“Big news this week, without doubt” says Suburban Mum with some enthusiasm on her blog today – but what can she mean? Is she a Democrat, delighted with the recent ascent to power of Barack Obama, or perhaps Coventry beating Birmingham away on Monday night?

No, in fact it’s the arrival of the new Miele S7 upright vacuum cleaner which is apparently “the talk of Suburban Mansions and beyond” and being “obsessed with gadgets and anything made of brushed steel”, is unsurprisingly delighted with “this sexy looking beast”. Crumbs…

The building of the machine all slotted together with consummate ease by the sounds of it, and before too long our intrepid mum was vacuuming with ease. “It hummed into life like a top-of-the-range Mercedes; very quiet but with that feeling of power at your fingertips” she says of the big switch on, and after a good ’swoosh round’, her “rug has seriously never looked so good”.

All good news so far, and I for one would love to invite Suburban Mum round to my house to try her hand at my carpets! Meanwhile though, read the rest of her delightful article here – and why her first impressions are that the Miele S7 “is one incredible machine”!

At last it’s here!!!

After months of sneak previews and gossip, the most eagerly awaited vacuum cleaner in years has finally made it’s red carpet appearance: Say a big welcome to the new Miele S7 upright.

After much public demand the S7 is the first upright cleaner ever from Miele and adds to an already formidable line-up of the S4000 and S5000 series cylinder vacuums. The range contains five different models from the modest S7210 to the top-of-the-range Autocare HEPA and includes the ever popular Cat & Dog and Allervac models.

For the moment you can read more about the S7 over at Miele.co.uk and even see it in action. Meanwhile Forever Better will also be bringing you our own in-depth reviews of the new vacuum in the very near future, so if you’re not already tempted to go out and buy one right now, stay tuned.