Panasonic Icon MCE593 Review

Overall Rating

Good design and great suction.
All items stow well, and has clear window to rollers show if all is well.
Judged by Which to have better static vacuum than Dyson and much cheaper.

Pipe has too many sharp kinks in it, which can jam with inflexible items. This then requires a strip down of the whole unit using a screwdriver to remove most of casing to gain access to the internal vacuum hose.
Initially, We had problems with brushes which self cleaned the internal dust filter. When these broke, it was found that Panasonic had a new simpler design which had no moving parts, and also replaced the (noisy to clean) dust filter on top of the filter canister with an easy to wash foam unit. Much better!
Too heavy for our 'lady who does for us' to carry upstairs.

We have had the Panasonic Icon MCE593 vacuum cleaner for at least 3 years now. The motor keeps on going and going. No electrical problems.

Initially, as with other reviewers, we had problems with moving filter brushes which kept jamming or falling off. We contacted Panasonic for replacements, and they advised us that there was a new design available. The new cyclone unit needed no rotary wipers. The new filter at the top did not need to be clicked to be cleaned, and it just needed a new foam filter that could be washed under a tap and left to dry overnight.

Pipe runs are too tight, and this can lead to jams caused by small pieces of wood jamming on bends, and then a backup of dust eventually clogs the machine. A Complete strip down of the unit is then required, which involves screw drivers and lots of screws, which means a far from straight forward removal of casing pieces to unclog fluff and remove the offending piece of wood. This could have been much better, and this was probably the result of cramming pipes into a smart sleek design.

Much cheaper than Dyson at the time, and despite the cleaning problems it has been very reliable (Which? magazine, at the time rated it far better for reliability than the Dyson).

Members' Comments onJulesW's Review

• tlid on 24th Nov 2006

  I agree with all these comments, but how can they produce such a high rating? The blocking problem with the Panasonic Icon MCE593 vacuum cleaner alone makes the machine a useless piece of kit. The blocking problem has driven my wife to distraction (can rarely get the house cleaning done without frustration), and me also having to continually dismantle the confounded thing.