I'm loving my FELIX

[johnsmith96]

I've had it for about 2 weeks now. While the smell isn't -quite- gone yet, I think it's diminishing (or getting used to it lol). The power is very strong I've noticed especially when vacuuming hard floors. On high power with the nozzle set to the lowest setting and the brush roll off, I can feel the brush rolling when I push the vacuum across the floor. My K3 doesn't do this, and I think it's because of the shorter air path of the Felix. It seems like it pulls the nozzle closer to even hard floors. I have to adjust the nozzle to "2" so it doesn't skip across the floor. The onboard hose is very handy, but a little short for anything more than a chair or two. Mine has a slight leaking sound when the hose is pulling at the connection (not a big deal though). Something different between the ET-1 on my k3 and Felix is when I turn the brush off on the k3, some lights stay on, my Felix shuts all the lights off. Something I'll bring up now before I do a review on this is the swivel neck. It's not a deal breaker but the swivel is not as good as other machines. It's definitely a strong connection, but it only slightly veers on all the ET-1s. Even the Miele uprights have only a slight swivel. I don't honestly care about having that with a vacuum but I figured I'd mention it because I don't think its a highlight feature. I will say my carpet looks better than ever after using this and I'm shocked at how well it does. Even stronger agitators like royals and Kirby's don't stand this carpet up as well as this. My personal opinion is the design of the Felix and it's power are what makes it perform better than even my K3.

Below in one of my photos you can see the edge of the carpet next to the hardwood floor. That's an extremely high traffic area in that always gets matted down on every rug that we purchase. The Felix has been pulling it back to life.

 

[n0oxy]

Sebo Felix

Glad you are enjoying your Felix, in my opinion this is the best upright cleaner on the market. The light on my ET1 does stay on even when the brush roll is turned off. Do you have the hard floor brush for the Felix as well or do you always use the power nozzle with the brush switched off?
Mike

 

[johnsmith96]

Floor brush

I do not have the floor brush unfortunately, I've considered it, but I would probably only use the PN anyway unless I had miles of hard floors, it just seems like a pain to take off.

 

[jo]

How easy is it to use attachments?

I’ve been intrigued by these but a little wary. When I clean I constantly stop from cleaning the floor and put an attachment on to do a tight spot or the windowsill, couch or other furniture, or behind a piece of furniture, the mattress, etc. so I don’t have to revisit that area of the room again and so I’ve always used an Electrolux canister and also more recently a Shark rocket stick vac and findthese work well for my style of cleaning. Also I like the ease of using a hard floor tool for floors especially around all of the legs on my dining table and chairs and to get under the couch. Using the power nozzle seems clunky for that and if it’s difficult to change it that’s not so good, Do the attachments ride on board the machine?

Sounds like suction is nice and the brush roll bristles are very stiff, and if they are too stiff they will actually tear off fuzz from the carpet fibers wearing out the carpet faster... but if it’s too difficult to convert back and forth between attachments and carpet and floor vacuuming making it less functional, it won’t be something I’d like regardless of power. I’m referring to your comment about the PN seeming to difficult to take off.

Maybe pics in various modes so we can see? I’m still intrigued.

Thanks, Jon

 

[johnsmith96]

I'll be doing a more thorough review soon on my YouTube

What I mean by switching the floor tools is in my home I only vacuum one area rug and the small kitchen and dining room. I don't see the point in bringing another floor brush out and detaching the powernozzle to attach the floor brush. The Felix cannot stand with the floor brush attached. And you have to line it up just right to get it to slide in, so you have to be right down there with it using both hands (I know this from just removing the ET-1 nozzle and putting it back on). There are only 2 "onboard tools" an upholstery brush and a crevice tool. Not dusting brush, no wand. The hose is a decent length and great for anything above the height of the connection into the vacuum, but anything low tips the vacuum.

 

[n0oxy]

hard floor brush

I would definitely consider the hard floor brush, it's lighter and easier to move across the floor than the power head. It's not that hard to remove the power nozzle but I always do this with the nozzle reclined back, not in the stand up position, it's easier that way. When it comes to cleaning around things and above the floor, I'm reminded why I prefer hose cleaners such as canisters or central vacuums, much easier to clean the floor and above the floor, hose cleaners are more flexible than uprights, there's no getting around that.
Mike