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So, I've been trying to avoid thrift shops lately, so I won't buy any more junk, but like an alcoholic walking into a bar, I found myself in one yesterday and walked out with an Oreck Xl BB870AW handheld vacuum. Yeah, I know. I've been very good lately about NOT buying more vacuums, but this one's small and it only cost $5. And for that, I'd be picking up a white chip at Vacuholics Anonymous, if there really were such a fellowship.
I already had a black one like it but this one's white. It came with one wand and a floor tool, which is kind of odd since the black one came with one white wand and a crevice tool. I just need to find a dusting brush and an upholstery brush to have a complete set between the two, not that I'm really that worried about it.
Despite having been run without a bag or an after-filter (the bag chamber was full of crap, including Easter candy and what looked like an Alka-Seltzer tablet) the motor sounds fine and there's no tell-tale sounds of foreign objects rattling around inside. This is good, because I have no desire to take the thing apart, if I don't have to.
The only problem it had was a strong dog odor—odd because there was no dog hair in the (bagless) bag chamber. My quick-and dirty solution for that was to take the bag chamber cover off, turn the machine on, and spray scented disinfectant spray (Walmart's knock-off of Lysol) into the machine continuously for about 10-15 seconds, then let the machine continue to run for a minute or so. Now, there is no more odor.
I'm not sure why I bought this thing, other than I somehow felt like it needed rescuing. It's now sitting in my barn with other machines in deep storage.
I already had a black one like it but this one's white. It came with one wand and a floor tool, which is kind of odd since the black one came with one white wand and a crevice tool. I just need to find a dusting brush and an upholstery brush to have a complete set between the two, not that I'm really that worried about it.
Despite having been run without a bag or an after-filter (the bag chamber was full of crap, including Easter candy and what looked like an Alka-Seltzer tablet) the motor sounds fine and there's no tell-tale sounds of foreign objects rattling around inside. This is good, because I have no desire to take the thing apart, if I don't have to.
The only problem it had was a strong dog odor—odd because there was no dog hair in the (bagless) bag chamber. My quick-and dirty solution for that was to take the bag chamber cover off, turn the machine on, and spray scented disinfectant spray (Walmart's knock-off of Lysol) into the machine continuously for about 10-15 seconds, then let the machine continue to run for a minute or so. Now, there is no more odor.
I'm not sure why I bought this thing, other than I somehow felt like it needed rescuing. It's now sitting in my barn with other machines in deep storage.
