Miele Triflex HX2 review

We’ve examined two Miele stick vacuum cleaners. Final 12 months, we took a take a look at the Duoflex HX1, nevertheless it was manner again in 2020 that we tried out the Triflex HX1. It’s a trendy, versatile and impressively highly effective mannequin, but additionally heavy, with pretty primary equipment. Now, simply over 4 years later, we’re tackling its successor: the Triflex HX2.

There are three HX2 fashions accessible. We examined the flagship Professional mannequin, which comes with all of the equipment you see under. The Cat & Canine mannequin (for which you’ll see pricing on the prime of this assessment) has all the things however the further battery. Plus, as an alternative of the smooth curler for laborious flooring, it has an electro compact brush for pet hair.

The usual mannequin (which is white) doesn’t have a further battery, or an additional cleansing device, and its principal ground head doesn’t have headlights.

Design and Construct

Let’s rip the band-aid off immediately – this isn’t an inexpensive affair.

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So, what makes this beast completely different from its predecessor? Not a lot, really. The design is basically the identical, with versatile, helpful configurability as soon as once more taking centre stage.

Because of the modular design with 4 principal sections – motorised ground head, energy unit, deal with and extension wand – you possibly can simply swap between having the primary unit mounted excessive or low, which gives a number of benefits.

When positioned excessive, you get higher entry underneath and on prime of furnishings. The low place makes it simpler to navigate massive ground areas, and on this place the vacuum cleaner can also be stands by itself. Like most stick vacuums, it may also be configured as a handheld vacuum cleaner. Sensible.

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Efficiency and Options

The bundle consists of three smaller nozzles. It additionally has three interchangeable brush rollers tailored for various ground sorts, supposed for the primary ground head – which by the way has LED lighting to extra simply reveal dust on the ground. It’s nowhere close to as efficient as Dyson’s angled inexperienced laser, however considerably higher than ground heads with no lighting in any respect.

Battery life is superb. The HX2 Professional comes with two batteries, so you possibly can simply swap to a totally charged one if the primary one runs out. A totally charged battery provides a most runtime of over an hour in Min mode, in the event you connect a small cleansing nozzle. Utilizing the HX2 within the highest energy mode, Max, with the ground head connected, will drain the battery in about quarter-hour.

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Charging is completed by plugging the facility wire instantly into the battery or by utilizing the equipped wall holder, or within the separate battery charging station. Which means that (in the event you purchase the Professional) you at all times have entry to a totally charged battery, which in apply doubles the working time.

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Must you purchase the Triflex HX2?

Like its predecessor, the Triflex HX2 impresses when it comes to efficiency. Miele doesn’t present official figures for suction energy, however the mud is sucked up with appreciable drive – particularly in Max mode. It additionally operates comparatively quietly, about 5 decibels decrease than its predecessor. Filtration can also be extra environment friendly, because the Triflex HX2 is now geared up with a HEPA filter.