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Oh that setup, that's what put me off the AromaPro in the first place, except quite a lot of dirty water being extracted went in to the clean water tank, not good.
 
Maybe in yours but I can assure you that has never happened in my model and I haven't seen it happen in other models. I simply wouldn't use it if that occurred and it is clear to see from the acrylic top when you can see directly into the clean water tank - that it is literally clean water.
 
It happened in mine, sadly but I have moved on with the classic Vax now. Prefer cylinder carpet cleaners but sold the 6131, realised how much I missed it & got another one, albeit an older version.
 
Sadly I've moved on too - I was originally going to get the Numatic George before I bought my Charles many years ago and even if the Numatic George is so much better built than Vax can dream of, I realised that my carpets really needed constant brush roll agitation as opposed to suction only tools. At that point I went from the Vax to a U.S Dirt Devil "Floorkeeper," based model in the UK under the Vax Rapide "Total Floors" V-029 model. Quite good for hard floors but ever so useless for carpet despite the brush roll. Still, it was a compact enough model and I quite liked the Dirt Devil design, able to suck up dry dirt "bagless" style with a round ring HEPA filter and able to change over to brush roll agitation with a snap on/off replacement cover for hard floors that stored at the side.

Vax of course no longer make or sell it, though I think it was one of the first models from Dirt Devil in the U.S

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I do remember seeing that on one of the shopping channels, but to be honest we only have carpet in a few of the upstairs rooms, the rest is wood with large rugs, all are short to medium pile. I do find the carpet washes well with a Vax if you use an upright to vacuum before & after washing. Works a treat.
 
Ah - no wonder you have the Vax canister. I doubt I would be able to do portable rugs with ANY carpet washer - I guess that's about the only time that I would consider a canister tub washer again - if I had hard floors and plenty of rugs about. Have you ever tried a Numatic George?
 
No - mum was going to buy one but then I said that if she was going to use it for vacuuming most of the time, why not just have a Henry & I'll use the Vax for carpet washing. I know George comes with a hard floor nozzle but I picked up a Vax Automop which is great for the wood, tiles etc. but our rugs are actually quite big but they only work properly with a tub washer. That's why I sold the Bissell as I would have to Mop floors which is one thing I hate as I feel they aren't clean after.
 
Oh god, I had the original Automop head - very heavy and despite the swivel not that effective when it was supposed to dry floors. Much prefer steaming hard floors if I'm honest, though the Vax S2S I bought early last year is anything but easy to use. Much prefer my old cheap Hometek light n easy.

I've noted that there are a lot of brands who are now offering cheap steam cleaner uprights that either break early or leave the floor far too wet. The Vax S2S is such a machine. Its very well designed in so far as being able to be used with either a detergent added to its tank or with water combined, but I usually just spray a little 151 Elbow Grease on the floor and get the Hometek working around that. Whereas it would take me roughly half an hour to an hour of setting up the Vax to mop the floor and then spend ages getting it dry with the squeegee, the Hometek is far faster.

It is also faster than the Vax S2S - doesn't leave floors too wet and puts down dry steam as opposed to wet. Sometimes the surprise of going with a cheaper brand pays off.
 
I would actually be inclined to go for Hometek again - simply because I have all the original and secondary purchased Velcro rectangular Microfibre heads that, I suppose could be fitted to other brands, provided they offer a similar floor head but you would have to ensure that the Velcro pads actually stick onto whatever any other brand are offering. I must admit, I've always appreciated Hometek though as they are cheap to buy, easy to maintain, easy and quick to use, and though not the best made, are a heck of a lot lighter than the mass brand offerings.
 
The Sebo Bags / Filters / Tools have arrived & when I go home in a few hours I will test them to see how well it works & I'll let you know after.
 
Wow that was quick delivery - mind you whenever I've bought from Miele or SEBO, the delivery is pretty quick. Amazon UK are pretty quick too. EBAY UK is another matter...

Let us know how you get on! And dont forget the orange slider at the bottom release pedal - it gives you the option to have the handle unlocked all the way, or a stepped position if you want to get over the cord or any thresholds.

There are only a few downsides to the SEBO X series in general and I do wish SEBO would update it. In time perhaps!
 
Right I've just took it around the study & it's even better now! I changed the filters & bags with Qualtex ones off Amazon, wanted to get them delivered quickly. Bags fit quite easily, can do it with one hand. Connected the machine back together, put the tools on & tested it by using the computer height adjustment. Slightly temperamental as it can't make up its mind wether to raise or lower the brushroll. Worked great on the tiles & rugs/mats, which were both thick & thin pile. Love the long cord, but the hose is not great as it comes out at the top of the machine & makes it topple over. Good thing they use good plastic! Worked on my rice test OK.

So a good machine all in all, just a few niggles that they could improve.
 
The top hose works better if you keep one hand on the model and one hand on the hoister wand - as indicated in the manual. It really makes no difference as a lot of brands suggest that - I also find it easier at times just to use the hose without the hoister added - but if you get the extension hose, that adds a lot more to the standard 3 metre hose - and with it added by threading it into the hoister wand tube, it makes a superb reach and clean device that is also lightweight and so easy to use.

I never realised how good the actual handle onto the that main extension tube is until I started to clean with it.
 

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