Does dust stick to the bottom of this broom , or can you actually sweep dirt into a pile without it staying attached to the broom?
177933
It depends on what you are sweeping up, I have two dogs, one that sheds alot, so sometimes it creates static cling when sweeping. But most of the timeI have no issues with anything sticking to the broom
177934
It's like any broom. Occasionally dirt, dust and crumbs will stick but it's not a magnet for it. I just tap it against the inside of my kitchen sink to shake off any debris, give it a quick rinse of hot water and hang it to dry. Takes 2 minutes.
730154
I haven't had to pick anything up by hand yet! If it doesn't pick it up head on then it does sideways. This is a stick, not a dyson. I have had 3 sticks and this is the best by far. One was so bad I gave it to my friends grand daughter to play house with. Take your time, be thorough and this stick will clean as I stated barefoot clean!
2281868
The broom in the front is rotating and pick up dust. So no need to sweep first. But the broom will not get to the edge.
1221923
Not mine. I spend about 1/2 hour each time I vaccuum trying to detach the canister so I can get the dirt out. Most of the time, I just have to use a coathanger to pull the dirt out. Then, I have to vaccuum the floor where I was pulling the dirt out. Love the vaccuum otherwise.
1185379
Although I don't have high pile, I have several area throw rugs that it works well on. It's not made for high pile like the large vacuums. This works great on floors without carpet.
1881804
Yes, and it works very well on other hard surfaces like tile too. Instead of blowing the dirt and dust away as you come close to it, the suction pulls it right in. It saves SO much time when you're not chasing dirt around the floor!
2048719
There are two metal compartments on the bottom of the sweeper that hold the dirt. You just push on the metal compartment and it opens up and you dump out the contents. There is also a small plastic attachment with teeth on it to clean off the brush on the bottom of the sweeper.
1314579
It remains stationary. Therefore you sweep things into it. If you could do that on your carpet I would think it would work. I have never tried that. But I agree with previous reviewer--a vacuum is what you need to clean the carpet.
1164873
The dustpan handle has a place for the broom to attach to it so that they stay together.
240799
The Braava will avoid the area rugs, it will not get the dirt from the microfiber pad stuck. You still need to sweep up larger items, as the braava is not a vacuum and has no suction. It picks up dirt, dust and fine particles nicely.
737316
It doesn't trap dust in my case because we use it everyday, so dust doesn't have a chance of being on the surface. Also, the "grass" is very fine, so there's my much surface for the dust to go onto. I haven't actually handwashed the lawn yet, but it would be fairly easy if you just soak it in a tub of soap/water. You just need to empty the bottom tray occasionally.
2275034
Yes it is hard to push on some carpets. The fix: Remove rubber wiper blade from underside of powernozzle. This blade does nothing for carpet cleaning but only creates a lot of friction when on carpet (hard to push/pull). The drawback: This blade is in place for sweeping sticky/stuck dust from hard floors (a sort of broom if you will). And so once the blade has been removed, the sticky dust therefore will not be knocked off/scraped when on hard floors. This is the trade off. What I do: Use Dyson's hard floor nozzles attatched to the wand/hose when vacuum hard surfaces (if wanting to knock off the sticky dust) otherwise using vacuum without blade is no different than some other Dyson's and many other uprights. How to remove: Using a small screwdrive. At one end &gt; pop up and out one side of blade and pull and slide out sideways using your fingers. This way blade does not get damaged if you want to put back. This fix has worked great for me. I love the Slim! This is one of my first posts here and so if you can post saying my tip was helpful then I will encouraged to return and help some more (what Dyson knowledge I do have) with posting. Please reply and let me know if this helps.
1912708
I usually use my Dustbuster on bathroom rugs, or shake them. So I got my Dyson out & tried it. It pulled the small rug when I pulled the vacuum toward me, but the rug didn't roll up into the floor piece.
462747
Not sticky at all but it does pick up dust and some hair via static electricity. You might want to try one of these products offered by amazon if you are having that problem with fitness balls: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords;=broom or http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords;=vacum&rh;=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Avacum Not sticky at all but it does pick up dust and some hair via static electricity. You might want to try one of these products offered by amazon if you are having that problem with fitness balls: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords;=broom or http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords;=vacum&rh;=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Avacu... » Read More Not sticky at all but it does pick up dust and some hair via static electricity. You might want to try one of these products offered by amazon if you are having that problem with fitness balls: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords;=broom or http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords;=vacum&rh;=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Avacum « Show Less
1441403
Setting it on the lowest setting (for floors) not so great. It will grab tufts of hair and larger dirt, but the small dirt is left behind. I do, however, use the lift-off canister and hose to get around baseboards and in corners. I use a broom and swiffer for my floors.
422088
There are holes in both the top of the broom handle and dust pan. This broom sweeps any solid easily whether it's on a hard surface floor or a sweepable rug. This is a high quality item.
1503910
The brush is only for rugs. Instructions say to turn off the brush for hard surfaces. With the brush on, the vacuum will throw particles around on a hardwood floor. The vacuum itself rolls around easily so it shouldn't cause any problems.