Originally posted by moosmom
I've got an Oreck. I had a Dirt Devil that was my Dad's but figured it was time for a new one. I had always gotten my vacuum cleaners at tag sales.
The Oreck is lightweight and works well, but there's one drawback. It doesn't suck up the stuff in corners or sides. That's probably why they try and sell you the portable vacuum with it.
Speaking of the big, mean red machine, here's a picture of Maya Linn as I'm vacuuming my living room. All she was interested in was me retrieving her ball from under the coffee table!!
I have an Oreck too! (Mine is grey though.) I got it around 9/10 years ago, and recently, after ending a three year affair with a Dyson, I have gone back to my Oreck first love! It is the best thing ever for picking up dog and cat hair - (I first got it because of Penny, my RB German Shepherd, boy, did she lose hair!) - and I got that little canister thingy free at the time I got the main machine, I don`t use the canister so much now though, I tend to use the Dyson crevice thingy for the corners and suchlike.
As for the pets, Bob has always ran away from the Oreck when it`s running, and Ebby, well, she is ok unless it comes within around 4`of wherever she is, any closer and she does a runner!
Here is Bob curled up near it when he was a pup.

And it is on the left in this picture taken around 10 days ago, I think he may be a little too big to curl up by it now!