Do the brushes in the power head for the carpet attachment spin? Does it need to be plugged in separately in order to spin?
1800497
Yes, the brushes spin in the power head and it needs to be plugged in to spin.
1800498
In deed, the brushes do spin. On the handle is a switch that controls either, vacuum only or vacuum and beater brush operation. The the brushes are powered by a 120 VAC connection in the wall socket connection. The wall socket has vacuum hose and two power connectors, low voltage control circuit for the vacuum system and the 120 VAC connection for powering the beater brushes.
1800499
Yes the brushes spin and they do require 110v AC power. It is a very good powerhead.
840782
Yes. This brush has a vibration action. This works much better than the spin.
1979387
Yes, it's very simple. There's a switch right on the handle where you select carpet or floor. When on floor, the rotating brush is turned off.
1638921
Does well but you have to push a switch to change over from carpet vacuum to hard floors. No big deal. Just stops the brushes from spinning.
466513
No, it has the regular wind around cord, but it is really a good cleaner. My carpeting looks like it doesn't need vacuuming but when it's done anyway, I'm amazed at the amount of dust/dirt it picks up.
772983
No. It just spin on the top part. And works great. I don't have to break my back scrubbing and do all my floors in no time
459356
There is not a rotating brush. The front of the floor nozzle has a border of brushes but it's more to protect wood floors. The vacuum does have a powerful suction and I've been able to get pet hair up on the carpet I have which are not thick / shaggy carpets.
1951311
The turbo head attachment has a suction-powered beater bar. I use it on one low-pile area rug and it does not work especially well, especially if there is any pet hair. The beater bar spins pretty fast when you pick it up, which may be why some people mistakenly think it is powered? But this is a clip-on attachment: there is no way it could be powered.
1560191
It requires the power adapter. The drives installed on it are full 3.5" drives, so they require a lot of power to spin up and work.
2217170
You can use this vacuum either way. For carpets you can have the brush rotating, but you also can turn it off for other cleaning.
2040513
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..
581800
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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It does come with two heads. One has an air powered, powered by the suction, not powered by a motor head. The other head has a stationary brush. The air powered head creates a horrid noise and stalls immediately when placed on low , stiff pile carpet. The rotating brush is valueless on anything other then hard surfaces. This is sold as a hard floor vacuum and that is all it is appropriate for. I would not recommend this vacuum if you intend to maintain carpeting with it. I don't reccomend this vacuum regardless of purpose. It is nothing special and over priced for hard surface exclusive use. No HEPA filter, tips over when pulling. The cord is too short, I can go on and on. It is cute though. It does come with two heads. One has an air powered, powered by the suction, not powered by a motor head. The other head has a stationary brush. The air powered head creates a horrid noise and stalls immediately when placed on low , stiff pile carpet. The rotating brush is valueless on anything other then hard surfaces. This is sold as a hard floor vacuum and that is all it is appropriate for. I would not recommend this vacuum if you intend to maintain carpeting with it. I don't reccomend this vacuum regardless of purpose. It is nothing special and over priced for hard surface exclusive... » Read More It does come with two heads. One has an air powered, powered by the suction, not powered by a motor head. The other head has a stationary brush. The air powered head creates a horrid noise and stalls immediately when placed on low , stiff pile carpet. The rotating brush is valueless on anything other then hard surfaces. This is sold as a hard floor vacuum and that is all it is appropriate for. I would not recommend this vacuum if you intend to maintain carpeting with it. I don't reccomend this vacuum regardless of purpose. It is nothing special and over priced for hard surface exclusive use. No HEPA filter, tips over when pulling. The cord is too short, I can go on and on. It is cute though. « Show Less
1804991
Brush only turns on carpet setting. Could be hair or debris around the brush. Hoover customer is pretty good to answer these issues.
1041940
My power head does not work as well going backwards, but it does not shut off. If you have an adjustable "carpet height" button on your power head, it may be set too high or too low depending on the type of carpet you have. If height setting is correct, and your wand is firmly connected, I would say you have an electrical problem and need a refund.
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I do not have thick carpets, so I really can't give you an answer. I do have shag carpets in one room and it works well with the spinning brush disconnected. It seems to have good suction without the brush spinning. We are very happy with how well it handles our carpets.
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The upholstery tool attaches to the cleaner and it has a port to which you plug in asmall hose which feeds the water-cleaner mix. There isn't a power brush but the mix is sprayed on the area to be cleaned. I haven't used this feature but I am sure it would work well. This machine has lots of suction.