From: butte@aolnospam.com
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Proper upright vacuum setting for carpets?
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:04:58 -0700

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:22:25 GMT, in misc.consumers.house Sliff
 wrote:

>What is the proper height to set an upright vacuum for doing carpets?
>
>I have heard that a high setting allows better airflow under the vacuum, 
>and that somehow picks up more dirt.
>
>I've also heard that a low setting allows the beater to really dig deep 
>into the carpet pile, thus kicking up more dirt.
>
>What I don't know is a definitive answer


Setting it too low can wreck your carpet as I just learned the hard way.  I
thought it would get the carpet cleaner but it was actually unraveling bits of
it.