Which model is best suited to hard floors only, no carpet or pet hair.
1128161
Any of them will work on hard floors -- but one with a combo brush will be much quieter than one with just the blade brush.
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I have the neato 21 and multiple roombas. I have a slight preference for the roomba with the old style brush on hardwood. If the unit is expected to go in and out of many rooms, I would choose the Neato for navigation. I think the lower priced roombas are a good first purchase. The best robotic vacuum is the one that will work for many months without breaking. Cleaning differences are not of of great significance.
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It would be great on bare floors or use it as a hand held on stairs. I don't think it would do so well on carpet. The "head" doesn't have brushes.
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I have the model 41a. You are able to switch from carpet to bare floors. The carpet setting has bristles but I do not think they would damage the floor any more than a hand broom would. The bare floors setting has no bristles.
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I have only one Golden but it does a fairly good job. The carpet beater tool does better than the hard floor attachment. I find that with the hard floor attachment I have to remove the hair that sticks to the brush head and pick it off before it sucks in. Overall I like the vacuum. Richard Mass.
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I would definitely buy it for hard floors and tile, it works great for daily pick up of hair and general dust. it's lightweight and easy to use but most important you won't have to pick up the sweepings from a broom.
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Shorter pile carpet can work- hard floors are best. We often use in the kitchen.
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I've used the SD40100 for carpets with no problems. Just tuck away the brush and that should be fine.
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Works great. It has a carpet setting and a hard floor setting. The suction is strong enough to clean up those bare floors with ease. Hope this helps!
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I don't have hard wood floors but it is great on every other kind of floor. It has a softer bristle and it catches the dirt.
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Since this model can be used on either carpet or bare floor, there are two switches. One of the switches is on/off and the other switch is for carpet/floor. It runs beautifully or either.
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It is good only on bare floors. Possibly berber type carpets and thin throw rugs.
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I have both, and I would definitely get the Roomba first or only. The scooba works , but not that great. It gets stuck a lot, filters clog on dog hair fast so you would have to run the Roomba first anyway.
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It will clean carpets with little dirt, if you have cats or dogs no way. The vacuum is better suited for hard floors, cleaning ceilings, and if you can find one a vacuum power turbo brush which I use in my car. With a turbo brush it works great on rugs.
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The 390 is a hard-surface floor washer, with a built-in vacuum that vacuums up the dirty water as it washes. It does not dock itself like the Roomba vacuums, but must be manually re-charged. It is not for carpet, and in my experience not really suitable for hardwood floors either - it's just too wet unless the floor is really well sealed; works good on linoleum or tile. It will not replace a Roomba for vacuuming. The Scooba is actually a washer, with a spinning brush; the Mint (now Braava) is a wet/dry mop, like an electronic Swiffer. We use the Mint on our hardwood kitchen and hearthroom floors, and the Scooba for the entry and hallway tile; both have their place.
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I have hard wood floors it sucks up all the dirt very well and it you engage the brush roller it helps enormously. I don't have a dog but I am sure it would work very well, overall it is a great vacuum cleaner for the price. I use my sister's Dyson when I am home in Australia and frankly I think the Hoover is as good -but better value!
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Works best for hard surface floors. Will certainly pick up Cheerios and non adherent food, but there is no beater bar for fuzz and link so these things require a bit of persistence. The suction is much better than the eureka we had previously; very good.
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We use it on hard floors but also have rugs. It rocks great. It is lightweight, that's my only complaint with it.