can you move the brushes up and down for wood floors and carpet or do you not have to do that
890183
Glad it worked out. I must of missed your original message. Just saw it the other day. All the best!
890184
You really don't have to do that. Works great on low floors and carpets for minor pick ups etc.
475921
Not sure I understand your question. Does it change/damage floors or carpets? No, not at all. Do you have to change anything on the vacuum to do carpets and floors? No. There is a switch on top to go from floor vacuuming to carpet vacuuming. The carpet setting propels it forward so no pushing and pulling. There are some detail attachment that can be changed, that go on a hose that snaps into the back. One is a gentle brush that will clean pet hair and dust from speakers, pillows, lamp shades, etc. Another one is for stairs and furniture, and another one for corners. They are very well made attachments that are easily put on, used, and detached. It's a great vacuum, no bag, lightweight, easy to use, does an incredible job, and no problems at all. Every time I use it I think about what a good buy it was and how much I hated my old one.
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Not really. When the brush is engaged, it kind of moves it along, but it's wheels are not propelled. I do find it quite easy to move around on tile and wood floors, and forward on carpet. It's a little handful when drawing it back...
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If your question is regarding the pet attachments brush, no. iIf you mean the main vacuum, there is a switch to turn off the brush to vacuum bare floors. Hopoe that helps.
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The Dirt Devil Vibe has a switch that allows you to turn the rotating brush on and off, which would be your setting for solid surface floors (off) and carpet (on).
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Yes, there are 2 push button options. One for hi/low carpet and the second one for barefloors; which turns off the brush.
886601
the only attachments are a tiny brush and a crevice but however the motorized brush has 5 different height setting and on the lowest one its fine to pick up on hard wood floors and I turn off the brush when I clean hardwood floors so the brush don't kick the dirt around
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I've got 2 of these. One for the 1st floor and one for the 2nd (Yeah, I know - I'm too lazy to carry the thing up and down the stairs). I have hardwood floors throughout and 9 different area/throw rugs scattered about. Haven't had any significant issues. Though if the rug has long tassels, I could see them potentially getting tangled in the brush. Another potential issue is if the rug is unusually deep (like a heavy shag), it might have some trouble making the transition from floor to rug.
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I do not have hard wood floor, but I vacuum the kitchen tiles. There are 5 floor setting for hard wood floor you can put on BARE floor which is between 0 to 1 the brush should lift up and the suction will work without Brushing the floor.
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I don't think you can shut the roller brush off-there are two settings though for height-hard floors and carpet.
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The brush is only for rugs. Instructions say to turn off the brush for hard surfaces. With the brush on, the vacuum will throw particles around on a hardwood floor. The vacuum itself rolls around easily so it shouldn't cause any problems.
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No. For hardwood, you should buy a canister vacuum. Canister vacs are lighter, and allow you more easily to get under furniture and into corners. I love my Kirby, but I never use it on my hardwood floors. You simply don't need that kind of power to clean wood floors. A Kirby is also not the easiest vacuum to use on area rugs since they are not tacked down. For wall-to-wall carpet, the Kirby is great. But in your situation, there are much less expensive options that will work better. And the Kirby is heavy, very heavy.
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There are plastic slider pads that you put on the carpet. You tilt your appliance back and slide the perforated slides under it. Then you hook up the vacuum system. When you turn it on it lifts the appliance about an inch off the floor. This allows you to move it with no effort. We moved a side by side refrigerator from a hardwood floor to our carpeted dining area with no problem.
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We only use it on hardwood floors and carpet. It works great on both, without the need to adjust when going from one surface to another.
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Using the low reach tool (brush out), you'll be able to work the hardwood floors if they cover large areas of the room. If you only have short intervals of hardwood between rugs, then using the upright and turning off the brushroll when going from carpet to floor should do.
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No! You must use very strong tape to hold the rugs in place. The tape that comes with the rugs are not strong enough they made the carpets move when we cam down the stairs. I went to Home Depot and purchased stronger tape
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The machine is awesome and so light. Yes it is designed for floors and another setting for carpet. I have all wood floors on our main floor. It gets a work out and you don't have to touch anything dirty!