Claire
Master Chef
I am VERY unhappy with mine. A couple of years ago I bought an Oreck, based on my mom's recommendation and their warantee. The man who owned the store in Dubuque quit. About 5 minutes after I walked out the door. About a year later I got a new doggie. This simply cannot come close to dealing with her shedding, and she isn't a particularly hairy dog. She also does NOT have the barbed hairs that my past dogs (JRs) had, so it shouldn't be this difficult. Every time I vacuum a rug, I have to do it vertically in both directions, then horizontally, the diagonally. I am NOT a fussy housekeeper, at all.. But instead of vacuuming once, I feel like I'm doing it a half dozen times. I've taken it in for repairs twice to my local guy, and it's working as well as it gets (of course, at my expense since the nearest place that will honor the warantee is 2 or 3 hours away).
Before her real shedding season starts (cold weather is setting in, so she's cooperating by holding on to as much hair as she can), I'd like to buy a new vacuum cleaner. Anyone with shedding pets have a recommendation? I don't want to spend a month's paycheck on it, but something has to go. At least my last Hoover was self-propelled, so if I had to vacuum the rug 6 times, at least I wouldn't be putting my shoulder out. Help!
P.S., a friend with two new cats is awaiting the answer as well!
Before her real shedding season starts (cold weather is setting in, so she's cooperating by holding on to as much hair as she can), I'd like to buy a new vacuum cleaner. Anyone with shedding pets have a recommendation? I don't want to spend a month's paycheck on it, but something has to go. At least my last Hoover was self-propelled, so if I had to vacuum the rug 6 times, at least I wouldn't be putting my shoulder out. Help!
P.S., a friend with two new cats is awaiting the answer as well!