New SEBO 300/350/400 Evolution

[madaboutsebo]

Just looking at the SEBO Germany website a stumbled across this new SEBO model. I was quite surprised to see this! Looks very good, wonder if the UK will have this model for the commercial sector?

SEBO have launch the new 300/350/400 Evolution Commercial Upright at the ISSA Interclean in Amsterdam for the first time.

Looking at the new vacuum cleaner it looks like an evolution (excuse the pun!) of the other comfort models with the filtration setup of the X Series as the name suggests. It has 3 cleaning widths (30, 36 and 46cm) and manual height and looks like a brush bar on and off switch on the side, 1100 watt motor (to comply with new EU directive as the website says!) and a single motor! Also has a detachable main cord like the D Professional Series model, for tool free quick change.

Wonder if this is a hint to a new evolution of the X Series in the future!?

Link below:

http://www.sebo.de/en/evolution

 

[madaboutsebo]

I think that orange on/off could be the power switch and not brush bar on/off looking at the website again, not sure!

 

[sebo_fan]

LOL you beat me to it! I was just looking at the site there!

It has a little more than that though.

 

[madaboutsebo]

Sorry LOL! It's only by chance I went to look at the website I came across it! I wondered if to post a thread then I thought someone might see it and post one before me!

It sure does.

What's your first thoughts on it sebo_fan?

 

[sebo_fan]

Oh don't apologise! No need to at all. Unlike some members I don't get all bolshy when someone brings news to the table - also Jon - are you on Facebook?

It is good to know about SEBO news from others.

I like the design SEBO have done here, but it looks like they have played it safe and stuck wisely to the generic design of their commercial uprights. It could well be the blueprint for X series models in the future, with only a few differences.

 

[madaboutsebo]

Thanks. I am on Facebook.

It's nice to see a few SEBO Fans on here too.

They certainly have played safe in the generic design but if not broken don't fix it as they say! I was thinking that about future X Series models.

Whats your thoughts on that orange switch on the side? Is it brush bar on/off or power on/off it's got me guessing. I first though brush roll on/off but now I'm thinking its the power switch!? It's nice to see they have used the X series pre motor filter, as the other commercial models don't use this if I'm correct!?

 

[sebo_fan]

IM not sure about that orange pedal. It would make sense to have it as a kick-off brush roll stop on/off. We've not been given a view of the back, so it could still be a pedal release.

With regards to the filter the BS36/46 uses the C/K filter cartridge, so it is good to see SEBO finally streamlining cheaper filters with this new Evolution model.

 

[madaboutsebo]

Same here, could be either. I thought it was a brush roll on/off switch due to where it was and the writing ON/OFF near the brush roll check light. True no back pictures as yet. Mind you it does say single motor which then made me change my mind!

I did wonder what filters the BS36/46 used, now I know. Yes it is makes sense. Take it the bags are the same as the BS36/46 do you think?

 

[sebo_fan]

I have just sent you an email. Can't seem to find you on FB though.

 

[sebo_fan]

Yes, it appears to take the same 5 litre dust bags as the BS36/46 - that range as a 10 metre cable - this new one appears to have 12m/13m.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Given the design of the cleaner and how it all slots together, I have always wondered why the Sebo cleaners never had a foot switch. And yet I cannot get my breath as to where it's been sited. What's the betting that it will get caught on furniture and skirtings, turning the cleaner off in the process?

 

[madaboutsebo]

Ok thanks I will just check my email. I must be well hidden on their then!

Thats good using the same bags keeps costs down. More cable length helps reach further less plug changing.

 

[blakaeg]

I really hope Sebo update the aged looking X series machines. Nice to see Sebo have launched some new commercial machines.

 

[madaboutsebo]

Thanks for email sebo_fan.

 

[madaboutsebo]

I'm sure this is the blueprint for a new X Series in the future blakaeg. Only time will tell.

 

[sebo_fan]

I think SEBO will update the X series, or perhaps launch an Evolution X series. Makes sense though that they have chosen to launch a commercial vacuum first due to the last model being the domestic D series before the commercial version appeared.

