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Sebo 8146GS Dusting Brush
by Nar2 If you have read any of my vacuum cleaner reviews by now, you'll soon realize that the vacuum cleaner reviews and the associated accessories for vacuums have been written in the last couple of years has centred on German brands Miele or SEBO. This is simply because out of the 100s of models I've collected, used, repaired and worked with, ... the quality and efficiency of the German vacuum cleaners and their associated tools outweigh the need to buy anymore or when abused roughly, just seem to go on and on. Whilst browsing on EBAY a couple of months ago and after receiving my SEBO D2 vacuum, I realized that I had misplaced the dusting brush on my SEBO Felix. I could easily have phoned SEBO to get a replacement brush but as it so happens I found myself using the dusting brush from the newer SEBO vacuum and as such, this newer and smaller design made me think about buying a separate brush replacement for the Felix. Simply put, the new SEBO D2's tools will probably see the next line up of vacuums from SEBO in terms of replacing older tools with much more compact components that still give a good versatile job but being much smaller and more flush in their design. Whilst I have never found a problem with SEBO's larger dusting brush for the X uprights (1094ER), the smaller triangular dusting brush fitted to both the SEBO Felix as an optional tool and as standard to the SEBO K vacuums (6697ER) has always caused a bone of contention. The shape of the brush has never been a problem since the triangular size fits into corners and awkward cracks. The problem is when full suction is applied and the bristles compact into themselves covering up the dust suction channel and therefore clogging with more time spent picking dust off manually. It happens to Miele vacuums too, so it isn't a problem I've found on SEBO vacuums alone. The new dusting brush (8146GS) is available in dark grey and like before it has a 360° swivel neck built in like the older brush that has four distinctive notches built in that allow you to clean at awkward angles. It has a diameter of approximately 6.5 cm, height by 9cm and bristle length of around 2cm that is long enough to be used on many articles including laptop and computer keyboards! It is specifically made for the D series since the brush simply slides and locks into the tool area at the back of the massive cylinder vacuum and like most of SEBO's tools, the bristles used may well be synthetic but they're very soft to the touch which minimizes any damage. However, because it has no lock fitted and fits friction fit to hose handles or even the X1, X1.1, X4 and X5's upright wand I found myself ordering an extra brush to be used on my SEBO Felix upright since the tool simply slides onto the slideable tool holder on the neck of the Felix's handle spine. The cost of the new dusting brush from SEBO UK direct costs £7-96 plus £3-95 for postage and packaging. Miele's equivalent dusting brush costs £14-96 if adding in the standard postage charge or £19-94 for next day delivery - so the SEBO dusting brush isn't as expensive here as Miele's replacement. Yet the design of the brush is somewhat familiar to Miele's standard round type dusting brush but SEBO instead have stuck to a formula that works better with the triangular shape on the top and straight on the bottom. When turned around on its 360° axis, the tool can lock on several angles making it very useful to clean at any angle you need. When the triangle part comes back to the original shape, it has a downward forced design to it, which makes it easy to get into even more awkward corners when the handle of the hose is reversed. Quite why Miele resort to a circular brush when trying to get into rectangular or squarish corners is beyond me - the SEBO's triangular shape makes it easier to wedge the tool into areas just the once making clean up far more efficient! Like before with the older brush, there is an inner wall of plastic that guides the dirt in but SEBO have improved the brush somewhat by fitting perforated slices in the plastic to allow for the bristles to become freer when full suction is applied. This is more apparent on the D2 series with their full force of 2100 watts of suction and less so with the 1300 watts of the eco-friendly Felix upright. However in both cases, dust and hair doesn't get clogged like they did with the older brush and there's very little needed to pick off anything else that gets clogged because of the inner plastic wall guides. The whole tool is made of thick PVC plastic, which is robust, durable and doesn't scratch easily, a fact that I wish every vacuum cleaner tool on the market emulates. If there is a downside to this tool, then it is the neck of the tool which can't be clipped to SEBO's clips that are equipped with the SEBO Felix or Dart. This means you have to forgo either the T shaped upholstery tool instead and clip that on instead of the previous dusting brush and put this new brush on top of the tool holder with the crevice tool located below. On account that the 8146GS cleans just as well as the older brush but doesn't compact up the bristles, yet remains far more compact and easier to use, it is a worthy component of considering if you need a replacement brush upholstery tool for your SEBO Felix, Dart or cylinder vacuums. It is just a pity that for the moment, there isn't a bigger clip available for the brush to clip onto the current range of upright vacuums - but this may surely come from SEBO in time and the tool for the moment is only available from SEBO UK themselves. Thanks for reading! ©Nar2 2011 www.sebo.co.uk Read the complete review |
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Sebo 5425ER Charcoal Filter
