DO not BUY a Dyson! I used a DYSON DC14 on my carpet and it literally chewed the carpet and left "hair" all over my loop carpet and places where I stopped to move the cord it chewed down into the carpet and left ragged marks the width and length of the beater bar. I have addressed this issue with DYSON and the BBB and they are not willing to stand behind the product. If you value your floor DO NOT BUY A DYSON!!! Oh and DYSON's response was their vacuums tend to be agressive on some types of flooring. Maybe they should say that in their advertising?  DYSON also suggested vacuuming my carpet in...