Brand New Oreck XL1 Upright Vacuum Cleaner Unboxing & First Look
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Here we see me unboxing my very first Oreck upright vacuum cleaner and eventually assembling it before turning it on for the first time. I will need to use ear defenders with this machine as it is VERY loud!
Product Description
The Oreck XL1 upright vacuum cleaner is a lightweight and heavy duty cleaner. It's designed to clean carpets, hard floors and delivers power performance across both surfaces. The Oreck XL1 features a 350w motor, which provides powerful suction across both carpets and hard floors and allows for effective home cleaning and maintaining a pristine home. The Oreck XL1 features ergonomic handle design, furniture-friendly bumpers, side brushes that scoop up dirt right to the edge of the room and a 'lies flat' design making it easy to reach right underneath beds and free standing furniture. It's fitted with an extra-long 32ft power cord, which allows you to clean for longer with less frequent unplugging. For allergy sufferers, this product has also been designed to incorporate a Hypo-Allergenic filter bag which filters out dirt, dust and pollen particles and fights bad odours. This vacuum is also ideal for large home owners as it comes with a 10.3L bag capacity. This allows you to clean from room to room with less frequent emptying. The Oreck XL1 is also backed by 1 year manufacturer guarantee.
People and yourself, don't realize that you are helping the community a lot, you are taking the guesswork out of buying vacuums, you do more than just entertain
Also, where the black tube hooks in the bottom of the cleaner, there are 2 thin felt seals. They wear thin very quickly, and they loose suction quickly at that point. And the turbine that creates the suction, is made of micro thin plastic, and they easily break off. Then the machine makes enough noise to wake the dead.
So happy to see you with an Oreck upright. I've gotten 2 now, both used, and they are wonderful.
As I commented to hella good. Oreck IS now a Chinese owned company. That said some units are still (for now) assembled in Tennessee, with the majority being assembled in China. Of course, so is most everything else!! Thank you for a fine vid!! Allan "A.J." Cooper. Cascadia Clean Carpet. Since 1968.
Oreck is now a Chinese brand, it is owned by TTI who also own VAX, Hoover America, Dirt Devil and Royal. TTI are based in Hong Kong.
there still a good vacuum.
That's a nice looking model! I love the ORECK base assembly and everything about it. It's so cute with the baby blue color and tweed looking fabric outer bag. It's a terrific vacuum, and even if it's far from the best vacuum, it's definitely my favorite brand and design. I love it.
I just won an Oreck XL, new in box with the small canister vac too. Local estate auction for $60.00 USD. Very excited- will pick up this weekend. I had one in another house that was lost in a move. Can’t wait!!!
Where did you win one at?
I have an Oreck Steam It steam cleaner that I really like. It leaves my tiles so clean, streak free and smooth. I really notice the difference when barefoot.
Ok
micro sweep is the little rubber blade on the bottom of the base plate to prevent dirt kick back when you do hard floors I had a oreck edge with LED lights and I gave it to my sister it had dual speeds and a crevice tool hose on board :)
I saw the Oreck advert when it first came to the UK. You could sample it for
a few weeks, then send it back. I've had the Electolux SuperBroom stick vac
for the past 15 years. Not very powerful, or good with pet hairs, but still picks up well.
light and handy for quick use, the reason why I bought it.
I've just got an Oreck XL off eBay...£40 hardly used! I love Oreck!
IS THE WONE WAY!!!
I'd rather have the ORECK than a rechargable. The black& Decker rechargable is 10.5 lbs where this ORECK is only 9. The rechargeables only last about 15 minutes max power. I just really like the ORECK. Now i need a good lightweight canister bagger for getting the curtains and ceiling fans etc.
Just opened one of these today. My partner got one for work as week. It is the commercial so the cord is thick and long. I had trouble putting the handle on. I couldn't get it down all the way but it finally went. It also came with a toilet paper roll. Very easy to use bit so loud. He likes it and wants to keep it as he doesn't like the heavy Kirby and clunky SEBO d4. He likes the SEBO just doesn't like carrying it around. Wreck is certainly no frills but you can whip around the house in no time.
