Needing a new every day vacuum - Advice

[beko1987]

One of the Sebo or Miele cylinders with air driven turbo heads should be good enough. I have a Miele S5 with the miele turbobrush (found the vac from freecycle and the turbo head was £30ish quid from the bay of e)

Cleans our flat perfectly,and is now cleaning my mums with equal ok'ness!

Won't set the world on fire, but will be dependable and durable.

On the subject of bags, box of 5 lasts us a year, me, the missus and our 18m old daughter. Tenner ish a box (genuine miele) from ebay, change the filters every year too, they are included. Never had a Sebo cylinder but imagine that's about the same.

Keep Henry, cheaper bags mean you can use it for big jobs that would excessivly fill the expensive bags on another vac, the car, mild DIY etc. Tell the missus to go out for an hour or something whilst you use it.

Or, Charcoal henry filter, hepaflo bags and an airo brush maybe? Although shiny new toys etc...

 

[jade_angel]

One thing with the Sebo canisters - they're one of the few still sold in the UK with an electric power nozzle. In fact, it's the same nozzle as the Sebo Felix (or optionally the wider ET-2 - not sure if that's available in the UK, but I do see it from time to time here in the US).

It does a bang-up job, if you prefer a canister.

 

[sebo_fan]

Slightly off topic but I received a lovely thank you card and a cheque this morning from my mum's friend who has now fallen for the charms of the SEBO X4 Extra I loaned her. 


 


She loves how light it is to push on her carpets but also for the fact that the X4 seems to have more suction than the same power rating of the old Electrolux Boss Filtraire upright but less of a chore to push and adores the handy "whip out" hoister handle and hose design. ]

 

[turbo500]

Nice one, Ryan! That's another convert to the ways of the Sebo

 

[sebo_fan]

Ty! However it now means I have my old X1 Automatic to rely on  OR the Felix. Means a bit more space left over now : )

 

[turbo500]

My cat hasn't been too well recently. She picked up fleas from somewhere (as they do) and has had conjunctivitis. I absolutely blizted my house this weekend just gone, and sprayed ALL the floors with a flea spray I got from the vet as well as treating the cat with frontline.

This, of course, meant a lot of vacuuming as everywhere need to be vacuumed and the treated with flea spray, especially in undisturbed areas like under beds and sofas.

Having completely blitzed the place with the help of my significant other, he's now wanting a Sebo after being impressed with mine to replace his 10 year old Panasonic.

Out of interest, Ry, which Sebo did you/do you use the most?

 

[sebo_fan]

Aww, poor pooty!

Well Chris, that's a hard one to ask me (ooh-er!)


 


If I want to do a few rooms to clean around the home, I use the X series as the bigger wand and traditional push/pull process is more reliant.


 


If I require a quick clean, I use the Felix.


 


If I require the home to have a complete all over clean, from room to room from one plug, the 12 metre D2 cylinder vac gets used. 

 

[sebo_fan]

If you're living together then you should naturally move your X1.1 over to his. However does he have more hard floors etc? Perhaps a Felix is the answer to that instead.


 


Either or the older X1 Automatic - or a second hand X4 should suffice. Keep costs low just after the New Year!

 

[turbo500]

If you're living together

*cough choke splutter gasp*

Not a chance in hell. I love him, but NO, lol.

 

[sebo_fan]

I still adore the face on your cat from the last pic you put on FB. You should add it here - such a cute little face -but the pic that looks like she has a mohair jumper on : )

 

[turbo500]

Do you mean this one?

 

[sebo_fan]

Nope. It was the one I left a comment on. Cant seem to find it.

 

[turbo500]

This one?

 

[sebo_fan]

Oh yes - thats the one!!


 

 

[ultraperformer]

Arrrr cute cat, I'm off to enter the Sebo competition after reading this thread lol.

 

[turbo500]

Arrrr cute cat

Hi Dan,

Ain't she just? Don't be fooled, though, she can be a RIGHT little madam. She's a big softy though and loves affection, but she's very fussy with who she trusts at times.

I've entered that competition a million times and I never seem to get anywhere lol. Which model are you interested in? I know you like your cylinders - are you after a D series or K series model?

Chris

 

[ultraperformer]

Hey Chris,

I've entered that competition quiet few times a well never heard a thing!

None of those I've put a Felix Royale as my preferred prize!!! I like the UJ design and I'm spoilt for choice with cylinders at the minute.

Dan

 

[turbo500]

Hi Dan,

Good choice - a future collectable, I imagine, as it was produced as a limited edition for the jubilee in 2012.

I heard from a reliable source that Sebo had major trouble shifting stock of the Felix Royale, so they might be more inclined to pick that model as a winning choice just to get rid of it.

Good luck!

Chris

 

[sebo_fan]

Chris, you should take a similar photo again and get your X1.1 lying across it at the side of the bed - then enter SEBO's comp, or send them a photo!

 

[suckolux]

and about the cat and fleas, he will need to be wormed

 

[madaboutsebo]

SEBO all the way!

Probably came in a bit late on this thread, welcome to the forum Elliot.

