Well done - there has Philips made a great throw!

While we have 2 suckers, a 7 year old Philips FC9165 and a Bosch BSG81455 (the anniversary model) from 2011 - both excellent suckers - but there are differences. And again great differences from the to be discussed here Philips.

So in a very large house with 3 floors, we have now 3 sucker in use - one in each floor. How there beats the New?

Very briefly: terrific! He is by far the quietest of all, - whisper! The power consumption is extremely low, I measured 750 watts at maximum power (650 watts are given that apply but for any DIN-operating point). The old Philips 2200 Watt and the Bosch still 1400 Watts. The air flow rate of the old Philips the pipe is virtually identical, substantially higher when Bosch, - felt twice as high. For the suction power at the floor nozzle is no need for concern - here the new Philips sucks just as good as the old and the Bosch also makes it any better! On the contrary, the latter sucks itself on smooth tiled floor hard on, so you have to apply much more force when vacuuming.

This brings us to ergonomics of the Philips. From the plug to the floor nozzle can actually 11 meters (I have measured it) bridge, but only if it leads the pipe almost flat on the floor; in practice, there are then 10 meters - still good and quite sufficient here. The pull-in stage intake manifold has a height in the maximum extended state that even people over 1.90 without back pain can suck it (I've experienced so far only Philips). It is also good that Philips resume on a normal round cable and said goodbye to the flat cable. The latter has gladly pulled us under some doors and then eventually jammed - it was not just thin enough ... The vacuum cleaner is also very light and can be worn comfortably for stair cleaning, it is, however, a little bulky, but again not bulkier than the other! The suction itself is a treat! The floor nozzle slides with almost no resistance on our relatively rough tiled floor, - which was with the Bosch a horror, even if you down regulated the performance. Philips has a well designed and switchable floor nozzle, the carpeted floors as well and slips easily (with us it is a medium-high suede). All hair, lint, dust will be taken at the first In eyes - so it should be! Since the floor nozzle on the sides has soft bristles sweeping, you can drive up directly to furniture without damaging anything, and save yourself a replenishment of the edges and corners with a hand tool.
The enclosed manual nozzle (a flat for joints and cracks, with a bristle attachment for upholstery and furniture) also serve their purpose, - who here has special requirements (eg vacuuming curtains), the need to buy an accessory nozzle.

The anthers of Philips are very large and keep us in the "Verloursetage" loosely over half a year through. Here we had the old Philips in action with identical bags and almost identical suction. Therefore, I assume that this will be just the new ones. Incidentally, the Philips has really great filter system no problems with dust in the exhaust air, even not at full bag. Another problem, however, in all suckers discussed herein: When a dust bag is used for too long, intercepts the air blown on to smell musty. That's with us about half a year the case - in "pet households" much earlier - but since everyone has to know itself where its limit is). In any case, the blown air is cleaner than the air in all three suckers when it comes to particulate air pollution.

Conclusion: With the FC9197 / 91 you get a sucker for a small price, which (at maximum setting) just sucks well with only 750 watts, as the saugstärksten copies of previous years (see Tests and my comments) - and he does so in every respect ergonomic: quiet, light and portable!

Small drawback for prospective customers who already have a Philips and remember to use their existing brush: sadly wrong! Philips has changed with this new series apparently (and no apparent advantage!) The fastening elements so that older equipment will not fit! A my opinion avoidable bad habit that existing customers angry and wegbringt of the brand. The marketing is working here, in my view clearly counterproductive in relation to the outstanding Philips engineers!