by Nar2 If you own a SEBO upright in the form of the X1 Automatic, X1.1 and X4 models, you will probably be aware by now through ownership that whilst there are optional tools available to buy, not much has to be bought during the years of actual ownership apart from the paper dust bags and the filters. A Service box of bags and filters can last ... up to two years for example with the only short term requirement being the filters on board. The beauty of SEBO products is that they are generally very simple to use and have been designed for this very aspect when it comes to replacing. As such the micro odour filters on board the X models are probably the biggest on the market for the upright vacuums and mirror a long kitchen roll sized cardboard roll on appearance. The SEBO Charcoal micro filter is a cost optional filter that is only fitted as standard on the SEBO X4 Pet model but it has been a filter that has been available for a number of years following an option for pet owners who can't stand the smell of rotting pet hair as it sits in the bag with the standard micro odour filter. It costs around £16-95 (John Lewis) and off line at stores it is far cheaper than paying £49 for it online (some EBAY sellers). Mirroring the design of the cheaper standard micro odour filter, the Charcoal filter is a long cylinder of thick white felt with tie backs on either end to hold the felt in place. Under the felt sits a 100% recycled plastic grid that holds the body of the filter in place and within the thick white felt, charcoal grains can easily be felt (as well as heard if you shake the actual product) but not seen (well, unless you're inquisitive and destroy the filter by cutting into it!). It is the charcoal element alone that holds back the smell of pet hair and associated odours as well as filtering out the nasties and providing the rooms you clean with a fresher wave of cleaner air than the air that was initially sucked into the vacuum. Fitting the filter is very easy to do (as is taking it out), and just as easy as fitting a disposable dust bag on the SEBO X uprights. Once the door is unlocked and taken out, the filter can only be fitted once the release spring lock is pushed upwards and the guide lines of the filter meets up with the guide lines located on the base of the bin area. This is fairly easy to do just by grabbing the filter at the top and sliding it into the guide lines before pushing it in without really having to bend down. There is no click on the spring however, just a slight nib that can be felt when pushing the filter in that makes the right connection. The beauty of the filter's base is that it can only go in one way, so there is no need to get confused - another aspect that can be similarly found with SEBO's K cylinder vac's filters. Once it is fitted the bin door simply plugs back in and locks up to the top of the vacuum. If the door can't seem to lock, then the filter hasn't been properly fitted. Depending on use, I've so far found that the Charcoal filter can last up to two or three years before needing to be replaced but it very much depends on the kind and amount of pet hair you're picking up and additional things that can destroy the Charcoal potency. Used three to four times a week with the SEBO X vacuum and running after a cat and a visiting dog, the Charcoal filter in my experience is worth the extra cost because there is nothing quite like a vacuum that smells sterile compared to one that's full of stinky pet bits! The micro odour filter alone which doesn't have the Charcoal beads fitted does well on normal household dust and if you keep your costs down simply adding a bit of bicarbonate powder to the dust bag every couple of weeks, the additive in theory does keep back the smell of pet hair but it doesn't because of the SEBO suction formula. However, long term with the Charcoal filter added, there is no need to add in powder because, what happens if you want to scent your vacuum cleaner whilst in use? This is where any scent that's added can substantially be neutralized by the contact with the powder in the bin. The beauty of the Charcoal filter is that unlike Miele's HEPA and Active Air Clean filters, which don't condone the use of scented capsules that destroys their Charcoal cartridges, the Sebo Charcoal filter isn't affected by scented capsules or air fresheners! Sebo even sell scented capsules that are designed to be dropped into the bag! Therefore, in use what happens is quite unusual - the scent comes out of the vacuum cleaner in waves as it is supposed to - but the Charcoal filter keeps back the obvious smells of pet hair. This only works because of SEBO's clean air sealed suction design. The air is constantly recycled through the odour filter and pumped back out towards the sides of the vacuum. The Miele filter on the other hand only protects the motor from impending rotting hair and associated smells and it warns the use of scented capsules or powders that will destroy the filter. The air that is expelled from the SEBO X uprights, with the Charcoal filter fitted is very clean and pet hair odour is not detectable. Therefore the filter works very well for the job it is designed to combat. For those who have allergies, the Charcoal odour filter reinforces SEBO's aim for cleaner air and is a far better bet than a bagless vacuum will ever be given that the dust sucked up in a SEBO gets deposited in a high filter paper bag with a seal cap as opposed to airborne when a cyclone system bin is emptied. Now when the filter needs replacing there are two indications that the filter will give; either if it is too black with the amount of dirt it has filtered in the air, or simply when you start to detect pet hair smells in the air when you shouldn't. Unlike the micro odour filter, the Charcoal filter will need to be replaced since the charcoal inside has been used up. It does however present a good value filter even if it only lasts up a year, being comparable in price to Miele's own filter for their S7 upright vacuum cleaner. So if you have pets and a SEBO upright vacuum cleaner in the X range, the Charcoal micro odour filter is worth its weight as it does the job as intended. Although not washable, the fact that it is made out 100% recycled material confirms SEBO as being one of the environmentally friendlier brands out there. Better than the micro odour filter alone, the Charcoal filter reinforces the clean system that has made SEBO renowned; their S-Class filter for example serves the same high efficiency particulate air as a standard HEPA with other brands. That and the fact that it is also versatile as well as long lasting makes it a winner in my eyes. Thanks for reading. ©Nar2 2010 www.sebo.co.uk Read the complete review |
