Do Dyson's Really Rip Up Carpet? Or Is It Just The Underwhelming Quality Carpets These Days?

[alexhoovers94]

I just came across this article on the internet and I have heard lots of stories about Dyson's shredding carpets. I don't see how Dyson's shred carpets, they can't even clean them for god sake.
Is it just the Dyson's? Or is it the low quality carpets they are making these days? Or is the quality of carpets better with the higher price you pay? I have heard other vacuum manufactures rip up carpet too.

Alex.

http://insightfulnana.com/home-garden/housekeeping-home-garden/dyson-the-carpet-mucher/html

 

[petek]

Firstly the article is almost 5 years old. Secondly this was new carpeting she installed and any vacuum cleaner is going to fill a bag or two of carpet fibers/fluff intially. It's exactly what happened when we moved into our new house with new wall to wall carpeting. I was shocked at the amount as well. However once that was out all was fine.

 

[williamr1248]

Do Dyson's Rip up carpets?

I cannot speak for all Dyson's. I can only speak for MY Dyson. It did ruin both a dining room rug by pulling out threads the whole length of the carpet and also caused "fuzzing" of carpet fibers on more than one area rug. I have also had damage done with my newer Hoovers. It is my thought that many of the new machines with such aggressive brushes could do damage to certain man made fibers.
I was talking with a carpet installer and he said they have seen this many times and not just with a Dyson.
The damage or "fuzzing" of carpet fibers would not show up immediately but over time.
Just compare many of the new machines with an old Hoover or Electrolux brush and you can see the difference in how much softer the older horsehair brushes feel.
The power nozzle on my Hyla was also way too stiff and strong for my wool braided rugs.

 

[floor-a-matic]

I use my Eureka Dial-A-Nap for vacing shag carpets & didn't have any carpet shredded.

That's why I don't own too many newer vacuums; if I was to buy a brand new vacuum, it'll be:

Eureka Mighty Mite
Aerus/Lux Guardian Platinum
Hoover Guardsman
TriStar CS
Eureka Boss 1934

At least they have soft bristle brush rollers; except the Mighty Mite, which is straight suction only.

In the meantime, I'd stick to the old-school vacs!

 

[sebo_fan]

I agree with Petek here - and takes me back to when we had new wool carpets installed. I thought my SEBO was chewing up our new carpet many years ago only to discover that MOST brand new carpets with a fine, medium to thick pile do this - its called Top Soil layer or words to those effect when my parents rang the carpet shop with a worrying query. Infact the carpet shop did send a letter eventually explaining that for many carpets, it is absolutely normal that top layers are pulled off by vacuums, whether they have a suction only floor or even a brush roll. Brush rolls are therefore "more aggressive" because of their natural brush and tuft out design. The dust bag from the X was absolutely stuffed with top soil "wool" from the wool carpets we had, and to this day I've never felt a bag so light on the top layer it brings off new carpets - you could knit with that stuff.

 

[dlb764]

I purchased my home brand new in 2009. The builder put very nice tile in the house but unfortunately didn't use the same quality for the carpet. The first time I vacuumed the dirt bin on the central vacuum was pretty much completely filled with carpet fiber. I wrote it off to being cheap polyester carpet.

I recently purchased new Mohawk Smartstrand carpet and it is being installed this weekend. This is supposedly a very durable type of fiber so I'll be interested to see how much it sheds initially.

 

[blackheart]

Just once

My Dyson DC-17 has very short and sharp brushes. It once caught a loose string on a flat commercial style carpeting we have and pulled an entire line of it out all the way to the wall it was probably about a 3 foot string.

 

[MikeKLondon]

Dyson on Rugs

I had a Dyson Upright years ago and it ruined a rug in a matter of weeks they are far to aggressive, but its not only Dyson. I like my Miele as it has 2 PN's one hard and one soft + you can turn down the suction.

 

[dysondestijl]

My dysons aren't carpet shredders. Well, unless you go over the edge of the carpet then it will tear it up. But then again any brush roll will.

 

[parwaz786]

My Dyson DC25 animal has done this, my DC01 YDK, not Ametek, the DC04 lime hasdone this and on numerous occasions the DC01 standard, I can show you the shreds if you want! the shred is so bad, that the whole entire corner of the carpet ripped off, not by us pulling it, but the Dyson

 

[turbo500]

My Dyson DC25 animal has done this, my DC01 YDK, not Ametek,

then why do you like them if they shread the carpet?

 

[alexhoovers94]

The DC01 rips up carpet?

The suction is weak (for a clean air) and the brushes are very soft, how can it rip it up?
I should of said before that I have never experienced a Dyson or any other brand of vacuum for that matter rip up carpet. I must say our carpet can't be bad quality because it is 20 years old this year! It started off as medium pile carpet in 1992 and now it is like short, I have measured it in it's thickest part and it measures 1.5 cm and in the main traffic areas it is 0.5cm thick! The carpet has lost 1cm in 20 years which I imagine wasn't helped by it being cleaned with a VAX 121, Electrolux Contour and Dyson DC01 over a period of about 10 years, yes they would of groomed the carpet a bit but wouldn't of gotten out the potentially deep down damaging grit.
My Mum did have a Hoover Turbopower freedom which was probably the best capret cleaner she had, she never let it clog as she used to bang the hell out of the filter after every use, but she only had it about 2 years, figures! Ironically she hatted it.

 

[thekirbylover]

they dont rip up carpet

i have 30+ Dysons and i can say they have never ripped up my carpet even the dc07 on my fairly new carpet on my landing, they ''rip up'' cheap carpets IMO if you buy cheap carpet then what do you expect ive used many Dysons in many peoples homes on many types of carpets/rugs and ive never had fibers spinning around in the bin

 

[thekirbylover]

the bit about cheap carpet came out wrong i meant to say that they dont rip up carpet and if they do it will probably be because the carpet is low quality

 

[sebo_fan]

In my experience, even expensive carpet that has been nailed down and then starts to come away at the edges thus causing loose threads as an attractant to any moving brush spells disaster. Its all very well pointing the blame at the brush roll but look at the edges of your carpets or rugs and check for any wear/tear.

 

[vacuumfreeeke]

My DC 14 has torn a chunk out of my carpet... none of my other machines have.... the Dyson just seems hungry for carpet. I use my Dyson on the shag rug all the time, but only with the straight suction nozzle attached to the hose. That lady should have gotten a Kirby or an f and g style Eureka.... they seem to be made for shag!

 

[parwaz786]

With our Family DC04 lime, we went over the edge of the carpet and it munched it up like a paper shredder!! I can show you a pic, but I will make a video of it shredding carpet, that part of the carpet is hidden under the sofa

I like Dyson for their colours, performance, I grew up with them, ease of use, they last long if you don't treat them like **** and also they are one of the best performing vacuums in the UK

 

[chan55]

Dyson

I work in retail, and I have had trouble with Dysons wrecking carpets. It is not cool when they come back to me and tell me their problems. They return the vacs and try to fight it out with the carpet companies.

I would never own a Dyson.

 

[sebo_fan]

Parwaz if you have had a vacuum cleaner that destroyed carpet, how can you condone the model from being the best performing? I think you've fallen for Dyson's tricks. I know myself. I did it when I had the DC01, DC03, and DC04. It's so easy to believe that a machine like Dyson can forever be best at performing when the suction just keeps going - but at what cost to your floor surfaces? 


 


I don't think any of the members on here have treated their Dyson machines like **** though, or any of their collected brands.