cube_rat
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Anyone own an Oreck vacuum cleaner? What do you like or dislike about it?
Diaper Bunny said:Light. Expensive. Medium quality suction.
What exactly do you want to vacuum and why is the oreck appealing?
We tried out a lot of vacuum cleaners a year and a half ago. Went with a self propelled hoover bagless model. Good suction, good price, doesnt matter that it weighs a bit as it moves itself. Not so good for stairs though, but I'd have gone with a canister model if we had a bunch of those to deal with, or used a cheap secondary lightweight for those.
OldAgePensioner said:I had an Oreck in Chicago and I noticed all the maids in the building used them. Must be pretty good.
Not to change the subject but anybody know of a good loofa sponge on a handle. You know for washing your back, etc.? The ones from Bed, Bath and Beyoncy seem to fall apart after 2 weeks. ?
Martha said:We have an Oreck. I got it partly because of the stairs and the fact that it wasn't a big clunker. I don't like it. Over priced for what you get. I don't think the suction is all that great. We also have had to get it repaired twice at the Oreck dealer, which is inconvenient.
It works ok to do stairs, but a vacuum with attachments probably would work better.
We "solved" that problem with a crappy $20 used vacuum from a garage sale that we keep as the "upstairs" vacuum. It cleans up well enough that we haven't had to bring the big one upstairs yet.cube_rat said:I have stairs in my house I'm sick and tired of hauling my elephant of a vacuum cleaner up and down the stairs. So the appeal of an Oreck is the weight, quite honestly.
Nords said:We bought a Eureka Boss in 1992 for $230, just before we started a family.
All the time we saved with that vacuum cleaner was quickly used up by other activities...Cute n Fuzzy Bun'ny said:So what you're saying is, if you dont want kids, dont buy that vacuum?