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Sebo 5036ER Micro Hygiene Filter
by Nar2 If you are the owner of a SEBO upright vacuum cleaner in terms of the "X" model with variations of X1 Automatic, X1.1, X2, X3, XP2, XP3, X4, X4 Extra and X5 Extra upright vacuums, then you'll know that the filter system on board does need replacing once in a while. One of the design advantages of the SEBO floorcare ranges is ... that the filter systems on board are usually hospital grade or match S-Class standards, which are higher than HEPA/High Efficiency Particulate Air for allergy sufferers and the filters on board their vacuums only need replacing once in a while, with some going well beyond their "yearly" change factor. SEBO only produce two optional filters - this micro hygiene "basic" filter and a charcoal filled felt filter cone similar to the original but for pet owners and owners with allergies. Both are designed to filter up to 99.9% of allergen and as such both are rated as being "S-Class". At cost, the 5036ER filter ranges from £9-95 (John Lewis) to £15-99 dependent on seller and although it can't be washed, it is designed to last a long period. This kind of filter from SEBO isn't like German rival Bosch or Miele in the sense that it has to be replaced after four or five bags are used - this filter can last up to more than 15 dust bags at one time! In the 14 years of ownership with our own SEBO X1 Automatic upright vacuum, we found that the on board micro-hygiene filter (5036ER) could be replaced every couple of years depending on the amount of dust bags the SEBO had gone through ranging from 10 to 20 bags use before the filter looked grey or black. Now, on the basis that each bag lasts for about three months, one filter tends to last nearly two and a half years before needing to be replaced. Well worth it when you consider the price of the machines themselves! Infact one of the benefits I love about being a SEBO owner is that there is very little pay out needed AFTER you purchase the vacuums. If you are a pet owner though, the SEBO micro hygiene filter tends to shorten out every 6 months because it isn't designed to cope with pet hair - that job comes down to the 1 or 2 yearly change S-Class charcoal filter which has charcoal inside the filter to cope with the odour of pet hair and associated allergens and will cost £20 to £30. I have seen other's vacuums who haven't bothered changing the filter until three or four years down the line! In use the micro hygiene filter does a great job of filtering out the nasties before it reaches the air and additional air fresheners can be used with SEBO filters unlike Miele. The filter is very much an essential component that will need to be fitted though, as the bin door won't lock on until the filter is slid into its runners next to the dust bag. The process of cleaning the air comes down to the sealed suction design of the SEBO X where dust and air is sucked through the machine from the floor head or wand and flows into the bag where most of the dirt and allergen is retained whilst the filter next to the bag gets the last of the dirt and filters the air, pushing it out at the sides of the dust bin door whilst the motor exhaust filter also puts out cleaner air, evident by the black carbon that builds up on it. The SEBO constantly recycles dirty air and the main micro hygiene filter gets the last of it. But, if the filter is dirty, you can always tell that it is being compromised, either judged by the stale, dank smell that it is emitting from the vacuum in use or the line of grey/black dirt that is viewable, trapped within the screeds of the white felt filter. Although the filter can't be washed, it can be brushed clean but there are downsides to this when the vacuum is used next time. Whilst manually cleaning the filter can be a short term solution, it isn't before long that the filter starts to get dirty again and replacement is imminent. The filter is made entirely of electrostatic white thick felt and is kept in place by two plastic computer strip alligator tie wires top and bottom fitted to an inner plastic hollow grid tube which allows the construction of the filter to slide into the runners at the bottom of the bin next to the high filtration dust bag. There's a pick up spring lock to the side of the bin area on the SEBO X uprights which allows the filter to stay locked in, and helpfully like a lot of SEBO's other vacuums, this filter can only be placed in one way due to its fit/angled design, so there is never a danger of putting the filter in wrongly and even if it a disposable type filter, it is well made and well designed for the job it is engineered to do. Ebay and Amazon sellers do sell just the white felt pad alone at around £3 to £6 but it isn't as effective which can be tied to the existing inner SEBO tube even though you get tie strips with that product. This is because the inner tube also collects dirt at the time since its design is hollow to keep the felt pad in place. Whilst it is a cheaper solution, the existing tube can be washed but it isn't 100% clean and must be fully dried to prevent water leaking into the motor. This is why despite the extra costs the SEBO original filter is better than DIY filter jobs for SEBO vacuums. As much as I have tried the cheaper solution, I also found that the filter was difficult to tie on as well as shortening out compared to the proper design when in use. Based on its longevity aspect, the Sebo X Micro hygiene filter (5036ER) is worth the price based on its long-lasting effect and much needed component if your original one starts to weaken. Thanks for reading! İNar2 2011 www.sebo.co.uk Read the complete review |
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Miele SF-SAC 20/30 Super Air Clean Filter
by Nar2 When it comes to air filtration on vacuum cleaners, there's nothing worse than the dank smell that comes out of the dust bag, three quarters into its lifetime before it is replaced. You wonder where the smell comes from since the bag or bin is on view, looks reasonably sealed up and then realise the exhaust cover out the back or on top ... is where the smell comes from. Sometimes if you have a bagged vacuum and the filter has been ignored for a while, air fresheners only "quieten" down bag dust odour for a while before it comes back again when vacuuming later. Bagless vacuums similarly suffer even if a lot of models these days have a HEPA filter cartridge that really has to be replaced yearly or washed every so often as the vacuum cleaner powers up and fills the air with fresher air that goes in, but often accompanied by a stale smell as the filter on board has to cope with the dirt. During my short stint of household appliance repair, I can't begin to tell you the amount of Dyson and Vax bagless cyclones that reeked of Shake 'n' Vac when the owners should really have either washed the filters and left them to dry (most owners