I will be able to test how loud mine is with the decibel meter you very kindly chose from my Amazon wish list.😀 My guess that it will be in the high 80s or over 90. Thanks also for the tool set for the Vax Slim vac which I hope to get very soon. I will post pics on Facebook and thank you again in a video. I wasn't expecting them, so it was a lovely surprise.👍
I wanted to surprise you. I imagine you always expect what is coming so I figured you would be puzzled with this one. It is more fun that way :) No need to mention me on Facebook or in a video. I don't need the glory - I just want to contribute as you do so much by making these videos and this is my way of showing my appreciation. I thought the Vax tools was actually a vacuum. I guess I didn't read that well. Christmas is around the corner so I think a vacuum will be in the works. Hope you are having a nice weekend. Looks like you have been busy. BTW: I tried to find a particulate meter you could use to test the emissions of vacuums but came up empty. If you notice one on Amazon, let me know. That could be fun as well.
I think the decibel meter will make it's first appearance in the Bissell Crosswave video as it is very loud and the sound level isn't mentioned. Those particulate meters are very expensive, or at least they were when I last checked, but I'll have another look sometime.😀
According to the date code on the label, that Oreck was made in 2013 Day 128 in Cookville TN USA. (20)13 + 128 + C(ookville) = 13128C
The new bags you can get for these (I just bought a pack for when I refurb these, super easy to work on), and the're now cloth hepa bags, and they're a bright purple. I kinda like the colors honestly.
I think the XL1 is the UK variant of the redesigned XL Classic Oreck launched a few years ago. The higher-end Orecks, like the XL Forever Series Gold, are much better, in my experience. They have a more powerful (and quieter!) motor, and a much stiffer brushroll. Although my XL Classic does a good job, it could benefit from the newer motor and brushroll. Also, whenever you see "Cookeville, TN" on the rating sticker, that means it was made at Oreck's US plant.
My ‘03 one says new Orleans LA
Ive collected vac's for years, I have a pretty good collection. I have an ORECK XL. I think they are very over rated. They are noisy, over a short time the thin aluminum handle comes loose and requires constant re tightening. and the micro sweep as they call it is nothing more than a little thin black squeegee on the bottom of the cleaner, and it easily breaks off. I'm glad I bought mine at a second hand store, and not a new purchase. From Ohio in the USA. Love your video's
This is my first and probably last Oreck I buy, unless I see an older model going cheap somewhere.
Don't blame you
This is American made in Cookville Tennessee. :-) It's a good vacuum. Lots of air flow for sure.
SOME are assembled in Tennessee!! It is now a Chinese company, and the vast majority of units sold are assembled there. Of course so is most everything else, yet just wanted to clarify.
Allan "A.J." Cooper. Cascadia Clean Carpet. Since 1968. Thank you nice vid!
Wonderful I can go to bed satisfied, your oreck ordeal is 1/2 way through. The noise is simply the powerful suction action😂
One point of concern I had with my 15 year old XL. The cover you removed to access the belt. Well eventually the belt made contact with this removable panel and throughout the years score the hard plastic until it was almost perishable. Think this was down to disfigurement of end beater bar pulley.
Best wishes
Roger and thanks
The suction isn't so powerful. At best it's a nice lightweight groomer.
That "red bit" was most likely a mild thread lock product to keep the screw from loosening or backing out. Allan "A.J." Cooper. Cascadia Clean Carpet. Since 1968. P.S. The handle thing,,, was hilarious!!
Great if you have commercial carpet or something JUST a bit taller than commercial carpeting. As far as frieze or plush carpeting, I learned to avoid these like the plague.
Does the number 1 on the bag represent a 1st place award for loudest vacuum cleaner?
The grinding sound when you shut it off is from the motor cooling fan. It sounds as if one of the aluminum fan blades is bent and hitting something on the motor housing.
The blue bag doesn't seal and has the lowest filtration, they also sell green ones that do automatically seal when pulled from the dock along with a white/black/gray cloth HEPA one that is infused with charcoal, which supposedly reduces odors.
This looks like a good vacuum cleaner
The white plastic piece is a tuning fork it's to fine tune you vacuum.
I think a mallet would work better.
Oh wow, They did cheapen it. They gave you a single layer bag. The HEPA bags are purple and the 3 layer paper bags are green
I haven't had belts snap, but if the brush roll gets jammed for any reason the belt will start burning up and you will have to change it.
Hello, I’m in Anchorage, Alaska and I was wondering what the tune was from the musical? I thought it was a Leslie Cleo song from 11 years ago, and I di not believe that is correct. Also, my nee Oreck XL-2100RHS s slightly different, but you gave me a good laugh with the puns and I found your humor most enjoyable! Thank you!
