Maintain Your Miele Upright Vacuum

In terms of feeling domestic and “adult” (reader keep in mind the author is a Millenial under 30), I feel pretty spoiled with all the cleaning products I have, most of which come from AchooAllergy. My favorite, though, is my Miele Twist vacuum. Its a huge upgrade from what I had before. Previously, I had really only used less expensive, mediocre vacuums that would only work half of the time. I likely spent more time unclogging, emptying, and maintaining the vacuum than I did cleaning with it. It probably didn’t help having sloppy roommates who often acted like it was their first time being on their own. In carpeted the carpeted apartment/condo we called home, the vacuum certainly got a workout.

With a Twist, Everything You Need to Maintain Your Miele Upright Vacuum Comes Right in the Box of FilterbagsThe Twist is the best vacuum I’ve ever had, picking up everything in its path. Regardless whether it was carpet, linoleum in the kitchen, tile in the bathroom, or heavy persian rugs, it did the job with ease. Not to mention, it was quiet enough for those apartments (paper thin walls and all) to use day or night for a quick ten minute cleaning spree.

To maintain your Miele upright vacuum is really a simple task, particularly with the Miele Twist (no HEPA filter). Today, I want to show you how easy it is to replace the filters and dust bags.

At this point, it had been about 6 months since I changed the dust bags (yeah, gross and LONG over due). As you can see in the picture its completely packed with dust, dog hair and debris. Also note the suction flap keeping that debris in the bag.

Don't Let Your Miele Twist Get This FullAfter tossing it, I simply slipped another bag into the green clip and changed the Airclean filter and the pre-motor filter. I hope that one day Miele will make biodegradable bags, but it’s like to be tricky given how well these bags filter out visible dust and dirt as well as some of the tiny particles you can’t see.

In each box of Miele U bags are a premotor filter and an AirClean filter. For the Twist, this box generally represents all the bags and filters you’ll need for an entire year. Miele recently changed their dust bags to a new slimmer “3D design”. They’re redesigned to have more surface area and better utilize the entire capacity of the bag to hold more dust and debris than the previous ones.

First I changed the Airclean filter, located in the front of the machine on the power head. It’s pretty easy to change, and like the dust bag, it was time! Even though the filter is a tad bit bigger than the filter cage, that’s alright, it easily closed and went back into the slot with ease. Due to how similarly sized the filter and filter basket/cage are, I don’t recommend cutting that filter down.

Maintain Your Miele Upright Vacuum - The Miele Twist AirClean Filter

The pre-motor filter was a quick change. It’s located behind the dust bag, and you’ll know you’re in the right spot because of the green cage/bracket holding it in place. You will have to cut the pre-motor filter down to size, but it was easy to make a straight cut with the dotted lines along the filter. Both sides feel the same so it didn’t matter which way I placed it in the filter cage.

Maintain Your Miele Upright Vacuum - The Premotor Filter

Since changing the filters and bag took about 5 minutes I decided to check out the brushroll and plate to make sure they were also clean. So I carefully flipped the vacuum over to check out the brush roll. I took my scissors and cut all of the string and hair all along the bar. I would say, do this on a smooth surface that you can sweet up afterwards. There’s no point it cutting away wound up hair and carpet fiber and get the bright idea of sucking it up with the vacuum. Unless you use the wand to suck it up, you’ll likely just end up with a lot of it wrapped back around the brushroll.

Don't Forget the Brushroll

The metal plate was also getting a little gunky, so I took some vinegar to wipe it down and clean up anything that I could beneath it. If I can avoid Lysol, Clorox and anything harsh or corrosive on the plate.

After that, my vacuum was good as new, and with the Twist, that’s all there is to do to maintain your Miele upright vacuum. I could tell a huge contrast in how well my vacuum was picking up debris again (again PLEASE don’t let your bag get as full as mine), my rug and carpets were looking fresh and soft.

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