Suck sesful tank of a vac (Sebo X 1.1)

Member Name: RPnecroranger

Product:	Sebo X 1.1
Date:	16/04/08 (183 review reads)
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Advantages: strong, well built, keeps suction, multi filtered, hspital grade

Disadvantages: its a baggie and the bits might seem pricey

I have been going through vacuums as fast as biscuits in the past 12 years as a mum. You can bet, 6 - 12 months down the line something blows, breaks or the kids feed the hamster to it (no mine have never fed the hamster to a vacuum, although when my middle one was 2 he came close.... lucky it was unplugged at the time!!!!)

So I have had a pretty poor run of it. Actually didn't help my ex thought he was handyman of the year and tried to fix them (often making them worse if he actually managed to put the things back together) possibly ruining a few of them.

After my other half moved in his electolux lasted all of.... 4 months before the constant kids playing on it, pulling it, etc finally paid its toll, his daughter stood on the wrong piece and broke the hose to foot connector making it only use-able via the hose. That and her constant leaning on it made it list like the tower at Pisa.

Looking up the Dooyoo lists one name came real apparent - Nar. A friend of mine told me he had recommend a good one for her.... so I sent him a begging, pleading message, hoping he could find me the sherman tank of vacuum cleaners.

He suggested looking at the Sebo X1, and though at the time I thought... that's a little pricey... I lucked out on EBay for one at a price just over £150.

Yes its a baggie vac. and yes.... its hard wearing. So is my consistent screams of "get off the vacuum" and the current ban the kids have got from using my beloved wonderful piece of German engineering.

One of the pinnacle things about this vac is that its hospital grade and often used for such - and I have an asthmatic here so I really need the suck.

The official sebo bags are doubled and come with stoppers for easier, cleaner emptying, although I've not had any problems. There is also a filter inside that looks like a big sock, and a motor filter, so your looking at 4 x filtration... excellent for breathing problematic's.

Parts seem expensive, but are really really long lasting. I've had to replace one belt in my machine, but from the parts guy and anyone whose had one will know... this is like a 1 in 20 year experience unless you stupid enough to vac up lots of thread & string and block the brush up a lot. And I mean a LOT.

Now remembering I have 5 kids... that's 7 people... the bags last me about 3 months each. They come in packs of 10, which means if I but a 10 pack + a service pack (replacement filters, 10 bags) I am basically sorted for well over a year for the price of about £25.

Now you could have this cheaper by buying non branded bags and filters, but I wouldn't recommend it. The non sebo bags tend to not have a double wall so are down on filtration. Also the official bags are really strong and when I say I fill them... they are well rammed. When that little light says bag full/blockage I check the blockage channels first! A full bag when removed feels just like those firm pillows I used to use when doing bobbin lace. (we are talking mega mega firm here)

The vacuum doesn't really loose any suction al the way through the bag filling process. Other than the little light shinning at you you wouldn't know the bag was full!

Normal retailing price of these vacs is usually around the £300 mark. If you get it for any less make sure you get some official sebo stuff and give it a good service as its likely to be well used or underestimated.

Summary: Well I asked for a sherman tank of vacs and I got it....

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