"Automatic" brush height adjustment

[kenkart]

BRUSHROLL ..

The brushroll on the 1950s Singers and the f-a- 12 Westinghouse, adjusted automaticallt, the brush actually floated..

 

[sebo_fan]

Not all homes have the same carpet running through the home, so if you have different carpet textures I guess that's the call for adjustment.

As the owner of both the manual dial Felix and the X1, I find the Felix is great for most of my carpet - and I have the same carpet running through the whole of my home - but sometimes I just prefer the lighter action of the auto adjusting sensor head on the X1.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Give me a 4 position

HOOVER Convertible anyday..everyday!!!
I have hardwood floors, marble, Oriental rugs and 1 room and hallway with Karastan (wall to wall). Medium, High, Low.........do the trick for me. BEAUTIFUL vacuum lines. and you WANT that. Right?

 

[sebo_fan]

Um I got rid of my old Senior when I lived in a shared home that had hard floor - the beater bars are a no-no - and there you are promoting the Convertible - no beater bars on the U.S models then?

 

[alexhoovers94]

Um, disengage the belt then?
Not difficult.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Yes, all of the older Convertibles have a beater bar.

I usually use attachments for hardwood floors (they made a great floor brush). But, if you have good, unworn brushes, THEY touch the floor, the beater bar doesn't strike the surface. Hundreds of vacuums... 11 room house, never a problem here. You owner's manual tells you to never set the vacuum cleaner on 'low" when using it on hard surfaces. Always put it on "medium". If/when I do, if I turn the cleaner off ON the hardwood floors, I hear the brushes sweeping the floor on the slowdown. I hope this helps.
John.

 

[sebo_fan]

Disengage the belt?


 


Oh that's very inconvenient isn't it? I mean, for an upright that minimises bending, it's hardly worth the point.