For starters you ll want a vacuum with soft bristles and you can even get away with a vacuum with no roller at all.
Vacuum for wood and carpet wirecutter.
Rollers are great to clean plush carpeting but can cause scratches on hard.
The shark navigator lift away nv352 has been our pick for the best vacuum for seven years running and it s a great vacuum for hardwood floors and carpets alike.
It s a robust upright multi surface vacuum that clean carpet picks up most kind of debris from bare floor with it s hard floor hero attachment.
Sarah bogdan has been on the vacuum beat since 2017 first for the good housekeeping institute and now for wirecutter.
Its powerful suction cleans both.
You have delicate flooring.
If you have hand knotted rugs or soft wood or tile that s prone to scratching you might want a canister vacuum with a cleaning head that s designed for these.
Liam mccabe has covered vacuums for wirecutter since 2013 and he once had 20.
In our hunt for the best handheld carpet cleaner we came across this 2 in 1 vacuum from vonhaus.