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ORECK - The business, the history, the machine, the man and related.

(Below: Oreck 1979 to 2008)

  < yr. 1979  < yr. 5/2008

The thing about history is it is destened to be repeated.

Remember the infamous Oreck XL21 thread?

Hardsell, Carmine, I admire both of you for your convictions and knowledge.   So, How about those Filter Queens?

Just wrote:

Hello Just:

Made in the USA, like ORECK-s.  And little to no innovation and changes in design, form and function for years just like ORECK.  Typically used by vacuum shops as their back room and under the work bench vacuum.  How's that for starters? 

Sounds like the beginnings of another thread!

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

Sounds perfect--you wanna start it or shall I?

Then let's do Air-Way (now deceased)

I have never had these machines, but really liked them.

Just:

Both wonderful brands and vacuums that got stuck in time.  Or maybe not.  Despite their aderence to original form and function and lack of innovation, they remain classics in the vacuum industry.  Now and forever.

Thanks for starting the new thread.

Carmine D.

HARDSELL wrote:

Hello HARDSELL:

I took your suggestion and transferred your response to the appropriate thread.

You' re obcessed over baking soda and belts.  I don't mind a $2-$3 belt change every 4-5-6 months for a $200 ORECK.  At the end of 5 years, the total cost is $20-$30.  Chump change for a little old vacuum man like me. 

No different than having to wash and dry filters every 4-5-6 months except a dyson runs $500 plus.  ANd replacement filters for dry spares are very costly, if you can find them.  More like $20 to $30 a pop.  And you can't scarf up $299 for a new vacuum let alone purchasing/maintaining/replacing pre-post motor filters too.  

If you kept your dyson DC07/14 long enough, you'd need a belt/clutch replacement.  You're talking $130.  I understand why you sold your DC07 after 3 years and bought a Royal Eminence.  That's called a smart move! 

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

Carmine understang.  That is an oxymoron.

Hello HARDSELL:

Is oxymoron another baking soda test for ORECK?

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

No. The oxymoron is kapok being used in homes.

Sorry HARDSELL:

Not homes.  But, in the independent vacuum stores.  Whenever a customer asks about how good/bad a dyson is, out comes the kapoc.  Toss some on the rug and ask the potential dyson customer to pick it up with a dyson DC07/14.  The result nixes the dyson sale and interest for good. 

Then the store owner/operator does the kapoc test with his/her vacuum[s] of choice.  Like the ORECK.  The new vacuum sale is made. 

Dyson and the kapoc test have revolutionized and reinvigorated the sales of all non-dyson vacuums in the independent vacuum stores.  I'm told its the best demo test to nix a dyson and sell another brand than any other demo in the vacuum industry.    

Carmine D.

Bag Capacity size of the ORECK upright is 6 quarts.  That's 1.5 gallons.  If that is not the largest in the industry [both bagged and bagless], it is certainly a close second to the largest bagged vacuum capacity. 

Bagless vacuums' capacities  [read dirt bins of bagless vacuums] don't make the short list of the largest.  Not even the long list if all bagged vacuums are included.

Carmine D,