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Thread Number: 29844
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Shag carpet and Powerhead don't mix ? |
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| Post# 332204 , Reply# 1 8/21/2015 at 18:21 (3,170 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Hi Mikko,
I have found that you really need an upright that allows you to adjust the front wheels very high in order to let the brush roll "tickle" the fibres. A classic fan-first upright is best (a Eureka Dial-a-Nap or Rugulator, for example) because you really don't want the power of a 12amp motor (1440 watts) sucking the shag rug into the brush roll chamber. A weaker 4amp motor is just fine to get enough air-flow to move the dirt out of the shag carpet fibres. Our Eureka Vanguard 2083 was excellent on shag as the working end of the motor head could be raised to just the right level to let the Vibra-Groomer brush roll agitate without bogging down on the carpet. I don't know if a similar Sanitaire/Electrolux upright with a 7amp motor would be good - may be too strong for shag. You could always attach a classic "shag rake" tool to a canister...not sure how effective these are in actual removal of dirt, though...:-) | ||
| Post# 332244 , Reply# 3 8/22/2015 at 10:10 (3,169 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
Mikko
From your video, it looks like you would be needing the Wessell Werk EBK360 SoftClean powerhead. It is a full size powerhead, much more powerful than your Miele SEB217, has height adjustment, & most importantly it's designed for these new "Soft Carpets". Since the Miele & this one are both Wessell Werk designs, it should work with the wand you use for all your vacuum tests. Which by the way, definitely like your YouTube videos, you are very creative! :-)
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| Post# 332252 , Reply# 4 8/22/2015 at 13:19 (3,169 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
If that's the shag pile, I would just use suction only floor tools OR the highest brush bar setting like the old classic Hoover uprights used to have. Any brush roll on close contact might just snag the pile and pull it out. Since that Miele PN doesn't appear to be doing that you can certainly hear the strain of the pile on the brush bar, which in turn may weaken the belt long term.
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| Post# 332260 , Reply# 5 8/22/2015 at 16:44 (3,169 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
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| Post# 332300 , Reply# 8 8/23/2015 at 10:50 (3,168 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 332304 , Reply# 9 8/23/2015 at 12:18 (3,168 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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A old fashioned shag rug Is truthfully cleaned easier with straight suction, preferably a deep channeled nozzle, shag is so loosely woven that air is drawn thru it very easily. | ||
| Post# 332308 , Reply# 10 8/23/2015 at 13:13 (3,168 days old) by Mike81 () | ||
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Here is a interesting way to vacuum the shag rug | ||
| Post# 332316 , Reply# 11 8/23/2015 at 14:52 (3,168 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Well it can be, if you have tight material backing and not rubber. But the method isn't new - I remember the local Hoover retailer in the town used to show people how to vacuum rugs like turning them over and running a Hoover upright with a beater bar over the top of it. The only flaw is straggling threads that can get twisted up into the brush roll, either breaking the belt in the process, or actually allowing the rug to go threadbare.
I know that won't happen with every vacuum as well as every rug. But at the same time as you're beating the dirt out of the carpet, by the time you've lifted the rug off the floor, the dust flies up into the air again. As I suggested before, the best way to clean shag pile is suction only floor tools. Makes a lot more sense when a suction only floor tool protects the fibres and suction alone with just a little static agitation removes dirt with kindness. | ||
| Post# 332324 , Reply# 12 8/23/2015 at 16:07 (3,168 days old) by Mike81 () | ||
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Seems like straight suction is the best way to vacuum a shag rug. Slow passes with overlapping and if possible from different directions (y) | ||
| Post# 332331 , Reply# 13 8/23/2015 at 17:29 (3,168 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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I once tried an alternative like a hard floor tool with parquet bristles, but it really made no difference and in actual fact took twice as long to vacuum given resistance of fixed long bristles versus stitched in rug pile and a tendency to move dust around rather than the central channel picking it all up.
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Post# 332643 , Reply# 14 8/27/2015 at 11:00 (3,164 days old) by luxlife  (Under a Pecan Tree) |
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Wessel-Werk Soft Clean It's about time that Wessel-Werk thought of this! Shag and Freise carpets are almost out of style...again! Looks like this is the next wave of nozzle design as I see that Panasonic (and probably Kenmore) have similar concepts. CLICK HERE TO GO TO luxlife's LINK | ||
| Post# 332656 , Reply# 17 8/27/2015 at 17:55 (3,164 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
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| Post# 332682 , Reply# 18 8/28/2015 at 10:06 (3,163 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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I know, that's true I am yet to find a sentria for cheap. I missed out on one for £22! | ||
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