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Miele SFD20 Flexible Crevice Nozzle
by Nar2 If there is one brand that caters for owners well, it's the German company Miele. For many years owners of their vacuum cleaners have been able to buy optional tools for a myriad of extra cleaning tasks that allow more versatile use of their cylinder vacuums and more recently their new in-house designed large upright vacuum, the S7 ... range. Although smaller company SEBO offer a compact range of kits and tools, it is Miele who were one of the first brands to offer extra tools well before Dyson and as a result the German company have a few tricks to offer to extend the cleaning versatilities of their vacuums when extra cleaning is required. Quite why it has taken Miele so long to produce a long flexible crevice tool is unclear. Dyson, despite being the newer brand over the Germans were one of the few companies to offer a long bendy crevice pipe that you can get into corners with, go around household appliances and such like. I was intrigued to buy it since getting my mum's kitchen measured up for a couple of new units and realized the existing units would have to be moved out of the way and cleaned enough for the designer and architect to measure up the kitchen. I also liked the idea of a flexible crevice tool that can more or less go around corners rather than trying to fight with a hose and handle which takes up too much time and can prove stressful when a bending plastic tube would be more ideal compared to conventional plastic tools that aren't as flexible. Help comes to hand in the form of the Flexible Crevice Nozzle (SFD 20) that simply fits onto the existing handle of any Miele vacuum cleaner or even the long telescopic height adjustable suction tube at the end where the floor head is usually locked onto. Made of thick PVC black plastic, there are three parts to this rather rectangular prism design. The top part, which is the crevice part, is stubby and short, sliding onto the straight plastic length before the tube connection part which has "Miele" embossed in small letters, all of which slide in to fit flush. It's important to know all this if there's a clog in the system or if dust gets stuck! Put all three together and you have a rather long crevice pipe at 56cm. The only downside to this tool is that due to its length it would be completely impossible to store it on any existing tool storer that your Miele vacuum may have and the top two sections that slide onto the handle connector will not slide down or fit any other tools such as the existing short crevice tool that Miele equip with all their vacuums. This would make the tool a bit more practical using the existing crevice tool supplied with the vacuum rather than having another crevice tool which is only purposefully made for the extra flexible bendy part. The Miele Flexible Crevice tool is priced at £13-99 including VAT direct from Miele UK, which is a good price to consider what this tool can actually do. In terms of weight, the Flexible Crevice weighs approximately 160 grams on its own which isn't too bad for lightweightness. That's an important aspect to know because rather than doing behind the kitchen units as the first test, I was curious to see what would happen if I went to go and clear behind my large Armoire which is on four large feet and impossible to move on carpet without tearing the surface and would need two people to move the wardrobe out of the way. The bag in my Miele S4 at the time was brand new but I didn't take any notice of the orange bag indicator steadily growing bigger in the view window when the Flexible Crevice got to work. I could certainly hear things being picked up through the Flexible Crevice and found it incredibly easy to just stand there with the handle in my hand and the extension pipe locked on with the tool at the end, ever so slightly moving the handle up and down to the side of the wall as the crevice tool bent around corners picking up dust between the wall and the back of the Armoire. Next the biggest bugbears in my home are ankle high metal grid heaters with permanent flaps built in at the top. These are positioned wall to wall in every room, including the hall way and are often a hideaway for spiders, dust and in recent years flying ants that managed to come through several gaps in the plaster work. Not a problem for the 'Flexi and no need to bend much when you have the handle of the vacuum at waist level and the telescopic pipe underneath with 'Flexi on the end. Moving slowly at heel, the plastic bends so very easily and can almost bend over itself, making a very pliable contortion by itself instead of the owner if this kind of tool was not available! Put simply, the 'Flexi is very able to do the work that your back will thank you for. After all if you weigh up 30 minutes compared to 2 hours of having to bend down to the floor, get on my knees, shift the short crevice tool along square by square, probably hurting my back in the process and probably collapse in a heap afterwards - which would you choose? The dust bag on board when the Flexible Crevice was fitted filled up to about three quarters packed with dust that the tool had