Most inexpensive vacuums are good at keeping flatweave and low to medium pile carpets clean.
Vaccumms good for medium pile carpet.
We have shared the cleaning results we got after testing several robot vacuums on the low pile medium pile and lastly high pile carpets.
Now let s look at how each robot vacuum recommended above fits low medium and high pile carpets.
Most vacuums for dense carpet are designed with this pile length in mind.
If you have low and medium pile carpet in your home you will not have to worry.
On the other end of the spectrum are low pile carpets which don t have the same thick deep fibers as shag carpets.
That is what it is originally designed for.
For this reason vacuums designed for low pile carpets are often used on hardwood floors and other non carpeted surfaces as well.
Debris tends to burrow its way into the bottom of the carpet s pile.
It is alright at everything but best at nothing.
However vacuums for thick high pile carpet can be harder to find.
It is a great all around vacuum if you need help with high pile rugs and carpets but may also have other types of flooring in your home.
Our carpet cleaning tests are based on an industry standard test that gauges how well vacuums lift 10 grams of surface talc and 90 grams of embedded sand from a medium pile carpet.
This vacuum is great for hard floors as well as high pile carpet though it is best suited on medium pile carpets.
And obviously medium pile carpet will fall somewhere in between.
One of the best vacuums available for low pile carpeting and smooth flooring is the miele compact.
The low pile carpet is quite thin.