New Carpet with Vacuum Limits

[tdembroidery]

So my wife and I were shopping for new carpet when we happened upon the Shaw booth. I notice a little packet with "Vacuuming Tips" written on it and of course had to investigate. According to the pamphlet and sales person, there are only certain vacuum cleaners that you are allowed to use on carpet by Shaw and other companies. If you use vacuums not on the list your warranty is void. I was fine with this until I found out that many of the finer machines are not covered. My beloved Filter Queens will have to take a backseat to a newer model Miele and even then you can't use the higher powered power head.

LET me know what you guys think about this craziness.

 

[jade_angel]

That's actually rather wacky. I think I'd be avoiding them like the plague.

Lemme guess - you can't use a Filter Queen, Patriot, Tristar or Silver King, but I'll bet a $50 Dirt Devil is just fine. Phooey.

Out of curiosity, what *is* on the list? Any of the known really good ones, like Royal, Kirby, Sanitaire, Riccar/Simplicity?

 

[tdembroidery]

Recommended Vacuum Cleaners

Here is a link to the pamphlet of Recommended Vacuum Cleaners.

http://caressbyshaw.com/InfoEvents/Common/caress-vacuum-list.pdf

 

[ncovert]

At least you can still use a Kirby. But really, how are they going to know you use one of the vacuums that isn't allowed?

 

[sebo_fan]

Thanks for posting but...

What a lot of old marketing hoof. The brand should be ashamed of themselves. They've cobbled together uprights that are clearly dirty fan and then added bagless clean fan uprights like Eureka's Airspeed etc. No surprise to see Miele top of the list with various models. It is a bit unfair to anyone who owns Hoover etc that isn't part of this "elite list."

 

[sebo_fan]

Central vacs and PN's "suggested"

Central contd

 

[jade_angel]

Well, you could use one of the more powerful Miele power nozzles - if I remember correctly, their SEB 228 is a re-badged Wessel Werk EBK360.

 

[blackheart]

This makes me wonder

Have they forgotten some of the lesser known high end brands? There is no lindhaus or sebo i see. Why is it that the wessel werks EBK 360 can be used but the EBK 340 cannot? I also see that The tandem air vacuums don't make the list either only the lower end clean air ones do.

I guess i don't really get exactly what they are looking for It probably would have been easier to refer customers to the CRI's approved vacuums they've covered many more vacuums. I'm not sure if they have done things like Patriot or Silver king either though.

 

[suckolux]

I was told 2 years ago at the local carpet store they do not recommend use of Dyson. I said you have got to be kidding?She said they seem to shred the pile on some carpets. Wow, not mine.

 

[georgect]

Get Mohawk Carpeting Instead...

It is better carpet.

http://www.mohawkflooring.com/

 

[starryblues4u]

Mohawk carpeting

Found this while on their site. If you go farther into it, they also tell you where you can purchase such vacuums at.

 

[beko1987]

Sounds like some brown envelopes are being passed around with that approved list!

Couldn't you pull an 'approved' vac out of a skip somewhere, spa day it then keep it in the loft just incase you need to make a warranty claim, then have it sitting in the hall in full view of the carpet warranty man when he comes to visit?

Then just use a proper vac for the 100% of the time, since I doubt there will be an issue, unless its crap carpet and their scared a proper vac will pull the tufts out!

 

[parwaz786]

Nt even a clutched Dyson is allowed? I thought they were "Wimpy" on American carpets? :/

 

[turbo500]

Nt even a clutched Dyson is allowed?

Tayyab, it's a lot of rubbish. The vacuum companies will be paying the carpet company to recommend their product. It's quite obvious as there appears to be no reason for the approved list. There's no pattern or reason in the cleaners chosen.

My local carpet shop has "We recommend" signs up around the shop, based on floor type. They always recommend Sebo, Miele, Dyson, Numatic and Nilfisk depending on the floortype. The shop vac is a Sebo BS36.

Also, did the US ever actually get the clutched Dyson models?

 

[tolivac]

Didn't in years past most carpet companies recommended Hoover Convertable type vacuums-some carpet places even GAVE you one free when you had WW carpet installed to take care of it.

 

[ncovert]

Sam, that's exactly what I was thinking. How would they know that you actually used the vacuum that you show them?

 

[man114]

If the brush roller wasn't recommended on certain types of carpets doesn't this mean that any canister or upright that you could disengage the brushroll on or operate with a straight suction attachment (Dyson, Rainbow etc) be perfectly acceptable?

While I'd be comfortable with some of them, some of those are low end vacs that lose lots of suction (particularly that Eureka Airspeed, which I've used as my Grandpa has one) and airflow is great for your expensive carpet.

 

[parwaz786]

Yes the US market did have the clutched Dyson vacuums from DC07 to DC33 models.

 

[kirbysthebest]

It looks to me that a carpet manufacturer is just trying to find a way to limit their warranty on their sub-standard merchandise.

I have heard carpet centers recommend that you use a brush roll that is not aggressive, but once you start to recommend one vacuum over another . . . they are just lucky they recommended Kirby, that way they won't bring the wrath of Warren Buffet upon themselves.
Then again if truth be told, he probably owns Shaw carpets.