Vacuum Cleaners - Customer reviews - Oreck Halo Unltraviolet Vacuum with FREE Cordless Electrikbroom - Frontgate

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Name: Dana R. Hornsby
Location: Jonesboro, Ga. United States
Date: 2009-10-06
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Summary: So Far The Halo Is THE Best Vacuum We've Owned
Comment: My wife and I have gone through three different bagless vacuum cleaners over the past 4 years or so. We've owned two Hoover Wind Tunnels and a Bissell "Lift Off Revolution Turbo" and at roughly $150.00 a piece we've "invested" about $450.00 and have a pile of vacuum cleaner junk to show for it. We have two dogs (used to be three) and even after vacuuming with the bagless department store vacs you could still get dog fur on you if you sat in the floor or dare dropped clothing in the floor. The bagless models had 2-3 filters which would clog easily and it was impossible to get rid of the dog smell. Each of these models lasted us about a year before we junked them due to loss of suction.

I'll save the drawn out purchase story, but let's just say I've never dreamed of spending $600.00 on any vacuum cleaner, but with a 13 month old son with a tendancy to shove his face into the new twist carpet we wanted to actually CLEAN the carpet when we vacuumed.

The Oreck Halo absolutely sucks. I mean this in the best way possible. The suction is far better than any dept. store name brand vacuum, and with the UV-C light killing germs and even dust mites/eggs it's hard to think we've wasted our money. It works amazingly well on our long twist/frieze carpet,and is equally amazing on our bare hardwood floors too. I can roll around on my floor/carpet in a black t-shirt after vacuuming and not have any hairs or anything on me - I've NEVER been able to do that before.

I can't speak upon the durability/reliability because we've just gotten it, but Oreck's reputation for building outstandingly durable vacuums is pretty well known.

Since we spend so much time indoors, and we vacuum at least 3 times a week it doesn't seem so "crazy" to spend $599.00 on a vacuum cleaner. We are by no means rich - we did the 0% financing for 12 mos. at our local Oreck store. It'smoney well spent, or should I say to be spent.

Name: M. Johnson
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2010-02-26
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Not recommended
Comment: I had a regular Orek which I loved, but when I saw the add for this one with the ultraviolet I bought one. I am disappointed. It is heavy, and hard to maneuver (unlike my nice light orriginal Orek), and when I use it, I smell dust in the air even though I have a new "heppa filter" bag on it. It smells like "old vacuum" air when I use it. yuk! As for the ultraviolet light, you can go to Costco and buy a much bigger wand-style ultraviolet light for about 30 dollars, and "go to town" all over your carpet, and for that matter, kill germs all over the place! The light bulb on this vacuum is small, and I often wonder how much it is actually doing, and how long you really need to stay in one spot on the rug to kill any germs. I sorta doubt it is really doing that much. In addition, the tools are not very convenient. To use them you have to attach the hose to a little hole in the base of the vacuum, which does not disconnect very easily. So, in my opinion, this vacuum is no way worth 600 dollars (what i paid at Orek store). I am so sad I gave away my orriginal Orek vacuum, and now stuck with this clunker. To me it is no better than and old vacuum you could buy at Goodwill for about 30 bucks. Do yourself a favor and avoid this machine.