Sebo Airbelt D4 vs Sebo Airbelt E3 Premium

“I posted earlier about how the Sanitaire wasn't doing its best and got a few recommendations to go for a modern bagged vacuum. After doing a bit of research I thought the Sebo E3 would do an amazing job and could consolidate my two vacuums into one (the other being an older Mighty Mite). I got it home and vacuumed my living room and felt disappointed in many ways. It's more fidley, with the light turning red and the brush turning off at different spots of my carpet. That might be user error. I had the height on 3 but played with all 4 settings. It \*really\* didn't feel like it was doing as good of a job as my waning Sanitaire. Not agitating the carpet nearly as much and the suction doesn't seem particularly high compared to the Mighty Mite. I went out and bought a belt for the Sanitaire and went over the living room again with a new belt and bag. I'm embarrassed I didn't replace the belt sooner since that seems to have made a pretty big difference. The bag had a lot of dust that wasn't picked up by the Sebo. I feel pretty bad about my purchase. I live in an apartment with a 75/25 mix of carpet and hard floor. I thought I could save space and just replace my two vacs with one. It turns out that the potential space savings aren't worth it. Were my expectations out of whack? Is something wrong with my Sebo?”

“Ouch, that's a costly regret.  I don't routinely suggest the D4 because it's a tank of a vacuum and much too big to wield unless the house is huge and there's a lot of open space.  If you bought it at a local dealer, perhaps you can complain about your issues and see if they can consider a trade in/exchange.  I don't see Sebo vacuums being sold 2nd hand very often in my local sale sites, but when I do it's usually a D4 with people mentioning it that it's "too much vacuum" for them. It would be hard to recover your expenses on the 2nd hand local market, you'd be lucky to sell it for half.   Some of what you describe might be just the issues people encounter when they first use canister vacs and some people never adjust to them and will always prefer uprights.  Your D4 shouldn't be falling over, you should keep it on it's wheels unless you are vacuuming something like the stairs.  When you vacuum, enter a room with the canister behind you istead of reverse vacuuming out of a space like normally done with an upright.  Your non dominant hand supports the hose and pulls the canister behind you, while letting the hose wrap  around your backside and holding the vacuum wand in your dominant hand.  Go slow and keep corners and furniture in mind when pulling on the canister.  It may be that you will never like a canister format.  ”