You did very good
It's a decent vacuum for low pile carpets and shouldn't go through many belts a lot of the casinos and hotel/motels here in Atlantic City use them on a daily basis the Taj Mahal being one of them and that place is huge .
Bags are cheap in bulk so with proper care it will last you a long time .
I managed a local Oreck store and many cleaning companies use Oreck .
Dan
