Read lots negative reviews on DC33 stating cannot vacuum area rugs due to vacuum making a very loud squealing noise.I have lots of area rugs.Opinions?
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It is a poor excuse for a vacuum cleaner it is not easy to move over a carpet and is noisy
1839232
Yes, this vacuum does make a loud squealing noise on certain area rugs, not all. Some of our are rugs we can vacuum with this vacuum and others can't. I'm not sure why that is. It's a pretty good vacuum cleaner other than that.
1839233
Doesn't do area rug well if you are trying to go through the middle. You need to keep part of the sweeper on the bare floor. Problem is the sweeper has so much power that it sucks the rug up. Great sweeper.
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I have laminate and tile floors as well as area rugs, and the Dyson DC39 Animal Canister works very well on all of my different floor surfaces. There is a button on the handle to turn off the power brush bar to prevent scratching of floors. Honestly, it works fine with the brush on or off.
1767782
Let me just say that I love my Dyson but it does struggle on my shag like area rug. I do a lot of pulling instead of pushing. Roll vacuum on back wheels to edge , then pull toward me. I have also turned the beater bar off to push it forward then turned it on to pull back. Fortunately, mine is only an area rug. There is no height adjustment. This is not the ideal vacuum for high pile - too much suction and no height adjustment.
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Mr. Cook I can promise you, the Dyson DC39 Animal Canister vacuum will handle any cleaning job. I can't speak about a long shag carpet, as I have a short shag, but I couldn't believe how strong it was. I have a short haired dog about the size of a Jack Russel, who sheds hair like you would not believe. Within a day, after vacuuming on the hard surface part of my house, I have balls of fur as big as a tennis ball all around the edges of the hall, and close to the edge of the couch. I just got my DC39 on 5/10/12, but I am one happy camper, I can tell you. The carpet in the bed room was just washed with an expensive carpet shampoo machine that I bought a while back. The shampoo machine pulled a ton of hair out of the carpet even after I had vacuumed it just before running the shampoo on it. I had just shampooed it again just a couple of days before the DC39 came in. The amount of fur that it pulled out of that supposedly sparking clean carpet, was astounding. Also in the same room I have a big king size bed that the regular vacuum couldn't get under. After looking at the amount of hair from the rest of the room, and emptying the canister, I thought about pushing the suction head under the bed as it is flat as a pancake, and can get under nearly everything. Again it filled the canister up. The handle has a button on it the lets you stop the brush from turning when you are on a hard surface. I suppose that's to make the brush last and not wear out on the hard floor. The brush turned so fast on the short shag that you could feel the vibration of it really strong as you worked with it. The head is almost weightless, but it makes the carpet stand up as though it has a lot more weight to it. I recommend it to anyone. Good luck.
829480
I have a Dyson and will admit that it cleans well. It is noisy and I had to send it back for problems with extreme noise, it took two weeks before it came back. A year later the same problem came back. I am looking to buy the Hoover.
1994673
The dc50 is amazing! We have to empty it every room and we vacuum regularly. Can hardly believe what it is picking up compared with the dc41.
932717
I would have to say that the squeal your Dyson is making is not normal. My reconditioned Animal makes nothing but the usual sound all vacuums make.
468390
No problem at all. I have a large rug that is almost like shag carpet. It vacuums it and does it well. I have two large furry dogs and a cat, this thing is a life saver. I used to vacuum every couple days, now I can wait a week.
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Sorry Mike, but in researching all vacuums, there are problems with them all. I cannot decide on one either by reading the reviews. I'm frustrated and wish a woman engineer would invent one so that all the negativity found in every brand would be solved.
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We also have area rugs, and the Dyson does a really good job on them! The brush assembly kinda' "floats" so we use it on rugs of varying thickness and pile quite successfully.
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I gave up on doing corners and edges. I just started to use the steam Swifter Sweeper and swear that my floors get cleaner and it does do corners and edges. And it is definitely not noisy. Hope this helps.
1684526
It works great with the area rugs, it even does well with our bath mats which have no backing, though it sometimes flips a corner up, but it's not a big deal. I upgraded mine to a brush roller which is less noisy on the wood flooring. You might also look at the XV-21 which comes with both.
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I bought the Dyson DC33 a few months ago and it is the best vacuum I have ever had. I have mostly carpeting and some hardwood but it works well with both. You may want a response from someone with all hardwood flooring BUT I must say the thing is powerful.. I told my brother in law to get one for my sis for Xmas... unromantic gift of course! haaa
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Hi Rachel~sorry for the delay in answering~computer has been out for several weeks and just got a new one!! The Dyson is certainly quieter than my last one and I really haven't noticed much noise because I am so amazed with the machine~it is WONDERFUL!!! Thanks for your interest!! Merry Christmas!!!
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No it is not built well. I have 1 large area rug in my house and the rest is hardwood. I used this vacuum 3 times and it no longer picks up anything. I checked the filter and all the connections and cannot figure out what is wrong with it. Finally gave up and bought a different vacuum. This thing is a piece of junk!
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I don't know if it ruins the carpet. It's just difficult to use because it doesn't really glide over the carpet. The apparatus has like a felt brush that doesn't rotate. I wound up using my dyson on my soft carpet. I think there may be a separate attachment that you can buy. Maybe that's the difference in the more expensive model. I have to say that this vacuum is excellent, quiet, powerful and odorless.
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I've owned 5-10 vacuums over the years. This is by far the noisiest. When I vacuum my half bath and want to vacuum behind the door (which entails closing the door), I brace myself for the deafening sound, then quickly finish to get the door back open. I also make sure I turn the vacuum on after I unclick it from upright position (and opposite when turning it off) - the decibel level coming out of the top of the tube seems borderline dangerous to me.