Customer Reviews

Oreck® XL Tabletop Air Purifier Black (Refurbished)

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4 star:		(3)
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2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

Quite simply a very effective way of filtering the air. I won 2 so I know what I am talking about. I smoke a lot indoors and you will be amazed at how quickly it can clear out a room of cigarette smoke. My wife things I already quit smoking so I smoke when she isnt home. I tried HEPA and Ionizers. HEPA works but I have to keep replacing the filter because cigarette smoke somehow clogs the filter to the point that the filter smells like a cigarette filter. Cigarette smoke is the good test of how good an air filter is. I love it. Try it. It is actually really fun to watch the smoke cloud vanish.

I've tried the Hepa filter brands and found them to be unable to totally "scrub" the air as fast or through as the Oreck. My husband was a chain smoker our first 3 years of marriage and I had purchased a $400 Austin Air Healthmate air purifier. It had an enormous filter and boasted of scrubbing the air down to .01 micron. Well, honestly all it did was push the air around. There was no way to thoroughly clean the filter, and the charcoal replacement cost was just not affordable like Oreck. I've used other brands as well, but I came back to Oreck, bought a vacuum cleaner and cordless iron and have been a very pleased customer ever since.

The product was as advertised and the seller even "threw in" some cell cleaner and extra carbon filters. The price was very attractive, too. The product was sh9pped as promised and received sooner than I expected.

I bought two of these purifiers after watching a tv program. I was really surprised to find how cheap all the parts are for something that costs several hundred dollars (that's what I paid when I purchase it). It worked pretty well for the first few months but after I rinsed it (exactly according to directions), it started to crackle. I called Oreck and they said it crackles when something gets lodged in there. I wonder why it didn't do it for ths first few months. Overall, I'm very disappointed with this product and will never buy another Oreck again.

received the product before estimated due date. the company has an incredible customer service/satifaction policy. i would definetly use this seller again. kw

This item is very disappointing. The grids are impossible to clean and over time accumulate soot. The suggested dunking or spraying does not work at all. For the price they want it does not perform.

Oreck has been in the business for ages, unfortunately their vacuums and air purifiers don't seem to be up with the times in terms of technology, quality and design.

Oreck has made countless comparisons between their air purifiers and the Ionic Breeze.
I own both of them, and I find that I use my Ionic Breeze more often and now exclusively.

Oreck also boasts an ionizer to neutralize odors, but the ionizer is not that effective when the fan for the air filter is on. The ionizer unit could not ionize the air fast enough with the fan (even on the lowest setting), thus rendering it useless in neutralizing odors. My Ionic Breeze is silent and you notice negative ions and fresh air when it is on.
Oreck has been advertising that it moves more air than the Ionic Breeze, but that may be good for filtering dust but it does nothing to neutralize the air, as the ionizer needs slower moving air to ionize it. The fan on the Oreck is rather loud on top of that.

Cleaning the Oreck filter is a pain and time consuming, especially the metal ionizer slats which if you are not careful you could easily break the delicate wires that hold it together (like I did), thus resulting in a really crackling and buzzing noises and in the dark you could see the sparks coming from the wire. Because of this I had to get rid of my Oreck -- getting a replacement ionizer piece was not worth it. Seeing so many refurbished Oreck units out there confirms my poor experience with it.

The Ionic Breeze in comparison was easy to clean and I had mine for almost 10 years and it still works like new.

The Oreck maybe a decent charcoal air filter, but it's overpriced and there are lots of better air purifiers out there.

Arrived as scheduled. Some damage to packing box. Happy with the product, although it takes more effort than described to clean filter unit.

It's a piece of crap. It takes way to long to clean and it's not even worth it. I tried it for a month and I didn't notice any difference in the air. When it starts to crackle it needs to be washed, but when I took it out it already looked perfectly clean. When I took it in to return it (which they honored) I asked why it crackled so easily. He said if some dust gets stuck in there it will crackle. But isn't that the point??? It's a piece of crap, stay away, research it and get a real air purifier, don't be fooled by the commercial.

It's expensive and the ad on TV look impressive but don't be fooled. The unit will work reasonably well for awhile, but it is GIGANTIC PAIN TO CLEAN. There isn't really an more delicate way to put it. Truly, dealing with these units SUCKS HUGE You have to soak the cleaning cell for hours and hours, buy a ridiculously expensive cleaning agent and, and waste vast amounts of water to get this thing anywhere near clean. Then the Oreck people themselves recommend waiting up to 24 hours for the cell to dry. You can do all of this and then the damn thing starts popping (indicating that the filter should be cleaned again) just days or even hours later. It is maddening and I will NEVER buy another Oreck air cleaner. I won't even go into the amount of ozone they produce which is a very bad thing for folks like me that are asthma sufferers. There has to be a better item out there to keep you air fresh. Do your research and stay away from the ORECK.