I used a Shark Rocket when I lived in a 600 square foot cottage for 5 years. It was excellent for that purpose but now that I’m in a 2500+ square foot home I’m back to my Oreck XL21. I wouldn’t trade it for anything and it’s probably 15-20 years old now
I have a 25ish year old Oreck XL that’s still going strong! I bought it used from a thrift shop for $15 and paid something like $150 to have it serviced 4 years ago. Zero regrets, she’s a workhorse. We have two short haired dogs but very messy humans ranging from age 11-20 that live here and she cleans up after them very well.
We have the oreck xl commercial upright one and it is so hard to maneuver on our thick carpet. I’d def cleans well but it’s such an arm workout I rarely use that vacuum. Not sure if I’m doing something wrong like you can change the base height somehow. Just thought I’d mention it
> thinking I wanted a Dyson.
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> The repair guy set me straight.
From what I've seen of Dyson products in general, they sell replacement parts but you won't want to go through with the repairs because of the time and parts cost.
> bagged is superior longterm IMO.
Oreck Commercial upright traditional corded is the vacuum that impressed me most recently, after having been an Electrolux canister user for much of my life. We used to go out of our way to get the Electrolux bags, and I think that was the thing that people were trying to avoid at one point with the bagless -- getting locked into some particular bags.
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