Environmentally friendly, thorough and very efficient

The new EU directive which has been used for vacuum cleaner & Co. for 01.09.2014, I will therefore not repeat here also again, because that is either known or anyway read here in other good reviews again.

The vacuum cleaner is supplied very well repacked in its original box. Items can be plugged together without the pictogram instructions and the vacuum cleaner is ready to use:

The equipment of the device:
The Philips PerformerPro FC8726 / 09 has an approximately 1.80 m long suction hose and is equipped with a very light and especially smooth aluminum telescopic tube. This is approximately 1.10 m up to 1.40 m extendable. By nearly 8m long power cord of the housewife / home is an unusually generous operating radius of just 11.0 m available. Significantly more than other suckers! The filling volume of the special dust bag is just under 5.0 liters and even the finest particles are removed through the HEPA 13 filter from the exhaust air. For me as house dust and animal hair allergies awesome. This causes the device has reached in the dust emission Class A. Technically not going to date there.
The suction power can be controlled by a knob on both the usual air slide on the handle on the vacuum cleaner itself. Joint and upholstery can be mounted on an accessory holder at two positions on the device / tubing.
The hose connection is rotatable by 360 ° as usual.
The nozzle range includes a TriActiveMax floor nozzle, crevice nozzle and an upholstery and a combined
Furniture brush incl. The matching accessory holder for attachment. Furthermore, this model has an additional Super-Turbo-suction brush, specifically according to the manufacturer, for animal hair thanks to a rolling brush roller. For vacuuming the carpet in the normal mode, these nozzle but is also better than the TriActive who can shine on laminate and tile more. The device - body is made of very sturdy plastic and makes like the Teleskopsaugrohr a very
solid impression. Material quality and workmanship are well above average. Gaps perfectly.

Handling:
The Philips PerformerPro has for me a very high handling comfort and the flexible hose with the stable 360 ​​° rotatable connector facilitates the work in
hard to reach areas enormously. Rarely have I seen such an agile sucker! The
special proprietary Philips TriActiveMax floor nozzle is in the joint far tiltable, so that even under furniture with low ground clearance may still be very good sucked under. The handle is very ergonomic and adjustable
Telescopic tube provides both larger and smaller people, I am 174cm, a very good ergonomic working height. The On / Off button and the cable feed button, are at the top of the unit. Can be easily reached by walking distance and also a possibly change of nozzle attachments is very simple. However, I personally would have liked to accommodate the accessory in the device! The
rubberized us good sized rear wheels at all stages of soil for a good rolling behavior. The teat is thus very agile and also copes with "sharp curves" time suck around the corner, so to speak, without any problems. The floor nozzle is thanks to the large rubber wheels super easy to perform well on carpets and sucking movements can be executed without any major effort. Lateral moves are by design, however, very difficult. Through the overhead continuous handle the vacuum cleaner is comfortable to wear and weighing 7 kg scarce it is also to do good. Dust bag and HEPA filter cartridge are easily accessible and really easy to change. Whether and from whom there are cheaper alternative bags and filters (replicas) to be seen, but will not be certainly long in coming!

The Performance:
The Philips PerformerPro FC8726 / 09 came up with absolutely convincing performance! The newly developed
TriActiveMax nozzle was the lower engine performance more than compensated for. In laminate and tile a very good dirt holding, also in the edge extraction. On hard floors (tile, laminate, etc.), the model serves to cleaning Class B reached on carpet (flat floor and Shaggy), the vacuum cleaner has the
Cleaning class C still good suction results, could take well here too fine as coarser dirt. For a more thorough results, I recommend to the carpet SuperTurboBrush that delivers almost perfect results!
With a power consumption of 650 watts at full power
(~ 27.8 kWh / annum) of the vacuum cleaner uses much less energy and also the operation volume at the highest suction level
with 78 dB is significantly lower than that of the old predecessor models!

My Conclusion:
The Philips PerformerPro FC8726 / 09 is very comfortable to handle and achieved compared to predecessors with much higher wattage and noise emission in practice very good results on hard and even on carpets. Thanks to the additional nozzle on carpet perfectly. Processing, material is perfect. With this result, the vacuum cleaner is for me quite wide at the top of the premium class. Unfortunately, even from her price, although at Philips seemingly more can be saved compared to the UPE, as the competition. The current offer price here on Amazon speaks for itself.
This sucker, I can recommend in good conscience. For your home, for your wallet and for the environment!
Crystal clear 5 Stars!