seem to think the heat and suction principle will dry the filters out, but this never happens) or replaced them with new ones. If you keep a vacuum going with a blocked filter, you're asking for trouble! Miele vacuum cleaners have always been known to offer great engineering and quality, and most of their cylinder vacuums (and uprights) start off with the basic microfilter pleated style filter called "Super Air Clean." Miele have always been an expensive brand, and their higher priced vacuums feature higher grade filters that you can actually fit yourself without having to pay extra for the bonus of the higher priced vacuum - not that Miele will ever tell you this - especially in the U.S where our counterparts pay dearly for Miele vacuums, equivalent to £500 compared to U.K prices for the models alone. As a filter, the "Super Air Clean," fabric pad works out to be the basic filter that is standard on most Miele vacuum cleaners and like their higher grade filters, is not washable, but it has a statistical longevity time of lasting for four bags - conveniently the amount of genuine branded dust bags you can buy from Miele that arrive in a box - until it needs to be replaced. Along with the box of four dust bags you'll find one free Super Air Clean filter to replace your old one plus another filter that goes in behind a lockable grate behind the dust bag. Unlike the Super Air Clean filter, the motor filter is washable but must be fully dried before it is put back in. In terms of performance, the Super Air Clean filter is the most versatile filter out of all the three types that Miele sell but depending on how you maintain it, it can wear out its formula early on. The other two, Active Air Clean (Charcoal based) and HEPA (also Charcoal based) are suitable for smokers, pet owners and people with allergies to dust, and they both ensure that the odours from the bag don't come into contact with the outside air. Although the Super Air Clean is a much thinner filter by thickness and weight, it is the only filter type that can be used with air fresheners or scented sachet powders or DIY work since the other kinds of dust like saw dust can jam up the Charcoal fitted higher grade filter cartridges. I currently have a Yankee Candle Clean Cotton scented sachet powder in my Miele dust bag to filter the air of washing powder each time the vacuum is used. Otherwise, if a scented sachet is not used (or any air freshener), the air that my Miele pumps out is clean to my nose but not fresh due to whatever has been collected in the bag over a period of time. This is the compromise - if you want to custom build you air quality to the best or highest filtration possible - then you buy the Active Air Clean or HEPA filters (£9-95 and £12 to £14-95 respectively,) but then you can't use air fresheners to get a fragrance in, as it destroys the natural additive of charcoal in both higher priced and higher grade filters. To keep the air sweet, the Super Air Clean is the more versatile filter despite not putting out continuous, reliant fresher air and there are ways to combat this aspect simply by adding baking powder/bicarbonate of soda. I find a tablespoon of bicarbonate powder keeps the smell of pet hair down, especially if you have two or more dogs to contend with. Don't put any more than a tablespoon's measure in, as baking powder is a fine consistency and can block the pores of the dust bag, therefore taking up too much of the bag's capacity and you'll find that you'll have to empty the bag well before it is clearly needing to be emptied. You can usually judge the bag either by the mechanical bag indicator on board or by the lightweight feel to it and the lack of suction coming from the hose or mouth of the cleaner, if the hose is removed and you switch on your Miele. Measuring 19cm length by 8.5cm approximately, the Super Air Clean filter is quite easy to replace and out of the two filters in the box of bags you'll receive, the Super Air Clean should never be cut, even if part of it sticks out in the filter grid of the Miele vacuum. The only rule that this doesn't apply is to the cylinder vacuums S240/S250 and S260 where cut lines are shown so that the filter fits the smaller grate. Both the S7210 upright vacuum and S2 or S4 cylinder vacuums can use the Super Air Clean (the filter actually fits the entire Miele range of cylinder and uprights from models S200 to S899, S2000 to S5999 and S7000 to S7999 excluding their Alternative S140 stick vacuums) filter and slides in using the plastic grate/grille that comes equipped with the vacuum. If you have a higher priced vacuum, the basic grille would have been equipped at the time of purchase. Lift the grate up, slide the filter in and close the grate until it click locks. Simples! If your Miele has the higher-grade filters, these fit at the top of Miele as normal but no additional grate is needed since they have their own built into the design already. Unbelievably however, the price of the actual box replacement for Super Air Clean (SF-SAC 20/30) is around £9-95 to £11-95 and you only get three filters. It is quite an expense given that you could buy the Active Air Clean filter cartridge at the same price. Miele should rethink the cost here and make these filters cheaper to buy; particularly on the basis that most owners buy the Genuine dust bags anyway and get a free filter to last the duration of the bags you get. Lastly, this brings me onto using cheaper wear non-branded parts. I have tried cheaper filters in the past but realise through performance that the inferior filters that look and feel like Super Air Clean are no better than wasting money. They may well be cheaper at cost, but they do more damage to the machine since they don't lock in the motor carbon dust and emissions that come out of the exhaust are more apparent than Super Air Clean types that suppress them. When the filter needs to be replaced, you can usually tell because both sides including the top front where the branding name is will be totally black in colour on both sides. Plus if you go by your nose, you can usually tell! If you don't have a household that has pets or smokers and you don't have an allergy, then cost effectively, the Super Air Clean filter is worth the money. The replacement box however needs to drop in price to make it a true, worthy bargain and include four filters instead of a paltry three to keep owners going. A handy component to have that is essential to maintain the workings of a Miele vacuum cleaner, the Super Air Clean filter is worth seeking out, even if you do get one in a free box of Miele genuine dust bags, it is also worth keeping more on hand when dealing with different applications of general dust pick up per need. Thanks for reading! İNar2 2011 www.miele.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. İNar2 2010 www.sebo.co.uk Read the complete review |
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