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{CLOSED} Review and Giveaway: Oreck Halo Vacuum

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orek halo giveaway My current obsession is vacuums. Since Maya is learning to crawl and I am encouraging my toddler to play with her- we spend a lot of time on the floor. Most of the time it is not pleasant despite my vigilant attempts to keep things clean. We have a dog and with two kids plus a husband I feel like the carpets are always dirty.  Hence my mission to find the best quality vacuum to make sure the floors are as clean as possible.

We having been saving money to finally buy a top of the line vacuum.  I have been researching them for awhile, following prices and asking for lots of feedback from friends.  Then I found the Oreck Halo and started reading the reviews and I was really impressed.  The Halo not only cleans dirt from the floor but it is unique as it kills germs as well! Fancy!

There are two motors- one that brushes your carpet to bring the packed in dirt to the top and the second is the suction motor that sucks it all up into a HEPA13 filter bag. Then you can push a little button to turn on the UV-C light while you vacuum and the UV-C light will kill any bacteria and germs on your floor! That includes mold spores, fleas and all sorts of other nasty things.  According to the web site, the HEPA 13 filter bag will capture 99.95% of particles- which means the Halo is about as good as it gets.oreck halo giveaway 3

The vacuum works on any floor- from hardwood to carpet so you can use this in every room in the house. I really love this feature for so many reasons but one especially is that I can be sure my kitchen and bathroom floors are also getting a dose of the UV-C light.  The Halo also comes with attachments to clean drapes or upholstery and has a 29 foot cord which really speeds up the process.  Before I tried this vacuum the only thing I knew about Oreck was that they got great reviews and the vacuums are super lightweight. The Halo is certainly light at 17 lbs and it is extremely smooth to operate.

The vacuum comes in cobalt blue and black and the little Halo logo lights up to tell you the UV light is working.

What I like best though is all the extras that come with this baby-

***You get 3 free comprehensive annual tuneups to make sure your Halo is running at peak performance (there are 400 Oreck stores nationwide)
***You get a 5 year warranty (!!)
***And you get an entire year’s worth of HEPA13 filter bags

As for my experience with the vacuum I can tell you it just looks really cool.  It comes in a colbalt blue and black color and if you have men in the house this will catch their attention.  We put it together in about 3 minutes and my husband was excited to test it out.  (Yes you read that right- he was actually excited to vacuum!) He immediately sucked up a shoelace and had to yank it out of the motor.  We were pretty sure we broke the vacuum two minutes after we got it.  I found the number and called Oreck at about 6pm at night and expected to hear from someone in a few days. Wrong!  We immediately got through to someone that typed in our information and explained what was wrong (slight assembly issue- ah..hem..) and we were back in business!   I was really impressed with the level of service and the fact that the person that answered our call was incredibly knowledgeable.  To know that I have a five year warranty AND I can actually get customer support on a product means quite a bit to me.  orek halo giveaway 2

This is an investment piece as the vacuum retails for $599.  To make it even better though Oreck is running a promotion through 12/14 where you also get a 2in1 speed sweep and a car vac FREE with your purchase plus free shipping.

You can purchase the Halo from Oreck directly HERE as well as get more information about the product and watch a demo video to see how it really works.

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Oreck has generously offered one MFA reader a Halo vacuum of your own!!  YEAH!!  I want to try and get this to you before Christmas so the giveaway will run until next Thursday at 12pm PST.  You have 5 chances to win and I will contact the winner within 48 hours via email.  If you don’t respond I will choose an alternate winner!!!

1. Head on over HERE and tell me which other Oreck item you’d like to try!

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Since many of you were confused by the forms I was using before you can just leave comments for this giveaway.  Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry (and any emails, tweets or FB posts will not count. )  I am sorry but it is too hard for me to keep track of them and then enter your information myself.

GOOD LUCK!  THE WINNER WAS DUSTY B #25.

Disclosure: Oreck sponsored this giveaway by providing the prize for one winner.  I was also given a sample for review purposes.  All opinions expressed are my own and I was not compensated in any way by Oreck.

Comments

  3. Shayla says

    My little boy has allergies so I would love to try an Oreck Air Purifier to see if that would help!

  4. Sluggy says

    Please enter me in your contest for the Oreck Halo.
    I love Oreck products and would love to try an Air Purifier. We have allergies here and are always looking for a good purifier.
    thanks!

  8. Sluggy says

    I am a subcriber already…
    Oh, in my previous post about being a facebook fan, I forgot to put that my ID there is ‘slugmama’.
    thanks

  12. Diane says

    I subscribe to your email. I have been wanting an Oreck air purifier for a long time.

  17. kathy says

    Really need a new vaccum. have also looked at this products and think it would work great. Also the stair cleaner

  18. Jean says

    I subscribe to your email. Great looking vaccum….please enter me in your drawing. Air purifier sounds awesome too.

  19. Lisa Ord says

    With 2 dogs and old carpet, I’d like to look at this little baby…
    Oreck XL Shield Power Scrubber!

  31. Heather says

    My carpet is disgusting from having a 2 year old and 4 year old. My current vacume barely picks stuff up! I would love to have a great vacume like the Halo!

  32. amy says

    I just subscribed to your blog via email. We just send one vaccume “out to pasture” and the other lost the power-drive feature which means that it requires a royal PUSH and shove to get going. The Halo looks like a dream! DutchTech Full Size 1400 Series Canister Vacuum and steam wand look great too. Thanks!

  36. Leigh Ann Kiendl says

    I was hoping to get a vacuum for Christmas since I’ve been sweeping with a shop vac for a year now. This would be so great to win! Thank you for the chance!

  42. Krissie Robinson says

    I am a follower of your blog and a fan on Facebook. I would love this vacuum cleaner to keep my house clean for my 7-month-old crawler! 🙂

  44. Becca H. says

    I subscribe to your blog (and read it religiously) in my Google Reader.

  46. Becca H. says

    As for another Oreck product I’d like to try, I’d definitely get their Allergy Control Pillowcases, to help with my hubbie’s bad allergies.

  47. Charlotte Rogers says

    Please enter me for the Oreck halo. I’d try the Oreck Steam-it steamwand as another of their products. I would really put that to use. Thanks.

  49. Becky says

    I would like to try the Oreck Steam-It all-purpose steam wand – it looks amazing!

  50. Heather Erlandson says

    I’d love to try the Oreck Steam-It all purpose steam wand; be great to get wrinkles out in a hurry!