Theo Klein Miele Vacuum Toy (Colors May Vary), Yellow (6843)

My grandson loves doing what mommy or daddy are doing. When they bring out their vacuum, he loves to grab the hose and vacuum. I saw this and it looks just like their vacuum. Best money I ever spent! He loves turning it on and hearing it run (there is no suction). He 'vacuums' the kitchen floor, family room and dining room! So proud of himself when he's helping mommy and daddy. The hose hasn't come off and the vacuum itself is light weight for him to pull it around. Was the perfect find because it looks like their real vacuum!

With a lot of work, this thing was a great starting point for this project. Sanded down the whole thing and gave it a paint job to remove the vacuum decals and to obstruct the "dust bin." When I opened it up, I discovered that the vacuum sound was just a spinning 12v motor with a fan blade. I disconnected the original power switch and solder the positive and negative wires to a momentary button on the bottom side of the PVC handle. I ran the wires down the vacuum tube. To run the wires, I had to drill a hole in the red vacuum shell behind the black cap as well as the black cap that connects the hose to the vacuum.For the handle, I scoured Home Depot for PVC couplers that fit over a sink downspout. The downspout runs the entire length of the handle for rigidity. The couplers are just for differing thickness. The corrugated pipe mid handle was cut from a flexible sink pipe. Everything was epoxied in place and then painted. For the front cone, I used a plastic gutter downspout and cut acrylic sheets to fill the sides. I wired the led light on the front to be controlled by the red switch on the handle. The cone was glued and then screwed to the handle for extra rigidity.For the green "chamber" light on the back, it's just a puck light with a shower knob epoxied onto it.The backpack straps were an Amazon suggestion. I suggest against them because they came with metal clasps, but there is no where to clip them to on the vacuum. I ended up grinding off the metal clasps, dremeling slits on the back of the vacuum, feeding the straps through, and epoxying them down on the inside.I removed the "dust collection bin" so I could drill a hole for the petentiometer dial and Dremel a cutout for the red switch. These are just for looks as they are hooked to nothing, but in the future, I will wire the green "chamber" light to be controlled by the red toggle switch.

The only workable feature of this “replica” is the power button. This is the only press-able button that turns on to make the vacuum sound. The hatch does not open and there are no attachments. The hose/broom cannot lodge into place to stay upright, no lights come on. We own a similar real Miele and expected a better quality toy with more features especially for the price. I am pretty sure my toddler is not going to be disuaded from using our real vacuum with this dinky one. It is also very small and is louder than out real Miele (granted ours is very quiet). Disappointed in this overpriced toy. For what it is, it should be $14.99

Great toy! We used it for my son’s Halloween costume, but it is great! It act makes the noise too just like a real vacuum! Now that we are done with the costume, my daughter loves playing with it!

I bought this several months ago for my 1.5 yo who loves my canister vac. It had to be a canister vac! It’s not a bad toy IMHO. I did just tape the handle to the sweeper due to a small crack, and the fact they take it apart all the time...but I have a 1.5 and 4 yo (boys if you think it makes a difference) and dude things break, I’m surprised this is still alive at all! I think it’s pretty sturdy. They sit on it, stand on it, drop it over the baby gate, off the couch, and narry a scratch really. I put felt pads on the wheels and broom head because it was noisy in our wood floor but they are nice wheels. I just put batteries in it for the first time today and it’s a nice quiet sound. I expected something obnoxious based on other reviews. It’s a beautiful replica and I’m pretty happy with it for 30 some odd bucks.

My grandson is obsessed with vacuum cleaners. He is four years old and when he received this on his birthday, he hadn’t stopped playing with it since! He loves everything about it. Couldn’t have found a toy he would have liked better!

Nicely made but the battery cover was missing so we can't use the vaccum. Was planning on using it for a halloween costume so not sure what I am going to do now.

Being used for a Halloween costume