I have two Dysons and have never looked back. Never did like the Oreck. It was explained to me that the reason it is so light (empty) is because of the very small motor. Once that big bag is full, it isn't light anymore. We had a big hairy German Shepherd and other vacuums didn't work all that well on his shed hair. I got the big purple Dyson and wow, what a difference. Then, got new carpeting and the Dyson was hard for me to push, since for us, it never lost suction. I got one of those cordless stick Dysons which now that there is no dog, works perfectly fine for us. I can do the entire house on a charge and not fool with a cord and it does have attachments. Spendy, but, I don't have a maid and want to be able to do it with as little fuss as possible. It does hard surfaces and carpet.