Out of all the vacuum cleaners GoVacuum sells, the Sebo X4 Extra is by far our best upright vacuum. Sebo is a German company, who has been making vacuums since 1969. Sebo also makes vacuum cleaners under the following name brands all over the world; Karcher, Tornado, and Windsor. These machines are built to last forever.
One thing that really sets the Sebo far apart from any other upright on the market is the filtration system. The European term for HEPA filtration is S-Class filtration. What makes the Sebo unique is that the main filter to the vacuum is actually before the motor. Every other vacuum cleaner, the main filter is after the motor. Most have some kind of pre-motor filter which is usually made of foam, and really only stops large particles from going in the motor and damaging it. Because the Sebo's S-Class filter is before the motor, this means that ALL dust particles are stopped from going in the motor, even the very fine dust particles which can't be seen by the naked eye.
In 6 years of selling Sebo vacuums, GoVacuum has yet to do a warranty repair. We can open up a Sebo that is 5 years old, and because of the filtration system, inside the motor housing is 100% dust free. Most vacuums during servicing have a lot of very fine dust all over the motor.
Most upright vacuums don't perform on bare floors very well. Upright vacuums are really designed to clean carpets. The Sebo is the exception to the rule. The automatic height adjustment on the X series, automatically adjusts the head of the machine down when taken to bare floors. This machine does a great job and ANY type of flooring because of this feature. Even delicate oriental rugs are no problem. Most other machines you have to fight with the rug, and try and stradle the rug while you vacuum at the same time. Because of the auto height adjustment, the Sebo cleans oriental rugs with graceful ease.
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