I’m not sure what you’re referring to regarding the musical as I recorded this a few years ago. Can you tell me the timestamp in the video so I can check what I said. Thanks.
I love vacuum cleaners
You be sure to save that. That is a high quality screw driver...
It's gone straight into my toolbox for safe keeping.
yes, its made in my town, Cookeville. Believe it was made in march 2016.
It's just a baby then.
So long as they haven't changed the way the date code works it was made on the 128th day of 2013. First two digits of the date code are the year it was made, the rest are the day of the year.
@@FantomLightning - regarding the actual day of manufacture: should be May 8th (128th day of the year -- for non-leap years) of 2013.
I Have a Oreck XL Element. I think it's supposed to be a mix between a commercial vacuum and home vacuum
I won't mention on CZcams what I used to do with extension tubes.
I use mine to reach up high or to prevent stooping.
are you OK not heard anything from you for a while
Dear Roger. I think that the machine that you've received has a faulty motor bearing as my XL21 doesn't make that sound when it's shut off. I also noticed that sound when you had the belt housing opened and moved the belt. You might want to return it to your retailer as you've spent hard earned money on it and it might not last.All of my best to you.Bruce
Bruce Solomon his Oreck xl1 vacuum uses a different motor than the xl21. The xl21 series and pilots and gold series all have a sound dampening fan housing and a 3.5 amp motor thus making the tone and overall sound a bit quieter. The xl1 or what is considers the classic platform vacuum use a 4 amp motor and the fan housing has a metal fan cup backing the fan. This makes for a louder machine cause he metal amplifies the motor noise which is louder anyways.
However his machine does have a bad wind down but the over all tone of the machine sounds like it's suppose to. That metallic grinding / clanging sound at the end is pretty indicative of bent motor cooling fins thus hitting the case of the Motor right at the inner most bearing. Not to be confused with the blades of the actual suction/ impeller fan though.
love the vacuum cleaner 😊
and do stock up on belts!!! the motor spins so fast, anything that slows the agitator burns out the belt. In a pinch, you can use wide rubber bands (ghetto, yes but it works).
I have a pack of three spare belts, so that should last the demo.
there is 3 differnt bags for this the blue one witch is paper they have a green one witch is for pets and a pourple one witch is a hepa bag and is thick as the outer bag only the more high end bags seal themselfs
i have an oreck xl classic xl2200rs but my dad took the motor the intake and the brushroll out
Where would I buy an Oreck what I can use in the UK I just had one delivered but it as all American plugs and it is 120volt not 230 volt
Thanks for this video!
what better than dyson on any price range
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Sebo Kirby rainbow Riccar simplicity sanitaire. About anything but the cheap stuff that's under 50$
I'm sorry I don't know what you mean
Dyson is a scam. same cheap construction and plastic as a $50 vacuum, it's all just bullshit marketing. buy a refurbished Rainbow or Kirby and it will last you the rest of your life!
Sebo,Riccar,sanitaire,royal,Kirby,pro team,rainbow are the best toy can get
So, for some reason my partner really liked the commercial Oreck so he bought one for home. He says its easier to use than the SEBO or Kirby.. He vacuums downstairs and I do upstairs so whatever. Well, I noticed on the rating plate the commercial version states it is made by Royal out of Ohio. It does say it was made in the USA but the box is copyright 2004 TTI. It is so very loud. I didn't think a vacuum could be louder than a Kirby but this one tops it. The commercial is harder to push as well. Does not move on its own at all but has a very thick long cord.
Oh dear. Time to look for a new partner I think.😜
He has bad taste in vacuums. When I met him he had a Rainbow. Well, we still have it but it lives in the garage. Who wants to change water every time you vacuum? His mom's aide said "That vacuum needs a muffler" in regards to the Oreck.
I have a list of a few vacuums that I think you would like but not all of them are available in the U.K. I won't tell you all of them because that would be annoying: Rexair rainbow, Hoover concept series, any Kirby of any Kind.
When will you add another video I have been waiting a long time!?!?-?-?--?!?!?!?
still havent used an oreck
in comparison videos they seem to fall behind but you should put one to the test
I have featured this Oreck in a comparison video.
I'm the same way with the neighbors. when I clean my car I use a different one each time. and they see me burn the boxes of my vacuums haha
I used to clean my Dad's car with a different vacuum each time too, but I always kept the boxes.
