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Thread Number: 16761
My New Sebo Felix |
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| Post# 178833 4/27/2012 at 15:31 (4,381 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 178834 , Reply# 1 4/27/2012 at 15:33 (4,381 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 178835 , Reply# 2 4/27/2012 at 15:35 (4,381 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 178836 , Reply# 3 4/27/2012 at 15:41 (4,381 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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Its alot heavier than I was expecting but i cleans nicely. This one has a ametek motor unlike older versions that we have worked on that had domel motors. Overall I like it though the hose is a joke and for the price it should have come with a dusting brush and some form of extention tube. I find its hose and lack of extension tube odd considering the brilliant set upi on the x & g series 
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| Post# 178837 , Reply# 4 4/27/2012 at 15:46 (4,381 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
Very Nice
I still need to get one of those .
I have the Sebo X4 which I can`t stand because of the automatic height adjustment . It never stays still always moving up n down .it never seems to groom the carpet as well also because of the constant movement . I am selling it because I have an Essential G which I love with the manual height adjustment . | ||
| Post# 178839 , Reply# 5 4/27/2012 at 15:49 (4,381 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 178862 , Reply# 6 4/27/2012 at 17:36 (4,381 days old) by mieles7 (TX) | ||
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| Post# 178868 , Reply# 8 4/27/2012 at 19:10 (4,381 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
Well you got the same one as I did, albeit I have the older model but you have the newer Navy Blue.
The reason Sebo don't put an extension tube is because the crevice tool alone is supposed to give you added reach (one reason alone to why I ordered the K series slip on upholstery T shape tool)- and Sebo don't market the Felix as being a top of the range vacuum, but a compromise between the K series canister and a smaller upright machine that Sebo customers wanted. I was annoyed when my Felix didn't come with an extension wand either and eventually bought the straight tube off EBay. However, I eventually got tired of that and just bought a spare X wand off EBay and then used the extra extension hose whenever long reach is required. The built in hose does stretch to 3 metres though gsheen, so it can be stretched out - you just have to keep one hand on the machine's handle if you are cleaning with the hose unless you put it against a step when cleaning stairs. I have medium pile rugs and my X1.1 seems to groom the carpets...but then I don't have a sensor that keeps changing. | ||
| Post# 178871 , Reply# 9 4/27/2012 at 19:48 (4,381 days old) by superj (cos cob,ct) | ||
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| Post# 178918 , Reply# 10 4/28/2012 at 02:32 (4,381 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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I bought a x1 when they first came out. I loved it on my medium loop pile carpets. then I moved my new house had lovely plush carpets were the thing became usless. I replaced the circuit board , sensor and wheel but same problem a very uneven clean.
When I decided to add sebo to our range of vacuums they asked if I wanted to sell the x4 so they sent me one, same problem. I sennt it back no thanx. I have a g1 everything is the same exept it has manual hight adjustment. Much better machine , cleans better | ||
| Post# 178919 , Reply# 11 4/28/2012 at 02:34 (4,381 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 178930 , Reply# 12 4/28/2012 at 07:30 (4,380 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 179067 , Reply# 15 4/29/2012 at 01:58 (4,380 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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Sanifan I had a choice of a bright orange and blue print one and this navy blue and white one, seen we will be selling them and this is going to be my show model I went for the more conservative colour as it will mainly end up in high end houses , guest houses and smaller hotels.
It could be that they prefer the ametek for the 220v market and the bosh motor for the 110v market. after years of been in the vacuum business I would have never said that a bosh motor is more reliable than a tol commercial amatek motor. Gareth | ||
| Post# 179081 , Reply# 16 4/29/2012 at 09:26 (4,379 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 179272 , Reply# 17 4/29/2012 at 19:25 (4,379 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Sanifan - thats the Felix Navy shown here - it's an old colour that came out alongside the Felix Fun (no longer sold in the UK from SEBO) Felix Classic and Felix Ice Blue. Infact thinking about it now, there isn't much of a difference between the Ice Blue and the Navy since both bodies are greyish white - classic is cream based - and is an old model that is no longer sold. It seems like the U.S are only just getting the Felix line in, with the older colour schemes we had.
For 2012 the new range in the UK is made up of the Felix Vogue, Felix Rosso, Felix Navy, Felix Pet and the Felix Royale (the royal one I showed on here with the British Union Jack.) 
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| Post# 179275 , Reply# 18 4/29/2012 at 19:49 (4,379 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 179363 , Reply# 19 4/30/2012 at 07:33 (4,378 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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To be honest that worry's me allot
Bosh motors are very efficient and suck very well but they do not handle abuse well at all. sebo's are used in the hotel industry were abuse is the norm. we are in the middle of a massive set of holidays here but when we resume work later theis week I will contacts sebo SA and here what they have to say.
I just counted 120 semiens and bosh vacuums in our storeroom ( tradeinns ) 90% of those will be burnt out. | ||
| Post# 280748 , Reply# 20 5/16/2014 at 14:21 (3,632 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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I got a whole bunch of Kirby parts with two Kirby's I bought and found this sebo extra long sebo hose in it. I got my Felix out of storage and tried it out. One of my biggest complaints about the Felix was its hose setup which was not so great if you need to use the hose a bit more than never. It turns a machine that is only good for Carpets and hard floors into a versatile machine for total home cleaning 
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| Post# 280818 , Reply# 22 5/17/2014 at 01:48 (3,632 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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