Anybody who has been following the vacuum cleaner industry over the last few years has noticed a trend towards lighter, more versatile vacuums that don’t sacrifice cleaning ability. This is a tall task for the major brands but most of them have met it with flying colors. Dyson, Shark, and others have multiple cordless models to choose from with long lasting lithium ion batteries but Oreck had been missing from the conversation. That is noticeable since the company has been one of the pioneers in both residential and professional cleaning products for so long.
The Oreck POD is a ground-breaking cordless vacuum with a lot of technology packed into a small body. It is designed for a variety of hard floor types including tile, hardwood, and laminate as well as some types of carpets. While it won’t deep clean thicker carpeting since it doesn’t have the weight to get the brushroll down into the fibers, it does a great job on throw rugs and lower pile material. This is what the majority of cordless vacuums are built for today, but how does the Oreck POD compare to them?
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The Hoover PowerDrive is a full sized upright vacuum that is built for picking up pet hair in carpets. Even though it is bagless it comes with a fully sealed HEPA filtration system that traps and contains 99.9% of allergens down to 0.5 microns in size. This is especially important for homes with multiple pets as they tend to shed often and leave dander all over the floors. Not only do you need powerful suction (which we will cover below) but you also need to be able to keep whatever microscopic organisms you pick up safely inside the vacuum cleaner. Hoover has always been known for doing just that.
The Blizzard CX1 is a bagless canister vacuum lineup that consists of 5 different models. Miele has always been known as a company that builds high-end bagged vacuums with supreme filtration that is almost unmatched in the industry. They have many vacuums in the upright, canister, stick, and even robotic categories so the Blizzard slides into an already robust offering of canisters. This really makes sense because many homeowners don’t want the extra expense of bags so there is a need for developing bagless models but they had to perform as good as their bagged counterparts. Did Miele succeed with this?
The Bissell SpinWave is a fully powered mop that gets your hard floors like tile, sealed wood, and laminate clean without needing to scrub. The biggest concern homeowners have with smooth flooring is keeping it clean without damaging the surface at all. There are a lot of quality cleaners for doing this but the SpinWave stands above them in a few key areas. Saving time and energy is important for those living in a busy household and that is what this model was designed to do.