I have mainly hardwood floors with several Persian area rugs that have 3.5" to 4" fringe. Does Neato have problems with the "fringe?
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Anything over about 2" I've found gets sucked up into the brush and causes the Neato to get stuck. I have a regular rug with some "dog-assisted" fraying. My XV-14 got stuck on it a few times, I finally went through with a pair of scissors and cut them.For a Persian rug, I would recommend folding the fringe under or simply removing the rug prior to running the vacuum.
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Even short fringe will fray eventually if vacuumed with a rotary type device.
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Yes! It will get stuck. We have the same flooring, nearly all hardwood with Persian rugs. We have found that Neato is fine on rugs with 2-3 " fringe but gets stuck on one with longer fringe. The solution has been to put a virtual wall strip just under the fringe on the rug (which is only on two sides of the rug) and the fringe completely hides the strip. The neato stays away from the fringe and enters and exits the rug from the side instead. This has worked for us. YMMV. But on shorter fringe rugs it does fine.
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I don't have tall carpet, I have short Berber and tile floors, so I can't tell you. Sorry. My Hoover Zen stopped working since I wrote before after less than two years, and I have replaced it with a different brand and I am much happier.
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The Roomba should not have difficulty with the 1/4" height change. I have three area rugs on our main level laminate floor. One of the rugs is almost 3/8" high. The Roomba climbs right on the rugs with no difficulty. I don't know if the slick wood threshold would hinder the climb. I guess you could look into returning the product if it didn't meet your expectations. We love our Roomba, in fact it is probably cleaning my main level as I type.
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Monica...there is rubber backing on these rugs...we have no problem with them bunching up. We like them so much , we are the proud owners of 3 of them...they are great..!!!...John
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I also have tile & wood floors with area rugs. Fringe has to be combed and it depends on how thick the area rug is. The roomba works for me but I don't have much traffic or pets that shed.
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I haven't had trouble w the fringe on my bathroom rugs... But they're only 1 in long. Hope that helps
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We love the Neato - It does a great job on carpet, although it does not have bristles, and an acceptable job on tile floors also. The carpet looks much better being swept with the Neato, and I would heartily recommend it.
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I gave up on doing corners and edges. I just started to use the steam Swifter Sweeper and swear that my floors get cleaner and it does do corners and edges. And it is definitely not noisy. Hope this helps.
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I have a tile floor with area rugs. It will try to go onto the rug 2-3 times and if it doesn't make it , it will back up and go at an angle and than takeoff where it left off. Works every time.
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There is a height setting specifically labelled 'bare floor.' It falls between a regular carpet and low carpet settings. But the brush does not necessarily turn off. This may or may not be an issue. When I use it, there doesn't seem to be an issue with the brush scuffing my wood floors.
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Our carpet is not plush. It worked well until it got clogged. I have not had this problem before and took it in to get cleaned, $53 later. Will pick it up this week.
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I bought a big area rug and it fits just fine. The set has done me good seeing that I'm only at the learning stage. :)
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great question! I have plush carpets in my home including a rug with almost 2 inch pile. it works wonderfully on my thick carpet. it has no problem gliding across it and pulling up all the dirt and hair. I was most impressed by the fact that it worked awesome on my rug. because the rug is so thick, there's going to be some resistance, but It is the first vacuum that could handle moving across the rug without the beaters getting tangled in a pile. when comparing my other vacuums it seems that the bristles on the beater are shorter which is why it works so well in carpets like this. definitely worth it.
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I have not that experience. However, when I let the rollers pass over a fringe on a hall carpet runner, the fringe got caught and got wrapped around the rollers. It was easy to clear. I do have a long haired cat and I am amazed at how much fur and dirt goes into the dirt compartment.
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I have a 3'x5' black area rug under my dining room table and a dark green and black area rug in front of the fireplace . Neato does a fine job on both getting all the white cat hairs and going around the chairs and table legs.
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I do not have a problem with mine going from hardwood to rugs. The rugs we have aren't super thick- as they are generally in front of an outside door etc. I think as long as there is a good backing on the rug where it won't move significantly it would be fine even on thicker rugs.
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I can't say for sure as I only have throw rugs. It does a very good job, but the pile is short. Although it is a powerful vacuum.