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5.0 out of 5 starsThe "Kombi" model of the Felix is a great jack of all trades vac for people with primarily hard floors.September 23, 2011
By M. Smith
Edit2:After six months of using the parquet tool I can confirm you don't need it..... i just pushes stuff around like other reviewers have stated. It might be good to use after the kombi to get the floor a bit cleaner, but for most people it's not worth the money. The Sebo Felix with Kombi nozzle ~400 bucks is a a great hardwood floor solution. The only thing that would make it better is if Sebo would design a combi nozzle that had a rotating low density soft brush that is powered by suction to help pick up the bigger items (just like a push sweeper). This is a small in stature well built vacuum that can be hung on the side of your coat closet on a hook and it soemthing you can expect to last a while based on Sebo's reputation.***********Edit: I went ahead and bought the parquet tool (7200DG, the last two digits denote the color that matches your unit). I decided I didn't want it at first because I read that it didn't work very good, but ultimately I decided to buy one to make sure I didn't vacuum with the felix for 15 years not using the parquet tool if it worked well. Turns out it works very good in my case. I just vacuumed up food(from feeding a toddlers) and it picked up the big pieces just fine. I like the fact that the brush will help get dust off the floor. I recommend the parquet tool based on my initial use. This makes the total cost 369 + 52 = 421, which is not bad considering the value I'm perceiving from using the unit the last few months. So far the bag usage have been very reasonable as well.*****************I have a house that has zero carpet. If I could have only one vacuum it would be the Sebo Felix Kombi. If I could have two vacuums it would be the Sebo Felix Kombi for small and medium size jobs and a back-pack vacuum for the days when I want to vacuum the whole house.The Sebo Felix is sold in several different models with the nozzle (part that touches the floor) and the included attachments being different. Two of the models have two different width powered nozzles with beater bars. The Kombi model and what I'm reviewing comes without a power nozzle, but rather a "combination" nozzle that is meant for hard floors and light rug duty. The Kombi nozzle does not have any spinning parts such as a beater-bar or motor. The Kombi currently sells for $230 dollars less than the premium 1 model (premium 2 has a wide power nozzle). This is great because I'm able to own a new Felix for less than 400 dollars and since I have only a few rugs in a house that is hard wood, vinyl composite tile, and porcelain tile, I don't even need a powered nozzle! This is a big point for people with hard floors because most other vacuums that I'm aware of don't allow you to pass on an unneeded expensive feature. My backpack vacuum is like this too and I'll talk about it in a bit. At this point the Kombi model is less than twice the cost of a medium quality bag-less (yuck!) Junker that will last me a fraction of the time the Sebo will likely serve my family.I've had my Felix just under two months and have used it no less than twenty plus times. Being a design engineer I understand the concept that no single design is optimized for all situations. A canister vac is good in some situations and horrible in others. My Kirby G4 upright is the Godzilla of vacuuming carpet as far as I'm concerned, but it's like using a tank to pick up take-out food in some situations. The Sebo is an upright vacuum (Kombi is a little weird read below) that is light weight enough that you can pop out the suction tube and carry it in one hand and have a canister-like vacuum in seconds..... with the onboard attachments you can grab the Felix Kombi off the wall (I have my hanging on a hook) and attack a wide variety of cleaning situations quickly, efficiently, and hang it back up. This contrasts many other vacuums in that they do not switch rolls very easily. My Kirby requires that I remove large chunks of heavy metal to put on a hose I have to drag separately to the location for attachments that are also not on the vacuum. The Sebo felix goes from upright vacuuming to a hose with a crevice tool in your hand in seconds without having to round up any additional parts (they are all either part of the vacuum or stored on it).Felix Standout features:Bag and air handling design is superior. Ribs in the housing make sure that suction is maintained when the bag is partially full.... This means the smaller bag gets fuller before you need to replace it making it comparable to vacuums with larger volume bags. The bag has an integrated cap in a plastic injected molded top that can be snapped shut before you pull the bag out. That means you can swop bags without making a mess. The variable speed suction motor is very nice..... Similar