sebo felix bad smell

[gsheen]

Hi Guys , 


just wanting some info, We have started selling sebo's and I bought a sebo felix to try out. after a few uses I noticed a really unpleasant dog smell every time the machine was on, I bought a g1 aswell and this model does not do it. neither do my normal daily driver dysons.We vacuum every day about twice a day as I am a bit OCD .  I have noticed that the Miele s7 upright has the same smell after a few uses and always put it down to the synthetic bag. 


Has any one else had this problem. 


 


A mate of mine who works in a lab that deals with odours said its due to the pet hair and dust deteriorating inside the bag, but then all bagged vacuums would do it and its just the felix and the miele that do. 

 

[joshdonnell]

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Do you give ur dog often? If i had it would stay out side i . Dont like animals in the home Its nasty to me

 

[vintagerepairer]

Some cleaners are worse than others for smells I noticed. I cannot tell you why I am afraid. The Dyson suffers least of all and the original sales literature suggested this was due to the air not moving through the dirt in the tank like a bag does. I have in my time had a good deal of smelly Dyson cleaners, I think the smell of dog can get into the plastic somehow and that seems to be it. I do think the more a cleaner is used, the less it smells. Cleaners used only a few times a month can really smell.

 

[notacollector]

Perhaps there is a difference in the heat concentrated in the bag as opposed to the Dysons.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Does the filtration play a part to avoiding smells too?

 

[gsheen]

Josh donnell


I have 11 cats 3 dogs , the dogs are allowed inside and yes they are washed weekly. My house is about 1400sq so its a fairly gig house, allot of it is hard flooring, teak and origan pine flooring some marble flooring and carpets. I am ocd so I can't handle dirt or fur anywere, We have a vacuum in each room as I vacuum at least twice a day. My carpets are washed once a week too.


It has little to do with my house as I noticed the same smell when I used the machines at my office 


 


Vintage repairer


Yes I am a dyson agent and one thing I have never noticed is a smelly dyson. I think the fact that the dirt is out of the airflow and it also has to do with the brilliant hepa filration system.


 


I know Miele offers a charcoal filter but we get enough of these in still smelling. what puzzles me is I understand why the dyson doesn't smell but why the felix and not the G1 

 

[fantomlightning]

The only vacuums I've ever had problems with smells are very high filtration machines... Such as Miele and Sebo I wonder if it just has something to do with the very fine particles these machines trap in their bags.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Sorry I can't be of help. But I have enjoyed reading the points you make. In respect of the Dyson cleaners, I do not know why they have long stopped promoting the low odour aspect of their machines. I don't believe this characteristic has ever changed on all of the cleaners, but it seems to get no mention now.

 

[gsheen]

Vintage repairer.


On the smell note , we will often get a dyson in for a service and it will smell fine when we test it but when you take out the hepa filter the smell of cigarette smoke is overwhelming, that's how good there hepa filtration is that it traps the cigarette smoke . Im not a smoker so I pick up on it allot faster . Yesterday we got a Vorwerk in for a service and when I switched it on it stank out the whole workshop with cig smoke even with its hepa filter. 

 

[tolivac]

Several years ago got a Dyson DC07 from the Kirby trade in pile from a former dealer-it smelled of DOG!!!Had to wash the machine out including the cyclones.I simply replaced the washable filter-Bought a new one from Best Buy.And its roller brush was wrapped in long dog hair.Had to get out my heavy shears to cut the hair out of the brush.Now the machine no longer smells of dog-was able to wash the DOG out of my Dyson!ANY vacuum can accumilate doggy odors when used a lot in dog households.

 

[gsheen]

my oldest dyson a dc04 is 14 years old , has neversmelt of dog, if you abuse it then yes. The only way to get the cyclones clogged is to overfill the bin right to the top so that shows what kind of abuse that poor machine took. 

 

[gsheen]

Just out of Interest , this felix is not old , its about 4 weeks old, I took it to my office and ran i around there with a new bag, 3 days later same smell, No dogs cats or anything else there. 

 

[sebo_fan]

gsheen - have you got the later SEBO Felix charcoal filter cartridge fitted? This is like the original green one with the orange handle but has a thicker layer of charcoal on the base, now added to sustain for pet hair odour. Sounds to me like you don't or, that the charcoal filter may need replacing. Dependent on the type of bags you have, I've noted that the older paper dust bags suffer from pet hair odour in long term keep. 


 


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[tolivac]

when I got my Dyson from the Kirby place-the bin was empty.they probably dumpted it when they got it.Would make sense that the machine was overfilled-with bagless and dump bag vacuums,you should dump the bin or bag AFTER EACH USE.Too many folks that buy bagless vacuums use them like the bagged machine they used to have-they would use it until the debris in the bin reached the "full" mark.Then they would dump it-and as a result they "stored" dirt in the machine between uses.In any of the bagless vacuum owners manuals they suggest dumping it after each use.That way less smell and clogging of cyclones and filters.Esp if the user has a dog.

 

[gsheen]

Sebo fan 


 


we only get the paper bags here But why does the G1 not smell, also paper bag 

 

[sebo_fan]

The filtration is similar but it is not the same design; hot air is present out the motor filter which is more towards the bottom of the G1 machine and away from the bag - the exhaust filter shroud around the Felix is more apparent with the air pushed upwards and the micro filter covering over the motor vent inside. This is where most of the inner air from the vacuum flows through as you probably know - but the charcoal now absorbs any bad odour before the bag.

 

[gsheen]

Just called HQ , we dont get the charcoal filter or the synthetic bags here. GO figure. 

 

[sebo_fan]

See if you can source them off EBAY.US or your nearest EBAY. They will become worldwide parts soon.

 

[gsheen]

Yes I can do that for myself , but how can I sell a machine that is ment for pet hair if I know it smells bad after a few uses. I need to get sebo SA to get the synthetic bags and charcoal filters in here asap.