Miele SBB 400-3 Parquet Twister XL Smooth Floor Brush

Doesn't do what I had hoped
I purchased this fairly expensive product because I wanted to use it in combination with our Miele upright vacuum. It's an amazing vacuum, and nothing I've ever used does better on carpet.

I bought this so that we could use it on our newly placed wood floors. We have a couple dogs in the house, and one of them is a golden retriever. Light, long hair on darker wood floors is not what you want to deal with, and I have to vacuum the floors every few days.

Before buying this, I used to just pull the hose off the vacuum and suck up the hair from the floor without any end on it, which worked fine, it just took a long time because I had to cover every inch of the floor. I was hoping this XL tool would help me save time.

It doesn't work the way I'd hoped it would. It has fibers around the edge of the bottom which of course protects the floor, but the problem is that it just gathers all the strands of hair and other particles on the hair, without sucking...

This is the one!
After spending what seemed like an interminable number of hours trying to decipher which Miele canister set-up would work best for my mostly bare wood floors, I finally decided to just go for it. I went cheap - the S2 Olympus. Along with that, I ordered the SBB400-3 XL Parquet Twister Floor Tool. It is a fantastic combination! Astonishingly so, which says a lot about something as mundane as the routine chore of vacuuming.

First of all (and if you're reading this, then you probably already know), every Miele canister is essentially the same, in terms of power and size. You're just paying more or less money for different attachments. So, logically, I figured, the cheapest canister and the best wood floor attachment should equal the best, most expensive vacuum Miele has to offer for my needs. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but now I'll never feel the need to find out. The Twister is the most effective vacuum tool I've ever used, on bare floors or otherwise. It does an amazing...

Awesome coverage
It's 16 inches wide and the suction reaches to the edges. It covers a lot of area fast. I also bought the 10ft hose extension to add to the current hose. I hardly have to move the vacuum(miele Eclipse) in each room. It's like having a central vac. This attachment is a must have in my book. My only complaint with Miele is that the smaller Parquet twister attachment should come with their vacuums. But being a guy I recommend the bigger one.

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