How hard is it to push the head over carpet? I noticed there are no wheels on the nozzle head.
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Sorry I don't have carpet at home due to allergy.I think it is better to use on hardwood floor.
1503626
Wheels are not necessary as the head is light and vacuum has enough power to suck most dirt particles
883483
The vac is not self-propelled; when not powered up it is heavy to push over carpet. However, when it is turned on it is very easy to maneuver, probably because of the spinning roller-brush. No problem on hard floors of course. Heaviness is not a concern, in my opinion.
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Mine does not. It's really easy to push and glides easily across my carpet.
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Yes, it has wheels. Doesn't roll amazingly well on carpet, but it does roll :).
1012330
Super easy. I move mine all the time. The feet are stainless steel disks so they slide on carpet.
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I found this vacuum to be a little hard to handle, the hose keeps getting on my way, it heavy plus it's not very good using it on carpet, I ended up buying a tool for hardwood floors and that its it's in use, hope it helps!
420389
Eureka RR bags and it is fairly easy to push depending on how high of a carpet setting you are using. Because its heavy its not the easiest to push.
35955
For high carpet you need a powered vacuum head... the head on the onyx is air powered it is great for rugs and very low high density carpet but will not work well on high carpet
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It takes both my wife and myself to move the unit. We have it in a room that is carpeted, it may be easier to move on a hard wood floor. The unit is quite heavy and the wheels are very small. I hope this helps.
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Yes it is hard to push on some carpets. The fix: Remove rubber wiper blade from underside of powernozzle. This blade does nothing for carpet cleaning but only creates a lot of friction when on carpet (hard to push/pull). The drawback: This blade is in place for sweeping sticky/stuck dust from hard floors (a sort of broom if you will). And so once the blade has been removed, the sticky dust therefore will not be knocked off/scraped when on hard floors. This is the trade off. What I do: Use Dyson's hard floor nozzles attatched to the wand/hose when vacuum hard surfaces (if wanting to knock off the sticky dust) otherwise using vacuum without blade is no different than some other Dyson's and many other uprights. How to remove: Using a small screwdrive. At one end &gt; pop up and out one side of blade and pull and slide out sideways using your fingers. This way blade does not get damaged if you want to put back. This fix has worked great for me. I love the Slim! This is one of my first posts here and so if you can post saying my tip was helpful then I will encouraged to return and help some more (what Dyson knowledge I do have) with posting. Please reply and let me know if this helps.
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The carpet head is a little less than 4", and the bare floor head is around 2". You can lay the handle almost completely flat. Works under all of my beds. There is one tool that comes with it. it is the skinny crevice hose adapter but it also comes with an attachement for the end of it with a small brush. Worked great for cleaning my ceiling fans, wood blinds and base boards. I've had the vacuum for about a month now. Use it every other day. 2600sqft house with 2 kid and a lab that sheds alot. Still working great. Used it for a week before I noticed it has different suction settings.LOL It starts on the medium setting. never needed more than that..With the dog hair, the canister need emptying almost every time. But its easy and my dog sheds like crazy..But so does my wife..LOL I'm still real happy with it. Time will tell, my last vacuum lasted about 3 years with the amount of use it gets here. It was a Bissell Pet clean upright vacuum. The handle broke in half on me.
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It does roll on carpet, especially if someone is pushing or pulling it. But doesn't really work for kids to propel themselves on the carpet.
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It will roll over carpet easily if the carpet isn't too thick. The wheels on this cart do fall off quite often though - I'm thinking of putting some duct tape around the shaft of the wheels to keep them on better. I still really like this cart though and I use it all the time.
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My understanding is that they have a version with the legs and a version with wheels. If you got the wheel version, no, you don't HAVE to put the wheels on, however it will be lower than it should be as a proper worksurface. It's also difficult to move because it is rather heavy, and I find the wheels help immensely for cleaning around and under.
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Actually, mine has two very small roller wheels attached to the front base bar of the frame. If you stand in front, grab the handles and pull the handles down till the machine balances on the wheels, it very easily rolls on hard floors and of course, a little more resistance on carpet, but still easy to move.
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Absolutely impossible on high-pile carpet, unless you pull like a plow. @Dyson, do something about this!!
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We have mostly wood floors and area rugs. My daughter has no problem pushing the cart across the carpet, though it is fairly low pile. She has struggled with the transition from floor to carpet because it takes a little finagling (she is about 16 months old now and is getting the hang of it).