Eureka
Eureka PowerSpeed
$99.99Cheaper
Best Upright Vacuums · head-to-head
A sourced, side-by-side comparison. Eureka PowerSpeed is cheaper at $99.99. Every spec and price links to its source.
Eureka
$99.99Cheaper
Oreck
$237.99
The Oreck Commercial XL2100RHS wins 1 of the 1 specs we compare head to head; the other wins 0. The Eureka PowerSpeed is the cheaper at $99.99. Get the Oreck Commercial XL2100RHS for the stronger spec sheet, the Eureka PowerSpeed to spend less.
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✓ marks the stronger figure where "more" — or "less", for price and weight — is unambiguously better.
| Spec | | |
|---|---|---|
| US price | $99.99 | $237.99 |
| Brand | Eureka | Oreck |
| Released | — | — |
| Configuration | bagless | bagged |
| Filtration type | standard | — |
| Cleaning path width (in) | 12.6 | 12 |
| Dirt capacity liters | 2.6 | — |
| Cord length (ft) | 25 | 35 |
| Input power watts | 960 | — |
| Weight (lb) | 10 | 8.2 |
| Height adjustment | manual | automatic |
| Lift away | No | — |
| Swivel steering | No | — |
| Warranty years | 2 | 1 |
Sources — Eureka PowerSpeed: us.eureka.com (verified 2026-07-11). Oreck Commercial XL2100RHS: amazon.com (verified 2026-07-11).
Where the two actually differ on the specs we track (6 of 11). Matching specs are omitted.
Sourced tester consensus for each — the "what people who used it think" layer, not just specs.
No sourced tester review yet.
One whitelisted tester, Reviewed (USA Today), has hands-on data on the Oreck XL2100RHS. Its page (CHARS 25696) confirms this is the exact commercial model, originally released in 2013 and a longtime fixture in their guide. Reviewed frames it as an old-school, ultra-lightweight commercial upright favored by hotels for simple, reliable floor cleaning, but weak on plush carpet, attachment-free, and noisy. All three quotes and the ~30% measured value were verified as literal substrings of the page. (1 sourced review, 1 lab-tested.)
Praised: Ultra-lightweight (10 lbs), lies virtually flat to reach far under beds or furniture; Simple, reliable no-frills floor cleaning with a long 35-ft cord; Surprisingly powerful for its size on both carpets and bare floors.
Flagged: Struggles with plush high-pile carpet (~30% embedded-dirt pickup per pass vs 50%+ for heavier uprights); No hose or attachments; won't do above-floor dusting or car interior; Loud for its size, with no headlights or swivel steering.