My ultimate goal is to make cleaning as easy and pain free as possible. Cleaning and sanitizing are part of my daily routine. While having children has made this a top priority it also proves that I have less time to do so, not to mention I’d much rather be running around playing tag, action figures, baby dolls, etc. than be on my hands and knees scrubbing floors. When I choose the products I clean with I think of my children; whether or not something could be harmful to their health and/or safety.

Like many people, we have several types of flooring throughout our house: carpet, tile, linoleum and majority hardwood. When it comes to taking care of the floors the last thing I want to do is pull out several different tools for each variety of flooring. This is how it was for quite some time, broom here, vacuum there, duster thingy somewhere else. That all got old fast and I started researching something I could use from room to room seamlessly leaving no dust behind. At first it seemed there weren’t very many options, and then I found the Oreck Platinum Pilot with 360° glide.

What I love about this vacuum:

• The height, this vacuum is taller than the average bear, er, vacuum. I’m not incredibly tall myself at 5′6″, just average I suppose. Even at an average height though I hadn’t realized until my review of the Oreck that I was slouching with my previous vacuum.
• The weight. Again, I didn’t know what a difference the lack of a couple pounds could make. This vacuum is incredibly easy to maneuver and carry around because of it’s low weight of 10 lbs.
  
• The anti-microbial agent built right into the vacuum leaves your house smelling fresher and the air feeling easier to breathe in.
• The fact that when you are vacuuming underneath a piece of furniture, the vacuum will lay flat so it can slide under effortlessly.
• Hands down, the fact that I can go from room to room with only having to switch outlets a couple times makes this vacuum worth every cent.
• The 5 lb hand held vacuum that came along with the Pilot.
• I love that my husband loves this vacuum. I kid you not, when he uses this vacuum he actually enjoys it and I have found him vacuuming a lot more often these days.

The one and only thing that I don’t love about the Oreck is that you have to purchase replacement bags. I’m left feeling torn about this, because I realize that when it comes to actually keeping that dust trapped that the bag is more powerful than a unit that you have to dump from. I’m that person though, the one who calls to get her hair cut 2 weeks too late. You know? In the end it’s not that big of a deal, especially if you order from the Oreck website. They are affordable and you can order package deals including several bags.

Oreck offers a variety of products to keep your home in tip top shape. Remember, you can try any product risk-free in your home for up to 30 days. “If you don’t love it, you don’t keep it.” So take a look around!

The Giveaway:

Oreck is offering one lucky Through Hazel Eyes reader the chance to win their very own Oreck Platinum Pilot with 360° Glide. To enter leave a comment here after browsing Oreck.com and tell me of another product that intrigues you.

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Giveaway ends on June 15th when I will draw a winner using random.org and announce here after.

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