Based on my recent experience of removing the beater bar on my Miele vacuum, I'd bet that Miele is not substantially better. I had pretty good feelings about m

Based on my recent experience of removing the beater bar on my Miele vacuum, I'd bet that Miele is not substantially better. I had pretty good feelings about my German engineered, $600 vacuum until I saw the insides. Lots of cheap plastic waiting to break, and it was much less serviceable than I expected. My dad used to work for a janitorial supplies distributor and I occasionally got my hands on commercial vacs. Those were generally built like tanks. Don't get me wrong, I like other features of my vac, like the HEPA bags with the flap that closes when they're removed, but I don't think of Miele in the same way now.