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I was thinking the same sebo_fan. I think we are being told SEBO vacuums filtration is not very good perhaps! One thing I will say is the video doesn't show you the post motor filter on the top of the K series. So how do we know it has one in!
 
Well, the other thing is at least we are shown a filter at the beginning of the test, the red hospital grade filter that filters out things higher than the green one. It would have been better had we got to see the state of the filter at the end.

Unlike this similar test on a Dyson DC22.

 
Back on topic

Anyway, SEBO have added a few other things online today.

SEBO Felix Kombi - 700 watt and in a rather remarkably similar choice to what I decided on myself, when it came to changing the colour/different patterned exhaust cover a few months ago on mine...

Available in either Pearl or Platinum colours.

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Oh, I got this all wrong. Okay. SEBO and Miele are terrible vacuum cleaners. They must be because of these rating labels. They have terrible filtrations and well below average carpet cleaning performance not to mention terribly inefficient motors. I mean its not exactly as if SEBO and Miele have won awards from which? magazine and GHI, among being used in Buckingham Palace, the White House amongst hospitals, hotels and schools right across Europe and north America. Nah, if you want a real deep powerful cleaning machine with excellent filtration, buy a Vax!

Seriously come on people, and especially you dysonboy. These labels mean nothing at the moment, the tests have not been conducted to a standard and they have not got proper information yet. Manufactures are rushing to get all of this done. Give it until the end of the year at least before the labels actually mean anything.
 
Well said above post ^^^

These labels are a joke. It's like the new Hoover Cleaners at Argos, surely not premium models such as the Globe & Turbo Power get a G for emissions? They can't be that bad as to release as much dust as is sucked up by the cleaners in the first place.

Look, we all know how good Sebo/Miele cleaners are so I won't worry about the rating stickers changing my mind about them.
 
The thing is though, the EU labels are hardly for the benefit of collectors, HI-LO - they're for the unsuspecting Average Joe buyer who might just believe everything they read.

Mind you, when you look at what gets an A for mostly everything, it 'aint exactly cheap. If you go in for all manner of performance data (I can only think of one ex-member on here who springs to mind and who is probably spitting pips regarding the SEBO data) then you'll most certainly have to pay through the nose for it.
 
Loving the new colours of the new Felix models. The Felix Classic I've got I don't think any other filter cover would go even as a contrast!
 
Well, the Navy colours would suit the Classic a lot, or the Vogue exhaust filter. It has enough contrast that wouldn't make the classic look out of place. I believe online classic filters can be cheaper to buy since it is an older model.

The other thing regarding the X series is that they have forever been sold on the basis that they gently clean carpets. Though I would have expected a better performance data for carpet cleaning, at least the X doesn't get a D rating.

At the end of the day Im hopeful that the ratings may be re-tested, not just for SEBO but for other brands. As Chris notes, there are too many variables in the EU label tests and in my mind they don't go far enough to justify the ratings.
 
Nice line up, loving that Eco Pearl Felix! Like the white X4 too. I wonder if the X1.1 will be dropped in the UK due to the lower wattage motors in the X series!? Unless the UK doesn't get the lower watt ones, just the Felix, D and K Eco models.

Thanks for the filter suggestions for my Felix Classic, I will bare though in mind.
 
In that news report that showed off SEBO UK, they said that they had just taken in the last of the models before the new EU ones. I can't imagine that the UK would lose out on eco versions of the Felix or D series - particularly in light of the fact that the D series in the UK has yet to have a low wattage model for the domestic model.

The X1.1 isn't available in many other countries. It would be a pity to see it go - certainly from SEBO's point of view it could become the tester model if they fit a 900 watt motor into it. Having that model means it doesn't affect the more premium level of the X4.
 
I will be very disappointed if this new cleaner turns out to be the Evolution. Why all the cloak and dagger stuff with a product covered by a shroud on the website, when it has been on full view for weeks before?
 
New eco models can be ordered from the 8th September, e.g. D4 premium eco 700w, felix

Some other models from 15th September e.g. K3 premium eco 700w, X4

All new cylinder range is being launched today in Berlin (so i was told 3 weeks ago by Sebo) will feature remote and power head
 
That's true. I wonder what SEBO Eco models the UK will get look forward to seeing that.

I would be a shame to loose the X1.1, that's a good point to put a 900 watt motor in the X1.1 to see how it fairs. That will give them a good view of how a 900 watt motor performs in domestic use.

A new cylinder from SEBO can't wait!! Doesn't look like it will replace the K series then! New power head may be! Could that mean new power heads for the Premium D & K plus the Felix. We will see I suppose very soon!
 
Well the K series has been around since 2002; it would be good to see another model - but do SEBO really need another cylinder/can vacuum cleaner on the market?

The way the K has been made, though it survives on a 3 litre dust bag, it sits between rivals on dust capacity alone. Bosch and Miele both offer 3.5/4 litre dust bags with their FJM and then the 4.5/5 litre GN series bags, and Bosch also offer a larger size capacity dust bag for their bagged cylinder vacs.

Something in the middle range between the K and the D series could make sales, but then I think SEBO could offer a "Grand Felix" size that could in theory, take over from the X series uprights.
 
"Sebo_fan"

Look at the top-most edge of that photo.

Just visible, pinned to the wall above the white X4 upright, is what appears to be the back end of a cylinder machine. I think I can identify the slot for parking the carpet / floor head.
 
I think a new model to fit in between the K and D series seems plausible and would make sense. If it was to replace the K series surely they wouldn't have updated the K series with lower watt motors!

I like your idea of the 'Grand Felix' Sebo_fan. Suppose they could keep a base X series model if they did this!

That picture sure looks like a new product. Shame we can't see a bit more of it. I'm surprise no one has posted anything more online!
 
I hope it has a full stair hose and antique tape design it it has all those features I'll definitely buy one is anyone know when we'll be revealed
 
Very true, all this waiting I'm sure will be worth it!

I noticed John Lewis has removed some of the higher powered SEBO's and Miele's models which we know they remove some and add them back on again!! Wonder if it's to make way for the Eco models particularly from SEBO!?
 
'Hey Bill, Dyson is a good vacuum right? Good, they get an A, Soho wooohoooo early lunch break!!'


 


Well, that's one theory to this label issue! 
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