Does it scrape floors? Does anyone have that problem?
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Ths Slim in my opion is the best upright Dyson of all. When turning it may scratch if front wheels on nozzle are sliding left-right when vacuum is not being pushed forward/backward. The front wheels roll in a straight line and are not castors and so the vac needs to be pushed and turned together to help prevent scratching (not always but sometimes this can be a problem). If pushing/pulling vac while turning - all will be fine. The Fix: Careful when turning or use a Dyson nozzle on the wand when vacuum hard surfaces. This is what I do and it works very well. Brushes on floor nozzle work better at removing sticky dust vs. the rubber blade on Slim (under nozzle). Please reply and let me know if this helps.
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I use this model on daily in both my hardwood and carpet and did not have any issues with scratching . However I also previously owned the Dyson animal and didn't either . I will say though I actually prefer the Dyson over this unit for a few reasons: 1. Lighter - (Miele is very heavy)2. Do not need to buy bags 3. Pick up is better One thing I really do like about the Miele is the lights on it - you can see the hair on the hardwood really well with it- almost like a xenon headlight it is.
1503908
No, it does not scratch wood floors. It does a great job! And the suction gets the hard to reach corners.
1064603
Yes! It's amazing! No nasty build up it merely cleans and leave the floor as if it was brand new. Jan O.
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I have had one for three months and it cleans the entire downstairs of our home (1000 ft^2). (That is a kitchen, family room, dinning room, living room and half bath) It cleans until the battery runs down goes back to the charging station recharges itself. It then returns to where it left off and finishes. It takes a couple of hours but it does it all and it does a very good job. The only thing I have to do is empty the dirt while it recharges and when its done. My wife and I were amazed the first few times it did the floors. The surfaces for all the floors are tile with throw rugs all over the place. It even does a good job on the rugs. The only warning I would give is that it does get stuck sometimes: on electrical cords that are loose on the floor, under dining tables when the chairs are in a certain position (but only once--it cleans under the tables really well) and on my daughter's music stand (again only once--it climbed one of the legs of the stand backing up and lifted the drive wheels off the floor) It has gotten clogged and stopped twice: Once when a thumb tack got stuck in the blade of its brush and jammed against the body of the vacuum and the first time we ran it so much hair wrapped around the brush that it got stuck but both my wife and daughter have long hair and it had been several days since the rooms had been swept. It is easy to clean the brush and empty out the collection bin. Depending on how much furniture you have, it may get everything on one battery charge it gets over three-quarter of the way done before it goes back for a charge at our house.
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We have the table I doors and my 3 year old drags it around. We have never had issues with it scratching our hardwood floors.
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I don't use a mat with it and I have hardwood floors -- i haven't had any issues or problems. I think you'll love this machine. I've had no issues or complaints.
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I have had a very positive experience with this vacuum on different floor types. I have pergo, carpet, hardwood and tile in my home and have found no issues with this vacuum. It is great that it doesn't "spit out" debris when using it on the kitchen tile floor or any of the hard surfaced floors. It has great suction power. I like that i can do all the floors without having to change to the hose part of the vacuum if i don't want to.
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We use it on our wood floors and have not had any sratches at all. The brush is designed to be used on hard floors. I would imagine if something abrasive got stuck on the brush or roller it could scratch the floor, but we have not had any tangles in ours yet and we've been using it for about half a year. Also it has a cear top over the brush so if anything was stuck in there you would see it. Plus there is a button to turn the brush off if you want to. Has been a great vacuum, we love it.
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Yes, picks up loose pieces and hair off floor. Not so well with sticky things.
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I have carpet, but this thing isn't really heavy enough to scratch it. The wheels are fine, the problem is that the cradle part doesn't stay up like it's supposed to, so it drags over the wheels, which may scratch the floors? Just be careful to try and keep the cradle part up and you'll be fine.
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Not that I have seen. I've been using this vacuum for a few months now, even my seven year old daughter vacuums with it and I haven't seen any scratches. My husband is super anal about our hardwood floors and if there was even a chance that it would scratch the floor he wouldn't allow it to be used. This is a great vacuum, I highly recommend it, especially if you have pets great on hair!
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After I used it on my wood floor it developed scratches. It does not cover scratches. I am thinking of having it professionally removed since stripping it was a horrifically drawn out ordeal.
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No - I use it on my wood floors and it does not scratch them..the plastic "wheels" seem to go over the floors just fine.
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I have not noticed any damage so far. Due to the rubber cover, it actually prevents the scratching of wooden floors, and it does not affect carpets. Now, that depends on how much you use the Ab Carver. In time, you may see traces on wood surfaces, but only if you use everytime the same segmentnof the floor. I hope my answer was relevant.
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Yes its a little rough sounds like it scratches the floor but it hasn't yet I have oak floors and it does the trick its very light ..so no pressure has to be applied to vacuum. .
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I have hardwood floors as well as Pergo floors. It works beautifully and picks up easily without a mark!