Recent content by stormcrash

I really don't like the new logo they unveiled with it, but the product looks interesting overall. I'm happy that Oreck has stuck with their strong suit, bags, and brought a bagged machine to this market segment. The benefits of bags are a huge part of their overall sales pitch (along with...

I have an Oreck Graphite model and I absolutely love it, though we always had Oreck XLs growing up so I'm very comfortable with them. The Graphite is a 2 speed variant of the standard XL platform. I've never had trouble with clogging on any of the ones I've used, so I other factors such as...

What an adorable new version of Henry! I'm glad the initial impressions of his cleaning power are so positive. While we don't see much of him stateside (apart from cruise ships) I've always been impressed by it and Numatic as a company.

I'll throw my lot in for the Oreck Saniseal bags. They're so much larger than a lot of other vac bags, and the dock makes it easy on the occasions when you do need to change bags.

Sounds like there's something quite wrong with that vacuum then. The XL2 is from the early/mid 2000's so that vacuum is probably about a decade old and in need of a tune up. While you shouldn't have sent a screw up the vacuum, it sounds like the gaskets on the tube collars are bad if there's...

I've never found Oreck vacuums hard to push, I actually sometimes find myself vacuuming too quickly especially towards the end. And while not fast, growing up if our Oreck was on and in the upright locked position it would start to slowly crawl forward under its own power. One other thing I...

Having grown up with them I'm a fan of Oreck vacuums. My current vacuum is an Oreck Graphite model and my parents have an XL2 that's over 10 years old and still runs like a champ. They've always cleaned our medium height carpet well and the bushy bristles on the brush roll groom the carpet...

I hope you showed the guy these pictures so he'll take better care of the carpets in the new house

I find that the bag dock works quite well, the inside of the outer cloth bag on my Oreck Graphite is still spotless. I've also never had a problem with the fill tube on classic style XLs clogging that other seem to complain about, but that could be environmental, we don't wear shoes inside or...

I figured that was probably the case since the Control lacks the EnduroLife belt and weighs a pound less. Interesting that the Command costs less than the forever Gold though. They seem to have slotted the new machines between the prices of the old ones, the Control between the Classic and...

Looks like a solid refresh for Oreck . I'm not about the new helping hand handle shape without holding it but overall the look very nice. Also really surprised and happy to see that they are all built in the US. When I first saw them I thought for sure they would be foreign made like the...