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Owners keep the Sebo Felix as a main vacuum for mixed carpet and hard floors, valuing strong suction, a powerhead that copes with soft carpet, and a weight some accept as the trade-off.
Carpet performance is clear praise: owners say the powerhead handles soft, deep carpet that other machines sank into or stuck to. Separately, every owner who raised suction power praised it.
Weight is the clear complaint. Every owner who raised it found the Felix heavy, and one owner with several Sebos keeps a machine on each floor so they don't have to carry it up and down the stairs.
The SEBO Felix is an upright vacuum that can also be used like a canister vacuum: its power head turns 180 degrees, and you can take it off to use the vacuum as a handheld. On SEBO's US site the line is one model today, the FELIX Premium, in Rosso (#9809AM), Indigo (#90814AM) and White (#9808AM). It is for homes with both carpet and hard floors where the user wants to steer around and under furniture.
Several models, specs differ.
In the US, the three Felix Premium models differ only in color. They share the same 12-inch ET-1 power head, 1000-watt motor, 31-foot cord and on-board tools, including a hard-floor parquet brush. SEBO's UK site sells more Felix versions with different patterns and colors, plus a Felix Pet, but those are not on the US page.
Pick up to three. You get a page with just those, side by side, on the subjects owners raised.
Weeks and months in, the thing owners keep coming back to is how much one machine covers. They use the powerhead on carpet, switch to the parquet brush on hard floors, and run it like a canister on stairs and upholstered furniture. Hard floor performance gets clear praise, and one owner who also has an E3 still prefers the Felix on their hard floors. A practical tip that has caught on: take the front brush strip off the Premium Parquet Brush so it picks up bigger crumbs and hair. The tools also swap between other Sebo models.
What owners adjust to is the shape and the handling. The Felix won't go under furniture the way a canister will, so some keep a second machine for under beds and high spots. Owners are divided on maneuverability. Some get along with it fine, while one owner found it so awkward to steer that they gave up on it. If you can, try one at a dealer before you buy.
The parts owners care about can be swapped out. One owner switched from a Shark because its brush roll couldn't be replaced and its fins had worn flat within a year, and chose the Felix partly for that reason. Another bought a secondhand unit that had clearly been run hard and stored dirty, cleaned it, and kept using it. Several owners say they expect not to need another vacuum. Customer support gets clear praise, and dealers in particular were helpful in person.
Owners are divided on build quality. Some rate it highly, while others point to recurring weak spots: the hose on the Felix, the cables, and sticky buttons on one of the floor heads. One owner says Sebo has left these designs unchanged for years. Durability is also divided, with a few positive accounts and some mixed ones. Honestly, long-term ownership accounts are thin here. Most owners write from the first weeks or months, so it isn't yet clear how the hose and cable problems play out over many years.
From 9 owner accounts that said how long they have had it. Own one? Add how long yours has lasted.
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16 more subjects came up from fewer than 4 owners each, which is not enough for a fair reading. To see how it stacks up, compare it with another machine.
The same owner, asked again at each point. Fills in as owners answer.
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More in upright, canister and stick vacuums: Sebo D4, Dyson v11, Miele C1.
Among the 9 owner accounts here that gave a duration, 0 described a failure.
Before you buy one used, ask the seller: how old it is, whether it was ever repaired and by whom, and whether any of the parts above have been replaced. Ask to see it run. A receipt tells you the warranty start date; most makers honour the term only for the first owner.
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