The Dirt Devil Endura Max is fairly well-suited to cleaning high-pile carpet. It's pretty effective in clearing away pet hair, though it can leave behind some larger debris embedded in carpet fibers due to the low suction force at the floorhead. Its floorhead has a wide range of height adjustment options, though even at its highest level, the brushroll can still get caught on shag-pile rugs. There's no brushroll off switch either, so you'll need to turn the vacuum off when it gets stuck.