Oreck Vacuums: Are They As Lightweight And Easy To Push As They Say?

Our store is not an Oreck retailer. This is an unbiased assessment.

When shopping around for a vacuum, one of the most important things to consider is just how much it weighs and is the vacuum cleaner effortless to push?

The Oreck vacuum barely weighs eight pounds. Listed here are a number of tips when comparing designs.

When buyers state the want a vacuum which is lightweight, does that indicate they want one that is painless to push, or a vacuum that is effortless to carry up steps?

The average full sized upright vacuum weighs nearly fifteen or sixteen pounds.

You have designs that are full sized uprights that are as lightweight as eight pounds, like the Oreck upright vacuum cleaner. If you should have to bring the vacuum up and down steps, and light weight is a problem, the lightweight Oreck vacuums might be the best option for your home.

At our retail store, The Sweeper Store, in Wooster Ohio, we've got visitors ask us about lightweight, effortless to push vacuum cleaners.

This is usually the most essential factor, other than cost, when buying a new vacuum.

What makes a vacuum demanding to push back and forth is generally that the nozzle is adjusted too low against the carpet fibers. This results in a seal that cuts off the air to the vacuum and makes the vacuum cleaner pretty hard to push.

That is certainly why vacuums use height adjustments. These height adjustments are to move the nozzle away from the carpet far enough to permit air flow, but not too far that the roller brush isn't touching the top of the carpet fibers.

The best tactic to adjust your vacuum to the right height for your carpet is to adjust it as high as it will go. You next activate the vacuum and, while it is running, adjust the vacuum nozzle height lower, one adjustment at a time. Whenever you hear the pitch of the motor vary, you will be at the right height adjustment.

Now your vacuum will be effortless to push and the motor will be receiving plenty of airflow to keep it cool.

One choice is to get an upright vacuum that has a free floating adjustable nozzle. This will permit the carpet nozzle to automatically hover to the correct height for your carpet.

The way this works is that when you pull the handle back, just like you are vacuuming, the wheels move under the better part of the vacuum, holding most of the heaviness of the vacuum cleaner on these wheels. The only weight setting on your carpet fibers at the roller brush is the weight of the nozzle itself. As a rule this is barely a pound or two.

The free floating head design allows for lots of airflow, an abundance of brushing action in the carpet, and faster airflow to the motor. The Oreck has a free floating adjustable head, and is unusually effortless to push.

Most of these lightweight vacuum models, like the Oreck, are in stock at your local independent vacuum vendor.

Typically they are not offered in the discount retailers.