Oreck Commercial Orbiter Hard Floor Cleaner Machine, Multi-Purpose Floor Cleaning, Random Orbital Drive, Wide Cleaning Path, 50-Foot Long Cord, ORB550MC, Gray/Red

Dear Oreck - Where have you been our entire homeowning life? Lets just say if you have vinyl, tile, concrete or wood floors, this is your guy. No more scrubbing or punnihsing workouts with the mop to get the floor clean.1. Out of the box - you don't have to put anything together. And do not be weirded out because it seems heavy - it won't feel like that to use! I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to use it 30 seconds out of the box (after doing some research online on pads and bonnets and watching youtube videos on how to use it)2. Pads, and Scrub rings - this is where Oreck is a little short on info: what do I use? Pretty much the things you think you may want to use on a softer floor like vinyl and wood be careful of scratching. This puppy is a buffer and he likes to buff and strip (yes that sounds, ironically, dirty). For vinyl floors that are very filtrhy, I used the green scrub rind then followed immediately up with the terrycloth bonnet to buff. It works BEAUTIFULLY. For tile, either the green brush or the blue one again following with the terry bonnet. Dont forget you have to either wetmop the floor first, or even easier spray it with cleaner but you don't need to use that much! For wood floors, we have oiled floors and I got this for those, but I have not yet tried that out - I willl update when I do. For concrete (garage floors, porches that aren't painted, sidewalks, etc. You can go to town using the orange scrubber or one of the stripping polypropylene pads that feel like scotchbrite. Do your YouTube homework tho.3. Carpet cleaning - I have no carpets but everyone says black scrub ring and the bonnet ()separately).4. Switching out scrubber rings and bonnets and pads. EASY PEASY. Pads and bonnets get affixed to the black drive pad holder. That slips on the bottom. For scrub brushes yuou don't use the black drive pad. It COULD NOT BE EASIER.5. Long cord, quiet operation that doesn't freak out my cat, beautiful floors without scrubbing on my hands and knees.I accidentally bought two and was going to return one, but now I am perhaps leaving #2 upstairs. . . . . I have not loved a household appliance like this since I first got a dishwasher (and a housekeeper). Seriously - worth it. Every penny. Every pain of doing your own research on the pads. Even hefting that puppy up the stairs. Going to admire my kitchen vinyl floor now. IT EVEN BUFFED OUT MARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For those of you who just want a quick read for basic info, I will start with the breakdown, but if you want to know all about my experience with this floor cleaner please read on.BREAKDOWN:Excellent floor cleaner - definitely worth the time and expense!Easy to operateUse the Blue brush for deep grout - it works easiest and bestLarge spaces with deep grout may need to use more than one brush to finish the job (order extra)Only one issue - if you are puny and have small hands removing the brush is very difficult - you will need helpI have the most beautiful and horrible Travertine floors and was looking for something to help clean the canyons of grout filled with dirt. If you are thinking about getting floors like mine, DON'T! They are the worst to keep clean with their rustic looking huge grout channels. But thanks to this Oreck floor cleaner, months of debris nearly floated away! (check out the pictures of my floor, cleaned areas versus the dirty bits - which I added)The Oreck Commercial Orbiter Floor Machine worked wonders on the massive crevices in my flooring. If you have floors with deep, wide grout spaces and never seem to get the dirt up no matter how much you mop, then this floor cleaner is what you need. I ordered the orange brush thinking I needed something rugged and heavy duty but the blue brush was actually the best, as it was softer and able to get deep in the cracks.When I first used the orange brush I felt the need to twist the Orbiter to get the brush into the cracks because it was so stiff, it was basically passing over them. Just so you know, bending the machine to get in the cracks actually makes it harder on your arms and wrists, and beats the crap out of the brush. So about half a floor later (several hours), I had to switch the orange brush out because it became matted and compressed and no longer worked well (picture included of the abused orange brush). I then used the blue brush and immediately noticed a huge difference! It was softer so it got in the cracks easily and I no longer had to twist the machine to get the same results. Of course I ended up having to switch out the blue brush to another blue brush because I could tell when it was getting worn and not working as well.I seriously did almost 5,000 square feet of flooring and used 3 brushes, so I guess that's not too bad. It would have been great to only used one, but I wasn't complaining since my floor was looking amazing. It took many, many hours and a few days to get it all done, but it looks like new and I am now forcing everyone to comply to my no shoes in the house policy to help maintain the floors cleanliness, so that I, hopefully, won't have to do this again for another 6-8 months or longer.The only downside of this machine is that I find it too difficult to get the brushes off to replace them after using them for the day and need the assistance of someone much stronger with larger hands than mine. Too bad they don't have a tool to help get the brush off, for people with small hands that are on the puny side.Overall, totally worth the money and time spent making my floors new again!!