Some Thoughts on Oreck Vacuums

[cleaningbuff]

what year

I think around 1978 -79, that is when I first used one, we got one new to use at the movie theatre back then.
By the way what part of IL are you in? I would love to host a mini-meet sometime.

 

[electroluxtank]

That GIANT sucking sounds of jobs leaving

Oreck built vac here just miles away a few years back.

***** When their 10 year tax holiday was to expire after Katrina , local political leaders played poker.



They assumed Oreck would not leave the area if the tax holiday expired. With cities laid to waste such as Long Beach's beach to the railroad tracks, government tax revenues dropped after Katrina of Sept 2005.

Local leaders assumed that making vacuums creates a giant profit, and that taxes do not matter.

About 400 to 500 jobs were lost; without any slight tax extension after a giant national disaster.

The scuttlebutt I heard is Oreck wanted a *few years* more of the tax holiday to recover from Katrina but out great local leaders figured they/Oreck would not leave. Thus the leaders would not budge a crevice tools width.

The reason the "Leaders" do not understand is that they are in the government bubble, sheltered from the costs of running a business.



http://www.wlox.com/global/story.asp?S=5805473

 

[electroluxtank]

Oreck departure will leave Gulf Coast vacuum

Notice being a good salesman the expiration of the 10 year tax holiday is left out!

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/...oreck_departure_will_leave_gulf_coast_vacuum/

 

[electroluxtank]

Oreck will bt in Tennesse for XX years ?

"says Matt Kisber, Tennessee's commissioner of economic and community development. Putting an *equally attractive incentives package* on the table was the next step, he says, an effort helped by the recent redesign of some of the state's job training and infrastructure incentive programs."

My bet is that if Tennesse's "attractive incentives package" runs out, Oreck will either go overseas of to another Southern State that gives them a tax break or deal

http://www.siteselection.com/features/2007/nov/tennessee/

 

[vac_whisperer]

My oreck

which i just bought today, actually pleasantly surprised me. I expected it to be a flimsy pile of crap, but it is actually pretty tough and id a good cleaner. Like mieles7 said, "it sound like an amplified dust buster."

Thanks, VW

 

[kubvan1]

Lots of interesting information and opinions have been presented on this thread, I didn't think it would go very far, but I have enjoyed the input. I too, sort of expected an Oreck to be made of flimsy, brittle plastic and just sort of fling the dirt around more than anything, but from playing with my XL 5300 I am pleasantly surprised.
I guess I see now why in so many hotels I have been in, the maid's have been equipped with Orecks. How many times would a daily deep cleaning of a hotel room be necessary? (unless utterly trashed by guests) and the Orecks would be a whole lot easier to put on a service cart than a big Sanitaire or Royal commercial.
Cheers!
Doug E.

 

[vac_whisperer]

INFO ON MY NEW ORECK

I did some looking last night, and it turns out to be an XL2600. Still need help identifying model.

Best regards, VW

Happy Sunday!

 

[vintagevaclover]

I just bought this one...

Does anyone know anything about this particular model?

 

[durango159]

Honestly most Orecks have about the same guts inside and function the same!! They all have a small fan chamber and soft bristled brush roll. The motors aren't powerful enough to handle any sort of slightly firmer brush roll. Yours is a single speed with foot pedal access on/off switch, which is an older style. Some Orecks are dual speed with the lower speed being lower than that found on the single speed series and it's even less powerful of a machine.

Orecks are best for commercial grade carpet. They still really do only ok on that. Filtration is poor on an Oreck because the bag clips for the paper bag and also the seal for the bag cloth bag to the handle is poor.

Be careful if you take that unit apart. I've seen some Oreck housings basically fall apart-- as the compartments for the screws can basically just break off with such ease in hood removal!

 

[vintagevaclover]

I like it a lot so far!

For what it is anyway, I know it's not a deep-cleaner by any means but it's good for quick clean ups in between and great for pet hair. I did take the bottom off to replace the brushroll but it doesn't seem old or brittle at in fact it's in Like New Condition pretty much, it literally looks like it was used maybe 5 times then put in the closet.

 

[sebo_fan]

"it's good for quick clean ups in between and great for pet hair."

I agree. That's about as much as I used to use my old Oreck XL for. I'd still prefer one of these vacs to the plentiful cheap bagless uprights on the market, today. I dont mind living without a hose or on board tools.

The problem with Oreck is that IMHO they are too over priced for what you get.

 

[vintagevaclover]

I agree!!

I like having a hose and tool but they don't have to be onboard, that's what canisters are for lol. I would most definitely prefer this to any of bagless plastivac junk they make today. And yes, for what they are, they're slightly overpriced, it a very "bare-bones" simple machine, but it does an pretty decent job and grooms the carpet well.

 

[sebo_fan]

I have a separate tool kit with my old Vorwerk VK130. There are plenty of tools but the whole process it takes to dismantle said vacuum off the floor head, attach shoulder strap to carry format, attach suction tube on the bottom, attach tube and then the choice of tool - well that takes me far longer than it does to plug in a cylinder/canister vac and away I go.

Or a cordless dust buster with a long crevice tool - provided that I know there's enough power for me to clean up what I want cleaned up.

 

[vintagevaclover]

I have a Sanitaire Blue Line canister and a Sanitaire QuietClean that has a hose attached