Sebo automatic X1 1997

[Dysonabsolute]

Hi guys, I got my first ever sebo last week off a lovely elderly lady, she also included 6 paper filterbox bags and a brand new pack of the synthetic bags similar to the miele ones. They say suitable for airbelt on the box but they do still fit the x series. It's dated November 1997 on the body etc and everything still works as it should do. I've briefly stripped it down and it looks quite sound inside. I am going to treat it to a new wand hose and tool set including the dusting brush with holder in the new year and maybe a filter kit.

I know people rave about these machines about how well they are built and how they clean. I must say its an absolute dream to clean with and it has such a good quality feeling, since I'm pretty new to them is there anything I should look out for and also the best place for cheapest genuine parts.

Also have a guess how much it cost, got it for what I think a good price considering it was probably touching 300 quid when it had its day.

 

[ultralux88]

This prompted me to go look at the plastic date stamp on the bag doors in my Kenmore Professional 15 (Sebo Automatic X2), and my Windsor Sensation (X1). The Kenmore oddly enough is the same 11/97 as yours! And the Windsor was Oct. 96, so even older.

 

[turbo500]

One of these style x1's was the first Sebo I ever got to use, bought by my friends parents when I was in school in 1998 (it replaced a Turbomaster). IIRC, these were around £200 new. Thus began a love affair that is still going. We have 2 X1.1's at home and my Mum has a Felix.

17 years later, that same X1 is still going.

 

[Dysonabsolute]

Thanks for the nice comments guys, one guess what I'm doing tonight lol.

 

[parwaz786]

XD nice! Last year I wanted a Sebo, want a Kirby sentria now but. I really admire the design of the Sebo X range uprights, just dont like how the machine topples over when using the hose due to it coming out of the upper part of the machine.

 

[madaboutsebo]

Nice SEBO X1 you have there Dysonabsolute hope you enjoy using it. Great pictures of it too, looks in very good condition too. Sounds like your enjoying using it, how you finding the auto height adjustment? Not to everyones taste.

I have a SEBO Felix but would love an X series at some point. You will probably find the synthetics are better over the paper ones. You'll find the Airbelt will be the C series no longer available in the UK and it used the same bags as the X series.

 

[madaboutsebo]

I know what you mean parwaz786, but SEBO do mention this in the instructions to advise how to use the vacuum to stop this happening.

I would say the onboard wand&#92hose is used for quick cleanups above and below floor by using the wand in one hand and the other hand held on the main handle of the vacuum to steady it. It also makes for a simple air path through the machine too reducing the length the dirt has to travel and reducing blockages or easy to remove them. Plus it makes for very quick release of the wand and hose too.

 

[sptyks]

Tayyab,


I was just curious: are you looking for a new or used Sentria II?


 


-Stan

 

[Dysonabsolute]

I'm really pleased with it Sebo, stripped the complete base apart this evening washed the main chassis and cleaned the other parts. It's so well built you can tell it is a real good quality design. The amtek motor is dated December 1997 and the rest of the vacuum is October-November 1997. So I believe it wasn't put into use until 1998 as the motor has such a late year build date. Any chance you have a new or good used plastic wand do you? Mine is complete but it does have some wear on it. If not it's only 15 quid from Sebo.co.uk and also it could do with a new set of tools. Apart from that the body work is brilliant for its old age.

Everything is fitted back in except the motor as the sound deadening is still slightly damp.

 

[sebo_fan]

Nice X1

Check EBAY UK for spares for the SEBO - they are usually tons of old wands in good condition.

The best bargain X1 I got was from Gumtree where the seller didnt know what they had! £30 with a broken belt which was a major bargain at the time. Same model as the white one you have and with a lowly 850 watt motor. Saying that, it was still very quiet and great to use. Still love my parents old darker grey model. They're great uprights in terms of being a great all rounder and designed to be fixed by the owner, not the manufacturer. If only all vacuums were like that.

 

[mieles7]

How do you find the age of your Sebo? This thread has made me really curious about my X2.

 

[turbo500]

Tayyab, there are ways to stop the Sebo toppling over. It doesn't do it with the extension hose on. Of course you'd know that if you'd actually used one.

 

[Dysonabsolute]

If you open the bag door there will be 2 circles in the plastic with arrows in pointing to a number. One Will be 1 to 12 and the other is the year indicator. The numbers on here will vary from what decade your machine was built. I actually paid £10 for my X1 with all them bags aswell Sebo it was in full working order but it does need the cover over the switch.

 

[Dysonabsolute]

Look at this on ebay for £19.99 buy it now. Shame the plastics are scratched otherwise I would of been tempted.

 

[parwaz786]

Hi Stan, I am looking for a nice condition used Sentria with the shampoo kit and hose with tools. Thanks

Jon: thanks for tho info just curious, is the wand handle removable for car cleaning? Cheers
Chris: Oh OK. Forgot that the extension hoses were available. Seems like such a good idea. Thanks

 

[parwaz786]

BTW TOM, that looks nice. I guess you can use sand paper to get rid of scratches, then buff the plastic afterwards to make it shiny again?

 

[Dysonabsolute]

It is supposed to be non glossy, I have had various Dyson parts off this seller and they have been really bad in the past. Recently brought a spine off her for a clutched dc07 and the little tab on the spine that cuts the clutch off when in upright mode was broken off so the brush roll would run continuous.