to a dimmer-sliding light switch the motor can be spun up slowly.....this is a very nice feature if you have infants or people sensitive to noise (autistic child) because you can suck up light dirt reasonably well with very little noise (applies to Kombi... don't know about the power nozzles because I don't have them). The ability to pull the suction tube out on the fly to vacuum a sliding glass door track or similar (2 attachments are on board) is awesome. The nozzles rotate or pivot about the vacuum body, this means you can pivot it around and get into tight places a Kirby would never dream of trying to park in. The cord is high quality and is easily deployed and wound up. I wind my cord in a criss-cross pattern and it falls off perfectly with no tangling. Has a bag fullness indicator based on suction (still on my first bag after 20+ smallish clean up jobs and one full house cleaning.Inconvenient features:Because the Kombi nozzel is so lightweight and the nozzle head is small, the designers made the nozzle such that the main body cannot go completely vertical. This means it won't stand upright on its own. This is a design trade off they made to keep the size small and the weight down, but it won't stand up on its own. I find this somewhat inconvenient, but I know others will consider it a deal breaker. My wife does not mind, but when we want to stop and do something else in the middle of vacuuming we have to set it against the wall (the handle has a nice rubber pad to keep it from sliding) or what we usually do is lay it down. Again, the whole thing weighs less and is smaller for this trade off. I think they made the right choice, but some people will flip out I'm sure. The marketing photos are misleading for the Kombi as they show it standing on its own or at least they imply that capability. I don't really care, but it's a little slimy that you have to buy it to find out it does not stand on its own. The nozzle is not as wide as I would like it.... Another 1.5 to 2" would be nice.What makes me smile most about my Felix, is not that it's perfect, rather the designers obviously vetted the design approach against a large set of criteria and did the best job I have ever seen in a vacuum design. That's not to say that it's better in all categories, rather it does everything I want and each design feature is thoughtful. Sebo has a very good reputation for quality, but I can't prove that at this point other than to say the vacuum feels solid and appears to be made from quality materials.The premium models come with the parquet tool (a wide nozzle attachment with hair brush around the whole perimeter for hard floors), but the Kombi does not. I've read one person that said the parquet tool just pushed things around and did not pick them up. This makes sense because the way the parquet nozzle is designed you can't "tilt" it back so the front goes over the pebble or whatever it is you are trying to pick up. The kombi nozzle is nice because it is 1/8+ inches off the floor so things get picked up pretty well. The Kombi nozzle has a small brush behind the suction area that can be lowered or pulled up into the nozzle so it does not touch the floor..... it's a small brush that helps, but it won't scrub stuck on things off the floor very well. My back-pack vacuum allows me to tilt the nozzle and scrub with the brushes to get stuck on things up better than the Kombi nozzle. I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to buy the Felix parquet tool just to see if I like it because it would be a shame to not use it for the next 10 years if it works better than the Kombi nozzle on my hard floors..I mentioned I have a back-pack vacuum. These are primarily sold to professional cleaners, but I picked one up. The back-pack vacuum cleans faster and better than the Sebo on my hard floors. The reason being is it has a wider parquet style tool that is attached to a metal tube I hold that is then attached to a plastic flex tube that goes into the top of the back pack vacuum. It's extremely agile and light weight and cleans very well. The problem with the back-pack vacuum is that it's too difficult to get out quickly for small jobs (we like to vacuum the high-traffic areas and places that get dirty every few days at a minimum, often daily due to lots of backyard traffic and small child). All the parts for the back pack vacuum are separate so it's more difficult to deploy. If you are going to vacuum a large house of hard floors fully each time you pull out your vacuum, search for "back pack vacuum" on Amazon. Sandia or Pro-team back pack vacuums look nicer than the brand I bought. Compare the design of the straps and back support before you buy.... The Sandia looks comfortable. 6quart models are fine for a homeowner. Only drawback is you have to get used to not turning and hitting the vacuum on your paintings and walls and so forth. Read more ›
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