This review is written by guest reviewers Joe & Ana Potch.

We’ve seen the infomercials for the Oreck Vacuum cleaners many times on the TV, and we had always wondered if the claims that they make are really true. Claims like being very light weight, having extreme suction power, and a very quiet motor, being very simple in design and even coming with a separate carryon vacuum that would take the place of the myriad of tools and attachments that other manufacturers try to squeeze into a single vacuum cleaner had really piqued our interest. When we were offered the chance to try out the Oreck Platinum Pilot, we jumped at it!

We’ve had all different types of vacuums in our house. We’ve had canisters, uprights, bag less, bagged, and pretty much all of the other brands as well. We have not yet found a vacuum that seemed to fulfill our needs.

While waiting for the vacuum to arrive, we had caught a commercial on TV and saw it’s ability to to go from tile to wood, to carpet without having to change any settings. We knew that we just had to test it!

The day that the Oreck Platinum Pilot Vacuum and companion unit arrived, we were very excited to dive right into cleaning the carpets. We tested it at home and were quite surprised. This simple, light weight, quiet vacuum showed us how loud, heavy and over tooled our other vacuum cleaners really were. We definitely think we’re going to put all of our other vacuum cleaners in our next yard sale.

We also tested out the small companion vac to clean off the drapes, window sills, around the TV and pretty much everywhere else the upright vac could not go. It also performed beyond our expectations. I also used it in my truck and was surprised when my floors looked almost as good as the day we bought it!

To really put it to the test, we thought we’d take the Oreck to one of our rental properties that we’ve been working on. The carpet in this home is 2 years old, and heavily used. In between tenants, we vacuum and steam clean with commercial carpet cleaners. This time, we had gone over the carpet 3 times with the steam cleaner to get some of the more heavily soiled parts clean. We brought in the Oreck and were very surprised to see the amount of additional dirt and dust that was vacuumed up by the Oreck Platinum Pilot.

It is still a mystery to us, how Oreck designed such a powerful and quiet machine. It’s quiet enough that our dogs don’t run away and hide when we bring it out to vacuum the carpets like they did with our previous machines. We definitely recommend the Oreck Platinum Pilot to anyone who has trouble maneuvering some of the larger vacuums, especially if you have pets!

Thanks Oreck for giving us a chance to put your Platinum Pilot to the test! We give it an A+ all around!

*We were sent an Oreck Platinum Pilot and companion vacuum for this review.