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

[philip0603]

My carpets are all 80% wool & 20% polyester 'axminster weave' and the oldest is 30 years old and now starting to show signs of wear. The most expensive carpet I have is 15 years old and is a worsted wool job and cost over £90.00 a square meter. It is showing no signs of wear and never has really fluffed up even when new.

If I had a shag type carpet I would never use a cleaner with a brush bar as the pile is too long and will wrap itself around the bar and tend to get pulled. Mind you, I detest cyclonic vacuums, finding them heavy and a nightmare to empty and clean out.

 

[parwaz786]

Sebo_fan:- These are not accurate, its just that i have seem so many people upgrading to Dysons, its LOADS of people in the area, I used to see people vacuming cars with no dysons, now what I see is mainly DC14's, DC04's, DC19's and DC33's and 2 people I know have DC40 and DC41's, these are not accurate percentages though, they are just estimated guesses

 

[alexhoovers94]

Sebofan

I would choose a Turbopower 2/3 over a Sebo every single time, sorry but I love them. Don't get me wrong Sebo's are great they are just not my thing.
I also understand what you mean about the Turbomaster and the X1 now, the body styling is very alike without the hose on.

 

[sebo_fan]

There are many reasons to why people buy Dysons - but mainly for the fact that most are changing up from bagged vacuums because they don't want to keep buying bags. I can understand that, that's people's choices. But, to say that your Dyson has destroyed a carpet and then in the same breath condone the model for great performance, it's not exactly cost effective, is it?

In that regard, are the cylinder models with the air driven turbo brush kinder?

 

[hoovermad]

I've had no issues with my DC24,I like that's it's lightweight and compact and it makes a nice job of grooming my carpets,it's a great little machine

Neil

 

[vintagerepairer]

Carpets

Back when I was a boy, a carpet was an investment. You had to live with it for tens of years whether you were thoroughly sick of it or not. They cost a fortune and were built to last a lifetime.

Now, we have the choice of buying good or bad quality - one gets what one pays. But for me it gladdens the heart to think that I could pay a mere percentage of a high quality carpet for one which I can change so easily, should I desire to.

As for bagless cleaners, I can see clearly the attraction of no dust bag. What I don't fully understand is that people who have gone bagless are probably the very same people who I see in the supermarkets, buying design bin liners for their fashionable kitchen bins.

 

[garlee]

Have got numerous Hoover Juniors of different models and ages and the best one for carpet care and cleaning is the old 1334 series of Hoover Junior especially the ones with the alloy hoods .I know a few people who have Dysons and have asked me to have a look at them as the performance wasnt too good on them and all the filters were clogged up and the general build quality is so poor with the plastic .After repairing them was not impressed with the brushroll action on the carpet and why would anyone want to be covered in dust just to empty the dustbin ! give me a bagged hoover anytime

 

[kloveland]

I pulled a Dyson DC 17

out of the trash this weekend. Cleaned it up and started vacuuming my dining area which has Berber carpet. It caught a snag in between the threshold and the door and completely ripped up a section of the Berber carpet. I'm going to replace the carpet eventually anyway still irritating! The brush roll and motor are pretty powerful in these.

 

[vacuumdevil]

There's 3 issues with new carpets and really any old carpet with Dyson vacuum cleaners .

1. Brush rollers on Dyson vacuum cleaners are very sharp and can rip and melt it to carpet fiber.
2. There's no height adjustment on most Dyson's this ensures air flow and brushes are set properly.
3. Dyson's don't clean particular well in leave embedded dirt in the carpet which can destroy it.

Those are the reasons why carpet manufacturers don't recommend a lot of vacuums.

Link to CRI who writes vacuums for carpet manufacturers.

http://www.carpet-rug.org/certified-vacuums.html

 

[rdwdcp]

Dyson

Dyson Vacuum Cleaners in my house don't seem to rip up my carpet they work brilliantly and pick up lots of dust especially my 15 year old DC07 that still works really well.

Ryan