Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

I don't know if anyone has seen this but I think I like it better just by hearing how it sounds, seems much more quiet than the Oreck. This vacuum comes with a 6 year warranty at only $399, pretty good deal. Sorry if this was posted already.



HSN Video:
http://home-solutions.hsn.com/hoover-platinum-collection-lightweight-bagged-upright-vacuum-with-handheld-canister-vac_p-4709906_xp.aspx?webm_id=0&web_id=4709906&sf=hw&attr=644&ocm=HW|644&prev=hp!sf!644&ccm=HW|644

The main problem with Oreck in the UK is the pricetag. For £419, you could buy the TOL version of the new Miele S7 upright, the silver Autocare S 7580 (@ £361), and still have nearly £60 to spare. Orecks are sold primarily as a light-weight cleaner for the elderly, and advertised in the back of 'Saga Magazine' (holidays and insurance for the over-50's), alongside the Bissell Magic Broom.

Oreck still boast that their cleaner uses 'a top-fill bag'! Groundbreaking technology indeed...

ORECK's made in the USA label assuages the impact of the price in the USA.  And, like I said, the impressive rankings and ratings by Consumer Reports and the Carpet & Rug Institute infuse value into ORECK vacuums for the pricetag.  Plus, ORECK has over a 45 plus year track record of sales with over 500 ORECK stores in the USA.  These factors infuse product value too.  Much more IMHO than $500 plus vacuums which sell primarily and almost exclusively through big box retail stores. 

Carmine D.

Model2 wrote:

Considering that the ORECK bag is one of the largest in the industry [6 quart capacity], contains all the dust/dirt during dumping, and is replaced in seconds by the user, it is effective technology.  Just like ORECK's direct air flow suction technology.  Perfectly simple.  Perfectly effective.   

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

It's not the use of a bag, but the 'top-fill' description which amuses me. What, aside from Vorwerk, has used a bottom-fill bag in the last 20-25 years!? It's a little like saying 'with electric motor - no bellows to pump!'

ORECK uses top fill dirt bags since its inception in the 60's, when many were still using bottom fill bags. 

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

But we're now in 2009 - have they really developed so little in that time that they're forced to pad out their features list with 'top-fill bag' nearly 50 years later?

Lightweight uprights are the industry envy now.  Reference: dyson's DC18 and DC24.  And now HOOVER/TTI.  ORECK pioneered the lightweight upright, it is ORECK's mainstay product, the industry lightweight leader and the original, which others copy.  Copying/imitation are the highest forms of flattery.

Carmine D

The ORECK use of "top fill bag" is truthful, accurate, and correct.  Attributes which never get old and out of date even after 50 years. 

If some here can get enthralled over 50 year old obsolete technology patent drawings of a defunct company, I suspect ORECK can find some people who like to read its "padded" features.

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

I guess that says a lot for all the Dyson imitators out there...

CarmineD wrote:

Yes, and in the UK at least, those people peer at such features through half-moon spectacles, when their aching fingers force them to put down their knitting.