I need to clear up a few points made here.
I asked the Sebo lady and she said the tests at the moment are down to the manufacture. This is very unreliable as each manufacture is going to use different carpets. There is no say in how slowly or quickly the vacuums should be passing over, but she said she has seen a glimpse of how sebo test them and they throw their vacuums in at the deep end as it were and especially for hard flooring, they cover the floor with a grey mix of powder and crumbs, like a very thick amount. All in all it is very unreliable.
In fairness, when I had my s7 and Felix, as the bag filled it can loose suction but as mentioned, the difference is negligible.
The sebo and Dyson are very much on par in terms of carpet performance. I would say the sebo deep cleans better. The bristles on the Dyson dig deep kind of but the sebo pulls itself forward and really grooms the carpet. The Dyson cleans hard flooring better, but you get the kombi tool with the Felix which I will post a picture if later.
The Dyson looks as if it pulls up a lot of dust although I don't really know how much the sebo pulls up as you cant really see in the bag without tearing the bag open.
I have always loved the Felix as a bagged vacuum and for the reasons I have mentioned, I am preferring it as my daily vacuum. Its an improved version of the standard Felix.
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