The EU brought in new regulations limiting vacuum cleaners to a power of less than 900 w to increase energy efficiency. This is the latest and greatest of pretty much any robot vacuum cleaner, brand new technology allows for a more thorough cleaning of your house.

However, the Miele robot vac is still a good one, my quibbles are with all robot vacs, not just this one. It’s got an excellent run time of 2 hours and can make its way around 150 square meters of floor.

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Introducing the Blizzard CX1 Cat & Dog Pro, featuring a flexible hose connector which enables comfortable, ergonomic handling. The lever action allows the floorhead to be manoeuvred more easily and takes pressure off your wrist. The CX1 body and single cyclone produce prodigious suction and a huge amount of airflow, translating through the floorheads into highly efficient cleaning. Yes, the EcoTeq head will clamp down on carpet on the highest power setting as if it’s lead-weighted, but on the carpet and rug settings it balances great suction with far easier manoeuvrability. Henry Hoovers are similar in price to the basic C1 model but if you’re wanting a better vacuum it’s going to cost more for a Miele.

Every 6 months is the rule of thumb but many models tell you when the filter is starting to get full and needs to be swapped out.Out of the box, the flagship Comfort PowerLine edition is a sleek-looking cylinder cleaner. Its white coachwork, darker panels and sweeping lines are reminiscent of a fly-bridge on a luxury yacht, and the crystal-clear bin offers you a window into the centre of its single cyclone bagless system. The cleaner isn’t small, nor is it light, but it certainly looks like it means business. They lose a little of their grace in very deep-pile carpet, but each caster body has a pair of parabolic ski-like mouldings to help stop the wheels bogging down.