Vintage Sebo's

[ryry_87]

this ones for chris aka Turbo500 because he asked me to start a thread about my vintage sebo's so here it is i've put a link on that goes straight to my videos on youtube so you can see them in action

First up in my Sebo 350, this was the original Sebo vacuum originally from 1978. It was the first commercial vacuum to have an onboard hose attached and a clutch controlled brushroll. They were originally sold through commercial cleaning equipment suppliers such as Jeyes Hygiene, Initial and Lorito. Sebo was first introduced in 1979 under the Windsor name. The 350 was the model that earned Sebo it's reputation for reliability and user friendliness.

 

[ryry_87]

next up, the 360 Electronic, this one came in 1986 and was the first to feature the brush control display. This is a lovely vacuum and still in production virtually unchanged as the BS36/Windsormatic models. Again, nicely built, superbly reliable and great performance.

 

[ryry_87]

group pic..

The whole family, the orange Ensign 350 and X4 clear belong to my mate richie. I've since got nice new hoses for the 350 and 360

 

[ryry_87]

and I'm waiting for this one, on its way from germany. A very rare 1991 X1 in brown and cream. One of the very first. Will post more pics of it when its here and cleaned up

 

[hoovermanmick]

very nice ryan seen a blue sebo on gumtree 15 pound

 

[gsheen]

The sebo 350 was sold in SA in Orange and white like the one in your photo. I have the brown 370 , nice collection 

 

[ryry_87]

i've actually never seen a 370 in this country, I think they are available but most companies seem to go for the BS36 model instead

 

[turbo500]

Great thread here Ry!
I always thought the 360 was launched in '79, hence why the 350's were so rare?

 

[ned_flanders]

I like your video where you're dressed to match the orange colors

 

[ryry_87]

thanks jeff lol it wasn't intentional! according to the sebo history site chris it came in 86'

 

[ryry_87]

german sebo history

http://www.sebo.de/33.33.ger.html

 

[gsheen]

ryry , sorry , I do have a 370 but its grey , I meant the 460 the wider version of the 360. I also have a 460 badged as a sebo but in the Windsor blue colours of the US 

 

[ryry_87]

ah that makes sense

 

[funvacfan]

Hey there...

I love the orange one!

 

[ryry_87]

thats the Jeyes Ensign 350 i must admit thats my favourite colour scheme too

 

[ryry_87]

Jeyes Hygiene Ensign 350

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[blackheart]

Why change what works

They really have not changed much over the years but if there is no need to why bother they hold up to commercial use extremely well i know at the school i had a summer position at the versamatics held up much better than the Flexamatics.
It's kind of strange to see them in orange and brown i've only ever seen blue in person, you have a nice lil' collection of em Ryan

 

[briguy]

Ryan, I really like your collection of Sebo's!! Thanks for sharing with us. I have used the Windsor Versamatic blue version in the past & thought it was a fine vac. I enjoy seeing all the versions you have collected.

 

[ryry_87]

Thanks for your kind comments guys, I agree, why change something that works! the current commercial models are almost identical to those 20+ years ago. It always amazes me though how much the colour schemes change between different countries , I think in US they're pretty much always blue? whereas in the UK we've had everything from orange, brown, red, cream, blue and grey. Usually depending on what company supplies them