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My dad received this vacuum for free from Amazon Vine. It's a cordless 2-in-1 stick and hand vacuum by Electrolux, colored in Satin White. This is a very nice little vacuum to use around the house. It utilizes an 18V DC lithium-ion battery that claims up to 45 minutes of run time. Charging is...

I've had this robot vacuum for a couple of weeks, and am just now getting around to posting about it. The Shark AV2001 was a freebie from Amazon Vine, and it works pretty well. It has good edge detection and doesn't fall off the stairs. It's quiet and has a lot of suction, picking up a lot of...

Nope The Fantom Fury does NOT have a prefilter of any kind. Therefore, all the fine dust is passed through the motor and into the HEPA filter. I know that for a fact because I used to own a Fury very similar to yours. When I used mine as a daily driver, the motor got thrown off balance due to...

Strange... I thought that installing the belt was done the other way around, by looping the belt around the brushroll first, slotting the brushroll into the chassis, THEN pulling the belt around the motor shaft. I learned that from watching the how-to VHS tape that would've originally been...

The buyer who I sold my Fantom Fury to, as well as myself, are having this issue with the machine where we're having a hard time keeping the brushroll retained in the lower housing. It tends to lift up while the top cover is removed. He has been DM'ing me on Instagram to troubleshoot this issue...

DC07 Before I got my Dyson DC07 Animal 13 years ago, my family was using filter-based bagless vacuums, which were dominant from the early to mid-2000s. Now the DC07 has been our daily driver for a very long time, until my mom took it with her upon my parents' divorce 7 years ago. Since then...

javesike1262 The videos of the motor arcing and unbalanced fans were my videos; I uploaded them while I owned that Fantom. The arcing motors were from the unexplainable phenomenon that Electroluxxxx mentioned. The unbalanced fan issue occurred last year; I used my machine quite a bit more than...

Hey there! Glad you're enjoying your machine! I'm very glad to see that it arrived in one piece, considering that most shipping companies aren't that great with handling. I packed the vacuum very well. As for the headlight, the bulb that was in the vacuum WAS working before I shipped it out...

On the back of my Fantom Fury, there's a toll free phone number for the Fantom Help Line, which was available Monday-Friday from 8am to 8pm Eastern Time. So I tried calling that number using my iPhone, and I was redirected to SharkNinja's customer service center. They were unavailable at the...

Update + Under the Hood I'd like to give an update on this Oreck vacuum, after a little over a month of use. It's still performing admirably on both carpets and hard floors. I'm still on the original bag, and it has lots of room left in it. I imagine it'll take quite a few months for the bag...

Interesting... That Hoover looks exactly like my Oreck, but with the Hoover name. I wonder why that is? The answer is fairly obvious. In 2013, Oreck was sold to TTI, the parent company that also owns Hoover and Dirt Devil/Royal. That's why we're seeing an Oreck dressed up as a Hoover...

luxlife The bags with charcoal are no longer being made. But there is a silver lining: the purple HEPA bags have a layer of charcoal in them. I completely forgot to mention that while describing the bags.

About the bags... Since I'm frequently being asked about the "striking" purple bags, I'll answer to everybody at once: They are high-quality HEPA filtration bags with 5 layers of filtration. Because of this high quality, the bags are pricey at about $30 for a pack of 6. Oreck has color-coded...

@huskyvacs As I've stated in the OP, the purple bag is meant for HEPA filtration. The fact that the outer bag is smaller means that the filter bag doesn't fully fit in the compartment; it must be tucked in to a degree. @bagintheback The motor on this Oreck does sound different than their...

I got this vacuum for Christmas. It is a cordless, bagged upright from Oreck. That's right; I am now the owner of a BAGGED vacuum cleaner! I never thought I'd see the day when I actually own one. The vacuum has a futuristic design and is very lightweight (even with the battery installed), which...

While attempting to find more information on Fantom Technologies and why they went bankrupt, I came across this annual report from November of 2000. It shows the company's earnings, the dates of when each of their vacuum cleaners were released, and plans for future products. Has anybody ever...

Rolls_Rapide I wonder if the cyclone issues with the DC07 occur because the inner cyclones are mounted upwards? It's the only Dyson with this type of cyclone design. To be fair, the DC07 is their first machine with Root Cyclone technology. Every subsequent Dyson has the inner cyclones mounted...

vacuumdevil I completely agree with you; there is no such thing as a "lifetime" filter. Every filter fills up and wears out over time; washable ones can only be washed so many times before they start to wear out, and HEPA post-motor filters fill up with carbon dust from the motor. My original...

Forgot to mention this earlier, but... I have actually taken apart the Root Cyclone assembly and washed it out a couple times. The cyclones have NEVER become packed, just coated in normal household dust. It's because I always empty the bin as soon as the dirt reaches the MAX line. Then I shake...

Here's an observation I made on my Dyson DC07 Animal, which is about 13 years old and still runs great. For the first few years of ownership, the pre-motor filter had remained clean-looking, and I made sure to wash it every 6 months. However, in more recent years, some dust has been passing...