Has this situation ever happened to you? You switch on the vacuum cleaner and begin to sneeze uncontrollably. Do you notice your allergy symptoms worsen when you are vacuuming your house? Most vacuums do not have what is called a sealed system so they never effectively clean the air in your home. Without a sealed HEPA filtration system you might be doing more harm than good to your allergy symptoms when you are vacuuming your house.

My vacuum cleaner has a filter, so why is it not filtering? A common misconception is that when you are vacuuming, all of the dirt and dust are contained within the vacuum cleaner. This definitely is not the case with many vacuum cleaners with a standard filter. When you are using a vacuum cleaner with a standard filter, the air expelled from the vacuum is not HEPA certified. A standard (not HEPA) filter does NOT have the filtering capabilities of a HEPA Filter because it does not use the same kind of highly compacted filter medium in order to filter the exhaust air.

Why do I need a HEPA filter? A large percentage of vacuum cleaner owners have either allergies or asthma. A better vacuum cleaner with a better filter can drastically cut down on allergy triggers and greatly suppress asthma and allergy symptoms.

There are a large variety of "cheap" vacuum cleaners that offer a HEPA filter within, why would I not just but one of them? Just because a vacuum cleaner contains a HEPA filter does not mean it is constructed in a way that ensures only HEPA certified air is leaving the vacuum. A vacuum may contain a HEPA filter, but may be leaking air that is not HEPA certified through cracks and crevices of the flimsily constructed vacuum cleaner. For true HEPA certified filtration you need a sealed system, a feature found on Miele vacuums that insures all air that leaves your vacuum cleaner is HEPA certified.

What filtration features does a Miele vacuum cleaner have that other vacuums do not have? Miele is one of the only vacuum manufacturers in the world that has true sealed HEPA filtration. A sealed system ensures that all of the air that is pushed out of the vacuum cleaner is filtered by the HEPA filter. With a Miele vacuum cleaner the only air that leaves your machine is HEPA certified clean air.

How does Miele achieve a Sealed System? Miele has rubber sealing all around the inside of the vacuum cleaner allowing no dirty air to escape. A Miele vacuum equipped with a HEPA filter also has rubber sealing around the HEPA filter ensuring all of the air about to be expelled is HEPA certified clean.

Wow that is great for my allergies! Does the Miele HEPA Filter do anything else amazing? Yes! Actually the Miele HEPA filter actually has active charcoal on the bottom of the filter to help rid the air of odors. This is great if you have dogs, cats or vacuum something with an unpleasant odor. Many vacuum cleaners barely filter the air let alone neutralize odors, but the Miele vacuum cleaner does both extremely well.

Miele vacuums are truly remarkable, with superior filtration and odor elimination; there is no other vacuum cleaner on the market with the power of the Miele Vacuum cleaner. With this article you now have the knowledge needed to make an educated purchase when buying your next vacuum cleaner.