Can the Brushroll be turned off ? I cant see from the pictures and the description dosen't mention anything about an on off switch for the brushroll. I have mostly wood floors and don't wont to scratch them.Can you turn the brushroll off ? Can the Brushroll be turned off ? I cant see from the pictures and the description dosen't mention anything about an on off switch for the brushroll. I have mostly wood floors and don't... » Read More Can the Brushroll be turned off ? I cant see from the pictures and the description dosen't mention anything about an on off switch for the brushroll. I have mostly wood floors and don't wont to scratch them.Can you turn the brushroll off ? « Show Less
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Yes. There is a switch that you press down once for floors and twice for carpets which turns the brushroll on.
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9 screws and you can remove the brush without taking the whole thing apart. I did that because the cat hairs were adhering to the brush and I only have throw rugs, tile and laminate floors.
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Hi - I don't own this product yet but have been researching it and am going to buy. In checking other websites, including the Hoover site itself, it does say the brushroll can be turned on and off for bare floor cleaning
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I found that unless the brushroll is active all the time, the cleaning head will quickly get clogged with dust and pet hair. Just one reason why I'm not crazy about this vacuum.
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Hi Edward, There is a circular orange switch that is located on the lower right side of the machine. The forward position activates the roller-brush. I sometimes use the carpet/rug sweeper on the bare floors. It doesn't really hurt anything.
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I have laminate and tile floors as well as area rugs, and the Dyson DC39 Animal Canister works very well on all of my different floor surfaces. There is a button on the handle to turn off the power brush bar to prevent scratching of floors. Honestly, it works fine with the brush on or off.
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There is a switch that allows it to go from brush guided (on rugs) and then without (on hard surfaces) to make it easier. I use mine on tile, hardwood, and two different carpet types (area rug and pile) without issue and again it seems to hold up very well for each. Hope this helps!
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There are three settings: The top most is the Off setting. The middle setting is Bare Floor and the bottom most setting is Carpet. On my sweeper the top and bottom are the ones which you can click on. The middle setting is skipped. However, even though I have to use the Off and Carpet settings, cleaning the bare floors works just fine using the Carpet setting. I think the reason I thought the sweeper didn't sound right was the brush needed to be cleaned as my old sweeper was broken and I had no sweeper for several weeks. I really got a tremendous amount of dirt and cat hair when using the sweeper for the first time.
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There's a selector on it that you turn to bare floors and it turns off the roller.
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The Dirt Devil Vibe has a switch that allows you to turn the rotating brush on and off, which would be your setting for solid surface floors (off) and carpet (on).
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Yes one of the speeds turns off the brush. I use both because I have carpets all through the house. It's great for light use and saves you from getting the vacuum everytime.
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You can leave it "on" (plugged in with the light on), but not have steam coming out of it. It won't release steam until you choose low, medium, or high heat. But if you have wood or laminate floors, I wouldn't leave it on your floors for long at all. It would be fine on tile or non porous floors.
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I have the Easy Clean - actually 2 of them (1 at our vacation home). You can definitely use it without the brushes revolving. There's a setting on the on/off switch for turning the brushes on/off.
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yes, it has an on-off switch for the powered brush which we turn off when vacuuming on wood
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I just leave mine on. There really is no on/off switch... so you would have to unplug it. Had mine more than a year....still working great. Hope this helps you.
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I don't think you can shut the roller brush off-there are two settings though for height-hard floors and carpet.
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I'm sorry to say--that it does NOT turn off. To me, that is a problem that Eureka needs to address. If it would be a feature that will create a problem, just lay the unit down to raise the brushes.
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Thanks for the email and the great question :) For hardwood floors you have 2 options. 1. You can simply turn off the power head motor and use straight suction from the vacuum. or 2. You can attach the included hardwood floor tool that's designed to be used on all hard floors. Let us know if you have any other questions :) Thanks Dustin Great-Vacs (seller)
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My floors are carpet, tile and vinyl but I doubt the wheels will scratch wood floors; they roll very smoothly. We bought one for our fifth wheel and liked it so much we bought a second one for home. It is a little difficult to run on a carpet but still does a nice job even with doggy hair. On the other flooring it is efficient, easy to use and very convenient; much more so than dragging out the heavy, large vacuum.
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It looks like you could take off the little floor protectors (I am not sure if they screw on or glued on)I have hardwood floors and it slides all over my floor just the way it is, but it would be hard on carpet. (Oh and I am a handicapped grandma) Smiles, hope this helps!