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Post# 278474   4/28/2014 at 02:53 (3,622 days old) by oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK)   |   | |
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Some of you may know what I am on about here. When using uprights or PN cylinders, or at least most of them, they leave these (in my opinion) ugly lines, very thin along the carpet where, obviously there has been no agitation. When I had my vax mach air upright a few years ago, it left quite wide train tracks, at least on my carpet. I get paranoid over this and end up constantly overlapping my strokes.
This brings me on to my questions. Why do a lot of brush bar vacuums have those vanes every couple of inches at the base plate? Some have more than others, and some don't have them at all (dc50). Is it to strengthen the base plate? I cant see how that could be considering those plates aren't under any sort of stress are they ? Or if it for health and safety to stop things or peoples limbs being chewed up? I noticed only a couple of days ago when cleaning the brush roll on my sebo felix, that the felix brush bar (and I think all other sebo brush bars) has a continuous stream of bristles, which overlap each other on the brush head, which means you get little to no track lines. Much more satisfying and less annoying. Why can't other manufacturers do this instead of spacing out their bristles? |
Post# 278475 , Reply# 1   4/28/2014 at 03:26 (3,622 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)   |   | |
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I think its personal preference. I love track marks, nothing shows a carpets been cleaned like those track marks y'know lol.
In fact Il be insisting carpets that have a pile capable of leaving these lines be fitted when we start decorating our home. At the minute we just have god awful flat pile stuff thats modern but never really looks clean although its not dirty. Weird I know? :D Im pretty sure its down to Elf n Safety though although not quite so much do do with adults but more children who might be tempted to play around and stick stuff in it. Also to stop rugs being chewed into the brush roll I imagine although you do often catch the odd edge regardless. Years ago Panasonic got slated for having exposed side brushes that rotated to clean edges. They had to do a major recall and send out caps to go over the rotation parts to stop children being hurt if they touched it. I have an unmodified cleaner and its not too shabby at edge cleaning - much better than one with the recall parts fitted. |
Post# 278498 , Reply# 3   4/28/2014 at 10:40 (3,621 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Actually my Felix does leave track lines but they are faint and they are due to the wheels going through the wool loop but I also have a feeling that it only does that when the standard stiff bristle brush bar is fitted. The soft delicate brush bar doesn't leave track lines.
It isn't so much the brush bar's fault but rather the design of the wheels - I found Vax Mach Air is bad for heavy track lines because of the back wheels. |
Post# 278801 , Reply# 4   4/30/2014 at 18:17 (3,619 days old) by spiraclean (UK)   |   | |
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Post# 278819 , Reply# 6   4/30/2014 at 21:00 (3,619 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI)   |   | |
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Train track lines, or Carpet lines, whatever you choose to call them, Are a sign of being freshly vacuumed, at least in my opinion. I always make sure I vacuum thouroughly, and with a vacuum that makes good carpet lines before we have company over. I don't know if anyone ever notices, but it's just something I do. My parents always did it, even when I was younger, it was just one of those things. I have never noticed any other family or friends vacuuming before having guests, although I have done it for them...
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Post# 278828 , Reply# 7   4/30/2014 at 23:11 (3,619 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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(buried 2 weeks ago), had white carpet in her livingroom and diningroom. She LOVED to make fresh HOOVER Convertible lines. EVERYONE knew what she was doing. The house was always immaculate. But, those lines were a staple in her home. I have white carpeting in my room. Again, my Convertible(s) leave stunning lines. "Happy Dance".
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Post# 278853 , Reply# 8   5/1/2014 at 04:09 (3,619 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Spiracleans carpet picture sort of reminds me of "striping" for lawns-special attachment roller for commercial riding mowers to do the striping effect. |
Post# 278863 , Reply# 9   5/1/2014 at 06:26 (3,619 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 278900 , Reply# 10   5/1/2014 at 11:14 (3,618 days old) by panofan (West Coast)   |   | |
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Ya - the Miele (at least the SEB 228) does not have the crossbars - just straight brushroll from end to end. My Kenmore had the support bars. |
Post# 278910 , Reply# 11   5/1/2014 at 11:44 (3,618 days old) by parwaz786 ( )   |   | |
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My vacuum annoys me when the wheels mess up the groom marks! CLICK HERE TO GO TO parwaz786's LINK |
Post# 278915 , Reply# 12   5/1/2014 at 12:17 (3,618 days old) by oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 278990 , Reply# 13   5/2/2014 at 00:57 (3,618 days old) by spiraclean (UK)   |   | |
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Ah, now I see. In the case of wheel tracks, the only solution would be to start at the furthest corner of your room and work back towards the door, vacuuming your way out. That way as each section of carpet is vacuumed, the last thing to touch it is the brushroll, not the wheels.
As for track marks from the soleplate, Sebo is probably as good as it gets for preventing this. Oreck uprights do well also, because they have very thick rows of bristles that groom well, and the belt is enclosed off the side of the brushroll so it doesn't interfere with the cleaning path. There are soleplate guards, but they're made of narrow wire that doesn't leave stripes in the same way as plastic supports do. |
Post# 279002 , Reply# 14   5/2/2014 at 07:32 (3,617 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 279026 , Reply# 15   5/2/2014 at 17:42 (3,617 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 279029 , Reply# 16   5/2/2014 at 17:57 (3,617 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 279102 , Reply# 17   5/3/2014 at 02:50 (3,617 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)   |   | |
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