I can personally recommend the SEBO Felix, I've had mine over 6 years with no issues, love it! The bags on mine last on average 3 months and the Felix is used 3 to 5 times a week and we have a dog so it's packed full of pet hair as well as dirt and dust. The new synthetic bags you can get for the Felix are fantastic prefer them over the paper ones, the airflow and suction remain strong even when the bag is full! The bags are like bricks when you remove them, dust and dirt is compact tight and they fill to the top too.

I'm yet to replace the pre and post motor filters as in it's early years I didn't use it much unlike I do now. They are due for a change very soon. The bags and filters are easy enough to replace and reasonable price too. I use the parquet attachment that came with mine for hard floors but the main power head is ok to use to as others say you can turn the brush bar off. The variable power is useful too. I have also purchased the long extension hose and dusting brush as additions which are useful.

I have a Miele S7 which I have had over a year now as I wanted an additional upright with a hose and wand onboard. I would have gone for a SEBO X4 but this S7 was a great price at the time. Why it's a great machine, performance etc.. like others have said it's big, bulky and heavy and the bags are not cheap compared to the SEBO's. I choose the Felix over the X Series 6 years ago for me it was due to the versatile of the Felix compared to the X although I do love the X series too.

Try the Felix I'm sure you will like it.

 

[turbo500]

and about the cat and fleas, he will need to be wormed

SHE gets wormed anyway as part of her annual check up. She rarely gets fleas being an indoor cat, but they must have come in after I'd been visiting other friends/relatives with pets or indeed someone visiting me. It's sadly unavoidable at times. All sorted now though.

 

[matt8808]

My Jinx would claw my eyes out if I didn't let her outside. She likes to go and sh#t in the neighbours gardens and fight with the other cats the little madam that she is. Thinks she is Rambo of the cat world at times.
Flea'd every 4 weeks and wormed every 4 months... ebbing on the cautious side with the flea and worm treatment but the vet said it is fine.... better safe than sorry!

 

[eurekaprince]

If Miele no longer offers electric power nozzles on their canister vacs in the UK, then it looks like the Sebo D4 is your best bet. It's got one of the longest cables offered on a canister vac! And the power nozzle's brush roll is a breeze to remove for maintenance!



http://www.sebo.co.uk/domestic-vacuum-cleaners/cylinders/d4-premium/

 

[loganvac]

I'm inspired!!!

Now I want a Sebo! I'm a collector, and I'm not really looking for an everyday cleaner. I was not very big on Sebos, but me and my families needs call for high filtration and such, so a Sebo seems good for the health of me and my family, and also a good addition to my collection!

 

[turbo500]

claw my eyes out if I didn't let her outside

LOL, Gyps would be clawing to get back in. She like her home comforts far too much. Being an indoor cat was her own choice, and even if I leave the front door open, she's not bothered. She'll sit on the front step in summer but that's about it.

The Sebo D4 would be a good choice, but it is on the expensive side. They're about £100 more than the base model Felix, but both are similar in terms of performance as they use the same powernozzle. If you're after another cylinder, then deffo the D4 if you can stretch too it.

 

[nycwriter]

If you have a pet ...

… don't even consider a vac that doesn't include its own ELECTRIC powered upholstery brush.

The "air turbine" brushes are a joke.

 

[turbo500]

Matt, there is no cleaner at all on the UK market with an electric upholstery nozzle.

I've found that the air-driven turbo brushes are perfectly fine for cleaning furniture as there is no pile as such and therefore one only really requires a surface clean to remove threads, hair and dust.

Just for the record, I use the standard straight suction upholstery tool on my stairs and furniture and it's absolutely fine. I have never needed a turbine or electric nozzle to clean either as the standard Sebo upholstery tool picks everything up, including cat hair, just fine.

 

[sebo_fan]

Yesterday I took out an old tea towel that I adore but it was covered in black bobbling due to the old quality of the cotton and it had been dried with an old sweater. Took out the stair turbo brush and fixed it to my Felix and went along the tea towel quickly to get rid of the bobbling. All done and no problem. 


 


As for pets, the standard SEBO tools are just fine but in recent years I have used the stair cleaning turbo brush to remove pet hair that lines up and down curtains. It is a Wessel Werk unit similar to the one Miele sell and it is superb. 


 


I don't think I could handle an electric upholstery nozzle - the ones I've seen in the U.S look too bulky and heavy IMHO. 

 

[adamthemieleman]

Aww, what a cute kitty indeed! Kind of reminds me of my cousins cat, she looks like the Felix cat, but long hair. She's very cute, strange appetite and very indoorsey and does have a bit of an attitude but she's lovely and loves to be stroked, she likes nothing more, apart from mayonnaise. Moults like mad though, a free constant supply of pet hair for me to demo with!


I have both a sebo x4 pet and a Miele s7 Autocare. Both do a great job, but I think the sebo I'd more nimble, and more comfortable to use. However it leaves rubbery marks all over our kitchen floor from the wheels, the s7 doesn't.

The sebo is a solid performer, the S7 is a classy machine. I personally like having the suction and brush control on the s7, I also prefer the hose setup on the s7 it's longer and more sturdier.