... the vacuum cleaner works ok since then.
That's very interesting. The Miele machines are really nicely designed. Those small air channels and holes are certainly there for a reason. The fact that the motor housing has that rubber gasket (at least on mine) certainly affirms the idea of the motor needing to be in an airtight atmosphere.
Thanks you for telling your experience, and thanks for watching!
My friend had a similar looking vacuum cleaner maybe 15 years ago. I was wondering why it sucks so little. So, I opened it up and noticed that the motor was installed sideways with some excessive force. It's kinda miraculous that it even worked before and left the factory. I didn't think about it back then but someone had probably assembled tens or hundreds of those vacuums incorrectly 😅
@hbp_ wow - that's crazy! ( but sadly, not surprising)
I just subscribed, hope to see more disassembly and repair videos in the future!
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I'm sure I won't be able to help myself 😉
Two decades ago i worked in this trade, at that time the Miele Vaccums were a lot easier to dismantle, the old S2xx Generation was the easiest, approx. 10 minutes for someone who has to find all five screws.
10 minutes - not bad at all! Although I'm sure if one did this every day, they might become quite efficient at it 😉
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@@mainejason Of course, my personal best was less than 2 minutes for dismantle. If i remember right, this particular vacuum had a damaged softstart board.
2 minutes, nice!! That would be one shot video 😉
@@mainejason the most common damages we had, were ripped of Line cords, damaged blowers due sucked up liquids, or damaged softstart boards.
The Miele is a fantastic quiet machine. Mine is way too heavy, but it works well. I used to use a dry baking soda carpet cleaner with my Amway vacuum. I won't be trying that with the Miele.
I've really been happy with mine, hence the effort to fix it! My new advice will always be to use a quality bag!!
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Nice video
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This is precisely why i detest that sand based shake and vac! Glade for those in the uk, We had only just bought a brand new dyson 14, and the first thing my mum goes and puts through it was that horrible stuff, a lovely new and crystal clear dustbin sanded to the edge of its life!a it made it into the pre motor filters but thankfully not into the motor! It is good to see that you are using the fabric bags they capture a darn sight lot more dust, infact henery hoovers use them to meet the hepa standard,
Ya, I'm pretty convinced that putting more things on the rug to then have to vacuum up is never a good idea!
As I found out the hard way - cloth bags are great, as long as they are QUALITY cloth bags!
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In my experience the baking soda also slowly eats through the bags/ filters.
That baking soda - it's a silent killer! 😄
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HEPA filter must be placed on intake, just after dust bag. They don't make vacuums that way any more.
I imagine there can be arguments made for either location - pre or post motor.
The OEM Miele bags are substantially thicker than the generics and I assume, designed for a specific amount of filtration that perhaps allows for the filtration placement on this unit. Of course, I have not studied vacuum cleaner filtration design, so I may very well be wrong 😉
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Of the correct genuine bag was used you wouldn’t need to disassemble anything to ge tit working again. All you should have had to do was change the bag. These are such sealed units that there should never be so much as a speak of dust anywhere inside the bag chamber or motor chamber. Only use genuine Miele bags and filters.
Absolutely! Had that bag not failed, I certainly would not have disassembled and cleaned the unit. But it was fun to get a look inside! 😀
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That is called a "teardown". You could basically take any tech and pull it apart.
If it hasnt been done before some maker will be grateful to see how it looks on the inside.
Of design interest also. Even if you cant fix it, is my guess.
Absolutely! In fact, I think about 65% of my videos are, in essence, teardown vids.
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"... see what else I can take apart"
*glances at dog
I dunno man, maybe stick with electronics
Lol - I know! After I uploaded, I watched it again and thought, "That doesn't look good!"
So much so that I had to make note of it in the description.
Real talk - I have no intention of dismantling my dog! 😉
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Please conduct this experiment again with the proper Miele bag.
Sounds like a great idea 😄
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This happened to me but on my Dyson!! I looked up videos on how to take it apart and it was too complicated for me so I just bought the $100 replacement part. TikTok is filled with those videos telling people to use baking soda to “freshen up” their upholstery/carpet not knowing the damage it causes on their vacuums!
It is certainly smart to not get in over your head... otherwise you might be left with an expensive pile of junk!
I understand the idea of the baking soda neutralizing oders, but I think it's easy ( and common ) to put down way too much, and not to leave it long enough ( like, maybe a week ). So just don't bother! 😀
Glad you got your machine back up a running.
@@mainejason Seems to me it's the third party bags that didn't live up to expectations.
You are absolutely correct. A deadly combination, for sure!
Treat everything on TikTok has "Made up" as else you'll fall into another trap that could be even more costly.
