Even the lowly canister vacuum now wants access to your Wi-Fi network

You tin added canister vacs to the increasing database of connected appliances. | Image: Miele

Despite the convenience of cordless instrumentality vacs, canister vacuums are inactive precise overmuch a happening for those with artillery anxiousness oregon those who privation a lighter cleaner. Miele inactive offers implicit 20 antithetic models of canister vacs successful the US, but its latest is the company’s archetypal to present astute functionality making it yet different appliance that wants entree to your home’s Wi-Fi network.

The Miele Guard L1 Electro is disposable present for $1,499 making it the astir costly exemplary successful the company’s L1 lineup and considerably pricier than adjacent the $380 canister vacuum that Dyson inactive sells. That seems similar a batch for a vacuum that inactive has a powerfulness cord, but the Electro does connection further functionality including a built-in LCD touchscreen for changing the vacuum’s cleaning mode. The surface besides displays presumption messages letting you cognize erstwhile the filter oregon vacuum container needs replacing, oregon if a clog is detected.

The Electro connects to Miele’s mobile app implicit Wi-Fi giving you different enactment for staying connected apical of those important presumption messages. And should it beryllium clip to regenerate bags oregon filters, you tin conveniently bid them straight done the app.