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- but I almost did. My trip to our local vacuum repair shop and the place was littered with these things. I went over to pick one up and it felt so flimsy - almost like a toy.
Every other time I use it the belt breaks, smoking up the house. The darn thing doesn't pick up anything anyway - takes three times as long to do 1/8 the job my cheapo $69 vacuum from Bed & Bath does. This is the second time I have been duped - the salesperson told me when I paid my hundreds of dollars this time, that they had "evolved".
I can't tell you how well the vacuum works, because when I was taking my $500+ vacuum out of the box, it snapped in half. This alone tells me it is not good quality.
I cannot believe that given the price I paid that they cannot make a better vacuum cleaner than this. What is really amazing is that the latest models are just a remake of the previous piece of stuff with a better(and much more expensive)bag.
I certainly admire the pluck and salesmanship of Mr. Oreck, who's clearly energetic and is seen everywhere, e.g. QVC, newspaper inserts, even on a large billboard on Broadway.
I had an Oreck for 6 weeks before it stopped working. Yeah, I liked the weight; it was easy to push and carry around.
I hate this vacuum. I go through belts like crazy.
I have owned two Oreck vacuums within the last ten years, both of which are still operational but I gave the former to a friend who was in desperate need of an upright vacuum (she still had one of those canister Electrolux vacuums that, unfortunately, seem to NEVER die). Of all vacuums I have used I really love those from Oreck the best.
I have to admit that I fell for the "if it costs more it must be better" theory when I purchased this vacuum. It does the job adequately enough, however, I find it is very hard to "push" along as you vacuum and I do not have any extra plush carpeting; just basic apartment carpeting!
I purchased the Oreck five years ago and wish I had not. I suppose that it can suck up a bowling ball.
The XL2310 is a Upright vacuum.
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