Marty,
I love that Maid Lite, who makes it? I would also agree with Pete on the Hoover...another messy bagless machine. Although, it does have above the floor cleaning ability, which could be helpful.
Hoover also makes a bagged machine that also takes the place of the Oreck machine. I can't think of the name of it now, but it seems to clean very well. Fred S. demonstrated it for me one day while I was at his shop in Milwaukee.
Morgan