done all on its own! That alone is pretty impressive that the tool does actually pick up. Put simply if you need to get into corners of things to clean behind, where a conventional short crevice tool proves to be too short, the 'Flexi is worth the extra cost. Getting under the glass TV cabinet for example is a breath of fresh air since the tool can bend around the round castor mounts, slide under low furniture fittings and cleaning behind the cables without much of the owner's effort. When made to clean behind the kitchen units that had to be moved out of the way by a couple of inches from the wall, 'Flexi was used to clean the dust and scum built up from an 8 year period. The crevice part at the top is intentionally narrow and here, it seems to pick up coins well without being passed down the rectangular bendy plastic tube. I made £2-84 cleaning behind the kitchen units and wondered how much I'd stand to win cleaning underneath the sofa..! In other cleaning areas the Miele tool is also extremely rewarding in use when cleaning out the car. When getting under the car seats for example, whilst only "angling" the handle now and then to shift the large crevice pipe along, the tool saves time picking up dust that can be really awkward to get at. Car seats are sometimes notorious for not going backwards or forwards enough to clean under. Yet the 'Flexi is able to go the extra distance without having to bend down or reaching upwards due to the extended length. There are however a few downsides to this tool, not just alienating any owner who doesn't have a Miele vacuum cleaner and it is slightly disappointing from a company who pride themselves in making and producing quality tools and appliances. When using to get behind painted radiators, the flat part of the crevice tool where it is at its most pliable gets scratches by the second the rubber pipe brushes past metal or awkward sharp corners. The scratches are a mix of paint and obviously where the plastic is rubbing when it is trying to get into the desired spot. Whilst paint and stains are easy to remove from 'Flexi, scratches are painfully obvious and Miele haven't been as protective as they could be with this kind of tool. I got a surprise cleaning out our Hotpoint tumble dryer too. Once the filter is taken out of the tumble dryer there's a width of around 3cm whereupon sliding 'Flexi down should have been no problem at all since it only has a 1cm width. However, 'Flexi got stuck to the point that when I abruptly pulled the tool out, the top came off and lodged itself inside the part where the lint filter is supposed to sit in! Simply sucking it back out was no problem but then I realized that whilst the tool is genuinely well made, its width can sometimes backfire on itself. This is where SEBO's long crevice tool supplied with their vacuums has no problem since it has a thinner than a centimetre width and with the SEBO pipe, I won an extra £1 wedged at the bottom of the filter holder underneath the lint part. This is where the three parts of the Flexible Crevice has a bit of a downside. Although for the most part the tool is well designed and extremely pliable, the top part can get stuck in those awkward crannies and as a result gentle care is needed whenever this tool is used - otherwise the top part can come off if abused and get stuck. That aside, the Miele Flexible Crevice tool (SFD20) is well designed, fit for most purposes and very easy to use bending very easily without having to manually fight with a shorter crevice pipe or have to continually turn it around whilst cleaning with a conventional hard crevice tool. It's a must for people who own a Miele vacuum and need to get into restricted areas - without putting their back out or wasting their time! Well recommended! And if you don't have a Miele vacuum cleaner, isn't it about time you did? Thanks for reading. ©Nar2 2010 www.miele.co.uk Read the complete review |
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Brand: Morphy Richards / Vacuum Cleaner Accessory / Type: Hose - This replacement vacuum hose is a genuine Morphy Richards spare part. Please check Models this part fits to make sure this hose is right for your cleaner. |
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1 review Brand: Miele / Vacuum Cleaner Accessory / Type: Brushes - Multi-purpose or universal brush suitable for cleaning radiators or blinds |
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Brand: Miele / Vacuum Cleaner Accessory / Type: Brushes - Suitable for all Miele cylinder cleaners. |
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Brand: Electrolux / Vacuum Cleaner Accessory / Type: Filters - Changing your filters as recommended by the manufacturer will keep your vacuum working like new. |
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Brand: Electrolux / Vacuum Cleaner Accessory / Type: Filters - Washable Hepa filter. For PNC number 9002500830. |
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Brand: Dyson / Vacuum Cleaner Accessory / Type: Filters |
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Brand: Dyson / Vacuum Cleaner Accessory / Type: Belts |
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Brand: Bosch / Vacuum Cleaner Accessory / Type: Filters - Genuine Bosch spare part, helps prevent small particles from going airborne. |
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Brand: Vax / Vacuum Cleaner Accessory / Type: Nozzles - Fits almost all 32mm vacuum cleaner hoses. |
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Brand: Hoover / Vacuum Cleaner Accessory / Type: Belts - This Genuine Hoover Agitator Belt is compatible with the Hoover Purepower / Dust Manager Upright vacuum cleaner range, including the following models: Dust Manager, 4450, 4466, 4473, 4490, 4493, 5525, Purepower, 3120, 3125, 3128, 3128, 3130, 3130, 3135, 3135, ... |
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