Is it possible to shut the rotating brush off? I have an area of deep pile shag carpeting.
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No it does not. I also wouln't recommend it if shag type carpet because the nozzle is self adjusting and for very thick carpet, you need to manually adjust it to a higher fixed setting. I always like the Sanitaire by Eureka for this. Good luck!
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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.
1960884
It does not have a powered rotating brush, if that's what you're asking. I find the brush floor attachment works well at "combing" out stuff from rugs, which you then have to clean out from the brush. If you have a lot of high carpeting, I would probably say go with something else.
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A solution to the brushes not turning or the shaft breaking would be at the time of cleaning, be sure and remove any fuzzy ball that build up with cleaning. The inside of the brush housing gets carpet fuzz all over the inside along with fuzz on the brushes. AS you rinse this, it balls up and clogs the "gears" on the side of each brush. Be sure to fish these out and make sure the brushes turn freely as you clean. You made need forceps or tweezers to pull these fuzz balls out, but this is key to proper function
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You can use this vacuum either way. For carpets you can have the brush rotating, but you also can turn it off for other cleaning.
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Yes, I shift the lever to bare floors to keep the rotating brush off the floor, but I also use the hose and 2 extensions that come with it. I have a universal wide floor brush attachment that fits on the hard extensions and it picks up everything in its path. you have to grab the vacuum by its handle to move it along with you, but i find that easy. All in all, for the price, this vacuum sucks the life out of floor debris
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There sure is! On this unit it is a foot button which turns the brush on or off, perfect for hard floor!
1568992
Thank you for your question! You can vacuum the mat, but we do recommend to turn the brush off to prevent any possible damage.
260781
Sorry but this one is only good on rugs that have no nap, like berber. The turbo brush is not motorized like on a full-sized vacuum cleaner, so any nap (shag) on the rug would simply stop the rotation of the brush.
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No, to my knowledge you can not turn off the beater bar. The head self adjusts to the surface. It seems to do fine going from thick pile carpet to thin indoor/outdoor polypropylene carpet to porcelain in my home. The beater bar is approximately 11.5" and the brushes can be replaced.
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I believe you can turn off the beater brush by using the lever called "Brush Roll Control" which is also used during the changing of the belt. So, I suppose you could bend over and lock the lever in the same position as when you are changing belts to avoid breaking the belt, but that would really be inefficient and I'm not totally sure it would help out.
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I'm sorry to say--that it does NOT turn off. To me, that is a problem that Eureka needs to address. If it would be a feature that will create a problem, just lay the unit down to raise the brushes.
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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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On my ProHeat Pet the brushes stop when the handle is locked upright, I presume so you don't park it and wear a hole in the carpet. Once you lower the handle to start cleaning again they start spinning again.
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Just unpacked mine - guess what? There's a setting just for vacuuming. It turns the brushes off. Who knew? Have only done the rugs today. Guess my old vacuum cleaner wasn't cleaning very well!
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Brush only turns on carpet setting. Could be hair or debris around the brush. Hoover customer is pretty good to answer these issues.
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Carpet would imply that the brush works as it should. Never has. My fingers are bleeding from pressing the reset button and it still wont spin. Disassebled, cleaned (not much to clean as it doesn't have much suction) still no good.
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Yes.... there is an on/off switch right on the handle next to the main on/off switch whichcontrols whether the brush motor is on or off.