Vacuum

[jennyjoan]

I have a Vax Power Nano - which weighs over 2 stone so I have banished it. However somebody wants to take it and so yesterday I tried it and while it sucks up quite good - you have to really really push it hard, yes it is down to low suction etc.

To me there is something making it drag so much - anything I can look at?

[davebro]

look to see if the rollers or wheels are fouled up with hair etc. ?

[jennyjoan]

I did Dave - no hair or dust. Over the years I have changed many belts on other vacuums but this one is the original belt.

One would think that with "heaviness" vacuum causes - the belt is too tight

[davebro]

Maybe you just got weaker since you last used it. :)

[bookbinder]

Mrs. bb had the dragging problem with our Vax vacuum cleaner, but only on long-fibre mats. On 'normal' carpets, the problem wasn't there. She got in touch with Vax (on the internet), and, to keep the story short, she had to buy a fitting that removed the problem.

[Zacs-Master]

Why are you bothered if it's going to a new home?

[barry1010]

Is to set to hard floor and low pile? Try adjusting that setting, it can make any cleaner hard to push on a carpet

[jennyjoan]

Because it is going to my sister's home and I had hoped I could have resolved the heaviness for her.

Barry - we tried all settings. She has said if she finds it too "heavy" she will buy another one. She has taken this because her own right now is broken down completely.

[Atheist]

jenny, I wonder if there is a button on the nozzle that you stamp on to change it from carpet to parquet.

[mjwman]

Shark is the way to go, Vax are just a pile of poo in comparison.