Oreck Elevate Control Vacuum Cleaner

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What We Loved

• Cleaning performance on hard floors
  excellent at debris pickup from bare floors
• Pet-hair pickup efficiency
  excellent at vacuuming up pet hair
• Weight
  lightweight at 10 lb and easy to carry

Just Okay

• Cleaning performance on carpet
  only an okay score on carpet cleaning

Needs Improvement

• Noise level
  very noisy during operation
• Price
  around $300—more expensive than better performers
• Suction power (air watts)
  suction power is less than satisfactory