Would this vacuum work on shaggier home carpets? I'm worried about how it would perform.
1003209
After using this machine, I don';t feel it would work too well on shaggier carpets. It is a low sweeper. Our carpet is a medium nape and works well.
1003210
I wouldn't use it to clean your entire house. It is small and very convienent. I use it on the main floor of my house on the hardwood floors and rugs. It works just fine on my seagrass rugs, so I think it would work fine on shag carpet...but remember it is for quick pick ups...not intensive cleaning...not to say it won't clean well because it does...
1003211
I think it would do ok . I have a shag carpet in a bedroom also have a dog in there it did a good job on it. I use it mostly on hardwood it t has roller brushes. I hope this helps.
1003212
Does real well on low pile carpet. Higher pile carpet drags the battery down quicker.
1003213
My guess is that it would not, the mouth needs to be near what it picks up, the shag would probably prevent that. It really is for bare floors and low nap carpets (we have a braided rug and manufactured "oriental" rug with tufts abut 1/4 inch long)
1003214
Probably not. It works great on hardwood, and my lower berber-type carpet. It doesn't have the juice to pick up larger items, so I wouldn't think it would have the juice to get stuff in tall shag. Mine fills up with crumbs and dog hair....for that and it's ease-of-use it is perfect.
565189
I don't think you would be satisfied with it over the long haul. Using it on carpet can be rather difficult, and tiring to your arms. Also, the dirt storage capacity is small, so you would probably have to empty it more frequently than you would like. (It does not have a disposable bag.) It works best on a room or two at a time. I don't think it is designed to be a whole house vacuum.
1832906
I would say it works best on a flat-woven carpet, not a shag-type. It's basically a rolling brush, so it picks up things sitting on top of the carpet. If your carpet is loose enough for hay to sink into it, it's not going to work.
1408408
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!
131311
Absolutely! We've had Kirby, Orec, Hoover, Electrollux & other vacumes. I bought this one because most of our flooring is tile or wood, for which it does a superb job, but I was astounded at how well the powered worked on the carpet. The unit is light, versatile, powerful and gets under nearly everything except our sleeper sofa and Chinese hutch. It is by far the best vacume we've ever owned.
2128755
Not very well at all. It's mostly a hard flooring sweeper. I really like mine for that purpose but when it gets to my large area rug it has a hard time and you can tell it's working extra hard and still not picking up all that much.
1211159
It works on thick carpets very well. I personally have a shag rug as an area rug in the lr. On the lowest suction setting you can carefully glide the vac over the shag rug and it will clean it. You just need to be careful in general while vacumming a shag rug . This is a new experience for me as well.
2003925
I bought it for my daughter and I know for a fact she didn't use it on any deep shag. There was no problemin her apartment or anywhere else to my knowledge. I wouldn't think that there would be any trouble with any carpet. However I have not used it myself. Hope that helped.
1150960
I have found that this does not work well on carpet or rugs. It works well on hardwood, tile and vinyl. So if the areas you are vacuuming are not carpeted, it will work well.
2182587
Not very well. It will work so so on low pile carpets but won't go at all on thicker stuff.
1628574
Yes, it would pick it up, but I wonder if the wet stuff would clog up the little brush roller and necessitate removing it and washing it. Better just get down on the floor with some paper towels. OTHER THAN THAT this little sweeper is wonderful for pet hair, dry crumbs and most other stuff. Both on hard floors and carpets. The best friend you will ever have as your kids grow up!!! Mine is 25 years old--the sweeper not the kid.
828208
I would not recommend this vacuum for anything. Mine very disappointing performance, the previous model was much better.
699436
I asked my wife and she says it works good on floors but not so good on rugs. We're kind of disappointed with the Dyson period. The main unit with beater has great suction but is hard handle on rugs unless you have a lot of strength which some women don't have.
1466316
I think it depends on the carpet. Normal carpet: no problem. I have carpet and it works fine. Shag or heavy carpet may be a problem.
2217138
I've tried it and it didn't run smoothly. I think it depends on what kind of carpet though. If you have flat office carpet, maybe but it didn't work very well for our carpet.
1602207
It's a very stable and extremely smooth machine. If the carpet is level with no lumps it should do well.
1375966
Not too well, specially if your shag carpet is quite thick. The Roomba will eventually avoid it. We have one in our bedroom and when the Roomba gets to it ends up being unable to climb on to it and treats it like a 'wall' and avoids it. However we do have a shag carpet in the living room that is not that high pile, and the Roomba is able to work on it with no problems or snags. I guess it all depends on the height of your shag carpet/rug.