VGII on Eureka Roto-Matic

So I saw a youtube video with someone having the same vacuum I recently acquired but they found an all bristle chevron roller in place of the normal Vibra Groomer II. The video remarks that the Vibra Groomer II doesn't do well with dog hair and that the beater bars are more of a joke.

Well I've been impressed with my Eureka 1784B for the past few weeks but I guess today I was really able to see it in action cause I used it on a dark blue carpet which lays in our enclosed porch directly on top of the deck style beams. This makes it harder to clean too since its not the most even floor and you can see where the beams are from how the carpet lays.

Anyway the dark blue carpet was completely full of white dog hair. Our other carpet is all mint green and practically hides all dirt. So we bathed our dog, combing her before and after on the dark blue rug which happens to be an indoor/outdoor style but one that the dirt easily sort of inbeds itself into and doesn't just lay loose. I heavilly sort of scrubbed the large clumps of white hair into the carpet, it got walked on some, ran on by the dog. Some of the rug was very heavily coated and some other areas were lightly coated. No matter for the vacuum, the VGII original style roller did fantastically. I had the unit suction regulator set to attachments- this is the turn nob that opens a suction release on the canister itself. I also had the hose handle suction regulator open some so that agitation would not be impeded by the super suction seal to carpet this vacuum produces.

I was quite impressed. One forward, one backward stroke and all hair was gone maybe a couple remaining which the next stroke definitely removed. I was very impressed. So I must say I don't agree that the VGII is a bad brush roller. It leaves nice prints on thick rugs and grabs pet hair quick.

Any further thoughts on the effectiveness of 2 brush agitation vs. 1 brush and 1 beater bar style is appreciated.

Happy vacuuming!!


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Post# 191477 7/26/2012 at 02:10 (4,285 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)
Checkrate/Likes So I saw a youtube video with someone having the same vacuum I recently acquired but they found an all bristle chevron roller in place of the normal Vibra Groomer II. The video remarks that the Vibra Groomer II doesn't do well with dog hair and that the beater bars are more of a joke. Well I've been impressed with my Eureka 1784B for the past few weeks but I guess today I was really able to see it in action cause I used it on a dark blue carpet which lays in our enclosed porch directly on top of the deck style beams. This makes it harder to clean too since its not the most even floor and you can see where the beams are from how the carpet lays. Anyway the dark blue carpet was completely full of white dog hair. Our other carpet is all mint green and practically hides all dirt. So we bathed our dog, combing her before and after on the dark blue rug which happens to be an indoor/outdoor style but one that the dirt easily sort of inbeds itself into and doesn't just lay loose. I heavilly sort of scrubbed the large clumps of white hair into the carpet, it got walked on some, ran on by the dog. Some of the rug was very heavily coated and some other areas were lightly coated. No matter for the vacuum, the VGII original style roller did fantastically. I had the unit suction regulator set to attachments- this is the turn nob that opens a suction release on the canister itself. I also had the hose handle suction regulator open some so that agitation would not be impeded by the super suction seal to carpet this vacuum produces. I was quite impressed. One forward, one backward stroke and all hair was gone maybe a couple remaining which the next stroke definitely removed. I was very impressed. So I must say I don't agree that the VGII is a bad brush roller. It leaves nice prints on thick rugs and grabs pet hair quick. Any further thoughts on the effectiveness of 2 brush agitation vs. 1 brush and 1 beater bar style is appreciated. Happy vacuuming!!

Post# 191514 , Reply# 1 7/26/2012 at 13:35 (4,284 days old) by kirbfan94 ()
Checkrate/Likes I have used the chevron roller in my eureka uprights and when you compare the pet hair performance to the vg2, the all brush one wins by a lot. But, it wraps hair around itself a lot, where as the metal vg2 has a smooth surface for the hair to slide past it. I would suggest trying an all brush one too see which one you like better. I just recently got a rotomatic with a vg2 and its so hard to push I might invest in the chevron one

Post# 191516 , Reply# 2 7/26/2012 at 13:37 (4,284 days old) by kirbfan94 ()
Checkrate/Likes I have used the chevron roller in my eureka uprights and when you compare the pet hair performance to the vg2, the all brush one wins by a lot. But, it wraps hair around itself a lot, where as the metal vg2 has a smooth surface for the hair to slide past it. I would suggest trying an all brush one too see which one you like better. I just recently got a rotomatic with a vg2 and its so hard to push I might invest in the chevron one. If you decide to go this route you will loose a lot of agitation, but that dosent help with hair removal anyway.

Post# 191518 , Reply# 3 7/26/2012 at 13:37 (4,284 days old) by kirbfan94 ()
Checkrate/Likes Wow double post

Post# 191781 , Reply# 4 7/27/2012 at 21:54 (4,283 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)
Checkrate/Likes The pushing ease sounds good, better pet hair removal is good, but I am very satisfied with current pet hair pickup. I'd be concerned about less agitation, so the dual brush doesn't deep clean as well?

Post# 192194 , Reply# 5 7/29/2012 at 23:38 (4,281 days old) by kirbfan94 ()
Checkrate/Likes it'll deep clean pretty much just as well, it still has a good amount of agitation, just not the excessive amount the vg2 has