The SFC-7000 is designed to clean all types, styles, and textures of carpet, such as: Cut Pile, Looped Pile, Cut Pile Berber (aka California Berber), Looped Berber, Saxony, Frieze, Sculptured, Plush, and Textured Plush. The SFC-7000 is also designed to clean Frieze and Shag style carpets, provided that the carpet’s pile length is no longer that 1 inch in length.

Yes, the Soft Carpet upright vacuum cleaner has two cleaning modes.
1) Deep Cleaning Mode with 100% suction power with the sonic bar activated. This mode is designed for vacuuming carpeted surfaces that experience a high volume of foot traffic. It is completely safe to use the Deep Cleaning Mode on all carpeted surfaces on a regular basis.
2) Regular Cleaning Mode with 68% suction power with the sonic bar deactivated. This mode is designed for vacuuming carpeted and hard floor surfaces. This mode is great for regular cleaning and is approximately 50% quieter than the Deep Cleaning Mode.

The vacuum weighs 10.5 lbs.

The vacuum is 44 inches tall. The vacuum head is 14 inches wide. When fully reclined, the vacuum has an 7 inch clearance (you can vacuum under beds and upholstery that are 8 or more inches high).