Don't forget though it could well be an "answer" to the copied Hoover Insight/Profile model.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Cable

Are they measuring that from the point where it plugs into the cleaner though? If so, you can discount at least a meter for allowing it to be hooked up to handle height.

 

[sebo_fan]

And where do you measure it when the vacuum is designed go flat, Benny?

 

[vintagerepairer]

I always measure from the first point where the cable is attached rigidly to the cleaner for normal upright use.

 

[madaboutsebo]

Interesting you can change the floor height either by by foot or the telescopic tube! Wonder how that works with the telescopic tube. I'm intrigued the more I look at this new SEBO model!

 

[sebo_fan]

I find conventional cords frustrating- because a lot of uprights have cords installed half way down the rear of the vacuum, thus requiring excess to be hooked up - ironic really when you consider that if the cords were attached at the top like SEBO, they would give a far truer measurement from the handle to the plug in terms of distance.

Not many uprights fit flat to the floor as a design point these days, either. That seems to be a design element that has got lost amongst many modern brands. If an upright can go under a bed successfully and maintain floor contact without a bagless round bin getting stuck or a too-high floor head, then it ticks my boxes for "normal upright use."

 

[vintagerepairer]

Presumably you could press the button to change the height with the end of the tube instead of your foot?

 

[madaboutsebo]

I totally agree there with you sebo_fan both the cord and flat to the floor design. That design element has been long forgotten about shame really, as flat to the floor is really useful in an upright. Thats why I love my SEBO Felix for that and don't miss bagless bins getting in the way and being too bulky including the floor head too!

 

[sebo_fan]

Sadly it was a problem I found with my Panasonic MC-UG522 upright - oh it can clean quite successfully flat to the floor but only if I keep my foot on the floor head due to its hinge and auto floor head adjustment - and that can't be done for successful cleaning all of the time due to the furniture in question and the physical distance between floor head and the top handle.

When I removed the hinge bracket that was preventing the floor head from cleaning flat to the floor, the handle then wouldn't lock up when finished. It's a hard a compromise when brands make handle releases and hinges like that!

 

[blakaeg]

Sebo_Fan,

That'll be great. I really hope so and I will most definitely love to own one if they do )

 

[spiraclean]

Really like the looks of this one, seems they've taken some of the best features of both the Professional G and BS series and combined them into one, with a couple of new twists for good measure. Hopefully this will make it into the UK lineup at some point, because it's exactly what I've been looking for in a Sebo upright.

On thing I'm already wondering though: Sebo currently makes the Professional XP, Professional G, 370/470, BS series and Dart. That's five different styles of commercial upright, and the Evolution would bring that up to six. Could it be one of the existing models is due to be retired soon in order to make way for the new?

 

[sebo_fan]

Could it replace existing models?

It could well do. Based on the fact you can get three different width versions of the floor head, it could effectively replace the BS36/46.

I like the new bin surround though and the fancy bottom filter part - highlights that SEBO can move with the times, even if it is a little step forward. There is a top handle that you can see and sits below the top hose.

 

[seamusuk]

Been on the phone to Sebo...

Hey Guys
Spoke to a very helpful lady at Sebo this morning- she knew nothing about them other than a colleague pointing her to the German site already linked.
She took my details and is sending me info as soon as they have it
Seamus

 

[madaboutsebo]

Suppose SEBO UK don't know anything about the new Evolution yet as it's just been launched.

Be interesting to see if and when they do retire any old models as both the BS and 370/470 models had new improved cleaner heads didn't they about 2 years ago!?

The Evolution does look like a combination of the best parts from the current models with some new features. I think or my guess is that on/off orange switch next to the brush check light is a brush bar on/off switch. The main power switch looks like it could be located at the back of the handle just below the top cable hook/tidy!? As it's a single motor vacuum if it does have a brush bar on/off switch suppose a clutch setup would be used would you say?

Do like the overall look of the new Evolution great features too. Does the EU directive apply to commercial vacuums I thought I read somewhere commercial vacuums would be different to domestic? SEBO mentions it complies with the new EU directive at 1100 watts. Which it does for this year.