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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

  1. Lauren says

    I would love to try the steamwand. I can’t believe the same machine could clean upholstery and grout!

  3. BirminghamGirl says

    Would love to try the Halo – or ANY Oreck product! The Chanel of the vacuum industry! 🙂

  7. Lenny says

    I’d love to try the Oreck Steam-It All Purpose SteamWand!!! I’m already subscribed to your feed =)

    Thanks for the opportunity!

  10. Annie B. says

    I would love the halo vaccuum because my vaccum cleaner does not work well at all. Thanks so much!

  16. Angela says

    Being that we have a cat and a baby on the way, I would love to try the Oreck XL Shield Power Scrubber!

  21. Traci W says

    This couldn’t come at a better time! Ours is on it’s last leg. with a little about to start crawling and allergies throughout the family this would be an ideal vacuum. thanks for the giveaway.

  22. elizabeth says

    I would love to try one of the various canister vaccuums. That style has always been my preference.

  23. Kelly says

    This vacuum has my attention. I have three girls all three and under and another on the way. The whole family has allergies so this could really help us out.

  25. Sabrina says

    I would love to win the Halo but would also like to try the new Oreck Steam-It all purpose steamwand.

    P.S. If you get a comment from me that is not complete, I am sorry my little one got to my computer before I was finished and may have sent the comment 🙂

  33. Heather F says

    And I’d love to try one of the air purifiers….I’ve heard good things and think it could do wonders here!

  37. laneysmom says

    The allergy control bedding looks interesting…I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have a vacuum that cleans the floors (carpet & hardwood as we have both!) and kills germs and fleas. We have three kids (one crawling) and a dog, so of course we have fleas. The dog has pretty much been banned to the yard because we can’t get rid of the fleas!!!! This would help so very much. I am thinking about how I could explain a $600 vacuum purchase, but with this giveaway I might not have to 🙂

  38. Michelle D. says

    I would love to try the Oreck XL Air Purifiers as well. Thanks
    for letting me enter!

  39. laneysmom says

    Forgot to mention that all my little ones have allergies and asthma along with community-acquired MRSA, so the UV light would be such a great addition to my cleaning efforts!

  42. Angela says

    I have you button!… but I really don’t want to put my blog address on here for the whole world to see…

  43. Dina says

    I have an Oreck XL, I like it since I have a multi level home. It is so lightweight.

  45. Denise says

    I of course want to try the halo! I have a 13 mth. old and she is always throwing things on the floor and then smashing them into the carpet.