So I currently have a Dyson Animal (the purple one) when it was new it worked great and come to think of it, it still does BUT I have cleaned the little sponge filter a few times and taken the cannister off and cleaned it in the dishwasher but all the tubes and the funny whirlwind thing on the top has caked in dust and gunk thats like concrete in there. The problem with that is every time I vacuum the air being exausted smells like my dog and makes my whole house tempararoly smell like dog. I've lived with that for about 8 months but now we are in the process of buying a new house and I dont want to bring that dirty vacuum into the new house so......I say all that to ask you this! Are Oreck's any good? I see the stores everywhere so customer support has to be great and parts are easily availible. I also like the idea of having a bag vac instead of getting dirt everywhere when I dump the canister out. Any oppinions?