What is on the bottom of the floor tool? Is it a hard material like plastic or something softer like a brush. Will it scratch my wood floors?
1830866
Plastic, and yes, it will scratch hardwood floors. You will need to get the horse hair brush attachment. It works incredible.
1830867
I'm not at home, but the bottom of the floor tool is a brush, and it does not scratch my floors
1623844
I have hardwood floors and have let my two year old ride this on them all over the house. No scratches. We have had no problems.We have the roller blade wheels which are soft, which I think they all come with anyway. Hope this helps
102453
Mine has a plastic plate. No problems scratching wood on any floors I have installed.
1915284
It does have wheels they are plastic. I do not believe that it will scratch the floors as long as it kept in a clean area.
151975
I also have hardwood floors, and it hasn't scratched them from what I can tell (my dog mainly plays on the carpet with it). It is designed to roll and doesn't have much of an area that would scratch floors.
2009065
They seem to be plastic. I'm not sure if they would scratch your floor. However, there are chair mats that are wood colored that you can put over your floor if you're worrying about scratching the floors. I love the chair, and I have a plastic mat over my carpeting in my office.
1741257
I believe it would still scratch the hardwood floor. The wheels screw into a metal base inside the bars. However, you may be able to file down or have covered.
242127
It's a rubbery slightly dome shaped bottom. It doesn't easily slide around, nor does it scratch our wood floors. It works great. My husband uses it and loves it.
1283583
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.
1704279
Yep. I hate to add to the chorus, but it scratched my brazilian cherry hardwoods. Just like the above post - if a hard particle gets dragged, it scratches the floor - I sometimes don't notice until a few scratches are made. I'm not happy - I paid a lot of money for the vacuum AND the floors! Does Dyson have anything to say about this problem?
65915
They are plastic. The back wheels are bigger and are a softer plastic. The front wheel is a little harder plastic, and it is smaller. I have not noticed any scratching on my floor, but my floor is not in the best condition.
2023840
I haven't noticed any problems with scratching/damaging my hardwood or tile flooring, but I don't find this vacuum (or other model any I've tried) to be amazing on these surfaces. I still prefer sweeping and using a Shark steamer mop for hard surfaces.
368222
The floor tool has nylon bristles. I would say it would not scratch laminate flooring.
377923
It will scratch any non-carpeted flooring. I have wood floors through out my house. It was only after I ordered, received, opened it & watched the instructional DVD that I learned it was not to be used on wood & other finished flooring because it will scratch it. My son promptly demonstrated that for me. Now I have a circular pattern of scratches from his "trick" he showed me. I would not have purchased this if I had known it would scuff the flooring. My kids did use it outside, too, & it made the bottom of it even more roughed up. If you have carpet & smaller kids I'd say yes, it might be worth the price. Definitely NEED carpet!!! It will scratch any non-carpeted flooring. I have wood floors through out my house. It was only after I ordered, received, opened it & watched the instructional DVD that I learned it was not to be used on wood & other finished flooring because it will scratch it. My son promptly demonstrated that for me. Now I have a circular pattern of scratches from his "trick" he showed me. I would not have purchased this if I had known it would scuff the flooring. My kids did use it outside, too, & it made the bottom of it even more roughed up. If you have carpet & smaller kids I'd say yes, it... » Read More It will scratch any non-carpeted flooring. I have wood floors through out my house. It was only after I ordered, received, opened it & watched the instructional DVD that I learned it was not to be used on wood & other finished flooring because it will scratch it. My son promptly demonstrated that for me. Now I have a circular pattern of scratches from his "trick" he showed me. I would not have purchased this if I had known it would scuff the flooring. My kids did use it outside, too, & it made the bottom of it even more roughed up. If you have carpet & smaller kids I'd say yes, it might be worth the price. Definitely NEED carpet!!! « Show Less
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I did not find it to scratch mine. I have dark HW flooring but my husband & I are not seeing anything & he's the 1 doing it latetly b/c i've had a cast on leg..
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My articulating hard floor tool is not hard, but is a brush all the way around. The brush is flexible, but not overly soft so it seems durable. I think it cleans very well along walls. It is also wider than other hard floor tools I have had, which is great.
276000
None, but it has not scratched our floors...we've used them for Poms to Bernese Mtn dog whom moved it all over the place. The painted coating makes the surface area very smoothe. They are heavy duty but they do not weight alot - I push them out of place, mop the floor and then push them back and I have not made scratches on the floor doing that either. I suppose if the wood is a soft wood like Maple it may be a problem I'm not sure.