I had the same when I bought the wrong bags, motor was all clogged up. Instead of throwing away my 200 euro vacuum cleaner I bought a 200 euro silent air compressor to fix it. It's always good to have an excuse for a new tool purchase. 😏
Absolutely! One always needs more tools 😀
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baking soda is the worst thing for your vacuum cleaner. definitely in large amounts like that. its also just smart to use genuine bags if you have an expensive machine such as miele, sebo, riccarr, kirby and so on. I have 2 Kirby G series machines and I always run genuine bags
For sure! Speaking of Kirby - I sold those door to door for a very brief time in the early 90's. It was a horrible job, but I got some great stories out of it!
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Love Miele, very tough, very modular, very repairable. Unlike finickity D!$ons - those things are put togeather like a chinese puzzle box.
Certainly, everyone has their favorites. I have been very impressed with this unit so far. I chalk my troubles up to user error...using the cheap bag! 😑
Plastic trim expert- do you own a BMW? Nice vid!
Well, as a matter of fact... 😉
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Who knew it would happen on a video about a vacuum cleaner? 😂
can you assemble a hoover max pro? i call the repair man but some guy alwaya shows up in a van and says "here's your new identity" .
I’m not exactly certain what that means, but I thank you for watching!
That's what you get for not using genuine Miele bags.
Lesson learned for sure!
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i have a miele washing machine 20yrs old and going strong , all stainless and metal, i notice the vac is all cheap plastic and i know these machines aren't cheap , so it looks like they are charging a fortune for what everyone else is doing , out of cheap crap plastic
Yes, that does seem like the way things are now. I must confess, however - a stainless steel vacuum cleaner would be a lot to have to move around! Remember the old Kirby Vac!?l 😆
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Miele is the Mercedes in householdtools. I have one in the age of 35 years and this vacuum is stil good.
@@mainejason yeah but you know what i mean,all the gears looked plastic, i remember a cylinder vac when i was young ,they were all metal ,it seems that once the 80's came ,every thing was made out of plastic,even the damn lawn mower D'Oh!
The quality of the plastic is what matters. The Miele cleaners have been plastic body construction well over 40 years, the S220 still in my shed would be about 42 years old and the plastic is still fine. I don't use it since the mains suppression capacitor exploded and I have no bags, so for over 15 years I've used the S275i that belonged to my parents. It would be over 30 years old, and is constructed very similarly to the C3 dismantled here. All the plastic is intact, but it wasn't a very good idea for the castor wheels. Mid production run, Miele modified the castors to have metal sliding surfaces, not overly successful. A friend is using my W765 washer which would also be around 40 years old, not much plastic on it, but what there is, no problem.
Lmao it's not basic plastic like a plastic bag, utensils, or even the plastic inside cars. Mieles plastic is more akin to the plastic that makes airplane wings: dense enough for rigidity but also flexible enough for wear & use. Tho cars also use ABS plastic, car parts are much thicker & heavier than the Miele body pieces. But even say a cars junction box can't take the weight of a person on top, a Miele vacuum can.
Not all plastic is equal and not all plastic is cheap 😂
Sec in why. It's for the dummy.
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I feel ashamed that all I asked you to do was put a screen on my phone and fix the handle on my duffle bag. Neither would have made good video.
Nonsense! I love fixing anything and am happy to do it. You never know what might make a good video! 😉
cheap bags!
Never again!
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Next time, use a Dyson and you won't loose suction.
I had a Dyson before this one. Good vacuum cleaner! My main complaint was the design of the catch bin - I always had to reach in with my hand to empty it completely. It looks like they have tried to address that issue on newer models. Maybe I should take one apart! 🤔
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Whats with the slackjawed look in the thumbnail?
I'm showing my utter disbelief at the damage caused by baking soda and a bad bag! 😂
@@mainejason oh wow, for a moment I was thinking it shows the quality of the content.
@@VEC7ORltNot familiar with RUclips thumbnails?
@@boydsterling3193 did I forget to spell out 'sarcasm' for you in big eye friendly letters?
That device was never designed to be disassembled and maintained. Such unnecessary complexity!
I suppose could have been easier, but I had fun nonetheless!
@@mainejason Fun is important and glad you had the experience ^_^
That was actually not bad.
Dyson, on the other hand…
It was explicitly designed to be maintained: dismantled and rebuilt infinitely, BUT being German Miele gatekeeps the knowledge and doesn't give service information to normies. All their machines have precise dismantle and rebuild procedures for consistency and ease for the technician. We as normies don't get access to this information but it says a lot that someone with enough finesse and willpower can do it alone.
Not all vacuums or modern machines can be treated this way unfortunately
awesome work and cute dog. subtitles think your name is main.js, which is a funny programmer joke
That's funny! Unfortunately, that was poor quality control on my part and has now been fixed!
Thank you for your kind words, and Nova appreciates the compliment as well 😉