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Post# 136044   5/10/2011 at 18:21 (4,735 days old) by gmerkt (Edmonds WA)        

Can anyone tell me what they know about this product?

Post# 136045 , Reply# 1   5/10/2011 at 18:23 (4,735 days old) by gmerkt (Edmonds WA)        
Corrected spelling

 Sorry, that's "Puratron." On the bag, it says, "PurATron."

Post# 136077 , Reply# 2   5/10/2011 at 21:13 (4,735 days old) by Trebor ()        
Here is the link...

 edenpureoutlets.com/puratron-uv-s...

The hose is not instant on. The only attachment besides the wands is a crevice tool/ brush thing, useful only for edges and cobwebs. You cannot really vacuum any real surface area with it.

It claims to float on a cushion of air. Maybe there is a heft cooling fan on the motor? Looks like a retread of the Halo. Maybe Oreck is leasing the technology to avoid paying royalties to the original inventor of the Halo?

Post# 136099 , Reply# 3   5/11/2011 at 02:20 (4,734 days old) by DysonAnimal ()        

"The PURATRON ultra lightweight cushionAIR self-propelled sweeper is not just easy to push -- it actually is self-propelled on a cushion of air and cleans with the force of a category 2 hurricane of PURE cleaning power. It’s amazing, you don’t push a PURATRON you literally just steer it!!!"

I think they've allowed themselves a little poetic licence here - the machine clearly has wheels! They're simply alluding to the way the brushbar pulls the cleaner forward. No exciting new technology, unfortunately!



Post# 136105 , Reply# 4   5/11/2011 at 04:13 (4,734 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)        

Isn't this just a Garry vac with a UV light added to it?

Post# 136352 , Reply# 5   5/12/2011 at 21:16 (4,733 days old) by fanonthefloor (Augusta,Georgia)        

I bet it cleans a hell of a lot better than the oreck or gary. i mean no offense to anyone with thay statement.

Post# 136357 , Reply# 6   5/12/2011 at 21:45 (4,733 days old) by gmerkt (Edmonds WA)        

Thanks for your replies. The reason I asked about this is someone brought one to me for repair. Parts seem to be scarce to support this machine. My impression of it is that it's a bad copy of an Oreck. It's very cheaply made. I was astonished that the lady told me she paid $349 for it. She claimed that she ordered an Oreck and this is what she got; whom she bought it from I've no idea. The belt broke and the brush roll was worn-out as about 75% of the bristles had fallen out. Initially, she took it to Oreck. They had it for five weeks, then told her they couldn't fix it due to lack of parts availability. They charged her $25 for "cleaning." When I got it, there was still dirt and mud in the brush roll housing so I don't think any actual cleaning was done. Online, I couldn't find any regular source of supply for parts but there were roll brushes on Ebay, etc.

Okay, so my repair of this thing was an improvisation. Belt, no problem as I've got a box full of different belts. Her original belt had a red paint daub on it and I found one like that in my stuff. Brush roll, I've got a box full of those too and noticed that an old Filter Queen is about the same diameter as the Puratron only a bit longer. Her brush roll had nice bearings, so I cut down the Filter Queen part and fit the axles and bearings from the original Puratron part to it. I pulled a couple of courses of bristles from one end of the "new" brush roll to provide a tractive surface for the belt. I had to make one bearing cap (from Filter Queen) as the Oreck shop lost one of hers. Oreck had it for five weeks and did nothing; I had it for 24 hours and it went back to a satisfied owner intact.

This machine had a head light that came on as soon as it was plugged in, which I don't find normal for vacuums that I'm familiar with. I didn't talk to the customer about that; any work to remediate that (if needed) would involve more labor than she'd want to pay I imagine. The UV lamp on the front edge of the machine had a separate switch for activation. When I turned it on, the light flickered like a defective flourescent tube (which it was).

I didn't get any of the "floating on air" bit with this machine. It has wheels, normal suction at the brush roll like so many other vacs. True, it is extremely light, but that's because there's nothing to it, not much used to make it in the way of materials. Yet, it's light weight is the virtue that caused the owner to want to save it. It didn't weigh much more than an old Bissel carpet sweeper.

I'm not sure how these were marketed, but I suspect they were sold by telemarketing rather than traditional retail. With all the advertising hype about germ killing, etc., they were sending up a smoke screen for buyers who didn't know much about quality vacuum cleaners.

Post# 136387 , Reply# 7   5/13/2011 at 05:11 (4,732 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)        

after reading the above entry-I would go with an Oreck over a Puratron.Or get a Riccar Superlite.Both of these would be better vacuums.and at least you can easily gets parts for them.


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