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Thread Number: 25289
I bought an Oreck XL... What's wrong with me? |
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| Post# 284135 6/11/2014 at 23:11 (3,605 days old) by TASE (Colorado) | ||
It was $10 at the thrift store and it's really clean... I don't know why I bought it though. I don't even like Orecks. I think they're too light to clean properly and are as noisy as a Eureka Bravo with bearing problems.
I'm insane because I put another $15 into it to give it a new brushroll (which hasn't arrived yet.) But I stupidly forgot the bags... Anyway... I will probably end up selling this thing. Either here, Craigslist, or eBay. I don't know why I bought a machine I knew I wasn't going to like... Just like my DC07 Animal! 
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| Post# 284136 , Reply# 1 6/11/2014 at 23:12 (3,605 days old) by TASE (Colorado) | ||
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| Post# 284190 , Reply# 4 6/12/2014 at 11:49 (3,604 days old) by TASE (Colorado) | ||
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| Post# 284368 , Reply# 5 6/13/2014 at 11:30 (3,603 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
Since I bought the Vax VCU02 which is a direct copy of the Oreck XL, I must admit I rather like having a dirty fan upright again. But I have to be careful with its usage since I have wool loop carpets.
I wish the prices of the Oreck range would drop in the UK. There is no way I would pay over £100 for one. They are convenient, if not a little noisy and the plastic build is suspect at times. The cost prices of £250 to £300 means SEBO commercial upright money, which is a totally different proposition altogether. | ||
| Post# 284388 , Reply# 6 6/13/2014 at 14:06 (3,603 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
the screeching! ONLY depends on the motor it sold with! I find the older Orecks (such as my XL9100) have a softer hum to them, far off from a screamer! I do recommend Orecks for those who need a lightweight upright, and I do gift them to those who need a lightweight upright. But I only refurbish and gift the older 9100 series with the step on switch. The last one I gifted was in July 2013. A month later, the women I have the XL9100 to stopped by in her car while I was working on the yard. She said she LOVES that Oreck! All they had before it was a Dirt-Devil carpet sweeper. Their Rainbow and Dirt Devil had become to much of a hassle for them to use.
I believe it's the Johnson motors that scream, the older Amteks are a dream! I'll have to check which one my XL9100 has, I forget! | ||
| Post# 284419 , Reply# 7 6/13/2014 at 18:06 (3,603 days old) by dyson89 (Norfolk, UK) | ||
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It's a shame you don't like the DC07 Animal, I would deffinately have the Dyson over the Oreck. Having said that I do get my first Oreck tomorrow, no idea what model it is maybe refurb or just sell it on. I do like how the underneath houses a spare belt on the oreck. | ||
| Post# 284510 , Reply# 8 6/14/2014 at 04:51 (3,602 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 284535 , Reply# 9 6/14/2014 at 07:25 (3,602 days old) by dyson89 (Norfolk, UK) | ||
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So got the Oreck today, snapped belt !! Put the spare on from underneath and it works a treat. Have decided to keep it. And as SEBO FAN said I will keep a spare bag in the rear pocket. Shame it doesn't have a quick release for the cable. | ||
| Post# 284554 , Reply# 10 6/14/2014 at 08:54 (3,602 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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