I had a Rainbow for 20 years and it never looked like the pictures shown, because I never stored on base, and always cleaned the separator. It was very powerful, did a great job, and the house always smelled fresh and clean. I traded in for a new ESERIES model, which also has lots of power, pulls dirt like crazy. I find that the power nozzle actually lifts the knapp on the rug better than most other machines I have used, and based on all the stuff it pulls up, I would say it works fine for me. If you use the machine every day, it can be a pain to fill and empty the pan, but other than that my experience has been great. The attachments are much nicer than any other machine I have seen as well. Any machine used by a person and not kept up will look terrible, I have seen some Kirby's and Electrolux that look like they went through a war as well, it all depends on the individual using them. Any high end vacuum is going to cost, but to me the Rainbow purchase was well worth it.
How Does a Rexair Work?
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williamr1248
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How does the Rexair work?
Christopher,
Those were some pretty sad pictures of Rexairs. What some customers can do to a nice machine. More money and business for you.
Here is a picture of my Rexair. I have had it over 18 years and it works great. I do not store the motor on the water pan and I do empty it after about 1/2 hours use. I don't mind spending 30 seconds dumping the water. I do not dry the pan out and I do clean the separator about once a month or so.
Mine does not have the strongest suction but it does not seem to lose airflow. It is amazing at how much sand it will pull out of the carpets.
It is always a shock to me that people would pay good money for expensive machines and then trash them within a few years.Thanks for posting the pictures
Christopher,
Those were some pretty sad pictures of Rexairs. What some customers can do to a nice machine. More money and business for you.
Here is a picture of my Rexair. I have had it over 18 years and it works great. I do not store the motor on the water pan and I do empty it after about 1/2 hours use. I don't mind spending 30 seconds dumping the water. I do not dry the pan out and I do clean the separator about once a month or so.
Mine does not have the strongest suction but it does not seem to lose airflow. It is amazing at how much sand it will pull out of the carpets.
It is always a shock to me that people would pay good money for expensive machines and then trash them within a few years.Thanks for posting the pictures
swiveltop
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I've never seen a rainbow that looked like that,you should have sent then back to the trailer with a wallmarks vacuum LOL
scvacuumguy
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Your Rainbow looks awesome! Keep up the good work.
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If you go to the Rainbow Vacuum website, they have a pretty cool diagram of how the vacuum works as well as a good history of the models over the years. Hope this helps!
We saw a wild demo at the Rainbow Roundup!
A great sell. I have a friend who has one. She puts scents in it to make the house smell good. I had a friend who sold them, (miserable salesman). I'll NOT bash!. Just give me a nice HOOVER anyday.Look at the SUPER pics of the convention. We even had a Rainbow cake!
A great sell. I have a friend who has one. She puts scents in it to make the house smell good. I had a friend who sold them, (miserable salesman). I'll NOT bash!. Just give me a nice HOOVER anyday.Look at the SUPER pics of the convention. We even had a Rainbow cake!
Also, the rep from Rainbow joined the club!
I'll be amazed if we see him at the next convention.
I'll be amazed if we see him at the next convention.
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Thanks Everybody
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this thread. I was very curious about the Rainbow machines and how they worked, and how well they worked.
I've often wondered myself how much less dust I would have in my apartment if I used a vacuum with better filtration. Of course, here, on the vacuum forum, I don't even need to mention that the vintage Electroluxes I use don't have either a pre-motor filter OR an exhaust filter.
Also, when I dust my furniture, I always use a damp cloth...NEVER a dry rag or a Swiffer, as I feel that all dry materials do is brush the dust into the air. So it makes sense that a Rainbow machine would really trap the dust.
Maybe one day I will be lucky enough to add a Rainbow to my collection?
Brian
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this thread. I was very curious about the Rainbow machines and how they worked, and how well they worked.
I've often wondered myself how much less dust I would have in my apartment if I used a vacuum with better filtration. Of course, here, on the vacuum forum, I don't even need to mention that the vintage Electroluxes I use don't have either a pre-motor filter OR an exhaust filter.
