Miele Vacuums Sustainability Report

At A Cleaner Place, a vacshack.com company, we are very proud to have the designation of Miele Diamond Dealer. This means we have the best selection of Miele Vacuums and have a commitment to this company that sells Quality Products.

Quality German Appliances: Since 1899.

Miele & Cie. was founded in 1899 by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann. Since then it has always been a family-owned, family-run company now in its fourth generation. Since the founding days, Miele's been guided by a mantra, a vision, to be "Immer Besser".

Translated from German, these words mean "Always Better" or "Forever Better". We truly believe in spirit of these words and in keeping with the patriarchs' principle, Miele produces products that are of the highest standards in terms of quality materials and craftsmanship, durability and reliability.

Miele USA

Miele entered the United States marketplace in 1984 with a clear and unwavering mission. That was to build the Miele brand as the preeminent, quality leader in household appliances one customer at a time. And that is exactly what we've been doing for 23 years.

With a national network of elite sales and service dealerships working closely with us, Miele offers a full product assortment of appliances for the kitchen, laundry room—even the broom closet! Take a closer look at us. We hope to earn your patronage.

A Cleaner Place selected Miele Vacuum Cleaners based upon their reliability, performance, sustainability, ecological/humanitarian practices, financial stability. Along with those wonderful attributes, Miele offers the best selection in models offering you only the features you need and want, from there benchmark canisters to the innovative new S7 Uprights, you can be assured that we have the right machine for your cleaning needs. To research and learn more about individual Miele Models click here.

'Green'... because it's the right thing to do.

Caring for the environment reflects the Miele family's deep-felt vision of Immer Besser or Forever Better. Forever means doing everything we can today to protect and preserve the planet's finite resources for tomorrow. This guiding principle permeates every aspect of the Miele organization—creating demanding standards for global, and personal, responsibility.

Featuring production facilities that far exceed the most stringent environmental regulations, appliances that surpass Energy Star® guidelines by over 45%, products offering a life expectancy of twenty plus years, manufacturing technology that delivers 90% recyclable goods and corporate offices designed to maximize the conservation of light, water, energy and even paper—Miele cherishes our natural resources.

For information on our international environmental report, view our Sustainability Report (pdf). For further information, please visit miele-sustainability.com

Big Money

Today is September 11th. God Bless the families of the 9-11 victims.

I have had several people in our store asking, "Why spend over $100 on a vacuum?"
I have a pretty short answer for that. "You get what you pay for."

Let me take it a bit deeper though. Vacuum cleaners are not a new technology. They are not electronics that get less expensive to build with time. They are appliances. In the 1970s you could buy a good car for about $2,000.00 and a good car in this era now retails for $20,000.00. That is ten times as much money. I the 70s you could buy a gallon of gasoline for .30 to .60 cents. Today a gallon of gasoline costs $3.00 to $4.00 and more in some places. That is also 10 times as much money.

Now lets talk vacuums. In the 70s you could buy an average vacuum cleaner for $59.00 to $99.00. Today to purchase that same quality of vacuum that will last 10 years, you will be spending about $500 to $600.00. that is 5 to 10 times the amount. I must now ask you, with the rising cost of autos and gasoline, What makes people think they can buy a quality vacuum for $59.00 at Wal-Mart? That's right, you cannot. Yes you can buy a $59 vacuum but you better not get your expectations up.

Here is some more to think about. In the 70s and 80s the average vacuum cleaner lasted about 7 to 9 years. Today the average vacuum lasts about 1.5 to 2 years. Do you think there is a quality issue? I remember in the mid 80s telling customers that they will throw away about 5 to 7 vacuums in their lifetime. Good Heavens! I now have had customers that now throw that many away in one year.

Now for my humble advertising. Go to www.Vacshack.com and look at the Sanitaire and Miele vacuum cleaners. You will find machines that are built to last for 10 to 20 years, not 3 months like the junk Wal-Mart sells. What did you say Dyson? Forget about it. It is a frenzy where someone from a different country is getting rich off of our stupidity. I give that company another 3 to 5 years and people will be saying. "I had one of those once."

I know, not every one can afford a $500+ vacuum cleaner. OK, don't spend that much, just buy a machine that will get you by for 5 years. Look at the Panasonic. Made in Japan, it is one of the best low-cost vacuums on the market.