 

[parwaz786]

Oh dear, that broke on my dc14 blitz it my auntie has it now but she doesn't care about that

 

[turbo500]

The extension hose comes as standard with all the X4 and X5 models.

It amazes me how you can form such opinions about machines you've never used.

 

[parwaz786]

No, I said that they machines topple over because I had a play with one at my dad's workplace. They had a grey and orange sebo look alike, like an X4 and the design was oretty much the same, and the hose is located at the upper part of the machine, so when it is tugged, the machine topples back. Yes I haven't used it, but its pretty obvious that when the machine is on, it is more likely to fall over easier than the hose with no suction.

 

[turbo500]

That's a fair point Tayyab, but what about this Sentria you want - have you actually used one? Matt brought his Sentria 2 down to my house the other week and whilst its a great machine, we have hard wearing, loop carpet and the Kirby stuck too it so much that it was too difficult to push, even with Techdrive on. How do you know you want a machine until you've tried it? It could be the exact opposite of what you want.

Just do yourself a favour, don't make any decisions or spend a load of money on anything until you've tried them.

 

[sptyks]

If the Sentria was hard to push with the Tech Drive on, then the floor nozzle was set too low to the carpet and not letting some air to enter from around the sides of the nozzle which is required to maintain proper airflow through the machine.


 


If the nozzle is set too low then it will suck right down to the carpet and will be very hard to push. This not only hinders cleaning performance but is hard on the Tech Drive mechanics as well.

 

[turbo500]

I grew up in a house with a Kirby, I do know how to use them. My in laws have an Ultimate G, which I've used at their house a fair few times and is fine on their carpet.

On one height setting, it was skimming the carpet and the next one down it was glued too it. There was no inbetween. It was totally useless on our carpets and just ripped the 2 shag rugs to bits. Can't say I'm in any rush to spend £1500 on a tank that rips my rugs up.

 

[kirbymodel2c]

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<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">I'm sure <a name="start_27681.309579"></a>Tayyab is old enough to decide for himself if he wants a Sentria. If he doesn't know anyone who owns one so he can try it before buying one I'm sure he will just get one and keep it if he likes it and sell it on if he doesn't. No big deal... I've never found a carpet I can't use a Kirby on and if the rugs was that delicate or poorly made you could of just turned the roller off or used the hose attachments.. Again no biggy!
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<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">James

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[turbo500]

One would have thought so, but if people insist on basing their opinions on what other people say and not their own experience, it really does beg the question.

I'm not for a minute saying that Tayyab shouldn't get what he wants, but it's s lot of money to splash out for something that might not be what he's expecting.

Contrary to popular belief, not every vacuum is suitable for every home or indeed every person. I'd always recommend, regardless of the cleaner, to try before investing in something.

 

[madaboutsebo]

Yes the hose detaches from the wand for car cleaning. Just remove the hose from the wand when the wand is stored on the vacuum. Not sure if you can remove the hose from the wand when you have already removed the wand from the vacuum body. I'm sure someone can confirm this. I would attach the extension hose for car cleaning personally. I do on my Felix. When you return the hose into the wand if the vacuum is on it will suck it into the wand itself returning it to its storage position. I think the hose and wand I the X series is very clever design personally.

SEBO could change the top hose setup but it will make the air path complex which I found on my S7. This can open the vacuum up to protential blockages which may be hard to get at to remove. The SEBO setup makes easy maintainance and simpler air path for the dirt to travel through the vacuum, quicker air path to the bag.

 

[sptyks]

Like James said above:


 "I've never found a carpet I can't use a Kirby on and if the rugs was that delicate or poorly made you could of just turned the roller off or used the hose attachments..."


 


Chris, You must have some very strange carpet if you couldn't get the Sentria II to work!


 


I think that Tayyab once mentioned on here that he has very plush carpet in his house and if so the Sentria II should work very well on those types of carpet. I know because my home has plush beige carpet throughout and my Sentria I does a fantastic job. I'm getting ready to shampoo my carpet for the third time and my Sentria does a fantastic job at that as well.

 

[parwaz786]

Yes, thanks. All of you are correct. Chris, thanks for reaching out to me with advice on buying a Sentria, I have not used one so may not get what I expect.
Thanks James, yes I guess I could sell the Sentria on as it is metal and is also very valuable.

Hi Stan! Yes I do have thick plush pile carpet in my room, yea. My Dyson DC25 struggles on it, because it leaves the carpet spotless on the surface, but when I put the vacuum on a random part of the carpet and apply pressure to the motor head, there's larger debris living in the carpet that comes out. I had to get the stair tool on the wand and scrub very hard, or use the crevice tool. It is a pain.

I wanted a Kirby because of its power. Of course a dirty air has a lot more suction at the cleaner head than a clean air one, so thought it may be a good piece of kit for my thick carpet which is like American style, approx 2 cm, or just about an inch thick.

In our house we have that thick carpets, burber carpet, large area rugs which are plush, but we will get new carpets. On the stairs and landing we will get plush instead of the burber.

Kind regards
Tayyab

 

[parwaz786]

Or, I could get the DC41 mk2 if I try one out in Currys, Oliveoiltinfoil made an impressive video of it beating the carpet, and another. Idea of it pulling two types of carpets off the floor. Thick and thin. Impressive!
PS I don't care how hard it is to push a vacuum. Infact I like it better when it is harder to push