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Tuesday Oct 4, 2011 #
9 PM
Cycling 20:00 [3]
Trainer at the gym.
AMT or Elliptical Trainer 10:00 [3]
Walking 10:00 [1]
Then 8 minutes in the steam. Wow, that's awesome.
Bought an Oreck at Costco. Actually 2 Orecks---an upright, and a funky little cannister for the edges where the upright doesn't get---It's sold as a set. All I've got to say is, the Oreck is amazing. I had no idea vacuum cleaners could be this good. It's lightweight, simple---I've already had the head apart because of a ton of crap under a bed. When I bought it at Costco on Saturday, there was a Dyson salesman there demonstrating the Dyson, which is over $100 more than the 2 Orecks. A lot of what Dyson says makes sense to me with my day-to-day interest in aerodynamics and turbomachinery. But the Dyson marketing overall just leaves me skeptical. And honestly, I want all that dirt in a bag. The Orecks are just simple, well-built machines that are competitively priced, with a good dealer network and easy availability of spare parts. I see them all the time in hotels. The rug/carpet performance is amazing. I'm still not so sure about the hard floor performance---I've got a lot of tile with an uneven surface---It definitely works, but it stumbles on pea-sized hard particles such as popcorn kernels, pea gravel, peanuts. And you have to go around the edges with the small cannister (it does have a long handle and all the normal accessories---*plus* a small, furniture-sized spinning beater head that uses the suction power to spin the brush head. And the cannister is small and lightweight, with a totally pain free bag replacement procedure.) My old vacuum was really bad on carpet, and this is so easy. So far---I'm really happy with this purchase. (I will also say that like any vacuum cleaner---You have to read the manual and actually maintain it and clean it when it needs it.)
Bought an Oreck at Costco. Actually 2 Orecks---an upright, and a funky little cannister for the edges where the upright doesn't get---It's sold as a set. All I've got to say is, the Oreck is amazing. I had no idea vacuum cleaners could be this good. It's lightweight, simple---I've already had the head apart because of a ton of crap under a bed. When I bought it at Costco on Saturday, there was a Dyson salesman there demonstrating the Dyson, which is over $100 more than the 2 Orecks. A lot of what Dyson says makes sense to me with my day-to-day interest in aerodynamics and turbomachinery. But the Dyson marketing overall just leaves me skeptical. And honestly, I want all that dirt in a bag. The Orecks are just simple, well-built machines that are competitively priced, with a good dealer network and easy availability of spare parts. I see them all the time in hotels. The rug/carpet performance is amazing. I'm still not so sure about the hard floor performance---I've got a lot of tile with an uneven surface---It definitely works, but it stumbles on pea-sized hard particles such as popcorn kernels, pea gravel, peanuts. And you have to go around the edges with the small cannister (it does have a long handle and all the normal accessories---*plus* a small, furniture-sized spinning beater head that uses the suction power to spin the brush head. And the cannister is small and lightweight, with a totally pain free bag replacement procedure.) My old vacuum was really bad on carpet, and this is so easy. So far---I'm really happy with this purchase. (I will also say that like any vacuum cleaner---You have to read the manual and actually maintain it and clean it when it needs it.)
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