Panasonic Icon MCE593 Reviews

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Good Points: 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.

Bad Points: 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.

General comments: 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).

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The Panasonic Icon MCE593 is a stylish-looking upright vacuum cleaner, and features a number of novel touches housed within some sweeping, seductive curves. It even has an attractive metallic paint job. But all is not well with this design. In the process of taking the industrial designer's visionary style and tuning this into a functioning product, the engineers at Panasonic failed to adhere to the fundamental engineering tenet. They failed to keep it simple.

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Panasonic Icon MCE593 - How I wish I had researched this machine BEFORE I bought it, it is without doubt the biggest waste of money I own. We bought it 3 years ago and were impressed for a day or two. Then its cleaning fins inside the collection tank stopped spinning. We returned it and it was replaced. 6 months later, the dust sensor failed. We then discovered that to clean the thing you needed to take it apart. The design is such that there are so many beds in the piping the dust clogs w ...

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My Panasonic Icon MCE593, I can safely say is the biggest waste of money I have ever spent. All I wanted was to be able to clean my house, Ha Ha! I didn't realise I had spent my money on something which needed treating with kid gloves, The thermal cut out safety device cuts in too easily, and even though the dust bucket is empty all the 999 filters are cleaned after only 5 - 10 minutes of use it stops! you then have to unplug it and wait for thirty minutes for the pile of crud! to have a rest ...

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This is a very stylish unit and looks good in any modern home.
It is quite easy to use, switch on and go.
The automatic sensor is really good.
Excellent suction and very little blown about when vacuuming dusty areas.

Problems
1. Bottom heavy so hard to negotiate small steps
2. When locked in upright for tool use it is too easy to unlock by mistake if lightly knocked
3. Has a very small capacity compared to other makes about this range.
4. When picking up any volume of small particle du ...