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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

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,

CarmineD wrote:

I see you are still grasping for a life preserver.  It would take a year for an Oreck to suck up that much dirt.

HARDSELL wrote:

HARDSELL:

A new dyson DC25 would have to be dumped at least 4 times by the user to only one ORECK bag change after picking up equal amounts of baking soda.  And ORECK would take less time to do the job!

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

You have performed this test. Right?

HARDSELL wrote:

Absolutely not.  It's a bogus test.  I told you that.  A 6 quart bag holds more than a 1 1/2 quart dirt bin.  Do the math.  4 bin dumps to one bag change for baking soda.  My sense is the dirt bin will have to be dumped even more than 4 times.  And you will have to clean the pre-motor filter at least once and more likely again after the job.  

ORECK will have the job done after the first dirt bin dumping and still be picking up baking soda with more room left in the bag.  Edge cleaning grooves on the ORECK soleplate plus the largest edge brushing whiskers in the vacuum industry are wonderful features for barefloor cleaning including baking soda.  Too bad your favorite bagless brand has neither.  Of course, you will probably have to convert to tool suction mode.  While you are fiddling with the hose and wands, ORECK will be done.

Carmine D.