Someone said you can't attach a power head. How important is it? I don't have pets but 2 sets of carpeted stairs. Half carpeting, half wood and tile l
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Well, we have a low pile carpeting, almost like berber, and it works well. I just had to open an adjustment on the turbobrush to allow the brush to rotate faster. If you have a higher pile, I would consider a model with the powerhead. As far as for the wood floors, I will never use a broom again. It's so smooth and you feel like no dust is being stirred.
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it has no power to the head you can only use turbo brush which does pretty good light duty job for area rugs for me. what I really do not like about this vac is that control buttons are very soft and I always hit them while carrying the vac against my knee and turn it off or rewind the cord or reduce power. Since I do not drag the vac behind me but rather carry it in my arm wile vacuuming i do it every few minutes and it is very irritating otherwise it is a good vac
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Yes, that was a main reason for purchasing it. It has a smaller head attachment that can be used for stairs. However, it is also easy to vacuum carpeted stairs with it as is, because it is lightweight and swivels.
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Don't have a pet, but I probably wouldn't recommend it if you have a lot of pet hair. It's suction power is not nearly that of a full size vac.
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it's not difficult and absolutely necessary if you want it to continue to function properly. we have 2 dogs and three cats, and although hubby is bald i have hair down to my waist, so needless to say i'm daily vacuuming an assortment of hair of varying lengths. i'm assuming you are hoping to clean the head beyond the cursory just removing hair/carpet fibers from the bristles of the roller. first you'll have to un-do the two plastic 'screws' on the bottom of the unit. a dime or rounded tip of a butter knife work best. once that's removed find the 4 screw-holes. these screws require a star-tipped tool(we bought a set of them in varying sizes) once you've unscrewed these 4 screws the next bottom plate can be lifted free. at this point you'll be able to free the roller brush bar from the head. pay special attention to both ends of the roller where it attaches to the head assembly. in my experience both ends become literally packed with wound up hair, which ultimately prevents the roller from rotating at all. i've used needle-nosed pliers, tweezers, upholstery needles all in my efforts to remove the wound up debris. experience will teach you what best works for yours. while you have it apart it pays to go ahead and remove everything else that's become trapped in/around the moving part. the head can be taken apart further, though i don't do that usually but twice a year. it's a matter of a few more screws and close attention to putting it all back as it was. however the thorough cleaning of the roller bar i suspect is what you are most interested in. in my experience(with our # of animals etc,) i have to disassemble mine at least once a month to keep it turning freely and doing an optimal job. hope this helps. m. waite
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There isn't really a stairway attachment - the stairway function of an extended hose is built-in to ALL Dyson uprights. They call it their "Instant high reach wand". They normally include a combination crevice tool/brush and a stair tool http://www.dyson.com/parts/s/stair-tool/dc41stairtool.aspx?pid=DC41-IRSPU-EXC . Since these are part of the standard vacuum on ALL versions of the DC41 and physically store on it, AND you can actually see it on the picture that shows the LEFT side (at the bottom of the crevice tool), I assume that they are included, unlike the Mini Turbine Head which is an attachment that ships loosely, only with certain models and is never pictured or mentioned on this Amazon page.
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I have a giant husky/shepherd mix and stairs. For hard floors, I would suggest one of the hard floor accessories (sold separately). The power head works on hard floors, but its made for carpet. The best part about this for stairs is the retractable cord. I plug it in at the bottom, and then work from the top down, retracting the cord as I go and I don't worry about tripping on a tangled mess. For hair in general, this vacuum has no 90deg angles for long dog hair ball up and clog. I used to clog a bagless upright every time I used it. I haven't had a single clog with this.
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This is a hepa vacuum but does not have a power head. The power head is available however is not necessary in our home. No carpets.
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No powerbrush attachment. There is a small dust brush attachment that might work for you.
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No...and that is the largest weakness of this vacuum. You will rely on the high suction and your movement of the carpet attachment on the carpet. If you would like to have a power brush, then look at brands that have a reasonable price add on option...careful...some brands charge an arm and a leg. (I think Oreck is good for this)
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There is no place to attach the power brush. It doesn't matter much, because as soon as the tiny belt wears out you won't be able to use it anyway. And you can't buy a belt. You have to replace the entire power brush, because it's not warrantied
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the Power head has some good suction, on my smaller rugs, I have to tone it down so it doesn't suck them up.
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I honestly do not know the answer. The power pet brush is very good if the house has a lot of carpet. It's a GREAT improvement from the power brush that came with the Red Miele model 15 years ago.
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I thought it was fairly easy to assemble. The most you'll need is a Phillip's Head screwdriver. We do not have a pet, so I cannot attest to whether or not it will do a great job picking up pet hair. We do have a pretty shaggy carpet, and the vacuum cleaner does a great job of picking up the particles.
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The power head has 4 different height levels from hardwood to carpet, it does come with a small brush head which attaches to the main handle, separate from the power head
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Monika, Yes you can definitely use it as a short handheld vacuum! It is modular in design. Just the power sweeper, the extension pipe, and the power head/canister. Just plug the power head/canister directly into the power sweeper and you are good to go! By the way...after you unpack all the components from the shipping carton, it takes about 5 minutes to put together and you are ready to vacuum. I am physically challenged and I use the vacuum the way I described and I can vacuum my carpets from a motorized chair with no problem. I did contact Shark and made a suggestion to make a shorter extension to go between the power sweeper head and the power head/canister to make it easier to vacuum from a seated position. I hope this answers your question. I certainly like mine!
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The one I bought: NO...but I have no stairs and leather furniture...The other one I have does...This one has tremendous power and does the job extremely well, as does my other...This one has a port for a hose to attach; but does not come with it...
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One other nice feature is a reset button for the power carpet head. With kids, my Bissell was always sucking up stuff that got tangled in the brush head. It would burn through the belt before I could turn it off. The Samsung's brush head turns itself off if it detects something tangled in the brush. Clear the brush head and hit the reset button and your working again..Nice feature..