Thread Number: 42916
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Post# 449376 , Reply# 1   1/19/2022 at 20:18 (798 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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I have found the best bare floor tools are those that combine an unobstructed suction channel with a microfibre mopping pad. The simplest version of this can be found on the $50 cordless Swiffer Sweep & Vac. The front suction channel can suck up large dust balls and litter while the disposable Swiffer pad gets all the fine dust.
Some manufacturers make full size corded vacuums that come with a bare floor tool that incorporates a microfibre pad as well: Filter Queen, Riccar/Simplicity, Shark and Vorwerk. |
Post# 449424 , Reply# 3   1/21/2022 at 16:14 (796 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 449472 , Reply# 5   1/22/2022 at 21:21 (795 days old) by mieles7 (TX)   |   | |
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I think both of them are pretty great choices if you've got bare floors and prefer an upright's form factor, speaking as someone who owns a SEBO Felix and a Lindhaus Valzer L-Ion (the Healthcare Pro's less powerful cordless cousin).
The Felix with the Premium Parquet Brush attached excels at large debris pickup once you remove the front brush strip. The tool itself is also excellent in terms of maneuverability, but the biggest disadvantages are that it won't stand up on its own and that you can't use the Premium Parquet on area rugs/low pile carpets. On the other hand, the Lindhaus M29R head will lock upright and performs decently well on low pile carpet. I've had it snowplow cereal-size debris on hard floors, but you can usually just swivel the head from side to side to suck it up. Both the Premium Parquet and M29R have a lot to offer, so you can't really go wrong. At the moment, I think the Felix is a better deal since you can easily find it online for $650 with a 10 year manufacturer warranty right now. SEBO prices are gonna go up in February according to their website, just as a heads up. That's not to say the Lindhaus is a bad choice though, since it does offer you an integrated telescopic wand and dry powder cleaning capabilities. One other thing to note is that the Healthcare Pro's synthetic bags (possibly type Lindhaus M3) are rumored to be pretty rare and would need to be special ordered from your dealer, while the SEBO's synthetic AeraPure bags are widely available. |
Post# 449477 , Reply# 6   1/23/2022 at 03:37 (795 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 449507 , Reply# 8   1/23/2022 at 21:14 (794 days old) by mieles7 (TX)   |   | |
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You can definitely fit the Premium Kombi brush onto the Felix, and they even sell the Felix with just the Kombi in Canada. Interestingly, SEBO's moved away from the Premium Kombi (#7260GS) tool design on their canisters in favor of a Wessel Werk style combo tool (#8651GS).
If you're looking for a Felix online with the 10 year warranty, eVacuumStore has both the Rosso Red and Indigo colors available at $650 at the moment. Nothing's wrong with the dealer-only Onyx package though, especially if you'd find the extra attachments useful. They're both right around ~16 lbs with the powerhead attached and ~10 lbs with the hard floor tool. I'd say they're about equally as easy to push on hard floors with their respective nozzles. On carpet, I actually find the Lindhaus M30 powerhead a little easier to push and maneuver than the Felix's ET-1, in spite of the M30 not having a swivel. Neither one's painful to use though. |
Post# 449654 , Reply# 10   1/27/2022 at 17:16 (790 days old) by Thevacomaticiec (Bathurst New Brunswick Canada )   |   | |
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Post# 449657 , Reply# 11   1/27/2022 at 20:58 (790 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I use my any 'Lux canisters (1205, Super J, Silverado, Diamond J, Diplomat LX) with the 'flippy floor tool', bristle side down. The 'Lux uprights (Discovery II, Genesis LXe, Epic 3500SR) are also good alternatives with the brush roll turned off. A Kirby in canister mode with the bare floor tool on the end of the wand is also a viable option but it's an awful lot of trouble to set up so I seldom, if ever, use them that way.
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Post# 451932 , Reply# 14   4/23/2022 at 15:18 (704 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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I've got a Henry 200 I modded it to take a power nozzle but I've found it does pretty well with a good turbine tool like the Wessel Werk TK286. It's a nice simple machine the bags are huge and pretty inexpensive it's quiet and has pretty good power to it. the modification really wasn't hard to do but these modifications will void a warranty.
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Post# 451988 , Reply# 16   4/24/2022 at 16:50 (703 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 451996 , Reply# 17   4/24/2022 at 22:35 (703 days old) by mieles7 (TX)   |   | |
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If you ever wanted to run a powerhead on a Henry, a battery model could be a possibility. Perfect has an Electrolux-style head that sells for $170-300, and the Wessel Werk EBK360DC and Lindhaus PB14e L-ion go for $400-700. At least in my experience, the powerhead on my battery-powered Lindhaus Valzer sweeps up the surface debris and fluffs up the carpet about as well as my favorite corded uprights (8900, Vibrance, Felix).
I've actually thought about getting a Henry HVR160 and the EBK360DC at some point, seems like it might be a pretty nice $700-800 pairing. |
Post# 452159 , Reply# 18   4/29/2022 at 05:19 (699 days old) by Mike811 (Finland)   |   | |
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