My Roomba has been a game changer ! I set off the roomba daily for a quick vacuum and then vacuum with my handheld Dyson Gen5detect once per week. I love both and have had them for just over 1 year.
The Dyson Gen5detect is a bit heavy tho, I would recommend checking out their lighter versions which work great too. For reference I have a long haired cat and a lab that sheds ALOT
Good luck!
How old is the carpet? Any good vacuum will pull loose fibres out of carpets until they’ve been extracted, it then tapers off / stops. The Gen 5 like malt stains are actually fairly decent deep cleaners and the Gen5 in particular has good airflow and very good agitation. Not quite Sebo but better than most.
Loop-pile is susceptible to damage of any vacuum with a motorised brushbar. Most carpet manufacturers will recommend straight suction only. Problem with that is you’ll never fully deep-clean carpet with straight suction. That’s what you get for buying, let’s be honest, an impractical type of carpet.
Your best bet is a straight-suction vacuum. A robot vacuum has the same cleaning power as a carpet sweeper and that’s how they should be viewed as; to keep the carpets looking clean. You will absolutely need something to go over them once per week, as in, an actual proper vacuum.
Robot vacuums nearly all have motorised brush and as well however they have the same agitation as a feather duster. It wouldn’t damage these carpets but for what it’s worth, I’d suggest a straight suction cheapo vacuum would be good. Maybe a bagged canister from Amazon.
The gen5 would have served you well tbh. You could have gone for a Sebo canister with a powered head for all the other carpets, and a straight suction tool for these carpets and then you’d only have needed 1 vacuum.
No. The Dyson is an entirely different league better. Understand Dyson shift millions of products every year. How many of those amazon basic vacuums have been sold? Also, those in the internet cry the loudest. Confirmation bias; someone doesn’t typically randomly go online praising something that just works but they will use the internet to moan and complain.
My Dyson v8 animal lasted long for 9 years, same issue, battery didn’t last more than 5 min, and original spares were impossible to find; I have replaced it for another Dyson gen detect, so far I’m happy with my purchase , I hope it lasts same as its predecessor :)
Gen5detect, only thing w/ solid cleaning performance and superior battery life is an outsize but those are terribly unwieldy. The torque drive head will perform well on both floors but you should probably use the fluffy head on hardwood as it is kinder
I have been using [this](https://www.reddit.com/user/Icy_Current9623/comments/1qv4oz5/dyson_gen5detect/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) for some time now and it works pretty decent for me. I think its a good option for you. I would recommend it
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