Meet the Guard L1 Cat & Dog, a premium canister vacuum designed from the ground up for homes with pets and demanding cleaning tasks. With its four-mode suction power selector and expertly engineered airflow, this vacuum delivers the kind of high suction performance you’d expect from Miele, while remaining agile and user-friendly. For stubborn dirt, pet hair and short-pile carpets, the Turbo Brush gives you a serious advantage, thanks to its rotating head that relentlessly lifts embedded hair and dirt. Meanwhile, the Active AirClean filter takes your home’s air quality seriously by neutralising unpleasant odours and filtering finely, helping ensure the air you breathe after vacuuming is cleaner, essential in a pet-friendly household. Ergonomic touches abound: the 2-in-1 upholstery-and-crevice nozzle stores neatly, the one-touch automatic cord rewind and smooth caster wheels add to the fuss-free experience. Built for durability and hygiene — with a dust-bag system, high-quality materials and Miele’s “Made in Germany” pedigree, this vacuum is ideal for anyone who refuses to compromise on performance, cleanliness or indoor air freshness.
- Miele STB305-3 Turbohead
- Miele SBD 365-3 Adjustable Floorhead
- Made in Germany
- Active Airclean Filtration
- 3-Year Motor Warranty
THE PERFECT MACHINE FOR ...
+- Bare Floors
- Carpet/Rugs
- Short Pile Carpets
- Smell Removal
- Easy Maneuverability
- Above Floor Cleaning
- Long Lasting Quality
- Quiet Vacuuming
- Hard to Reach Areas
- Pet Owners
The warranty of this Vacuum Cleaner is 3 years on the motor and all parts and labor. Mr. Vac & Mrs. Sew is an authorized Miele Diamond Dealer.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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Lightweight, Quiet and Powerful
Thanks to the Lightweight Skeletal System designed by Miele, the Guard is Lightweight, Quiet and Powerful. The Miele Guard packs Miele's PowerLine Motor with noise optimized fan, which was designed to keep the machine quiet at 75 dB and light! Same Power, Less Weight and of course as with all Miele Canisters; Made in Germany.
Carrying Handle and Omnidirectional Wheels
The Miele Guard has a carrying handle built-in the machine allowing you to bring the machine up and down stairs and around the house easily. The handle swoops upwards for easier machine pick-up. Four smooth-running 360 degree wheels are mounted on steel axles to ensure maximum stability for your Miele vacuum cleaner. The castor wheels are even designed with a travel ramp to help your vacuum travel over thresholds and around obstructions!
Powerful Cleaning Performance
The Miele Guard vacuum cleaners offer the ideal combination of maximum suction power and unlimited runtime – perfect for large areas. With a powerful fan, optimized airways, and matching floorheads, they ensure particularly thorough cleaning. The new FilterBag system with ComfortFit, combined with the powerful exhaust filters, delivers first-class performance and hygiene – so you can benefit from reliable, powerful cleaning.
Comfort Cable Rewind with Touch Control
The cable on all Miele canister vacuum cleaners can be rewound easily with a footswitch, without having to bend over. Guard M1 and Guard L1 vacuum cleaners are also equipped with a touch control function, allowing the entire cable to be rewound at the touch of a button.
Plus/Minus Foot Controls
Enjoy the ultimate in user convenience with the innovative foot controls for convenient cleaning. The ergonomic operating concept enables you to control the suction power easily with your foot without the effort of bending over. Intuitive operation is supported by graphic symbols which make it easy for you to select the best power level for the area you are cleaning.
Active Airclean Filter
Miele's Active Airclean Filter, a premium exhaust filter designed to tackle unpleasant odors and fine dust in demanding environments—especially such as homes with pets or smokers. Featuring activated charcoal for effective odor neutralization, the filter helps maintain a fresher, cleaner atmosphere while capturing dust particles. It also incorporates a built-in TimeStrip change indicator, enabling you to visually monitor filter usage and know exactly when it’s time to replace it (recommended once a year) to keep your machine running at peak efficiency. The Active Airclean Filter safely seals in dust, protects your vacuum’s motor and airflow, and ensures that the air your family breathes is cleaner and more comfortable.
Filter System with ComfortFit
With Miele's innovative filter technology and matching FilterBags, you can enjoy all-round hygiene in your home. The ComfortFit system makes it particularly easy to insert FilterBags, while the secure closure ensures that no dust escapes and that the bag can be changed in a particularly hygienic manner. Furthermore, the new FilterBags are made of more than 80% recycled material.
Convenient and Always Ready Comfort Handle
The Comfort handle with integrated dust brush offers very ergonomic handling and fast cleaning in the event of little mishaps.
Integrated 2-in-1 Upholstery and Crevice Nozzle
The Miele Guard L1 is equipped with an innovative 2-in-1 nozzle – so you can switch between cleaning tasks quickly and easily. It combines an extra-wide upholstery nozzle and a crevice nozzle in a space-saving design – for easy cleaning of upholstery and hard-to-reach areas. Thanks to its convenient storage location in the rear part of the vacuum cleaner, it is ready to hand at any time.
Miele SBD 365-3 Floorhead
Miele's universal floorheads are a practical solution for homes with small floors and different types of flooring. Foot switches for operating the all-round bristle strip are located on the floorhead and depending on the floor covering, vacuuming with or without it is possible. This makes Miele universal floorheads equally suited for cleaning carpets and hard floors. The soleplate and rubberized rollers mean they glide easily across the floor.
Miele STB305-3 Turbohead
Carpets must be vacuumed regularly even if no surface soiling is visible. Carpets must be brushed and vacuumed at the same time so that even deeply embedded dust and fluff are removed reliably. The beater bar of the Miele turbobrush, which is powered by the suction system, removes dirt effectively from your carpets.
High-Performance meets High-Style
The Guard L1 is built for today’s living spaces. Whether parked neatly in a side-entry, home-office or living-room corner, its elegant design and premium materials project both functionality and good taste — perfect for homes where every appliance matters visually, not just practically.
Park System for Pauses during Vacuuming
The floorhead is simply hooked onto the rear of the vacuum cleaner, leaving the suction wand in a secure position ready for use again.
The Right FilterBags HyClean Pure TU
The HyClean Air TU vacuum bags, which are compatible with the Guard L1 model series, are perfectly tailored to the appliance in question and offer outstanding performance and efficiency. The automatic ComfortFit lock system ensures a tight connection between the vacuum bag and appliance and is responsible for keeping the dust safely sealed inside, protecting the vacuum cleaner and guaranteeing maximum filtration.
Built to Last 20 Years Use
You want a vacuum cleaner that can effectively navigate and withstand the challenges of home life. That’s why the Miele Guard L1 is tested for the equivalent of 20 years' use, offering exceptional durability. Did you know its floorhead alone endures the distance from Berlin to Barcelona, approximately 1,250 miles, while the casings and castors withstand 16,500 bumps? The Guard L1 canister vacuum is designed for reliable performance day after day.
Thermal Cutout Indicator
A thermostat prevents Miele vacuum cleaners from overheating. When an object becomes lodged in the passage and blocks the flow of air, the vacuum will automatically switch itself off and the indicator light will alert you to the problem.
Forever Better! Immer Besser!
Miele canister vacuum cleaners are manufactured at Miele's Bielefeld factory in Germany where endurance testing in custom-built laboratories forms an intrinsic part of quality assurance on all Miele canister vacuums. Quality, quality and quality, you only have three choices when it comes to Miele! Before any production process starts, components are put through very rigorous testing , in fact strain stress exceeds typical residential household use. Only when all components have successfully passed critical exam will the Miele brand name be placed on them.
