Oh dear, we've been vacuum shopping...

[madabouthoovers]

Alex - how come we don't hear much from you on VL these days?

 

[alexhoovers94]

College, work and cba, far to busy buying them!! LOL.
I have the yellow Turbo 2 on eBay now.

 

[madabouthoovers]

cba Alex? whats that?

 

[alexhoovers94]

It took everything for me to justify it!!
I have just bought a Panasonic MC-E43N, Electrolux Contour Z1410 and yet another Henry HVR200 and that U2602 and Turbopower Junior in the picture above.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Can't be arsed

 

[turbo500]

Alex, a few things you're forgetting.

- the Turbopower's haven't been on sale in 13 years
- the hose suction on them is crap
- even though they were good on carpet, they were hit and miss in the build quality, hence why there are so many U2194's and U2602's and virtually no 2336's.

Not everyone is an enthusiast for old appliances. My other half wouldn't have wanted some 25 year old upright with crap hose suction. He wanted a NEW vacuum.

 

[alexhoovers94]

And not everyone is enthusiastic about Sebos, which have a pathetic height adjustment that is awful and it constantly falls over when using the tools.
The Turbopowers hose suction is not THAT great but I wouldn't suggest the word crap.
[this post was last edited: 2/8/2014-08:42]

 

[sebo_fan]

No Alex, but at the same the Turbopowers that you grossly promote are PLASTIC. The classic uprights like the Hoover Junior and Senior get my vote.

Had I not been given my parents X1 Automatic I'd have been slow to buy into the SEBO name. Id have stuck with my Junior or Senior uprights.

Well done on the purchase, Chris. I knew you were going to buy a SEBO upright. Im not surprised at the amount of dirt the machine picked up. You should do up the old Panasonic and either keep it (as the current ones lack the beater bar stop function) or Ebay it.

I could never have a Kirby in my home. My home is large enough for it, but the hallways are too narrow and like Chris says, the amount of time spent taking the thing apart to convert it this way, that way is not for me. Fine if you're retired and have all the time in the world. Not for a 12 hour shift person like me though!

 

[hi-loswitch98]

Likewise I could not use a Kirby with all of the hard floors & short-pile carpets I have in my house!

 

[alexhoovers94]

Had I not been given my parents X1 Automatic I'd have been slow to buy into the SEBO name.

...oh deer, Such a tradgerdy if they hadn't.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Ryan

You and Chris are a right pair, it is like you bounce of each other (metaphorically speaking) when it comes to SEBO.

 

[sptyks]

SEBO is not for me

I would not be able to use a SEBO in my home. Because with my thick plush medium pile carpet, and the SEBO's ineffective auto height adjustment and barely average hose suction, it's just not for me.


Give me the powerful direct air suction, superior agitation and manual height adjustment of a Royal metal upright or a Kirby any day.

 

[turbo500]

Alex, I know that not everyone is as enthusiast about Sebo's, but in terms of modern machines, what else is there? In terms of deep cleaning, reliable and easy to use uprights, it's that or an S7.

As I've said a hundred times before, I've always found that this auto height adjustment works very well and the amount of dust and grit it has pulled out of my other half's carpets proves that. Based on your theory of the Sebo skimming the carpet, surely it wouldn't pick up much more than the Panasonic? And yet, it's half filled a bag. Go figure.

There's no hope for them, Ry. Even with the evidence plonked infront of them that the Sebo works well, they still argue it.

 

[alexhoovers94]

I can't be doing with modern vacuums they are just boring and tacky, I like the classic look. If I was getting any modern cleaner I would get a Miele S7 I think it is far supirior to the SEBO X-series urgh they are so bland.

 

[hi-loswitch98]

I can't believe really how a Panasonic Upright can miss so much? I guess the belt wasn't changed for a while maybe? Also I forgot to mention after I had cleaned the SEBO I gave it a test run around the house & it quarter filled the bag. I had never used an Upright that had done that before.

 

[alexhoovers94]

They are alright, but they don't stick to the floor very much, has a good brushroll but minimal agitation it skims the surface really due to that silly gimmick of a height adjustment.

 

[sptyks]

Are you guys familiar with the Riccar Radience? It's really a shame that they are not available in the UK, otherwise you guys would have a third choice for upright vacs. I know the Radience will outperform the S7. Not sure how it would do against the SEBO.


 

 

[alexhoovers94]

I must say though for todays standards the Sebo X-series has relatively poor suction.

 

[thekirbylover]

In terms of deep cleaning, reliable and easy to use

deep cleaning, good god chris, sebo's are okay but they dont deep clean at all, to be honest they dont really do ANYTHING, they are reliable being commercial and all, the only reason I ever use my x4 is because its comfortable to use however the tools are pretty much useless except the crevice tool, plus they literally ruin hard floors something that sebo say that they are designed for. Alex get out of the 90s with your bloody turbopowers, however I do agree that the suction on the x4 isnt really that good.

 

[alexhoovers94]

"Even with the evidence plonked infront of them that the Sebo works well, they still argue it."

Chris, I don't care if it is the best vacuum ever, the worst vacuum in the world or somewhere inbetween, I still HATE it.