Brushroll with stiff bristles + delicate carpeting = damage?

[Mike81]

I have been wondering if aggressive brush roll with the stiff bristles can cause damage to the delicate carpeting. My vacuum cleaner is a Kärcher CV36/2. It has very stiff and short bristles (basically copy of SEBO BS36 & Windsor Versamatic). This came to my mind when I vacuumed my parents medium pile very soft white carpet with it. After vacuuming I discovered that it picked up ALOT of carpet fluff. I used the second highest height setting.
What people in here think about this?

 

[suckolux]

A lot of fluff worries me, unless I am cleaning areas not normally walked on, under furniture, ect.

 

[suckolux]

I would assume that perhaps your assessment is correct? But maybe ok if you are not using it on that carpet often? Again, just a guess. That was a nice looking machine you videoed.

 

[Mike81]

I might just use my AEG canister vacuum with the Miele SEB-217 powerhead (soft bristles) regularly and then use the upright about once a month to give a more deep cleaning.

 

[sebo_fan]

Yes aggressive brush rolls with stiff bristles WILL cause damage to delicate carpeting. There’s a delicate brush roll strip available from SEBO with green bristles. It should slip into the brush roll of the Karcher will no problems; goes under model number 2046G.

Alternatively try the 4th setting or highest setting on the upright if you must use it on delicate flooring. Personally I use delicate brush strips on ALL of my Sebo uprights BAR the X1 Auto which is fine with its standard brush roller.

 

[suckolux]

I go gentle on the daily and deeper cleaning once a week, but there aren't any good carpets here to damage.

 

[turbo500]

It would definitely depend on the type of carpeting.

 

[Mike81]

That delicate brush roll strip from the SEBO would be exactly what I need!

 

[sitop]

What type of vacuum do your Parent's have?

I don't know if you live with your Parents and do all of the vacuuming. If you brought this vacuum over to use on their carpets, then, I could see that you got a lot of fluff up. What type of vacuum do your Parents have? New? Older? Upright? Canister with a powernozzle? Also, is the carpeting new? Is it wool? I have only wool carpeting in my house and it always "pills" thus causing a lot of fluff when I vacuum. Just my ideas, hope it will help you somehow.
Best,
Eric

 

[Mike81]

I don't live with my parents. They have very good straight suction canister vacuum with huge suction power of 500 air watts (Philips PerformerPro FC9193). It used to be mine, but I gave it to them because they needed full-size bagged canister vacuum.
But no matter what suction it has it's still just a straight suction vacuum and that carpet has never been vacuumed with anything else.
I was like a some vacuum salesman when I demonstrated my upright with the cyclone separator. Transparent bin showed everything what their vacuum missed. Carpet was just vacuumed to make my "presentation" more dramatic
My Mom always keep their appartment in very clean so she was shocked how filthy carpet was
Later I gave my Electrolux turbo head to them to give extra cleaning ability to their vacuum.
I also have quite delicate carpets (shag) in my own appartment so that's why I am concerned.