We're an Oreck family. We've had their vacuum for a number of years and also the air purifier. They may look a tad old fashioned, but man do they suck the dog hair right up! The yearly tune-ups ...

We got a great air purifier as a gift from my cousin when my daughter was born. It's an Oreck Tower-style air purifier. We thought the blue light and dash was quite cool. Check it out at

Definitely checkout the Oreck. I've had one for a few years. Bagged vacuums have kind of gone out of vogue, but I swear by them because I know that I'm not putting the dirt I just vacuumed up bac...