Sanitaire in the UK

[richardc1983]

Good responses thank you. I particularly like the quick ready to use wand on the x1. Does the felix have something similar?

It says the brush roll can be turned off on the felix, would it then pick up cat litter or continue to push it about? The dyson I have doesn't spit it out it's the front of the head that doesn't quite sit high enough. As soon as it goes under the head it goes.

 

[sebo_fan]

I find the Felix picks up crumbs - sorry I no longer have a cat - but depending on the height setting, it doesn't push cat litter long but does pick it up. Felix can also pick up stones, bigger than cat litter (Ive had mine outside doing the patio after a day when soil and stones get thrown up with pressure washer weeding and I use a spare ET-1 floor head purely for that.)

There isn't a quick wand release on the Felix - the Felix is designed for a small to medium home, so you'd lose out on that.

But then there's nothing stopping you from buying a spare wand for an X and combining that with the extension hose if you want extra reach. All tools fit onto the end of the wand.

 

[sebo_fan]

Rice pick up test vs Vax VCU02

 

[turbo500]

Richard, a few more pics that might help showing the powerhead, hand held mode, hard floor tool and upright hose mode. The Felix does not come wit can extension wand.

You could turn the brushroll off on the powernozzle for bare floors, but the proper hard floor brush has bristles like a cylinder floortool which are far better for cleaning on hard floors. Turning the brushroll off for bare floors works well to a certain extent, especially for dust and hair, but larger bits like cat litter can be a problem.

 

[sebo_fan]

Sorry I disagree, Chris.

Look at this video of the D4 which uses a SEBO standard floor hard brush - it actually has longer bristles than the Deluxe Parquet brush - it struggles on hard beans on a hard floor. The D4 may be a different vacuum but it uses the same ET-1 power nozzle as the Felix and now UK versions of the K3 Premium.



Looks like I'll have to make a video picking up cat litter on a hard floor....

 

[turbo500]

Yes but they're not vacuuming the hardfloors with the PN, which has even less clearance on hardfloors than the deluxe parquet brush.

Besides, who the heck vacuums up beans anyway?

 

[richardc1983]

The cat litter I use is the wood pellet stuff it's bigger than standard granules of litter. A video from some of you would be great to see.

Also I think the x1 would be the better choice as instances such as cat litter the hose can be quickly pulled out just to pick the loose bits of litter up around her tray area. The felix you have to either turn the brush roll off which is a faff

 

[sebo_fan]

Well you can pick up the cat litter taking the hose out of the Felix and then using the extension crevice tool at the end of it. It just means having to take the hose out and then adding the crevice tool at the end of the hose each time.

But then again, if your cat litter is the wood pellet stuff - then I know the stuff rather well - it gets stuck up the crevice fairly easily on my pal's Vax upright and actually gets wedged into the end of it far too many times, then requiring a knitting needle to push it out.

 

[sebo_fan]

Also Chris, the PN has four height settings. I believe the 3rd or 4th setting might do it. I'll have to check and see.

Right, where's me pasta twirls - that's bigger than wood pellets lol

 

[gsheen]

I like my felix alot, My only negative is the hose, What on earth were they thinking. I almost feel they were designing a None hose style upright and at the last miniute the managment board said whoooa it must have a hose. Its stiff and ridged and not much use. With the addition of a extendable hose the machine becomes very useful but as a Sebo I would have expected more. I mean they had the awesome hose on the x and G machines so what gives, you go forward in design not backwards. The original 350 machines had a better hose on them. 


My only other gripe is the hard floor tool, Its really nice but they could have designed a better elbow in it as it is very difficult to stand the heavy machine against something when you are needing to stop vacuuming for a minute or so. My one has crashed t the floor more than once.


 


This is just my opinion but I really do like the machine and the way it cleans. If it had a better hose it would be the best sebo ever made. 

 

[gsheen]

By the way the company that makes the sanitaire copy's is omnivac


They are actually rather good 



http://www.omivac.com/

 

[sebo_fan]

Well the hard floor isn't supposed to allow the heavy weight of the Felix to stand up on its own, Gareth. That's why there's a rubber end on the end of the handle.

 

[gsheen]

Sure but its not always possible to stand it against something were the handle is against a wall, average homes in SA are much bigger than those in the UK so walls are further away in rooms. I have put my one aginst various things to rest and bang, oh and even a wall and it left a nice grey stripe of rubber on the wall as it slipped down. 

 

[baglessball]

I was really disappointed with my felix's performance on hard floors. I didn't rate it at all. (That was with the powerhead and brush switched off) I really liked the machine otherwise. I find the X1/4 machines pretty good on hard floors. There is knack all room between the baseplate and the floor though. I never tilt machines back for big bits, I tilt it sideways on the forward stroke and hop on to the offending chunk. It's faster.

Never tried the floor brush for the Felix, but liked the look if it.

I know I will be shot for saying it, but Dyson on hard floors are good. In particular DC14/DC15/DC33 as they all have a large debris channel at the front of the cleaner head.

 

[richardc1983]

Hmmm just seen this video the x1 seems quite good...

 

[richardc1983]

Sebo G1

What do you think to this... Kind of like the idea of manual height adjust so that for hard floors I can set it so that it can just suck larger pieces of debris like cat litter straight up.

 

[gsheen]

Never liked the x machines automatic height adjustment, It always drove me insane and never left my carpets looking groomed, The G1 on the other hand is awesome, It cleans so well and because its manual you can set the height properly

 

[richardc1983]

Dyson on hard floors

Yeah they DC07 is good on hard floors just not cat litter or should I say wood pellets. DC07 has a massive cleaner head though so its a struggle to get under the table etc but still a good vac. Had to replace the motor last year as it went bang but as good as new since. May put this upstairs once I've got a sebo,

Shaun - is it worth getting a sebo comfort or g1? Does the comfort have manual height adjust?

I wouldn't want the one with the wide head though.

 

[richardc1983]

G1 not available in the uk according to sebo website

 

[turbo500]

The G1 isn't available in the UK. To be honest, you'd probably be better off with the Automatic height adjustment on bare floors. It's not so good on lino though, it tends to stick to it.


 


Video attached which might help