Also, when I dust my furniture, I always use a damp cloth...NEVER a dry rag or a Swiffer, as I feel that all dry materials do is brush the dust into the air. So it makes sense that a Rainbow machine would really trap the dust.
Maybe one day I will be lucky enough to add a Rainbow to my collection?
Brian
mark40511
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SCVACUUMGUY
I have to wonder........Those pics you posted........I'll bet the reason the inside looks like that is the fact that people using them don't change the water when vacuuming.......They let it turn to MUD.
If someone buys a Rainbow and uses it from day one and changed the water before it gets to the point of even getting close to becoming thick, I'll bet the inside doesn't look like that...But most people won't do this. They fill it once, vacuum the entire house and when they are done they have a basin full of mud and a rainbow full of dirt.
I remember growing up and my Grandma had a Rainbow in the 80s.....When we would vacuum her house, we didn't change the water often at all......I remember taking the basin outside and dumping it in a ditch...........Rainbow doesn't mention the fact that the water needs to be changed often.
I guess they don't want to harm potential sales by saying this.....To me now, it's just common sense......
I would also think that would smell, having that dirt inside the machine trapped like that, right?
Mine still has that clean Rainbow smell.
I hate the power head on the Rainbow though.........And will AGREE they are way overpriced.
But I think if used correctly, one will not have the issues
I have to wonder........Those pics you posted........I'll bet the reason the inside looks like that is the fact that people using them don't change the water when vacuuming.......They let it turn to MUD.
If someone buys a Rainbow and uses it from day one and changed the water before it gets to the point of even getting close to becoming thick, I'll bet the inside doesn't look like that...But most people won't do this. They fill it once, vacuum the entire house and when they are done they have a basin full of mud and a rainbow full of dirt.
I remember growing up and my Grandma had a Rainbow in the 80s.....When we would vacuum her house, we didn't change the water often at all......I remember taking the basin outside and dumping it in a ditch...........Rainbow doesn't mention the fact that the water needs to be changed often.
I guess they don't want to harm potential sales by saying this.....To me now, it's just common sense......
I would also think that would smell, having that dirt inside the machine trapped like that, right?
Mine still has that clean Rainbow smell.
I hate the power head on the Rainbow though.........And will AGREE they are way overpriced.
But I think if used correctly, one will not have the issues
Rainbow Manual
A rainbow manual was posted awhile back.
http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?1324
A rainbow manual was posted awhile back.
http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?1324
scvacuumguy
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Mark...
Those Rainbows that I pictured had very musty smells coming out of them. We usually throw a basin of some neutral scent under them after the service job to fumigate them.
Sadly, normal people just don't treat their Rainbows like collectors do....
Those Rainbows that I pictured had very musty smells coming out of them. We usually throw a basin of some neutral scent under them after the service job to fumigate them.
Sadly, normal people just don't treat their Rainbows like collectors do....
mark40511
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It would be interesting to see what a heavily USED Rainbow looks like on the inside that has been used properly. I wonder what mine looks like inside. I have also wondered what "hard water" does (if anything) to the machine. We have very hard city water here.
I have a 58 model D
I got ,believe it or not, off the side of the road,it looks and runs about as good as new,even the hose looks good, and is one of the last brown plastic ones, like the pink GEs used, this was changed sometime in 58 to the nylon type like FQueens and Sunbeam Dual Deluxes used. Some little old lady was particular!! the attachments and wands look new also, it was at a house in Winston Salem that looked to me to be empty.
I got ,believe it or not, off the side of the road,it looks and runs about as good as new,even the hose looks good, and is one of the last brown plastic ones, like the pink GEs used, this was changed sometime in 58 to the nylon type like FQueens and Sunbeam Dual Deluxes used. Some little old lady was particular!! the attachments and wands look new also, it was at a house in Winston Salem that looked to me to be empty.
