Oreck Orbiter Hard Floor Cleaner Machine, Multi Purpose Floor Cleaning Machine, Random Orbit Power for Fingertip Control, Versatile and Low Maintenance, Ideal for All Flooring Types

I've had my eye on this orbiter since I've been looking for way to effectively clean our tile floors. The grout had gotten to be this dark "grungy", almost black color (supposed to be a very light gray, almost white). Well, this machine not only accomplished the task, but the floor looks better than it did when we first moved in (wish I had taken before and after pictures).Next I decided to try it on some carpet. We have 5 cats and 2 dogs, in addition to being an 8 member household. The carpets that still remain (I've been replacing most of the carpet with laminate flooring). Anyhow, there was one section of carpet on a stair landing that was quite gross (mainly thanks to the cats). In the past 10 years we've lived here, I've tried spot cleaners, a Regina, a Bissel and a Rug Doctor (rental unit), which seemed to have made the carpet worse. After 2 applications (following the recommended instructions), the carpet looks almost new. I think 1 more application will get it there.On to the laminate floors. I used a red 3M buffer pad to clean and the cotton buffer pad to finish. Folks, you've got to get one of these machines, if you have laminate or wood floors. Absolutely beautiful results and in very little time or effort. No streaks either.If you purchase the orbiter, you'll also need to purchase "accessories", the orbiter comes with none. I started with the Complete Clean value kit, which included the tile floor cleaner (that did such a great job on our tile floor), laminate and carpet cleaner, plus carpet dry cleaner (which seems to continue cleaning days after the first application), a black carpet scrub brush, an orange hard flooring scrub brush and a cotton buffing pad.If it's important to you to maintain your floors, and you're looking for quick, easy and excellent results, then I highly recommend the Oreck Orbiter. So far it appears to be very ruggedly constructed, uses a heavy gauge power cord, is very quiet and easy to use. It glides over the floors (can handle with 1 hand) and operates just like a random orbit sander (matter of fact you can get sanding pads of different grits that can be used for that purpose). So far no one has beat Amazon's price. You'll get your money's worth with this machine, no doubt.2024 Follow-up; I am still using this orbiter for my laminate, carpeted and tile floors. It's still going strong, and does a great job. I've been using the various pads (for the laminate & tile floors) and brushes (to clean the carpet & tile/grout floors).

I have stamped concrete interior floors throughout my house. They are a demon to clean since the grout lines are very deep. I have tried a bunch of things and nothing seems to clean down in the lines. Even my steam machine does not make much of a difference. Then I got the Oreck scrubber and it does an amazing job. It gets down in the grooves and cleans them out! It is very heavy but when it is on it is not hard to handle at all! I am 75 with bed bones but I can use it with no problems. The weight is an advantage since it keeps bearing down on the floor and keeps it from skipping. The machine doesn't "fight" you as you might expect. Highly recommend this machine!!

I have about 1200 sq ft of brazilian walnut floors that are pretty dark with a satin finish. The floors are not hand scraped so they are flat and show dirt more than I ever imagined they would. The only way to get them extremely clean was to get on my hands and knees with a microfiber cloth and scrub them but more importantly buff them dry so that there would be no streaks. This was a lot of work and used to take well over an hour and destroy my back and knees. Now with the orbiter, I can clean the floors in about 20 minutes but the results are much better. I did find a site online to order 13" microfiber bonnets ($10 each) and they work much better than the terry cloth bonnets from oreck. The microfiber bonnets clean and then buff the floor dry very fast and I barely use any floor cleaner. I'm using about 1/4th the amount of cleaner I used to use when I did the floors by hand. Handling the orbiter is so easy, even my 2 year old can do it. I have been using the Bruce hardwood floor cleaner and it works very well with no residue or streaks.As far as using it for carpet cleaing it does work very well in some applications but for cleaning up fresh spills or dog vomit I use my rug doctor to do a wet extraction. As far as old existing stains and traffic, the oreck does very well but you may have to clean 2-3 times to get good results and since the chemicals are NOT cheap, it is expensive. Lowes does carry the same powder but a different brand for much less than oreck sells. I think I got twice the amount for half the cost.Overall, it's a very quality piece of equipment. Be very careful to make sure the switch is in the OFF position before plugging it in, so it doesn't spin out of control and break anything or hurt anyone.Overall, for hardware floors I give it a 10/10 and for carpets an 8/10.

Great buffer for my wood floors. Easy to use. Note it doesn’t come with any pads/bonnets, you need to buy those as well.The only negative thus far was shipping, it took a week to get here.