I usually do keep them until I can't return them, or I keep them for a good year or so. But I've bought new from ebay, private sellers with no return. So I'll toss the box in that sense
I didn't skip any of the video
I forgot to say that the Oreck family sold the ORECK Company to a private equity company in 2003.
I don't think the turn off sound it correct. My oreck I sold didn't make that sound
yes Roger it is an American made oreck
Thanks.
+ibaisaic. no problem
love thi channel
I was scared from orecks when i was young i saw a killer vacuum video and it was a oreck, still traumatised from today
ORECK went bankrupt in 2013. TTI bought ORECK in the same year.
Oreck Trumps Dyson cyclonic!!!
That might be the same model I have only it's a different colour
The fragrance tablets make my eyes water.
You're not supposed to swallow them!
It’s a ametek lamb there loud
You'll need a lot of those belts i suspect as they break very easily.
I have a spare pack of three along with the spare on the underside of the cleaner, but as this isn't going to be used after the demo, I'm hoping the fitted belt will be enough.
Is it made in the USA 🇺🇸
With only 4 amp motor do they really clean as well as say a standard 10amp Hoover? Thanks
Mike Breler Stop using amps - a measure of current, not power! Given the UK voltage is double that of the US, for the same number of amps we get twice the power, or putting it another way, the same power is obtained using half as much current. Power is measured in watts. It's the only sensible unit to use!
description error. he we see...
I had an Oreck XL21 with the headlight and 2 speed (low for floors, high for carpets). It worked really well, but I gave it away to my best friend.... God rest his soul.... I gave him an Oreck..... and now he's....he's..... he's....DEAD! (pardon the dramatics, Roger!)
Rusty Andres aww...
actually that is not such a good oreck,the better ones are the current forever gold,insight,indigo,pilot,axis and xl21 they have a quieter motor stiffer brush which makes them slightly pull themselves across the floor
My XL21 has soft brushes. It's the reason that I bought it. I have wool rugs and aggressive, stiff brushes would rip the top layer of weave off making the rugs flimsy and warped.
That's a good reason, Bruce.
Americans are known for making their own products.some American products are made in China.
I have used an Oreck classic series before, wasn't noisy at all!!! Does using this thing make you feel american..
I could dress up as a cheerleader, eat a Hershey bar and sing The Star Spangled Banner and I wouldn't feel American. Using this Oreck makes me feel deaf for a while, but not American.🇬🇧
when in gods name did i comment this? i apologize for my younger self
If you can't get a riccar get a maytag m500 it's the exact same thing
Maytag vacuums are not available in the UK either.
ibaisaic oh ok
ibaisaic how did you get the maytag windtunnel and the caddy vac... I know those are old videos but I am just wondering
My shark proffesessional rotator lift away broke and I got a dyson dc33
We had one in the office where I work because they're quiet so the cleaning crew could vacuum while we're on the phones but they seem to need replacing every six months or so because they do break quickly.
Gaelan Patel you cant get filters for the shark where i live!! And its the most afoul vacuum i have ever used and thats y i have a Dyson dc66 oh and the shark lost its cleaning power in the first week we had it
what happened to last night's video roger
The real question is, what happened to Monday's video.
And no video on Wednesday either! Perhaps ibaisaic has passed on.😨
The white rubber at the back looks terribly cheap 😕
I want won so bad 😠
Why do Americans use these instead of canister vacuum cleaners?
Oreck's have always been marketed to little old ladies that cannot lift heavy cleaners.
And who have hearing loss already.
Riccar plz
Or Kirby
Not available in the UK.
Riccar that is. I doubt I will get a Kirby in the near future.
ibaisaic ok but did you know that the riccar supralite out cleaned the oreck by over 40%
'twas made in 2013
Look so outdated and vintage. Whats the point to buy things like that?
I have a CZcams channel dedicated mainly to vacuum cleaners and I like to show as many different models as I can, new and old. If you want to see something brand new, I’ve just bought a Dyson V11.
It seems American cleaners are more difficult to assemble. Bad instructions!
I think it was more of a case of me being a bit thick.
Your funny "a bit stingy"
it sounds horrible
Why do you like vacuums 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
Why does the fact that I and thousands of my viewers like vacuums make you so mad. 😡 People like different things, get over it.